Scope and Content Note
The collection of Thomas Capek (1861-1950) relating to Czechoslovakia and Czech Americans spans the years 1619-1953, with the bulk from 1851 to 1953. The collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, journals, writings, printed matter, maps, photographs, and other papers assembled during Capek's research on the immigration, organization, institutions, and activities of Czech Americans. Also included is material concerning Czechoslovakia, Czechs in Great Britain, Slavic Americans, and Slovak Americans.
Among the items collected by Capek are newspapers and periodicals published by Czech Americans or by Czechs in Europe; biographical files on Augustine Herrman, T. G. Masaryk, Charlotta G. Masaryková, and Frederick Philipse; genealogical material on Capek's family and others; and the papers and journals of Czech Americans who attempted to establish a utopian colony in Russia in the mid-nineteenth century. Other individuals featured include Thomas F. Bayard, Bartoš Bittner, Jan Borecký, Josef Buňata, Anna Vostroveský Capek, Thomas Capek, Jr., (b.1895), Christina Jonáš, Frederic Jonáš, Karel Jonáš, František Matouš (Ladimir) Klácel, František Kořízek, Henry R. Maresh, Stephen C. Massoch, Lev J. Palda, Jan Rosický, Rose Rosický, and Vaclav Snajdr.