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Title: Hungarian Broadcasting Department records
Date (inclusive): 1951-1993
Collection Number: 2000C120
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English and Hungarian
Physical Description:
983 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 215 audio boxes
(560.0 Linear Feet)
Abstract: American radio broadcasting organization operating Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty. The Hungarian Broadcasting Department
records include correspondence, daily broadcast analyses, editor's file, employee papers, index to archival tapes, monitoring,
news budget, program schedules, program summaries, scripts, special programs, thumbnail sketches, and sound recordings. Target
regions include Hungary.
Creator:
Radio Free Europe. Magyar Osztály
Creator:
RFE/RL
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
RFE/RL welcomes the re-use, republication, and redistribution for research and educational purposes of audio, video, text,
and graphic content produced by RFE/RL, Inc., its legal predecessor organizations, and its constituent language Services.
Users of RFE/RL content from this website must include in their work the information: "Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty content,
including but not limited to recordings of broadcasts, program scripts, graphic and video content and web-based content, is
protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. Used with the permission of RFE/RL, Inc., 1201 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington,
DC 20036, USA. "www.rferl.org".
Users of RFE/RL content cannot alter the meaning, name or integrity of the content. The sale of RFE/RL content is strictly
prohibited. Some of the RFE/RL content on this website may contain content created by outside parties ("Third-Party Content").
Before using any RFE/RL products containing Third-Party Content, you must first obtain permission from the owner of the rights
to the Third-Party Content. Unlimited reproduction for institutional or other use of RFE/RL content found on this website
is not permitted without the express written permission of RFE/RL.
Learn more about the Terms of Use for RFE/RL content on the RFE/RL website. Inquiries about copyright permission involving
materials in RFE/RL archival collections should be emailed to: Martins Zvaners, RFE/RL Deputy Director of Communications.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2000.
[Identification of item], Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Hungarian Broadcasting Department records, [Box no., Folder no.
or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
In 2019 the separate oversize series was processed and added to the main container list. In 2020 Archivist Tanya Yule converted
the container list from PDF to EAD. The microfilm series is in process and will be eventually added to the record.
Scope and Content of Collection
Includes correspondence, daily broadcast analyses, editor's file, employee papers, index to archival tapes, monitoring, news
budget, program schedules, program summaries, scripts, special programs, thumbnail sketches, and sound recordings relating
to broadcasts by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty to audiences in Hungary. Access to Hungarian Broadcasting Department sound
recordings is handled by the National Széchényi Library.
See also Daily Broadcast Analyses for brief descriptions of topics covered during broadcasts.
Access to Hungarian Broadcasting Department sound recordings is handled by the National Széchényi Library. Visit
Magyar Október for access to program broadcasts by Radio Free Europe between October 22 and November 12, 1956.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Hungary -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989
Hungary -- Politics and government -- 1989-
Radio broadcasting
Hungary
Audiotapes
Radio Free Europe