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Ferdinand Peroutka Papers http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0r29r54s No online items Inventory of the Ferdinand Peroutka papers Finding aid prepared by Martina Podsklanova Hoover Institution Library and Archives © 2010, 2014 434 Galvez Mall Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-6003 [email protected] URL: http://www.hoover.org/library-and-archives Inventory of the Ferdinand 84052 1 Peroutka papers Title: Ferdinand Peroutka papers Date (inclusive): 1935-1978 Collection Number: 84052 Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives Language of Material: In Czech and English Physical Description: 16 manuscript boxes, 41 sound tape reels(10.8 Linear Feet) Abstract: Correspondence, memoranda, writings, and printed matter, relating to postwar conditions in Czechoslovakia, the internal administration of Radio Free Europe, and Czechoslovak émigré politics. Creator: Peroutka, Ferdinand Hoover Institution Library & Archives Access The collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least two business days in advance of intended use. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives. Acquisition Information Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1984. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Ferdinand Peroutka papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives. 1895 Born, Prague, Austro-Hungary February 6 1919-1923 Editor, the daily Tribuna 1924-1939 Editor, the daily Lidové noviny Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief, the weekly Přítomnost (founded with support from President Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, and with Karel Čapek and other prominent writers as regular contributors) 1925 Author, Boje o dnešek 1933-1938 Author, Budování státu, a multiple-volume monograph 1939-1945 Imprisoned, Dachau and Buchenwald concentration camps 1945-1946 Member, Czechoslovak National Assembly 1945-1948 Editor, the daily Svobodné noviny 1946-1948 Editor-in-Chief, the weekly Dnešek 1947 Author, Tak nebo tak 1948 Immigrated to London, Great Britain; published in émigré periodicals throughout his career ( Hlas domova, Americké listy, České slovo, and others) Author, Oblak a valčík: kolektivní drama o dvanácti obrazech 1949 Author, Byl Edvard Beneš vinen? 1950 Moved to New York, USA Circa Member, Rada svobodného Československa (The Council of Free Czechoslovakia) 1950-1957 1950-1964 Editor-in-Chief, Radio Free Europe Czechoslovak Desk 1951-1977 Author, weekly broadcast addresses in Radio Free Europe (published as a three-volume monograph Mluví k vám Ferdinand Peroutka: rozhlasové komentáře rádia Svobodná Evropa, 2003-2006) 1955 Married Slávka Fenclová 1959 Author, Democratic Manifesto 1976 Author, Oblak a valčík: román 1978 April Died, New York 20 Scope and Content of Collection Contains correspondence with prominent Czechoslovak cultural and political figures in Czechoslovakia and in exile, and with American intellectual elites, as well as Peroutka's writings in exile. Also included are correspondence and internal documents of Radio Free Europe and the Council of Free Czechoslovakia (Rada svobodného Československa). Transcripts of Peroutka's radio addresses and sound recordings of Radio Free Europe programs form the final and most extensive part of the collection. Inventory of the Ferdinand 84052 2 Peroutka papers Related Materials Ladislav Feierabend papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives Michal Múdry papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives Radio Free Europe broadcast records, Hoover Institution Library & Archives Radio Free Europe corporate records, Hoover Institution Library & Archives Jaroslav Stránský papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives Josef Škvorecký papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives Subjects and Indexing Terms Audiotapes Journalists Radio broadcasting -- Europe, Eastern Czechoslovakia -- History -- 1945-1992 Czechoslovakia -- Emigration and immigration Radio Free Europe Correspondence 1935-1978, undated Scope and Contents note Contains correspondence with prominent Czechoslovak cultural and political figures in Czechoslovakia and in exile, with American intellectual elites, letters related to Radio Free Europe and to Peroutka's writings, as well as other correspondence. Arranged alphabetically and then chronologically. box 1, folder 1 Altschul, Frank 1951-1957 Scope and Contents note Includes a report on the public image of Edvard Beneš in post-war Czechoslovakia box 1, folder 1 Andrial, J. 1951 box 1, folder 1 Bachstein, Martin Karl 1970 box 1, folder 1 Bechyně, Zdeněk 1969 box 1, folder 1 Belák, [?] 1960 box 1, folder 1 Bělehrádek, Jan 1952 box 1, folder 1 Beneš, Jan 1975 box 1, folder 1 Beneš, Vojta 1950 undated box 1, folder 1 Bernard, Vilém 1955 1965 box 1, folder 1 Bosl, Karl 1975 box 1, folder 1 Bryan, David Tennant 1959 box 1, folder 1 Bubák, Vladimír 1975 box 1, folder 1 Buber-Neumann, Margarete 1954 Scope and Contents note Contains a letter with questions on Milena Jesenská box 1, folder 1 Ciprisová, Hana 1974 1976 box 1, folder 1 Československý poradní sbor v západní Evropě (Czechoslovak Advisory Committee in Western Europe) 1978 box 1, folder 1 Československý zahraniční ústav v exilu 1956 Scope and Contents note Contains a report on Peroutka's view of the Sudeten-German question box 1, folder 1 Čížek, Alojz 1956-1957 box 1, folder 2 dos Passos, John 1959 box 1, folder 3 Dostál, A. 1972 box 1, folder 3 Drábek, Jan 1977 Inventory of the Ferdinand 84052 3 Peroutka papers Correspondence 1935-1978, undated box 1, folder 3 Drábek, Jaroslav 1977 box 1, folder 3 Dresler, Jaroslav 1959, 1976, 1978 box 1, folder 3 Eliáš, Zdeněk 1961 box 1, folder 3 Feierabend, Ladislav 1953 box 1, folder 3 Feldstein, Petr, Student: Týdeník československého svazu mládeže 1968 box 1, folder 4 Firt, Julius 1951-1977, undated box 1, folder 5 Fuka, Vladimír 1975 box 1, folder 5 Galantière, Lewis 1956 1959 box 1, folder 5 Griffith, William E. 1951 box 1, folder 5 Hájek, H.J., Skutečnost: Independent Review in Czech and Slovak 1953-1954 box 1, folder 5 Havel, Václav 1969 box 1, folder 5 Heidler, Alexander 1954, 1959 box 1, folder 5 Heidrich, Arnošt 1953-1968 undated Scope and Contents note Includes his personal recollections of World War II, including his imprisonment by the Gestapo, and a letter from his family on his passing box 1, folder 5 Herben, Ivan 1953 box 1, folder 5 Herget, Anton 1973 box 1, folder 5 Hladík, J., Československá obec legionářská v exilu - Francie 1957 box 1, folder 5 Hlavatý, V. 1950 box 1, folder 5 Holešovský, V. 1956 box 1, folder 5 Holman, Josef A. 1976, undated box 1, folder 6 Hostaša, Zdeněk 1969 box 1, folder 6 Hostovský, Egon 1957 1961 Scope and Contents note Contains a report on behalf of Hostovský to John Richardson, Jr. box 1, folder 6 Hrabík, Martin 1976 box 1, folder 6 Hrubý, Jiří 1971 box 1, folder 6 Ingr, [?] 1971 Scope and Contents note Contains a report on a meeting with Erich von Manstein box 1, folder 6 Jackson, C.D. 1953, 1959 box 1, folder 6 Jelínek, Ivan 1950 box 1, folder 6 Jelínek, Yeshayahu 1973 box 1, folder 6 Jelinowiczová?, Jiřina 1974-1975 box 1, folder 6 Jezdinský, Karel 1973 box 1, folder 6 Jiráková, Blanka 1973 box 1, folder 6 Jiránek, Milo 1978 box 1, folder 6 Jiránek, Miloš 1978 box 1, folder 6 Jonáš, Josef 1956 box 1, folder 7 Káča (Kateřina), United Nations 1974 box 1, folder 7 Kadavý, Ladislav 1968 box 1, folder 7 Karsten, Jan 1954 box 1, folder 7 Klátil, [?] 1959 box 1, folder 7 Klofáč, V. 1935 box 1, folder 7 Kodíček, Milan 1952 box 1, folder 7 Kohák, Miloslav 1952 1954 box 1, folder 7 Kolár, Jan M. 1954-1957 box 1, folder 7 Kolowrat, Jindřich 1972? box 1, folder 7 Kopf, Max 1953 box 1, folder 7 Kostrba-Skalický, O. 1953 box 1, folder 7 Kovárnová, Jarmila 1952 box 1, folder 7 Koželuhová-Procházková, Helena 1951 1954 box 1, folder 7 Krizova, Marie 1974 Inventory of the Ferdinand 84052 4 Peroutka papers Correspondence 1935-1978, undated box 1, folder 7 Krno, Ladislav G. 1956 box 1, folder 7 Kulhánek, Vladimír 1961 box 1, folder 8 Lamač, Karel 1951 box 1, folder 8 Laušman, [?] 1950 box 1, folder 8 Lederer, Jiří 1968-1969 box 1, folder 8 Lederer, Zdeněk undated box 1, folder 8 Lehrman, Hal 1950 box 1, folder 8 Liehm, A.J. 1974 box 1, folder 8 Lorenc, Jan 1951 box 1, folder 8 Lukas, Jan 1968 box 1, folder 8 Luža, Radomír 1952 box 1, folder 8 M., M. 1968 Scope and Contents note Contains a letter on the situation in Czechoslovakia after the Prague Spring events, and a photograph of the National Museum in Prague box 1, folder 8 Mabey, Melvin P. 1954 box 1, folder 8 Macek, Josef 1967 box 1, folder 8 Machatka, Otakar 1953 box 1, folder 8 Machatý, Gustav 1955 box 1, folder 8 Majer, Václav 1955 box 1, folder 9 Mandlová, Adina 1965 1978 undated box 1, folder 10 Marie, London 1954 box 1, folder 10 Masaryková, [?] 1953 box 1, folder 10 Matějka, Ladislav 1952-1957 box 1, folder 10 Matissek, Theo P. 1952 box 1, folder 10 Matzker, Karl 1954 box 1, folder 10 Milčic, Richard undated box 1, folder 10 Mládek, Jan 1973 1978 box 1, folder 10 Múdry, Michal 1972 Scope and Contents note Also contains letters by Jaroslav Pecháček box 1, folder 10 Nábělek, Jan 1952 box 1, folder 10 Němec, František 1954 box 1, folder 10 Němeček, Zdeněk 1950-1957 box 1, folder 10 Neuwirth, Hans 1961 box 1, folder 10 Oberland, O.K. 1956 box 1, folder 11 Pachman, Luděk 1972-1977 Scope and Contents note Contains a report on a conversation with Pachman, then a recent émigré, on general conditions in Czechoslovakia and on the regime's treatment of anti-government politicians after the Prague Spring box 1, folder 11 Parrott, Cecil 1978 box 1, folder 11 Pecháček, Jaroslav 1973 box 1, folder 11 Pejskar, Josef 1956, 1959, undated Scope and Contents note Contains a letter signed by Petr Z. [Zenkl?] box 1, folder 11 Pelikán, Jiří 1972-1974 box 1, folder 11 Pitter, Přemysl 1965 1975 box 1, folder 11 Procházka, Adolf 1965 box 1, folder 11 Přístupa, Gustav 1953 Scope and Contents note Also contains letters to Petr Zenkl Inventory of the Ferdinand 84052 5 Peroutka papers Correspondence 1935-1978, undated box 1, folder 11 Rádl, Ota and Lucie Rádlová 1951 box 1, folder 11 Ramičová, Alena 1973 box 1, folder 11 Rašín, M.
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