Petruška Šustrová papers, 1953-1997, 1953-1997

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Summary

Creators:
Šustrová, Petruška
Abstract:
Photographs, correspondence, and related materials documenting the Czechoslovak dissident movement around Václav Havel in the 1970s and 1980s, the 1989 Velvet Revolution, and the role of the former dissidents in the post-communist government
Extent:
1 manuscript box (0.4 Linear Feet)
Language:
Czech
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Petruška Šustrová papers, 1953-1997, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

Photographs, correspondence, and related materials documenting the Czechoslovak dissident movement around Václav Havel in the 1970s and 1980s, the 1989 Velvet Revolution, and the role of the former dissidents in the post-Communist government.

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
18 May 1947
Born
1966-1969
Studied Czech Literature and History at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague
December 1969
Arrested, sentenced on subversion charges, and imprisoned for the two following years
1971
Released from prison and consequently denied the right to finish her studies at Charles University
1971-1989
Officially employed at a post office, then later worked as a cleaner, or was officially unemployed
1972-1989
Involved in the samizdat publishing activities of the Střední Evropa journal, also as a member of the editorial board, and in similar projects
December 1976
Signed Charter 77 (Charta 77)
1985
Became Speaker of Charter 77
1979-Present
Member, The Committee for the Defence of the Unjustly Persecuted (Výbor na obranu nespravedlivě stíhaných, or VONS)
1989
Rehabilitated on the charges of subversion from 1969
1989-1990
Journalist, Independent Press Center (Nezávislé informační středisko)
1990-1992
Journalist, the Respekt weekly
1990-1991
Advisor and later Deputy Minister, Czechoslovak Ministry of Interior
1992-present
Freelance journalist (Lidové noviny and other periodicals), screenwriter (Czech Television documentaries on Georgia, Azerbaijan and Belarus) and translator (Paul Johnson's The Birth of the Modern, Norman Davies' The Isles: A History, and Anne Applebaum's Gulag: A History)
1999
Received the Karel Havlíček Borovský Prize for Journalism from the Czech Literary Fund
1999-2004
International Observer, elections in Georgia, Azerbaijan and Belarus
2004
Received the Officer's Merit Cross of the Republic of Poland (Krzyż Oficerski Orderu Zasługi Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej) from President Aleksander Kwaśniewski
Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2005.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

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.

Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Petruška Šustrová papers, 1953-1997, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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