Inventory of the Michal Mudry [Michal Mudry-Sebik] papers
Finding aid prepared by Martina Podsklanova
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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Title: Michal Múdry papers
Date (inclusive): 1939-2000
Collection Number: 2006C1
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In Slovak, Czech and English
Physical Description:
12 manuscript boxes
(6.0 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Radio broadcast scripts, correspondence, writings, memoranda, reports, and printed matter, relating mostly to Radio Free Europe
broadcasts to Czechoslovakia.
Creator:
Múdry, Michal
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 2006.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Michal Múdry papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical/Historical Note
11 May 1909 |
Born, Drétoma / Drietoma, Austro-Hungary |
1930-1936 |
Studied at the Faculty of Law, Comenius University, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia |
1936-1939 |
Public lawyer, Bratislava |
1939 |
Emigrated to the U.S. |
|
Married Jarmila Navaříková |
1939-1978 |
Member of Slovak and Czechoslovak émigré organizations in the U.S. throughout his career |
1943-1944 |
Secretary to the former Czechoslovak Prime Minister Milan Hodža |
1945-1947 |
A Slovak Democratic Party representative in the postwar Czechoslovak government |
1948 |
Emigrated again to the U.S. after allegations of espionage by the Communist Party against him and other Democratic Party members |
1949 |
Published a book about Milan Hodža entitled
Milan Hodža v Amerike
|
1951 |
Editor, Radio Free Europe, Czechoslovak Desk, New York |
1951-1954 |
Associate Editor-In-Chief, RFE, Czechoslovak Desk, Munich, Germany |
1954-1970 |
Associate Editor-In-Chief, RFE, Czechoslovak Desk, New York |
1970-1974 |
Editor-In-Chief, RFE, Czechoslovak Desk, New York |
20 September 1978 |
Died, New York |
Scope and Content of Collection
Radio broadcast scripts, correspondence, writings, memoranda, reports, and printed matter, relating to Radio Free Europe broadcasts
to Czechoslovakia.
Related Materials
Beneš (Edvard) papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Osuský (Štefan) papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Peroutka (Ferdinand) papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Radio Free Europe records, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Slovak League of America Congress Resolution, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Radio broadcasting -- Czechoslovakia
Radio Free Europe
Correspondence and brief writings
1939-2000 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Contains correspondence mostly with Czechs and Slovaks in exile, many of them associated with RFE, or with Slovak or Czechoslovak
émigré organizations in America; correspondence of Jarmila Múdra-Šebíková, after 1978, refers almost exclusively to Múdry
Arrangement note
Arranged in alphabetical and then chronological order
box 1, folder 1
Belák-Berger, Karol
1970-1977
box 1, folder 3
Beneš, Edvard
1941, 1943 and 1974
Scope and Contents note
Contains his speech, a photocopy of his letter, and an article about him
box 1, folder 4
Bosák, Michal J.
1958 and undated
Scope and Contents note
correspondence and reports
box 1, folder 4
Černý, Josef
1971
Scope and Contents note
obituary
box 1, folder 4
Dellin, Eduard
1951, 1977 and undated
box 1, folder 5
Demeter, Ladislav
1942-1976 and undated
Scope and Contents note
correspondence and obituaries
box 1, folder 5
Feierabend, Ladislav
1961, 1964 and undated
box 1, folder 5
Ferjenčík, Mikuláš
1951-1988
Scope and Contents note
correspondence and obituaries
box 1, folder 6
Fraštacký, Rudolf
1963-1976
Scope and Contents note
Includes articles by other authors
box 1, folder 7
Havas, Emil
1950 and undated
box 1, folder 7
Hodža, Fedor
1950 and 1968
Scope and Contents note
correspondence and an obituary
box 1, folder 7
Horná, Dagmar and Miroslav Kusý
1993
box 1, folder 8
Hrabík, Martin
1973-1984 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Contains also an issue of
Národné noviny from 1871, articles and news clippings
box 1, folder 9
Johnson, Owen W.
1975
Scope and Contents note
Contains also an autobiographical text by Múdry
box 1, folder 10
Kováčik, Ján
1969-1975
Scope and Contents note
Contains also letters, speeches and a report on church affairs in Czechoslovakia by Jozef Juráš
box 1, folder 11
Kružliak, Imrich
1971-1977
box 1, folder 13
Lettrich, Jozef
1954-1968 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Contains correspondence, writings and an RFE interview
box 1, folder 14
Ličko, Miroslav
1975-1999 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Includes eulogies for Múdry
box 1, folder 15
Malík, Josef
1939-1941 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Contains letters to Edvard Beneš and others, and brief writings
box 2, folder 1
Mamatey, Viktor
1976-1978
Scope and Contents note
Includes photocopies of published documents on M.R. Štefánik
box 2, folder 1
Matica slovenská, Augustín Maťovčík
1997-1998
box 2, folder 1
Mlynárik, Ján
undated
Scope and Contents note
Contains a typescript entitled
Milan Rastislav Štefánik
box 2, folder 1
Molitor, Ludwig
1959
Scope and Contents note
Contains a report on Molitor addressed to Thomas Myers
box 2, folder 1
Mrázek, Jozef
1967 and 1976
box 2, folder 1
Múdry-Šebík st., Michal
1975
box 2, folder 1
Osuská, Pavla
1956 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Includes typescripts for RFE programs
box 2, folder 2
Osuský, Štefan
1943-1956 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Contains also typescripts, speeches and press clippings
box 2, folder 3
Papánek, Ján
1967 and 1978
Scope and Contents note
Contains a photocopy of a letter to Mr. Čecha
box 2, folder 4
Pecháček, Jaroslav
1967-1976
box 2, folder 5
Peroutka, Ferdinand
1950-1973
Scope and Contents note
Contains RFE related documents
box 2, folder 6
Richter, V.A.
1978-1982 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Contains also
Balada Generál Řimbuch, a poem in manuscript
box 2, folder 7
Rudinský, Jozef
1953-1956 and undated
box 2, folder 8
Sidor, Karol
1939
Scope and Contents note
photocopies of a typescript entitled
Moje poznámky k historickým dňom
box 2
Slezak, John / Slezák, Ján
1949-1976 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Contains correspondence, interviews, speeches and related documents, as well as reminiscences on M.R. Štefánik, Štefan Slezák,
and the Slovak National Uprising
box 3, folder 1
Slezak, John / Slezák, Ján
1949-1976 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Contains correspondence, interviews, speeches and related documents, as well as reminiscences on M.R. Štefánik, Štefan Slezák,
and the Slovak National Uprising
box 3, folder 2
Srba, Antonín, family
1980
Scope and Contents note
Contains correspondence and an obituary
box 3, folder 2
Škarnicel, Belo
1968-1975
box 3, folder 3
Škvor, Jiří
1973-1978 and undated
box 3, folder 4
Štefánek, Branislav
1975-1979 and undated
box 3, folder 5
Ursíny, Ján
1967
Scope and Contents note
Contains Múdry's report on a meeting with Ursíny
box 3, folder 5
Velvyslanectví ČSSR, Washington, D.C.
1974
box 3, folder 6
Voskovec, Jiří
1974
Scope and Contents note
An article dedicated to Egon Hostovský attached
box 3, folder 7
Zenkl, Peter
1962
Scope and Contents note
a report
box 3, folder 8
Unidentified letters and fragments
1950-1978 and undated
Alphabetical file
1939-1979 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Contains mostly internal documents and correspondence of Slovak or Czechoslovak émigré organizations in America on political
and cultural issues, and RFE materials on these issues
Arrangement note
Arranged in alphabetical and then chronological order
box 3, folder 9
Communist Takeover and Occupation of Czechoslovakia, a U.S. congressional report, and reaction to the report from émigré organizations in the U.S. and from the Czechoslovak
state organizations
1954-1955
Scope and Contents note
Contains correspondence, mostly between Múdry and Ján Kováčik, memoranda of the Slovak Lutheran Church representatives in
America and by The Council of Free Czechoslovakia, press releases in the U.S. and in Czechoslovakia, RFE materials
box 3, folder 10
Demokratická strana v exile
1949
Scope and Contents note
outline of a meeting agenda
box 3, folder 11
Hodža, Milan
1942-1978 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Contains correspondence, published materials, Múdry's writings and other materials related to Hodža or on commemoration events
for Hodža
box 4, folder 1-5
Hodža, Milan
1942-1978 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Contains correspondence, published materials, Múdry's writings and other materials related to Hodža or on commemoration events
for Hodža
box 4, folder 6
Husák, Gustáv
1969-1970 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Contains Múdry's article
Czechoslovakia: Husák Takes the Helm, other articles in typescript and news clippings
box 4, folder 7
National Alliance of Slovak Lutherans / Národný sväz slovenských evanjelikov
1939-1947 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Contains a telegram from Edvard Beneš, internal documents, speeches, published matter, handwritten notes
box 5, folder 1-3
Papánek, Ján
1950-1978 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Contains articles and speeches, Múdry's notes and versions of a response article
"Čs. zahraničná akcia v druhej svetovej vojne" a "Smear", osočujúca či očierňujúca kampaň
box 5, folder 4-5
Political trials with the so-called bourgeois nationalists
1951-1953 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Contains RFE broadcast materials and other reports, most of them prepared by Múdry, fragments of trial transcripts, news reports,
periodicals
box 5, folder 6
Rada slobodného Československa
1975-1979
Scope and Contents note
administrative correspondence and reports
box 5, folder 7
Slovenská liga v Amerike / Slovak League of America
1964 and undated
Scope and Contents note
correspondence and an interview
box 5, folder 8
Slovenské národné sdruženie v Amerike
1939-1942 and undated
Scope and Contents note
correspondence, proceedings and related documents
box 5, folder 9
Společnost pro vědy a umění / Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences in America
1970-1974 and undated
Scope and Contents note
correspondence and promotional materials
box 6, folder 1-8
Stála konferencia slovenských demokratických exulantov
1963-1971 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Contains correspondence, presentation papers, minutes of meetings, resolutions and related materials
Radio Free Europe materials
1948-1978 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Contains administrative documents, and reports and memoranda on cooperation between Czechs and Slovaks in RFE, materials of
organizations related to RFE (Voice of America, National Committee for Free Europe and other), broadcast scripts, correspondence
with audience and related materials, promotional materials and publications, and other related documents.
Arrangement note
Arranged in alphabetical and then chronological order
box 6, folder 9
Internal correspondence, reports and related materials
1948-1953
box 6, folder 10
Memorandum of Slovak employees in RFE on founding a periodical
1953-1954 and undated
box 6, folder 11
Internal correspondence, reports and related materials
1954
Scope and Contents note
Contains a memorandum of "Slovak Catholics in RFE", documents protesting this memorandum, and other materials on cooperation
between Czechs and Slovaks in RFE
box 7, folder 1
Internal correspondence, reports and related materials
1955-1965
box 7, folder 2
Internal correspondence, reports and related materials
1966-1970
box 7, folder 3
Internal correspondence, reports and related materials
1971-1978
box 7, folder 4
Internal correspondence, reports and related materials, and fragments of materials
undated
box 7, folder 5
Correspondence with audience and related materials
1954-1958
box 7, folder 6
Correspondence with audience and related materials
1959-1963 and undated
box 7, folder 7
Chilla, Jozef J.
circa 1956-1958 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Contains Christmas Message scripts, correspondence and related materials
box 7, folder 8
Leaflets, publications and other promotional materials
1955-1956 and undated
box 7, folder 9
Broadcast scripts and related materials
1951
box 8, folder 1-2
Broadcast scripts and related materials
1952
box 8, folder 3
Broadcast scripts and related materials
1953
box 8, folder 4
Broadcast scripts and related materials
1954
box 8, folder 5
Broadcast scripts and related materials
1955
box 8, folder 6
Broadcast scripts and related materials
1956
box 8, folder 7
Broadcast scripts and related materials
1957
box 9, folder 1
Broadcast scripts and related materials
1957
box 9, folder 2
Broadcast scripts and related materials
1958-1959
box 9, folder 3
Broadcast scripts and related materials
1962-1964
box 9, folder 4
Broadcast scripts and related materials
1965-1976
box 9, folder 5-6
Broadcast scripts and related materials
undated
Writings by and about Múdry
1942-1995 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Contains articles, lectures, RFE scripts and other writings by or probably by Múdry, publications, news clippings and other
materials
Arrangement note
Arranged in alphabetical and then chronological order
box 9, folder 7
Lectures and articles
1942-1971
box 10, folder 1
Lectures and articles
1973-1979
box 10, folder 2
Pomoc amerických Slovákov národu
1968
Scope and Contents note
lecture
box 10, folder 3
Pomoc amerických Slovákov národu(?)
undated
Scope and Contents note
Contains a typescript, parts
úvod, Organizačné začiatky and
Do prvej svetovej vojny
box 10, folder 4
Pomoc amerických Slovákov národu(?)
undated
Scope and Contents note
Contains a typescript, part
Prvá svetová vojna
box 10, folder 5
Report on the situation of the Protestant Church (Augsburg Denomination) / Zpráva o stave Evanjelickej cirkvi augšburského
vyznania
1954 and undated
Scope and Contents note
typescripts
box 10, folder 6-11
Lectures, articles and other writings
undated
box 11, folder 1-2
Lectures, articles and other writings
undated
box 11, folder 3
Milan Hodža v Amerike
1949
Scope and Contents note
a book
box 11, folder 4
Writings about Múdry, newspaper clippings
1948-1995
undated
Miscellany
circa 1945-1994
Scope and Contents note
Contains news reports, books with dedications, photocopies of documents and fragments of materials
box 11, folder 5
Miscellany
circa 1945-1994
News clippings and printed matter
circa 1940-1990
box 12, folder 1-4
News clippings
circa 1940-1978
box 12, folder 5
Miscellaneous printed matter and publications
circa 1942-1990
Scope and Contents note
Contains periodicals and monographs, mostly on émigré affairs (
Naše noviny, Kotva, on the Council of Free Czechoslovakia) and Czechoslovak domestic periodicals