Register of the Wayne S. Vucinich collection
Finding aid prepared by Zivka Mares Randic
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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Title: Wayne S. Vucinich collection
Date (inclusive): 1881-1994
Collection Number: 80068
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English, German, Serbo-Croatian, Slovenian and Bulgarian
Physical Description:
5 manuscript boxes
(2.0 Linear Feet)
Abstract: The collection contains reports, minutes, dispatches, and translations of and extracts from dispatches, relating to conditions
in Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, and other areas of the Balkans and Eastern Europe before and during World War II, and especially
to World War II resistance movements. Issuing agencies include the United States Office of Strategic Services Research and
Analysis Branch, the United States Department of State, and Allied occupation authorities in Bulgaria.
Creator:
United States. Department of State
source:
Vucinich, Wayne S.
Creator:
United States. Office of Strategic Services. Research and Analysis Branch
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
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1980.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Wayne S. Vucinich Collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
| 1913 |
Born in Butte, Montana |
| 1918-1928 |
After his parents' death, Vucinich lived in his parents' village of Orah, near Bileće, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia |
| 1929 |
Returned to America to live with his godfather's family in Wilmington, California |
| 1936 |
BA, University of California Berkeley, History and Slavic language |
| 1936-1937 |
MA, University of California Berkeley, dissertation on Serbian foreign policy 1903-1909 |
| 1937-1938 |
Doctoral research at the Charles University in Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| 1939 |
Returned to UC Berkeley after the Munich crisis interrupted his research; appointed teaching assistant in the Department of
History
|
| 1941 |
PhD, University of California Berkeley, dissertation on Serbian political and diplomatic history in the decade preceeding
World War I
|
| 1942 |
Married Sara 'Sally'; joined the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), Research and Analysis Branch |
| 1943 |
Sent to OSS headquarters in Bari, Italy; assigned to research the Balkans |
| 1944 |
Served as a liaison officer, interpreter, and Balkan expert attached to the Allied Control Council in Sofia, Bulgaria |
| 1945-1946 |
Continued work on Balkan affairs for the U.S. State Department in Washington, DC |
| 1946 |
Instructor, Western civilization and East European history at Stanford University |
| 1950 |
Cleared and confirmed as a "Loyal American" at a hearing before the Naval Security Board |
| 1954 |
Author,
Serbia between East and West: The Events of 1903-1908, Stanford University Press
|
| 1955 |
Received the American Historical Association's George Louis Beer prize |
| 1956 |
Promoted to full professor at Stanford University |
| 1972-1985 |
Named director of the Center for Russian and Eastern European Studies, Stanford University |
| 1974-1977 |
Curator of the Russian and East European Collection at the Hoover Institution |
| 1977 |
Appointed the Robert and Florence McDonnell Professor of Eastern European Studies at Stanford, a chair established for him |
| 1978 |
Formally retired |
| 1981-1982 |
Served as president of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, which established the Vucinich Book
Prize in his honor in 1982
|
| 2005 |
Died in Menlo Park, California |
Sources:
Vucinich, Wayne S.,
Memories of My Childhood in Yugoslavia, edited by Larry Wolff, The Society for the Promotion of Science and Scholarship, Inc., Palo Alto, California, 2007
Wayne S. Vucinich (1913-2005)- A professor between Herzegovina and California by Ivo Banac, Published in Dani (Sarajevo), 29 April 2005
Wayne S. Vucinich, Father of East European Studies, Died at 91. http://www.i-newswire.com/wayne-s-vucinich-father-of-east/a17703
Memorial Resolution, Wayne S. Vucinich. http://facultysenate.stanford.edu/memorial_resolutions/Vucinich_Wayne_SenD6020.pdf
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection is comprised of reports, minutes, telegrams, notes, translations of and extracts from dispatches relating to
the Austrian administration of Bosnia-Herzegovina prior World War I, and World War II in Yugoslavia and Bulgaria, particularly
resistance movements in Yugoslavia and the exiled Yugoslav government.
The
Bosnia-Herzegovina materials provide records of the Austrian administration of Bosnia and Herzegovina, including the crisis in 1881-1882, and political
tensions in 1913-1914.
The
World War II in Yugoslavia files provide documentation on the politics of the Royal Yugoslav government in exile and its active role in the Yugoslav
resistance movement and the formation of a new Yugoslavia, as well as Allied countries' diplomatic activities during wartime
The
United States Department of State situation reports summarize information concerning domestic political and economic developments and international affairs in the Balkans and
Central and Eastern Europe during and after World War II.
The
Bulgaria materials provide detailed information on Bulgarian political life and Bulgarian government between 1944 and 1946 in reports from the
United States Office of Strategic Services Research and Analysis Branch, the United States Department of State, and Allied
occupation authorities in Bulgaria.
The
Balkans in the 1990s materials document the international community's concerns on issues during the 1990s surrounding the referendum on independence in
Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1992, the events in Dr. Mirtin Horvat Hospital, Rovinj, and the leadership of the Serbian Orthodox church
in Serbia.
Related Materials
Wayne S. Vucinich collection, 1926-1995, Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- Bulgaria
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements
World War, 1939-1945 -- Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia -- History -- Axis occupation, 1941-1945
Secret service -- United States
World War, 1939-1945 -- Europe, Eastern
World War, 1939-1945 -- Balkan Peninsula
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service
Yugoslavia -- History
Vucinich, Wayne S.
Bosnia-Herzegovina materials
1881-1914
Scope and Contents note
Includes reports and government documents relating to political tensions during the Austrian administration of Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Arrangement note
Arranged by topic
box 1, folder 1
Austrian administration of Bosnia-Herzegovina documents
1881-1882
box 1, folder 1
Austria-Hungary and Bosnia-Herzegovina reports on tensions
1913-1914
Yugoslavia in World War II files
1940-1947
Scope and Contents note
Consists of reports, notes, and correspondence documenting political situations, resistance movements, partisans, Tito, and
Draža Mihailović.
Arrangement note
Arranged by subject
box 1, folder 3
Communist and Yugoslav government
1941-1942
Scope and Contents note
Includes reports on Yugoslav resistance and developments
box 1, folder 4
General Draža Miahilović's situation reports to the Yugoslav prime minister
1942
box 1, folder 5
General Miahilović's contacts in London and Cairo
1942
box 1, folder 6
General Miahilović's revolutionary movement, Belgrade
1943
box 1, folder 7
John Biddle notes on Yugoslavia and General Miahilović
1943
box 1, folder 8
Sava Kosanović telegrams reporting on Yugoslav politics
1941-1943
box 1, folder 9
Economic conditions in Yugoslavia
1943
box 1, folder 10-12
Tito and the resistance movement
1944
box 1, folder 13
American independent military mission to Marshal Tito
1944
box 1, folder 14
Memorandum on policy towards Yugoslavia
1944
Scope and Contents note
Includes information on resistance movements
box 1, folder 15
Siniša Pazarec correspondence
1945
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence with Konstantin Fotich and Anić Srećko
box 2, folder 1
Prince Paul correspondence
1940-1943
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence with Dimitrije Ljotić, Steed Green, Watson Wickham, and Seton Watson
box 2, folder 2
Proposal on the Greek-Yugoslav union and Balkan union
1943
box 2, folder 3
Bailey report on Peter II, King of Yugoslavia's visit to the Mediterranean
1944
box 2, folder 4
"Gray Book" on the independent Croatian state and guerrilla movements in Croatia
1941-1942
box 2, folder 5-7
Slovenia and Yugoslavia situation reports
1942-1943
box 2, folder 8
Yugoslav prisoners in camps in Italy
1943
box 2, folder 9
Yugoslav and U.S. cooperative mission for the rescue of U.S. aviators
1944
United States Department of State situation reports
1942-1946
Scope and Contents note
Contains reports, press releases, and statements.
Arrangement note
Arranged in three groups: regional reports, country reports, and incoming telegrams
Regional reports
1945-1946
box 2, folder 10-15
Balkan region, including Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, and Yugoslavia
1945-1946
box 3, folder 1
Central Europe region, including Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Poland
1946
box 3, folder 2
Eastern Europe region, including Germany, Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Romania, Yugoslavia
1946
Reports by country
1942-1946
box 3, folder 11
U.S. Department of State incoming telegrams
1946
Scope and Contents note
Includes press releases on situation reports documenting economic and political situations in Albania, Czechoslovakia, and
Greece
Bulgaria materials
1944-1947
Scope and Contents note
Contains reports, telegrams, minutes, and notes on political affairs in Bulgaria.
Arrangement note
Arranged by physical form or title
box 4, folder 1-11
Reports, telegrams, and notes
1944
Scope and Contents note
Includes daily reports on the political and private affairs of Bulgarians
box 5, folder 1-2
U.S. Department of State incoming telegrams
1945-1946
Scope and Contents note
Includes press releases documenting reports on political and economic developments in Bulgaria
box 5, folder 3
Nikola Petkov reports on communist activities
1945
box 5, folder 4-9
Allied Control Commission (ACC) meeting minutes
1945-1947
Scope and Contents note
Concerns ACC activities in Bulgaria
box 5, folder 10
"History of Allied Control Commission in Bulgaria,"
1946
Balkans in the 1990s materials
1991-1994
Scope and Contents note
Consists of reports and a publication.
Arrangement note
Arranged by subject
box 5, folder 11
Serbian Orthodox Church leadership publication
1991
box 5, folder 12
"Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe" report
1992
Scope and Contents note
Concerns the referendum in Bosnia and Herzegovina
box 5, folder 13
Croatian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights (CHC) report on the events at the Dr. Martin Horvat Hospital, in Rovinj, Croatia
1994
