Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Dragnich, Alex N.
- Abstract:
- Writings, correspondence, reports, studies, memoranda, legal and government documents, diaries, newspapers, photographs, and sound recording, relating to the history, politics, and government of Serbia and Yugoslavia, relations between Croatia and Serbia, activities of the Hrvatski Domobran in the United States, the communist party of Yugoslavia, the trial of Draza Mihailovic, and Serbian émigré affairs.
- Extent:
- 80 manuscript boxes, 2 envelopes, 1 phonotape reel (33.4 Linear Feet)
- Language:
- In English and Serbo-Croatian
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Alex N. Dragnich Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Writings, correspondence, reports, studies, memoranda, legal and government documents, diaries, newspapers, photographs, and sound recording, relating to the history, politics, and government of Serbia and Yugoslavia, relations between Croatia and Serbia, activities of the Hrvatski Domobran in the United States, the communist party of Yugoslavia, the trial of Draza Mihailovic, and Serbian émigré affairs.
- Biographical / historical:
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American political scientist; senior propaganda analyst, United States Department of Justice, 1942-1944; research analyst, United States Office of Strategic Services, 1944-1945; cultural attaché and public affairs officer, United States Embassy in Yugoslavia, 1947-1950.
Date Event 1912, February 22 Born, Republic, Washington1938 BA, University of Washington (Phi Beta Kappa)1939 MA, University of California (Berkeley)1939 Author, The Assumptions of Democracy in the Light of Biological and Psychological Criticisms1942-44 Senior propaganda analyst, U.S. Department of Justice1944-45 Research analyst, U.S. Office of Strategic Services1945 Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)1945 Author, The Development of Parliamentary Government in Serbia, 1869-18891945-47 Assistant Professor of Political Science, Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio1947-1950 Cultural Attache and Public Affairs Officer, U.S. Embassy at Belgrade, Yugoslavia1949 Co-author, Yugoslavia, 19491950-52 Associate Professor, Vanderbilt University1952- Professor of Political Science, Vanderbilt University1954 Author, Tito's Promised Land1955-56 Ford Fellow, Harvard University1956 Co-author, The Fate of East Central Europe1958 Author, International Communism in Yugoslavia1959-1960 Chester Nimitz Professor, U.S. Naval War College1961 Author, Major European Governments1966 Co-author, Government and Politics1974 Author, Serbia, Nikola Pasic, and Yugoslavia1979-1980 Book publications editor, Hoover Institution1982 Author, Politics and Government1983 Author, The First Yugoslavia1984 Author, The Saga of Kosovo1989 Author, Development of Parliamentary Government in Serbia1992 Author, Serbs and Croats: The Struggle in Yugoslavia - Acquisition information:
- Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1977.
- Physical location:
- Hoover Institution Library & Archives
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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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:
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For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Alex N. Dragnich Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Location of this collection:
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Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford UniversityStanford, CA 94305-6003, US
- Contact:
- (650) 723-3563