Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The Thomas Capek Collection Relating to Czechoslovakia and Czech Americans was given to the Library of Congress by Anna Vostroveský Capek between 1953 and 1955.
Processing History
The Thomas Capek Collection Relating to Czechoslovakia and Czech Americans was arranged and described by Katherine E. Brand with the assistance of Paul L. Horecky and revised by Margaret Martin and Patrick Kerwin in 2009. The finding aid was updated in 2023 by Maria Farmer as part of a division-wide remediation project by the Inclusive Description Working Group.
Transfers
Items have been transferred from the Manuscript Division to other custodial divisions of the Library. Maps have been transferred to the Geography and Map Division. Posters and prints have been transferred to the Prints and Photographs Division. Some printed material has been transferred to the general collections of the Library Division. All transfers are identified in these divisions as part of the Thomas Capek Collection.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Thomas Capek Collection Relating to Czechoslovakia and Czech Americans, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.