Časlav M. Nikitović papers, 1922-1978

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Summary

Creators:
Nikitović, Časlav M.
Abstract:
Correspondence, writings, printed matter, personal documents, and photographs relating to twentieth-century Yugoslav political history and to Serbian émigré affairs.
Extent:
8 manuscript boxes (3.3 Linear Feet)
Language:
Serbo-Croatian, English and French
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Časlav M. Nikitović papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

The papers contain correspondence, writings, printed matter, personal documents, and photographs relating to twentieth-century Yugoslav political history and to Serbian émigré affairs. In particular, the materials include postcards from Nikitovich's father from the front line of World War I, letters, memoranda, clippings, and an unpublished manuscript of his memoirs.

Biographical / historical:

Časlav M. Nikitović (Chaslav Nikitovich) was born in 1901 in the city of Čačak in central Serbia. His primary and secondary education was local, after which he went on to Paris to study law at the Sorbonne, where he received his doctorate in 1928. After the publication of several books, his expertise in law, economics, and finance was applied to politics, when he was elected from Macedonia to the Yugoslav parliament in 1935.

A member of the governing Yugoslav National Party (JNS), Nikitovich served on various financial and legal commissions and as minister of agriculture from 1939 to 1941, in the last government of free Yugoslavia before the German invasion. He survived the German occupation but fled abroad as the country was being taken over by the communist forces of Josip Broz Tito.

After a short stay in Paris, Nikitovich and his family were able to immigrate to the United States, where they settled in New Jersey. He was active in émigré affairs, writing articles, making speeches, and corresponding with professors, politicians, and old associates.

Acquisition information:
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2016.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

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.

Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Časlav M. Nikitović papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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