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Title: Rusztem Vambéry papers
Date (inclusive): 1887-1948
Collection Number: 75089
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In Hungarian and English
Physical Description:
9 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box
(5.75 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, speeches and writings, reports, and printed matter, relating to criminology, Hungarian domestic and foreign
affairs, Hungarian- American relations, and Hungarian emigres in the U.S.
Creator:
Vámbéry, Rusztem, 1872-
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.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1975.
[Identification of item], Rusztem Vambéry Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 1872 | Born, Budapest, Hungary |
| 1897 | Admitted to the Bar of Budapest |
| 1899-1913 | Judge to the Court of Appeals and attached to the Department of Bill Drafting at the Ministry of Justice |
| 1902 | Reader in criminal law, Law School at the University of Budapest |
| 1905 | Secretary of Juridical Society |
| 1908-1921 | Professor of Law, Law School at the University of Budapest |
| 1913-1939 | Editor, Jogtudományi Koezloeny (Law Gazette) |
| 1914 | Vice Chairman of the liberal Kossuth Party |
| 1918 | Member of the National Council during th October Revolution |
| 1922-1938 | Practiced law (defended Mátyás Rákosi and other political prisoners of the left, lectured in Hungary, Czechoslovakia and England) |
| 1924-1939 | Founder and editor in chief of Századunk ( Our Century, a journal of sociology) |
| 1938 | Immigrated to the United States of America |
| 1939-? | Professor at the New School of Social Research, in New York |
| 1939- | President of Committee for New Democratic Hungary |
| 1941?-1945 | Special Advisor to the U.S. Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and the British Information Service on Hungarian matters |
| 1946-1948 | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States (appointed September 6, 1946 and resigned May 19, 1948) |
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Hungarians -- United States
Hungary -- Politics and government
Diplomats -- Hungary
Hungary -- Foreign relations -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- Hungary
Crime