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BOX 1 | Beneš, Edvard | ||||||||||||
BOX 1 | German-language letters, Jan.-June 1939 | ||||||||||||
Letters to Beneš, most sent from within the United States, but some also from Europe and South America. Includes two letters from William S. Schlamm offering cooperation. | |||||||||||||
BOX 1 | German-language propaganda, 1939, undated | ||||||||||||
Anti-annexation propaganda mailed to Germany by German emigrants living in France, samples sent to Beneš. Includes a seed package with political tracts enclosed, one by Heinrich Mann. | |||||||||||||
BOX 1 | German occupation of Prague, Czechoslovakia, Mar. 1939 | ||||||||||||
Telegrams, drafts of telegrams, and other correspondence from Beneš to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Joseph Avenol, Georges Bonnet, Emil Hácha, Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st earl of Halifax, Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich Molotov, and others. Includes Roosevelt’s original letter of response. In French, English, and Czech. | |||||||||||||
BOX 1 | Invitations to lecture, 1939 | ||||||||||||
Invitations from schools and associations answered by Beneš’s personal representative, E. B. Hitchcock. Letters regarding radio address, 1938-1939 | |||||||||||||
BOX 1 | Letters regarding radio address, 1938-1939 | ||||||||||||
Letters of thanks and encouragement written after Beneš’s first radio address in the United States. Mostly in English. | |||||||||||||
BOX 1 | Miscellaneous correspondence, 1939-1942, undated See also Oversize | ||||||||||||
(4 folders) | |||||||||||||
BOX 1 | Philosophical/political essay, 1939 | ||||||||||||
By an anonymous Jewish writer. Sent from Prague, Czechoslovakia, to Beneš, May 1939. In Czech. | |||||||||||||
BOX 1 | Press releases and biographical sketch, 1942-1945 | ||||||||||||
Mostly speeches released in the United States. In English. | |||||||||||||
BOX 2 | Publishers and books, 1939-1941 | ||||||||||||
Correspondence and news clippings concerning books by and about Beneš. | |||||||||||||
BOX 2 | Requests for autographs, 1939-1942 | ||||||||||||
(2 folders) | |||||||||||||
Mostly from the United States. In English. | |||||||||||||
BOX 2 | Situation reports from America, 1939-1945 | ||||||||||||
(3 folders) | |||||||||||||
Reports on Beneš’s political action in America during World
War II. Sent to Beneš in London, England, and after May 1945, Prague, Czechoslovakia. In Czech and Slovak. |
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BOX 2 | Speeches and statements, May-June 1943, undated | ||||||||||||
(3 folders) | |||||||||||||
Drafts and final texts of speeches and statements by Beneš in the United States. | |||||||||||||
BOX 2 | Beneš, Vojta, 1939-1945, undated | ||||||||||||
(2 folders) | |||||||||||||
Correspondence, mostly between Vojta Beneš and Papánek, and some printed matter. In Czech. | |||||||||||||
BOX 3 | Biographical material of Papánek | ||||||||||||
BOX 3 | Autobiography, 1951 | ||||||||||||
(3 folders) | |||||||||||||
Transcript of Papánek’s oral history concerning his life and career to 1948. Main topics include Edvard Beneš, World War II, and Czechoslovak political activities in the United States. In English. | |||||||||||||
BOX 3 | Certificates, 1935 See also Oversize | ||||||||||||
Appointment as Czechoslovak consul in Pittsburgh, Pa., and official recognition by the United States as consul. | |||||||||||||
BOX 3 | Diary for 1934 | ||||||||||||
Entries from Jan. 10 to May 18. In Slovak. | |||||||||||||
BOX 3 | Clementis, Vladimír, 1946-1947, undated | ||||||||||||
Letters from Papánek to Clementis, deputy foreign minister of Czechoslovakia. In Slovak. | |||||||||||||
BOX 3 | Committee for Free Germany, 1943 | ||||||||||||
Memorandum of 22 Sept. on political impact of Committee for Free Germany. Unnamed source. Sent to London, England for Edvard Beneš. In English. | |||||||||||||
BOX 3 | Communist takeover of Czechoslovakia, 1948, undated | ||||||||||||
Unsigned Czech report, unsigned English-language confidential report, and unsigned letters in Czech, one with an English translation, from Prague, Czechoslovakia, to Papánek. | |||||||||||||
BOX 3 | Czech-American political groups, 1940-1941, undated | ||||||||||||
Items relating to their activities. In Czech and Slovak. | |||||||||||||
BOX 3 | Czechoslovak Action Abroad, 1939, undated | ||||||||||||
Documents pertaining to the beginning of Czechoslovak Action Abroad, Edvard Beneš’s first political organization during World War II. The American branch was formed in Chicago, Ill. Some of the notes and drafts were written by Beneš. In Czech and English. | |||||||||||||
BOX 3 | Czechoslovak border rectification, undated See also Oversize | ||||||||||||
Memoranda from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with recommendations for rectification of Czechoslovak frontiers after World War II. Includes a detailed map. In English. | |||||||||||||
BOX 3 | Czechoslovak Economic Council, 1941-1942 | ||||||||||||
Items related to the council based in New York, N.Y. | |||||||||||||
BOX 4 | Czechoslovak Information Service, 1938-1942, undated | ||||||||||||
Documents from the founding of the Czechoslovak Information Service in the United States. In Czech. | |||||||||||||
BOX 4 | Czechoslovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1941 | ||||||||||||
Documents prepared by the Foreign Ministry of Edvard Beneš’s exile government, including political surveys and confidential memoranda to Czechoslovak diplomatic offices. In Czech and English. | |||||||||||||
BOX 4 | Czechoslovak reparation demands, 1945 See also Oversize | ||||||||||||
(3 folders) | |||||||||||||
Czechoslovak restitution and reparation demands after World War II. In Czech and Slovak. | |||||||||||||
BOX 4 | Feierabend, Ladislav, 1943-1944 | ||||||||||||
Items relating to Feierabend’s visit to the United States in 1943, including his report as minister in the government of Edvard Beneš to premier Šrámek about his negotiations in Washington, D.C. Mostly in Czech. | |||||||||||||
BOX 4 | Firkušný, Rudolf, 1942-1945, undated | ||||||||||||
Correspondence and memoranda concerning Czech pianist Firkušný and his legal status in the United States. In Czech and English. | |||||||||||||
BOX 4 | German Protectorate and Slovakia | ||||||||||||
Confidential reports from various sources in Bohemia, Moravia, and Slovakia. Mostly in Czech. | |||||||||||||
BOX 4 | 1939, Apr.-1940, Feb. | ||||||||||||
(5 folders) | |||||||||||||
BOX 5 | 1940, Mar.- 1942, June, undated | ||||||||||||
(3 folders) | |||||||||||||
BOX 5 | Hollub, Charles J., consul of Czechoslovakia, Houston, Tex., 1939-1943 | ||||||||||||
(3 folders) | |||||||||||||
Correspondence, newspaper clippings and transcripts from radio station KPRC. In Czech and English. | |||||||||||||
BOX 5 | Hostovský, Egon, 1943-1945, undated | ||||||||||||
Items concerning the work of Hostovský, a Czech writer, including his memorandum on the cultural situation of Czech exiles in America during World War II. | |||||||||||||
BOX 5 | Hromádka, Josef Lukl | ||||||||||||
BOX 5 | Correspondence with Edvard Beneš, 1942 | ||||||||||||
Beneš to Hromádka concerning political philosophy; Hromadka to Papánek with copy to Beneš concerning his discussion with Hermann Rauschning. In Czech. | |||||||||||||
BOX 5 | Correspondence with Papánek. In Czech, 1939-1944, undated | ||||||||||||
(2 folders) | |||||||||||||
BOX 5 | Masaryk, Alice G., 1931-1935 | ||||||||||||
Letters to Edvard Beneš. In Czech. | |||||||||||||
BOX 5 | Masaryk, Jan | ||||||||||||
BOX 5 | Letters and notes, 1941-1948 | ||||||||||||
Notes about the political situation during Masaryk’s visit to the United States in October 1941, notes from his meeting with Franklin D. Roosevelt on 4 Feb. 1944, letters to Papánek, and correspondence with Dorothy Thompson. In Czech and English. | |||||||||||||
BOX 5 | Miscellany | ||||||||||||
Correspondence, speeches, statements, news clippings, and printed matter. In Czech and English. | |||||||||||||
BOX 5 | 1940-1942 | ||||||||||||
(2 folders) | |||||||||||||
BOX 6 | 1943-1948, undated | ||||||||||||
(3 folders) | |||||||||||||
BOX 6 | Secret reports, 1942-1945, undated | ||||||||||||
Reports to and from Jan Masaryk on Czechoslovak political actions and views. Most of the reports are deciphered despatches. Includes reports during the 1945 United Nations Conference on International Organization at San Francisco, Calif. In Czech. | |||||||||||||
BOX 6 | Masaryk, T. G. | ||||||||||||
BOX 6 | Correspondence, 1930-1931 | ||||||||||||
Letters to Edvard Beneš, one with a situation report attached. In Czech. | |||||||||||||
BOX 6 | Printed matter | ||||||||||||
Pamphlets, essays, articles, lectures, etc. concerning T. G. Masaryk. In various languages. | |||||||||||||
BOX 6 | 1917-1935, 1948-1950 | ||||||||||||
(3 folders) | |||||||||||||
BOX 7 | 1955-1962, undated | ||||||||||||
(3 folders) | |||||||||||||
BOX 7 | Miscellaneous correspondence, 1938-1951, undated | ||||||||||||
BOX 7 | Miscellany, 1942-circa 1945, 1962-1967, undated | ||||||||||||
BOX 7 | National Union of Czechoslovak Students, 1942-1943 | ||||||||||||
Items related to activities of the exile organization of Czechoslovak students. In Czech and English. | |||||||||||||
BOX 7 | Odložilík, Otakar | ||||||||||||
BOX 7 | Book draft on Czech history and news clippings, 1939 | ||||||||||||
Includes chapters on the beginning of the Habsburg era until Joseph II, the Czech state and the Holy Roman Empire, nineteenth century and T. G. Masaryk, and Slovakia. In Czech. | |||||||||||||
BOX 7 | Correspondence | ||||||||||||
Letters between Papánek and others concerning Odložilík’s academic career and other activities. In Czech and English. | |||||||||||||
BOX 8 | 1940, Jan.-Apr. | ||||||||||||
BOX 8 | 1940, May-1943, Sept. | ||||||||||||
(4 folders) | |||||||||||||
BOX 8 | Office of War Information, 1943-1944, undated | ||||||||||||
Letters, memoranda, and reports concerning broadcasting to Czechoslovakia during World War II. In English and Czech. | |||||||||||||
BOX 8 | Photographs, 1926-circa 1948 See also Oversize | ||||||||||||
T. G. Masaryk, Edvard Beneš, Jan Masaryk, and others. Photographs include an autographed portrait of T. G. Masaryk dated 13 Sept. 1926. | |||||||||||||
BOX 8 | Posse, Amelie, 1948 | ||||||||||||
Letters from Posse, a Swedish writer, to the former private secretary of Edvard Beneš describing her last meeting with Beneš in Aug. 1948, shortly before his death. Translated from Swedish to Czech. | |||||||||||||
BOX 8 | Refugee university students, 1939-1941, undated | ||||||||||||
(4 folders) | |||||||||||||
Items documenting arrangements for Czechoslovakian students to come to the United States. | |||||||||||||
BOX 8 | Reports | ||||||||||||
BOX 8 | 1938, Dec.-1942, July | ||||||||||||
(2 folders) | |||||||||||||
BOX 9 | 1942, Nov.-circa 1951, undated | ||||||||||||
(2 folders) | |||||||||||||
BOX 9 | Ripka, Hubert | ||||||||||||
BOX 9 | Correspondence, 1940-1946 | ||||||||||||
Includes letters written in 1940 to Papánek from Paris, France, concerning the political situation in the country. In Czech. | |||||||||||||
BOX 9 | Reports and speeches, 1941-1943 | ||||||||||||
Reports and speeches by Ripka, including his confidential report of 7 Jan. 1942 about the foreign policy of Edvard Beneš’s government. In Czech and English. | |||||||||||||
BOX 9 | Šeba, Jan, Czechoslovak minister to China, 1941, 1948 | ||||||||||||
Correspondence and newspaper clippings. In Czech, Slovak, and English. | |||||||||||||
BOX 9 | Sforza, Carlo, Feb.-Mar. 1943 | ||||||||||||
Correspondence between Edvard Beneš and Sforza. In French. | |||||||||||||
BOX 9 | Slovak National Alliance, 1939-1941, undated | ||||||||||||
(3 folders) | |||||||||||||
Activities of the organization in the United States. Primarily in Slovak. | |||||||||||||
BOX 9 | Slovakia, confidential report, 1943 | ||||||||||||
Sent by Vladimír S. Hurban, Czechoslovak envoy extraordinary, to Cordell Hull, American secretary of state, 5 April. In English. | |||||||||||||
BOX 9 | Smutný, Jaromír, 1939-1943 | ||||||||||||
Correspondence and other items received from Smutný, chancellor in the government of Edvard Beneš, May 1939-Jan. 1940. Copies of letters from Papánek to Smutný, Aug.-Oct. 1943. Primarily in Czech and Slovak. | |||||||||||||
BOX 9 | State Department, 1943, undated | ||||||||||||
News clippings, reports, and notes. In English and Czech. | |||||||||||||
BOX 10 | United Nations | ||||||||||||
BOX 10 | Diplomatic dispatches, 1946-1948 | ||||||||||||
Secret dispatches between the foreign ministry in Prague, Czechoslovakia, and Papánek, the Czechoslovak United Nations delegate. In Czech. | |||||||||||||
BOX 10 | Dismissal of Papánek, 1946-1948 | ||||||||||||
Items documenting his dismissal in March 1948 from the United Nations. In English and Czech. | |||||||||||||
BOX 10 | Security Council meeting concerning Czechoslovak crisis, 17 Mar.- 26 May 1948 | ||||||||||||
Bound volume of verbatim records of meetings concerning Communist takeover in Czechoslovakia in Feb. 1948. | |||||||||||||
BOX 10 | University professors, 1941 | ||||||||||||
Protest of Nazi actions by Czechoslovak educators in exile. | |||||||||||||
BOX 10 | USSR, 1943-1944 | ||||||||||||
(2 folders) | |||||||||||||
Confidential reports and other material from the Czechoslovak Information Service in the United States to Edvard Beneš and the Czechoslovak embassy in Washington. Includes discussion of American attitudes towards the Soviets. In English, Czech, and French. | |||||||||||||
BOX 10 | Voska, Emanuel Victor, 1939-1943 | ||||||||||||
Primarily letters concerning Voska’s offer of intelligence activities to Edvard Beneš’s government. Mostly in Czech. | |||||||||||||
BOX 10 | Zatkovich, Gregory Ignatius, Feb. 1944 | ||||||||||||
Confidential report addressed to Edvard Beneš. Zatkovich, as leader of Carpatho-Ukrainians in the United States, described wartime activities of his ethnic group. In English. | |||||||||||||
BOX OV 1 | Oversize, 1935-circa 1947, undated | ||||||||||||
BOX OV 1 | Beneš, Edvard | ||||||||||||
BOX OV 1 | Miscellaneous correspondence, attachment to letter of 27 June 1939 (Container 1) | ||||||||||||
BOX OV 1 | Biographical material about Papánek | ||||||||||||
BOX OV 1 | Certificates, 1935 (Container 3) | ||||||||||||
BOX OV 1 | Czechoslovak border rectification, map, undated (Container 3) | ||||||||||||
BOX OV 1 | Czechoslovak reparation demands, 1945 (Container 4) | ||||||||||||
BOX OV 1 | Photographs, circa 1947 (Container 8) |