Collection context
Summary
- Abstract:
- Serial issues, pamphlets, election campaign literature, clandestine publications, reports, memoranda, speeches, proclamations, bulletins, leaflets, and memorabilia, relating to various aspects of twentieth-century Czechoslovak history and politics, including the Munich agreement of 1938, the Soviet invasion in 1968, the Charta 77 movement, and the end of the communist regime in 1989; and to post-1989 political, social and economic conditions, and elections, in Czechoslovakia and subsequently the independent Czech Republic. Includes photocopies of communist-era Czechoslovak government documents.
- Extent:
- 32 manuscript boxes, 3 oversize boxes, 1 microfilm reel, 1 motion picture film reel, 1 phonorecord (14.62 Linear Feet)
- Language:
- Czech
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Czech subject collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Background
- Acquisition information:
- Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives.
- Physical location:
- Hoover Institution Library & Archives
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Elections -- Czechoslovakia
Elections -- Czech Republic
Underground literature -- Czechoslovakia
Censorship -- Czechoslovakia
Sound recordings
Motion pictures - Names:
- Charta 77 (Group)
- Places:
- Czechoslovakia -- History -- Intervention, 1968
Czechoslovakia -- Politics and government
Czechoslovakia -- History
Czech Republic -- Politics and government
Czech Republic -- Economic conditions
Czech Republic -- Social conditions
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], Czech subject collection, [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