Preliminary Inventory of the Jiří Horák papers

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1 No online items Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Archives Staff and Zdena Horák. Hoover Institution Archives 434 Galvez Mall Stanford University Stanford, CA, (650) , C66 1

2 Title: Jiří Date (inclusive): Collection Number: 2006C66 Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Archives Language of Material: English Physical Description: 74 manuscript boxes(29.6 linear feet) Abstract: Speeches and writings, correspondence, reports, bulletins, printed matter, and photographs, relating to socialism in Czechoslovakia, anti-communist political movements, Czech émigré affairs, Radio Free Europe, the Socialist International, and post-1989 political conditions in Czechoslovakia. Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives Creator: Horák, Jiří, Access Collection is open for research. The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Jiří, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives. Acquisition Information Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in Accruals Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number of boxes listed in this finding aid. Biographical/Historical Note Czechoslovak social democratic leader; emigre and political scientist in the United States; secretary-general, Council of Free Czechoslovakia, ; chairman, Ceskoslovenská Strana Sociálne Demokratická, Scope and Content of Collection Speeches and writings, correspondence, reports, bulletins, printed matter, and photographs, relating to socialism in Czechoslovakia, anti-communist political movements, Czech émigré affairs, Radio Free Europe, the Socialist International, and post-1989 political conditions in Czechoslovakia. Subjects and Indexing Terms Ceskoslovenská strana sociálně demokratická. Council of Free Czechoslovakia. Radio Free Europe. Socialist International (1951- ) Anti-communist movements. Czechoslovakia--Politics and government Czechs--United States. Radio broadcasting--czechoslovakia. Socialism--Czechoslovakia. Box Part One: February 1948 (Communist Coup in Czechoslovakia) to November 17, 1989 (Fall of Communism to the Velvet Revolution) 1948 Ustřední svaz československých studentu v exilu (Central Union of Czechoslovak Students in exile) 2006C66 2

3 Svaz československých uprchliku v Německu (Union of Czechoslovak Refugees in Germany) Americký fond pro československé uprchliky (AFCR -American Fund for Czechoslovak Refugees) Jiří Horák - personal file: scholarship in Denmark, documents, photographs, correspondence Box Box RSC - Rada svobodného Československá (Council of Free Czechoslovakia) Box (I.) Box (II.)-1976 Box Box Box Box Box Box 7-8 a. until November 17, 1989 Box 7-8 b. after November 17, 1989 Box RSC and Washington 1975 Box Correspondence with the White House, Dept. of State, Senate, Congress, Congressional Box Record, AFUCIO, CSNRA (Československá národni rada americká), etc. Box 5-6 Jiří Horák -International 1949 Box 5-6 a. International meetings and trips to Europe and Asia, lusy (International Union of Socialist Youth), other youth organizations: trip reports, photographs, correspondence, etc. Box 5-6 b. FEC (Free Europe Committee) New York Jiří Horák from 1951 on a. AFCR -American Fund for Czechoslovak Refugees, New York b. Mayor's Ethnic Council, New York (photographs) c. BBLA - Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Association ( Česká dobročinná a vzdelavací organizace), New York d. contract with JPRS - U.S. Joint Publications Research Service, Washington, D.C. (samples of his research enclosed) Jiří Horák from 1974 on a. RFE - Radio Free Europe (Radio svobodná Evropa), Munich, Germany: correspondence, Radio University, scripts, etc. b. FEC- Free Europe Committee (Výbor pro svobodnou Evropu), New York, New York: Mailing Project (George Minden) c. Communist attacks (Radio Prague); communist agents in the West Jiří Horák from 1953 on Columbia University, New York; Manhattan College, New York correspondence, articles, reviews, press Doctoral dissertation "The Czechoslovak Social Democratic Party ", New York, 1960; M.A. thesis:"the Czechoslovak Social Democratic Party ", New York) Box RSC - Rada svobodného Československá (Council of Free Czechoslovakia) 1968 Box Charta 77 (I.) Documents and correspondence, Czechoslovak dissident movement Box RSC - Rada svobodného Československá (Council of Free Czechoslovakia) 1968 Box Charta 77 (II.) Documents and correspodence, Czechoslovak dissident movement Box Jiří Horák 1956 Box "Svědectví" ("Testimony," cultural and political quarterly) some early issues enclosed publisher and member of the editorial board: Jiří Horák, editor: Pavel Tigrid. published first in New York, then in Paris. Distributed in Czechoslovakia as an underground magazine. Box Part Two: From November 17, 1989 (Fall of Communism in Czechoslovakia to the Velvet Revolution) From November 17, 1989 (Fall of Communism in Czechoslovakia to the Velvet Revolution) 2006C66 3

4 Box ČSSD - Československastrana Sociálně Demokratická (Czechoslovak Social Democratic Party) Scope and Contents note Note:Jiří Horák returns to his native Czechoslovakia on December 17, 1989, after 41 years of exile in the USA, and helps to revive the CSSD that was abolished by the Communists in The CSSD exists since April 7, This party was also abolished by the Nazis during the WWII., then revived for short three years after the WWII. between , before being abolished again, this time by the Communists in Box ČSSD Nov 17, Box XXIV. Congress of ČSSD - Jiří Horák elected chairman. He accepts. Announces he will not take any salary during his office as chairman of ČSSD. Box Articles and addresses, interviews, correspondence, agenda, press conferences, Party newspaper "Pravo lidu", photographs, clippings, etc. Box ČSSD 1991 (I.) ČSSD 1991(II.) XXV. Congress of ČSSD - Jiří Horák re-elected chairman. Articles and addresses, interviews, correspondence, agenda, press conferences, photos, clippings, etc. Box ČSSD 1992(I.) ČSSD 1992(II.) Articles, clippings, press conferences, party agenda etc. Party Monitor ČSSD 1992(III.)-1993/March Party press, agenda, articles, correspondence etc. XXVI. Congress of ČSSD. Scope and Contents note Jiří Horák is not seeking re-election. He delivers his last speech as chairman. Elected honorary chairman. He retires and returns to the USA. The next six years he spends summers in the Czech Republic and winters is Florida where he lives permanently in Englewood. Writes and publishes frequently. Box ČSSD Box a. Interviews and speeches Box b. MDH - Masarykovo demokratické hnuti, Prague Box ČSSD/International 1989 Box Attends (51) Socialist International congresses and meetings, as chairman of ČSSD and also as co-chairman of the 51 Committe on East and Central Europe. Box agenda, correspondence, speeches, etc. ČSSD/Federal Assembly Member of the Federal Assembly; member of the Presidium of the Federal Assembly; chairman of the Foreign Committee of the Federal Assembly addresses, documents Box 9-11 Contains old publications going back before, during and after 1948 Personal file Manuscripts (notes, short memoirs, political observations and comments) written by hand, presumably during the last years of his life (+July 25, 2003 in Englewood, Florida), were found only in There are no exact dates given. Manuscripts were retyped by his wife Zdena (original manuscripts are attached to the retyped originals). Articles by Jiří Horák. Dozens of articles found and copied from his personal Internet file. Many were published in Czechoslovakia. There are no exact dates when these articles were written (presumably during his retirement), the dates given are the dates when the articles were entered in the Internet file. Dated articles by Jiří Horák and correspondence since March 1993 Biographical data Various biographies from different sources 2006C66 4

5 Jiří Horák's life story, in his own words, as published in "Svět piny Čechů" Biography of Josef Horák, father of Jiří, as published in "Poslední počta" Josef Horák was a Czechoslovak politician who died in exile in New York in Personal documents: Photographs, copies of diplomas, medals and state decorations A file in memory of Jiří Horák: Obituaries, press articles, memorial services in the USA and in the Czech Republic. Eulogies (by Professor Radomir Luza, Professor Mojmir Povolny, Professor Stanley Winterset al.) 2006C66 5