Wayne S. Vucinich Collection

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Register of the Wayne S. Vucinich 80068 1 collection Title: Wayne S. Vucinich collection Date (inclusive): 1881-1994 Collection Number: 80068 Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives Language of Material: In English, German, Serbo-Croatian, Slovenian and Bulgarian Physical Description: 5 manuscript boxes(2.0 Linear Feet) Abstract: The collection contains reports, minutes, dispatches, and translations of and extracts from dispatches, relating to conditions in Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, and other areas of the Balkans and Eastern Europe before and during World War II, and especially to World War II resistance movements. Issuing agencies include the United States Office of Strategic Services Research and Analysis Branch, the United States Department of State, and Allied occupation authorities in Bulgaria. Creator: United States. Department of State source: Vucinich, Wayne S. Creator: United States. Office of Strategic Services. Research and Analysis Branch 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 1980. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Wayne S. Vucinich Collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives. Biographical Note 1913 Born in Butte, Montana 1918-1928 After his parents' death, Vucinich lived in his parents' village of Orah, near Bileće, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia 1929 Returned to America to live with his godfather's family in Wilmington, California 1936 BA, University of California Berkeley, History and Slavic language 1936-1937 MA, University of California Berkeley, dissertation on Serbian foreign policy 1903-1909 1937-1938 Doctoral research at the Charles University in Prague, Czechoslovakia 1939 Returned to UC Berkeley after the Munich crisis interrupted his research; appointed teaching assistant in the Department of History 1941 PhD, University of California Berkeley, dissertation on Serbian political and diplomatic history in the decade preceeding World War I 1942 Married Sara 'Sally'; joined the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), Research and Analysis Branch 1943 Sent to OSS headquarters in Bari, Italy; assigned to research the Balkans 1944 Served as a liaison officer, interpreter, and Balkan expert attached to the Allied Control Council in Sofia, Bulgaria 1945-1946 Continued work on Balkan affairs for the U.S. State Department in Washington, DC 1946 Instructor, Western civilization and East European history at Stanford University 1950 Cleared and confirmed as a "Loyal American" at a hearing before the Naval Security Board 1954 Author, Serbia between East and West: The Events of 1903-1908, Stanford University Press 1955 Received the American Historical Association's George Louis Beer prize 1956 Promoted to full professor at Stanford University 1972-1985 Named director of the Center for Russian and Eastern European Studies, Stanford University 1974-1977 Curator of the Russian and East European Collection at the Hoover Institution 1977 Appointed the Robert and Florence McDonnell Professor of Eastern European Studies at Stanford, a chair established for him 1978 Formally retired 1981-1982 Served as president of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, which established the Vucinich Book Prize in his honor in 1982

Register of the Wayne S. Vucinich 80068 2 collection 2005 Died in Menlo Park, California Sources: Vucinich, Wayne S., Memories of My Childhood in Yugoslavia, edited by Larry Wolff, The Society for the Promotion of Science and Scholarship, Inc., Palo Alto, California, 2007 Wayne S. Vucinich (1913-2005)- A professor between Herzegovina and California by Ivo Banac, Published in Dani (Sarajevo), 29 April 2005 Wayne S. Vucinich, Father of East European Studies, Died at 91. http://www.i-newswire.com/wayne-s-vucinich-father-of-east/a17703 Memorial Resolution, Wayne S. Vucinich. http://facultysenate.stanford.edu/memorial_resolutions/Vucinich_Wayne_SenD6020.pdf Scope and Content of Collection The collection is comprised of reports, minutes, telegrams, notes, translations of and extracts from dispatches relating to the Austrian administration of Bosnia-Herzegovina prior World War I, and World War II in Yugoslavia and Bulgaria, particularly resistance movements in Yugoslavia and the exiled Yugoslav government. The Bosnia-Herzegovina materials provide records of the Austrian administration of Bosnia and Herzegovina, including the crisis in 1881-1882, and political tensions in 1913-1914. The World War II in Yugoslavia files provide documentation on the politics of the Royal Yugoslav government in exile and its active role in the Yugoslav resistance movement and the formation of a new Yugoslavia, as well as Allied countries' diplomatic activities during wartime The United States Department of State situation reports summarize information concerning domestic political and economic developments and international affairs in the Balkans and Central and Eastern Europe during and after World War II. The Bulgaria materials provide detailed information on Bulgarian political life and Bulgarian government between 1944 and 1946 in reports from the United States Office of Strategic Services Research and Analysis Branch, the United States Department of State, and Allied occupation authorities in Bulgaria. The Balkans in the 1990s materials document the international community's concerns on issues during the 1990s surrounding the referendum on independence in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1992, the events in Dr. Mirtin Horvat Hospital, Rovinj, and the leadership of the Serbian Orthodox church in Serbia. Related Materials Wayne S. Vucinich collection, 1926-1995, Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Subjects and Indexing Terms World War, 1939-1945 -- Bulgaria World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements World War, 1939-1945 -- Yugoslavia Yugoslavia -- History -- Axis occupation, 1941-1945 Secret service -- United States World War, 1939-1945 -- Europe, Eastern World War, 1939-1945 -- Balkan Peninsula World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service Yugoslavia -- History Vucinich, Wayne S.

box 1 Bosnia-Herzegovina materials 1881-1914 Scope and Contents note Includes reports and government documents relating to political tensions during the Austrian administration of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Arrangement note Arranged by topic

box 1, folder 1 Austrian administration of Bosnia-Herzegovina documents 1881-1882

box 1, folder 1 Austria-Hungary and Bosnia-Herzegovina reports on tensions 1913-1914 Yugoslavia in World War II files 1940-1947 Scope and Contents note Consists of reports, notes, and correspondence documenting political situations, resistance movements, partisans, Tito, and Draža Mihailović. Arrangement note Arranged by subject

box 1, folder 3 Communist and Yugoslav government 1941-1942 Scope and Contents note Includes reports on Yugoslav resistance and developments

box 1, folder 4 General Draža Miahilović's situation reports to the Yugoslav prime minister 1942 box 1, folder 5 General Miahilović's contacts in London and Cairo 1942 box 1, folder 6 General Miahilović's revolutionary movement, Belgrade 1943 box 1, folder 7 John Biddle notes on Yugoslavia and General Miahilović 1943 box 1, folder 8 Sava Kosanović telegrams reporting on Yugoslav politics 1941-1943 box 1, folder 9 Economic conditions in Yugoslavia 1943 box 1, Tito and the resistance movement 1944 folder 10-12 box 1, folder 13 American independent military mission to Marshal Tito 1944 box 1, folder 14 Memorandum on policy towards Yugoslavia 1944 Scope and Contents note Includes information on resistance movements

box 1, folder 15 Siniša Pazarec correspondence 1945 Scope and Contents note Includes correspondence with Konstantin Fotich and Anić Srećko

box 2, folder 1 Prince Paul correspondence 1940-1943 Scope and Contents note Includes correspondence with Dimitrije Ljotić, Steed Green, Watson Wickham, and Seton Watson

box 2, folder 2 Proposal on the Greek-Yugoslav union and Balkan union 1943 box 2, folder 3 Bailey report on Peter II, King of Yugoslavia's visit to the Mediterranean 1944 box 2, folder 4 "Gray Book" on the independent Croatian state and guerrilla movements in Croatia 1941-1942 box 2, folder 5-7 Slovenia and Yugoslavia situation reports 1942-1943 box 2, folder 8 Yugoslav prisoners in camps in Italy 1943 box 2, folder 9 Yugoslav and U.S. cooperative mission for the rescue of U.S. aviators 1944 United States Department of State situation reports 1942-1946 Scope and Contents note Contains reports, press releases, and statements. Arrangement note Arranged in three groups: regional reports, country reports, and incoming telegrams

box 2 Regional reports 1945-1946 box 2, Balkan region, including Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, and Yugoslavia folder 10-15 1945-1946 box 3, folder 1 Central Europe region, including Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Poland 1946 box 3, folder 2 Eastern Europe region, including Germany, Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Romania, Yugoslavia 1946 box 3 Reports by country 1942-1946

box 3, folder 3 Albania 1945-1946 box 3, folder 4 Bulgaria 1945 box 3, folder 5 Czechoslovakia 1945-1946 box 3, folder 6 Greece 1944-1945 box 3, folder 7 Hungary 1944 box 3, folder 8 Romania 1944-1945 box 3, folder 9 Serbia 1942 box 3, folder 10 Yugoslavia 1943-1945 box 3, folder 11 U.S. Department of State incoming telegrams 1946 Scope and Contents note Includes press releases on situation reports documenting economic and political situations in Albania, Czechoslovakia, and Greece

Bulgaria materials 1944-1947 Scope and Contents note Contains reports, telegrams, minutes, and notes on political affairs in Bulgaria. Arrangement note Arranged by physical form or title

box 4, folder 1-11 Reports, telegrams, and notes 1944 Scope and Contents note Includes daily reports on the political and private affairs of Bulgarians

box 5, folder 1-2 U.S. Department of State incoming telegrams 1945-1946 Scope and Contents note Includes press releases documenting reports on political and economic developments in Bulgaria

box 5, folder 3 Nikola Petkov reports on communist activities 1945 box 5, folder 4-9 Allied Control Commission (ACC) meeting minutes 1945-1947 Scope and Contents note Concerns ACC activities in Bulgaria

box 5, folder 10 "History of Allied Control Commission in Bulgaria," 1946 box 5 Balkans in the 1990s materials 1991-1994 Scope and Contents note Consists of reports and a publication. Arrangement note Arranged by subject

box 5, folder 11 Serbian Orthodox Church leadership publication 1991 box 5, folder 12 "Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe" report 1992 Scope and Contents note Concerns the referendum in Bosnia and Herzegovina

box 5, folder 13 Croatian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights (CHC) report on the events at the Dr. Martin Horvat Hospital, in Rovinj, Croatia 1994