Register of the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Belarus Service records
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Title: Belarus Service records
Date (inclusive): 1954-2007
Collection Number: 2000C120
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English and Belarusian
Physical Description:
24 manuscript boxes, 10 audio boxes
(17.0 Linear Feet)
Abstract: American radio broadcasting organization operating Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty. The Belarus Service records include
daily format work plans, editor's files, program logs, scripts, and sound recordings. Also known as Radio Svaboda. Target
regions include Belarus.
Creator:
RFE/RL.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
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.
Use
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Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2000.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Belarus Service records, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover
Institution Library & Archives.
Processing Information
In 2020 Archivist Tanya Yule converted the container list from PDF to EAD.
Scope and Content of Collection
Includes daily format and work plans, editor's file, letters from listeners, press monitoring, program logs, program reviews,
scripts, special programs, telexes, and sound recordings. Also known as Radio Svaboda. Target regions include Belarus. Languages
include Belarusian/Belorussian.
Related Materials
See also Multiple Language Services Sound recordings for recordings from 1995-2006 and Daily Broadcast Analyses for brief
descriptions of topics covered during broadcasts.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Belarus -- Politics and government -- 1991-
Belarus -- Politics and government -- 1945-1991
Radio broadcasting
Belarus
Audiotapes
Radio Liberty
Daily format and work plans
1991-1998
box 309, folder 1-6
1991 January-1993 December
box 310, folder 1-5
1994 January-1995 December
box 311, folder 1-5
1996 January-1997 September
box 312, folder 1-5
1997 October-1998 December
box 313, folder 1
Belarus--Politics and government
1991
Scope and Contents
Includes drafts of interviews and a typescript by an unidentified author on Belarusian independence, including meetings with
S. Shushkevich
Belarus service
1991-2007
box 313, folder 2
General
1991
Scope and Contents
Includes documents on the history of the Belarusian service
box 313, folder 3
Website printouts
2006-2007
Chernobyl Nuclear Accident
box 313, folder 5
Kinder von Tschernobyl
1990-1993
Scope and Contents
Relates to aid programs for child victims
box 314, folder 1
Konoplia, E. F. "Avariia na ChAES I ee posledstviia dlia Belorusskoi SSR"
undated
box 314, folder 4
"Überall ist Tschernobyl"
1991
Scope and Contents
Conference materials
box 314, folder 5
Contacts
1991-1992
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence relating to establishment of a bureau in Minsk
Council of Editors
1969-1976
Scope and Contents
Agendas, minutes of meetings and associated documents
box 316, folder 3
Environmental policy--Europe, Eastern
1991-1993
Scope and Contents
Mainly conference materials
box 316, folder 4
International Partnership Initiative
1992
box 316, folder 5
Taranowicz, Aleksander
undated
box 316, folder 6
Texts of radio intercepts
1991
box 316, folder 7
Tschaikowski, Anatoli
undated
box 316, folder 8
Voice of America
1992
Scope and Contents
"Fifty Years of Broadcasting to the World, 1942-1992" in English and Belarusian
Letters from listeners
1989-2004
Press monitoring
1992-1993
box 320, folder 1-5
1999 August-2001 December
box 322, folder 1-5
2004 January-2005 February
box 324, folder 6
Program reviews
1992-1993
Feature programs by author
box 328, folder 3
Bandaruk, Kostas
1995-1997
Scope and Contents
On religion
Hajeuski, Anton
Scope and Contents
On Belarusian history and culture
box 329, folder 4
Ianovich, Sokrat
1995
Scope and Contents
On human society
Sen'kevich, Viktor (Iazep Bareika)
Scope and Contents
On Belarusian history and culture
box 332, folder 1-2
Zaluzhny, P. and Cvirka, Vladzimer
1970-1980
Scope and Contents
On Belarusian history and culture
box 332, folder 3
Telexes
1982-1983
Scope and Contents
Daily lists of programming
Sound recordings
1955-1991, undated
Conditions Governing Access
Original audiovisual materials are not available until they have been reformatted. If interested in accessing these materials,
please contact us for more information.
Scope and Contents
Contains 126 sound recordings containing programs and music.
1/4-inch sound tape reels
box 10024
undated
Physical Description: 19, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 10025
1983-1984, undated
Physical Description: 25, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 10026
1985-1991, undated
Physical Description: 14, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (7-inch)
box 10027
1955 April, undated
Physical Description: 11, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (10-inch)
box 10028
undated
Physical Description: 11, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (10-inch)
box 10029
undated
Physical Description: 10, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (10-inch)
box 10030
undated
Physical Description: 11, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (10-inch)
box 10031
1960 April 17, undated
Physical Description: 11, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (10-inch)
box 10032
undated
Physical Description: 11, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (10-inch)
box 10085
undated
Physical Description: 3, 1/4-inch sound tape reels (10-inch)
