The University of Toledo Archives Manuscript Collection Finding Aid Bogdan C. Novak Papers, ca. 1940s to 1980s UM 76 Size: 10.5 linear feet Provenance: Bogdan C. Novak, August 25th, 1992 Access: Open Related Collections: Click here to enter text. Processing Note: Click here to enter text. Condition: Good Copyright: The literary rights to this collection are assumed to rest with the person(s) responsible for the production of the particular items within the collection, or with their heirs or assigns. Researchers bear full legal responsibility for the acquisition to publish from any part of said collection per Title 17, United States Code. The Ward M. Canaday Center for Special Collections may reserve the right to intervene as intermediary at its own discretion. Location: R 2/S F (Boxes 1-11, 15-16) R 17/S A (Boxes 12-14, 17) Completed by: Thomas J. Brady, January 7th, 1993 Bogdan C. Novak Papers, ca. 1940s to 1980s Biographical/Historical Sketch Dr. Bogdan C. Novak was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Yugoslavia on October 9th, 1919. He received a diploma in Law from the University of Ljubljana in 1944. Three years later, he received his teaching certificate from the Slovenian Teacher’s College in Gorizia, British-U.S. Zone, Venezia Giulia. He taught in the British-U.S. Zone of the Free Territory of the Trieste from 1947 to 1951. Dr. Novak received his M.A. in History from Loyola University in 1955. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago six years later. After receiving his Ph.D., Dr. Novak taught at Indiana University and Roosevelt University. In 1961, Dr. Novak joined the University of Toledo Faculty as an associate professor and became a full tenured professor in 1966. His areas of expertise include nineteenth century Russia, Southern Slavs, and Central Europe. He retired from the University of Toledo on July 1st, 1989. Dr. Novak has published many articles and has presented several papers regarding Slovenian nationalism, ethnic struggle in the Julian region, and British-American relations with the region. In 1970, Dr. Novak’s book Trieste 1941, the Ethnic, Political, and Ideological Struggle was published by the University of Chicago Press. In the book, he discusses the Yugoslavian and Italian struggle for the Julian region. Dr. Novak also describes the struggle between Italians, Slovenes, and Croats living in the region. He also explains the political battles between pro-Communist and Anti-Communist groups. An Italian edition of the book was published by U. Mursia & C. Editore, Milan, Italy. Dr. Novak was a member of the American Historical Society, the American society for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, the Conference on Slavic and East European History, the Midwestern Slavic Conference, the Ohio Academy of history, and Phi Alpha Theta. Bogdan C. Novak died on February 1st, 2011. Bogdan C. Novak Papers, ca. 1940s to 1980s Scope and Content Note The Bogdan C. Novak collection is divided into three series: Pre-1950s research Materials, the Newspaper Collection, and Post-1950s Research Materials. The collection has been organized to help patrons identify file contents. Files with Dr. Novak’s notes are marked with an (N) at the end of the file heading. Files with printed materials or copies of printed materials, are marked with a (C). Files containing both notes and printed copies are marked with (N and C). The materials in the collection are in several languages. The language of the file contents is usually the same language as the file heading. Bogdan C. Novak Papers, ca. 1940s to 1980s Series List S1 Pre-1950s Research Consists of pamphlets, papers, articles, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and Dr. Novak’s extensive research notes regarding the Free Territory of Trieste, Italy, Yugoslavia, and the international relations of the region. The research materials and notes concentrate on the history of Trieste and the Julian region until the mid-1950s and were largely used to write Dr. Novak’s book, Trieste 1941, the Ethnic, Political, and Ideological Struggle. The materials have been collected from a wide geographical area and thoroughly cover the history of the Julian region. Materials from Italy, Yugoslavia, Trieste, Great Britain, the United States, and several other countries are included. The research materials consist of both primary and secondary sources and are in several languages. Researchers may want to consult Novak’s book (DB 321.N68, 1970) before using this manuscript collection. S2 The Newspaper Collection Consists mainly of Italian and Slavic newspapers published in both Europe and the United States. The papers date mainly from the 1940s to the 1980s with the majority from the 1940s to the 1950s. Conditions in Trieste, Italian and Yugoslavian reactions to developments in the Julian region and international relationships in the region are addressed in the articles. The large majority of articles are in Italian and Slavic languages. Three boxes of unprocessed foreign periodicals and related microfilm are to be housed with the manuscript collection until Dr. Novak’s death or until other disposition is decided by him. These materials consist of: Trieste, 1954-78 (no. 25, 1958, missing); Gospodarstvo, no. 880 (1972) to no. 1622 (1987); and Relazioni Interazionali (scattered issues 1951-1953); and microfilm VG Gazette, 1945-1947(1 roll); FTT-British-US Zone Official Gazette, 1947-1954 (2 rolls); Bollentine Ufficiole (incomplete); and Committee of National Liberation of Trieste, Zone B: Land Without Liberty (1 roll). These materials are labelled as boxes 12-14. S3 Post 1950s Research Materials Consists of research notes, articles, papers, and newspaper clippings regarding the Julian Region since the mid-1950s. The materials describe modern tensions and developments in the region. Bogdan C. Novak Papers, ca. 1940s to 1980s Folder List Box Folder Item Description S1. Pre-1950s Research Materials 1 1 Adamic, Louis. “America and Trieste, God and the Russians” (a letter to the U.S. Secretary of State James F. Byrnes from Louis Adamic) 1946 (C) 1 2 Allied Central Commission Weekly Bulletin, 1945-1946 (N and C) 1 3 Allied Military Governemtn, British- US Zone, Free Territory of the Trieste Official Gazette 1945-1954 (N and C) 1 4 Allied Military Government Daily Press Summary, Nov-Dec 1946 (N) 1 5 Andreotti, Giulio. De Gaspero e il suo tempo: Trento, Vienna, Roma. Milan 1956 1 6 Apih, E., Sapelli, G. Guagnini, E., Trieste, 1988 (C) 1 7 Atti . di guardia civice (N) 1 8 L’attivito, CLT (N) 1 9 Bartos, Milan. “Some Legal Problems of the FTT Memorandum” Review of International Affairs, Nov 5th, 1954 (C) 1 10 Bartos, Milan. “The Trieste Problem from a Legal Point of View” Review of International Affairs, Oct 16, 1954 1 11 Bebler, Ales 1 12 Belicica, Vinka 1989 1 13 Benussi, Bernardo. Nel Medio Evo, Parenzo 1987 (C) Benedetti, Giulio. La Pace Di Fiume: Dalla conferenza di Parigi al trattato di Roma. Bologna 1924 (N and C) 1 14 Berger, Ivan. Trst-zarisce Europe, Barberton, Ohio 1949 (C) 1 15 Berce, L. discussion of the Bologna-Moro Problem 1974 (N and C) 1 16 Book Reviews, 1977-1983 (C) 1 17 Bowman, Colonel Alfred Connor. Works and articles (C) 1 18 Bradshaw. Notes on administration in Zone A. (N) 1 19 Brajovic, Petar. “Vstaja V Trstu” Delo (C) 1 20 Britain, Royal Institute of International Affairs, 1953, 1954 (N) 1 21 British Documents, Secret 1949 (C) 1 22 Bulajic, M.K. Pitanje Trsta u svjetlosti novih dogadjaja (The Question of Trieste in the Light of the New Happenings). Belgrade, 1950 (N and C) 1 23 Cadorna, Raffaele. La riscossa: Dal 25 luglio alla liberazione. Milan, 1948 (N and C) 1 24 Campbell, John, C. Successful Negotiation (C) 1 25 Cerkev Na Slovenskem, Provincia Ecclesiastica, Slovena in Ljubljana, 1971 (C) 1 26 Churchill, Winston and World War II. (notes on the Balkan area and several related books) (N) 1 27 Clissold, Joseph. The Slovenes Want to Live. New York, 1943 (C) 1 28 Coceani, Bruno. Notes on works (N) 2 1 Codice, Della Reione, Fruili-Venezia Giulia, 1966 (C) 2 2 Contemporary Review, Bibliographic notes, 1950, 1952 (C) 2 3 Correspondence: Bowmen, Colonel Alfred Connor, 1980-1981 Bogdan C. Novak Papers, ca. 1940s to 1980s 2 4 Correspondence: Bowmen, Colonel Alfred Connor, 1970s 2 5 Correspondence: Bowmen, Colonel Alfred Connor, 1970s 2 6 Correspondence: Miscellaneous 2 7 Cox, Geoffrey. The Road to Trieste, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1947 (N) 2 8 Croci, Osvaldo. Italy, Yugoslavia, and Trieste, (A paper presented to the IV World Congress for Soviet and East European Studies) 1990 (C) 2 10 Czoernig, Carl. Gorz and Gradisca, Wilhelm Braumuller, Wien, 1873 (C) 2 11 Czoernig, Carl, Gorz Oesterreich’s Nizza, Vol II: Die Stadt Gorz, Wilhelm Braumuller, Wien, 1873 (C) 2 12 Davis, James C. “A Slovene Laborer and his Experience of Industrialization” East European Quarterly, Vol. X, no. 1 1976 (C) 2 13 De Castro. Newspaper Article in Primorski Dnevnik, 1972 (C) 2 14 Department of State Bulletin, 1945-1954 (N) 2 15 “Diario di Manlio Brosio” Nova Antologia, 1985 (C) 2 16 Divita, James J. The Basis for Rival Italo-Yugoslav Claims in Istria 1910- 1947, ( A University of Chicago History Paper) 1960 (C) 2 17 Divita, James J. Negotiations over Austrian Territorial Concessiona to Italy to Avoid War 1914-1945, (A University of Chicago History Paper) 1960 (C) 2 18 Documenti Di Vita Italiana, 1954 (C) 2 19 Documents on International Affairs 1951-1954(N and C) 2 20 Draga, 1983-1986 (C) 2 21 Dunham, Donald C. “Political Aspects of Press Reporting of crisis of November, 1953, Trieste, F.T.T” Trieste, February 15, 1954 (N) 2 22 Economist, May 11, 1946 to September 11, 1948 (N) 2 23 Eden, Anthony.