Preliminary Inventory of the I. G. Duca papers

Finding aid prepared by I.G. Duca and Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff

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Title: I. G. Duca papers

Date (inclusive): 1914-1933

Collection Number: 66009

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan

Physical Description: 6 manuscript boxes, 3 microfilm reels (2.7 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Memoirs, correspondence, notes, and memoranda, relating to Romanian politics and foreign policy.

Creator: Duca, I. G. (Ion George), 1879-1933

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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Use

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1966.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], I. G. Duca papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Alternative Forms of Material Available

Memoirs also available on negative microfilm copy.

Biographical/Historical Note

Ion George Duca was prime minister of Romania from November 14 to December 30, 1933, when he was assassinated for his efforts to suppress the fascist Iron Guard movement.

Born in Bucharest on December 20, 1879, he entered Romania's Chamber of Deputies for the National Liberal Party in 1907 and served in the cabinet from 1914. Appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1922, he was an avid supporter of the Little Entente, an alliance formed between Romania, Yugoslavia, and Czechoslovakia.

In November, 1933, King Carol II of Romania asked Duca to head the government as prime minister in preparation for the December elections. What followed was a time of violence when police jailed thousands of Iron Guard members. Shortly after the release of many of the Iron Guard members from jail, Duca was shot on the platform of the Sinaia train station by Nicolae Constantinescu.

Ion George Duca's extensive political memoirs were edited by his son George while at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University in the 1970s and 1980s.

Scope and Content of Collection

Memoirs, correspondence, notes, and memoranda, relating to Romanian politics and foreign policy.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

World War, 1914-1918 -- Romania

Romania -- Politics and government -- 1914-1944

Romania -- Foreign relations

Romania -- History -- 1914-1944

Statesmen -- Romania

box 1, folder 1

Negatives of the pictures published in the three volumes of I.G. Duca's political memoirs. 1981-1982

Aminitiri Politice

Neutralitatea

box 1, folder 2

Chp 1: Vinerea la putere

box 1, folder 3

Chp 2: Cele dintai 6 luni

box 1, folder 4

Chp 3: Vizita Tarului la Constanta

box 1, folder 5

Chp 4: Izbucnirea razboiului general

box 1, folder 6

Chp 5 : Consiliul de Coroana dela Sinaia

box 1, folder 7

Chp 6: Ultimele luni ale dominiei Regelui Carol

box 1, folder 8

Chp 7: Moartea Regelui Carol - Portretul Regelui Carol

box 1, folder 9

Chp 8: Inceptul nouii domnii

box 1, folder 10

Chp 9: Regele Ferdinand - Regina Maria

box 1, folder 11

Chp 10: Iarna 1914-1915

box 1, folder 12

Chp 11: Primavara 1915 - Intrarea Italiei in razboi

box 1, folder 13

Chp 12: Zvarcolirile opozitiei - Victoriile germane

box 1, folder 14

Chp 13: Incidentul Poklewski

box 1, folder 15

Chp 14: Toamna 1915

box 1, folder 16

Chp 15: Iarna 1915-1916

box 1, folder 17

Chp 16: Sesiunea parlamentara 1915-1916

box 1, folder 18

Chp 17: Primavara 1916

box 2, folder 1

Chp 18: Precipitarea evenimentelor

box 2, folder 2

Chp 19: Bratianu se hotareste

box 2, folder 3

Chp 20: Iscapirea tratatului

box 2, folder 4

Chp 21: Ultimele zile ale neutralitaii

box 2, folder 5

Chp 22: Consiliul de Coroana dela Cotroceni - Declararea razboiului

box 2, folder 6

Chp 23: Moartea Reginei Elisabeta

Razboiul

box 2, folder 7

Chp 24: Razboiul - Primele zile

box 2, folder 8

Chp 25: Desperarea lui Bratianu - Mantuau lui Arvintie

box 2, folder 9

Chp 26: Apararea in Carpati - Moartea lui Filipescu

box 2, folder 10

Chp 27: Chinuitoarele alternative - Moartea Principelui Mircea

box 2, folder 11

Chp 28: Dezastrul se precipita - Falkenhayn trece Carpatii si Mackensen Dunarea

box 2, folder 12

Chp 29: Batalia pentru apararea Bucurestilor - Ultime zile

box 2, folder 13

Chp 30: Iasi - Primele saptamani

envelope 3 : 1

Pencil used by Duca to write memoirs

box 3, folder 2

Chp 31: Ultimele saptamani ale anuilui 1916

box 3, folder 3

Chp 32: Primele luni tifosul exantemantic 1917

box 3, folder 4

Chp 33: Primele luni, uxmare - Revolutia ruseasca - Intrarea Americei

box 3, folder 5

Chp 34: Refomele - Partidul muncii

box 3, folder 6

Chp 35: Bolsevismul

box 3, folder 7

Chp 36: Criza ministeriala - Ofensiva pe Siret - Marasti, Marasesi

box 3, folder 8

Chp 37: August - Septembre

box 3, folder 9

Chp 38: Dela venirea lui Lenin la putere pana la dezarmarea trupelor rusesti in Moldova

box 3, folder 10

Chp 39: Noaptea dela 9 Decembre - Dezarmarea bolsevicilor - Lichidarea frontului resesc 1917

box 3, folder 11

Chp 40: Dela dezarmarea bolsevicilor la demisia guvernului

box 3, folder 12

Chp 41: Guvernul Averescu

box 3, folder 13

Chp 42: Guvernul Marghiloman

box 3, folder 14

Chp 43: Ostracizatii

box 3, folder 15

Chp 44: Desnodamantul

box 3, folder 16

Chp 45: Guvernarea noastra - Conferinta pacii Novembre 1918-1919

Diverse

box 3, folder 17

Chp 46: Moartea Regelui Ferdinand, Moartea lui Ion I. C. Bratinanu, Moartea lui Vintila Bratianu.

box 3, folder 18

Callimacki, Anne Marie. "Jean Marie."

box 4, folder 1

Sample of Ion G. Duca's handwriting

Correspondence

box 4, folder 2

Bibesco, Prince

box 4, folder 3

Cantacuzino, Dr. I. 1917

box 4, folder 4

Dobrogeanu-Gherea, A. 1917

box 4, folder 5

Ghitescu, P.

box 4, folder 6

Grigorcea, G. 1919

box 4, folder 7

Lapedatu, A. 1917

box 4, folder 8

Lupescu, General

box 4, folder 9

Mitilineu, Ion M. 1920

box 4, folder 10

Murgoci, Professor G. 1919

box 4, folder 11

Stefanescu, Professor M. 1919

box 4, folder 12

Miscellaneous

Subject Files

box 4, folder 13

Callings cards from prominent persons

box 4, folder 14

Concert program on the occassion of Tsar Nicholas II's visit to the Romanian Court in 1914

box 4, folder 15

Duca, Jean: letter regarding the situation during the German occupation. 1917-1918

box 4, folder 16

Kerguezec, A. de (French senator): legal case of land expropriation. 1924-1925

box 4, folder 17

Letters to the Foreign Secretary from parents regarding tehir diplomat sons 1922

Lausanne Peace Conference 1922-1923

box 4, folder 18

Congratulatory messages to I. Duca

box 4, folder 19

French Delegation: a letter to the Romanian Foreign Secretary

box 4, folder 20

Helen, Crown Princess of Romania: telegram to I. Duca.

box 4, folder 21

Invitations and notes

box 4, folder 22

Invitation to a private audience and luncheon with the King of Italy

box 4, folder 23

List of various military and political personnel I. Duca visited

box 4, folder 24

Mussolini, B.: luncheon invitation from.

box 4, folder 25

Notes on I. Duca's conversations with Lord Curzon (head of the British Delegation) and Imset Pacha (head of the Turkish Delegation)

box 4, folder 26

Small list of gifts for several members of the foreign delegations

box 4, folder 27

Miscellaneous

Rumania Ministry of Foreign Affairs

box 4, folder 28

Ion Duca announces to a political friend the resignation of the liberal government March 26, 1926

box 4, folder 29

Letters from various foreign chiefs of missions in Bucharest regarding I. Duca's departure from the Foreign Office March-April 1926

box 4, folder 30

Nintchiich, N. (Yugoslav Foreign Secretary): letter to I. Duca. April 4, 1926

box 4, folder 31

Telegrams in Ion Duca's handwriting March 29, 1926

box 4, folder 32

Various Romanian chiefs of missions thanking I. Duca for his farewell message to them March 29, 1926

box 4, folder 33

Miscellaneous

box 4, folder 34-37

Diary. Relates to Lausanne Peace Conference. 1922

reel 1-3

Microfilm Reels

Scope and Contents

Includes two reels of the Duca's diary related to Lausanne Peace Conference in 1922.

box 5

Material not yet described

box 6

Material not yet described