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Title: Béla Csejtey papers
Date (bulk): 1914-1991
Collection Number: 2012C46
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: Mainly in Hungarian
Physical Description:
5 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box
(2.5 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Writings, correspondence, genealogical materials, personal documents, printed matter, memorabilia, and maps relating to the
Csejtey family, military history, and Hungarian émigré affairs.
Creator:
Csejtey, Béla, 1934-
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.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2012.
[Identification of item], Béla Csejtey papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Béla Csejtey Jr., a Hungarian émigré to the United States, was a geologist and historian. A refugee from Hungary following
the revolution of 1956, Csejtey received his doctorate from Princeton University and spent most of his life working as a geologist,
first in Antarctica, and later at the Alaskan branch of the US Geological Survey in Menlo Park, California. The US Board on
Geographic Names recognized his distinguished service in Antarctica by naming a mountain in the Geologists' Range Mount Csejtey
in his honor.
Csejtey's other passion was history, both family history and the history of the Hungarian forces on the front lines of World
War I and the Kassa bombing of World War II. Csejtey's father, Béla Csejtey Sr., served in both World Wars and earned medals
of honor from the Kassa bombing and the battle of the Piave River in the north of Italy. Csejtey Jr. had a particular interest
in this battle, where the Austro-Hungarian offensive suffered a decisive defeat in the first days of the summer of 1918. Hungarian
regiments, which were disproportionately used in the fighting, lost tens of thousands of men. Csejtey Jr. spent years researching
the literature and archives on the Piave River battle and combed the fields along the Piave with a metal detector to discover
remains of the battle, some of which accompanied his papers into the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Csejtey died in Palo Alto, California, in 2012.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Béla Csejtey papers are comprised of writings, correspondence, genealogical materials, personal documents, printed matter,
maps, and memorabilia relating to military history, Hungarian émigré affairs, and the Csejtey family, particularly Béla Csejtey
Jr. and his father, Béla Csejtey Sr.
Vitéz Béla Csejtey interview transcript, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Hungarians -- United States
Csejtey family