Wayne S. Vucinich papers, 1926-2002

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Summary

Creators:
Vucinich, Wayne S.
Abstract:
The Wayne S. Vucinich papers include writings, research files, reports, photographs, and other documents related to Vucinich's work.
Extent:
38 Linear Feet (35 boxes, 1 map folder)
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[item identification], Wayne S. Vucinich papers (SC0764). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Background

Scope and content:

Vucinich's papers were received in four accessions. The first accession consists primarily of typescript drafts of Vucinich's research, largely on the history of Yugoslavia and of Serbs in California. Most of the typescripts were done between 1977 and 1988, after which they were done on computers and are not dated. There is an occasional page in longhand, clipping, or other printed source material. Reprints of some of Vucinich's shorter works (1946-1995) are included. Of note are 5 questionnaires completed by Yugoslavs in California about their life in the old country and in the United States, 1977 and undated. There is no correspondence in this first accession.

The second accession has two parts. Part 1 consists of typescript drafts of his research, with some source materials, on Bileca Rudine, Bosnia and Hercegovina, and the Bulgarian resistance during World War II, and includes Vucinich's correspondence during his time in the OSS, 1943-44. Part 2 pertains to the Joint Stanford-Yugoslav Trebisnjica Archeological Project (1967-69) and includes reports, sketches, maps, and photographs.

The third and fourth accessions include biographical and career documents; further research and writing files on Bileca Rudine, Bosnia and Hercegovina, and the Bulgarian resistance during World War II; and additional sketches, maps, and photographs from the Stanford-Yugoslav Trebisnjica Archeological Project. Also included is an audio recording of a 1966 roundtable discussion on the collapse of Austria-Hungary.

Biographical / historical:

Wayne S. Vucinich joined the Stanford faculty in the Department of History in 1946, teaching courses on Western civilization and Russian and East European history until 1988. He earned his bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in Slavic languages and history at the University of California-Berkeley. After graduating in 1941 he joined the Office of Strategic Services and served in the U.S. Navy from 1943 to 1945. Vucinich's many publications include Serbia Between East and West (1954), The Ottoman Empire: Its Record and Legacy (1965), The Peasant in 19th-Century Russia (1968), Contemporary Yugoslavia (1969), Russia and Asia (1972) and Eastern Europe (1973). He died on April 21, 2005.

Physical location:
Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 48 hours in advance. For more information on paging collections, see the department's website: http://library.stanford.edu/spc.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Accession ARCH-2011-527 is restricted for 75 years from the date of creation and may be made available in 2030. The rest of the collection is open for research. Materials must be requested at least 48 hours in advance of intended use.

Terms of access:

While University Archives is the owner of the physical and/or digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.

Preferred citation:

[item identification], Wayne S. Vucinich papers (SC0764). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Location of this collection:
Stanford University Archives, Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064, US
Contact:
(650) 725-1022
specialcollections@stanford.edu
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