General information

Call No.:

300-1-8:1/86

Part of series

HU OSA 300-1-8 Records of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Research Institute: General Records: Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Public Affairs Photographic Files

Located at

Archival photo box #1 / No. 86

Digital ver. identifier

HU OSA 300-1-8_001-086

Legacy ID

rfe_workflow_086

Date

1978

Level

Item

Primary Type

Still image

Language

English

Notes

The black and white prints of RFE/RL were donated to OSA by the Hoover Institute, California in year 2015. The images are duplicates of those held at Hoover. The originals, and most probably the negatives are with the donor as well. OSA only received the paper prints with captions, and digitized the entire collection in year 2018.

Content

Form/Genre

Photograph

Contents Summary

A man is squatting in front of a row of card file drawers. Some of the drawers are open. He holds the May 24, 1978 copy of Rudé Právo together with a card file in one hand and another card in his other hand. He is wearing casual office clothes. In the background another man is kneeling in an aisle of bookshelves.
The Research Institute of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty monitored not only its target countries' broadcast operations and their programs but also their printed press. To make the information gathered from these sources accessible for the analysts and editors working at the Radios, they have created keyword systems and were collecting and filing articles related to the various subjects from the 1950s till 1995. Thus RFE/RL created a thematically structured press clipping archives consisting of, inter alia, Subject Files and Biographical Files. The paper based hard copy of the press clipping archives, in hard copy is accessible at Blinken OSA Archives since 1995. Cf. HU OSA 300-1-8/1:83, HU OSA 300-1-8/1:84, HU OSA 300-1-8/1:85, HU OSA 300-1-8/1:82, HU OSA 300-1-8/1:89.
ORIGINAL CAPTION:
Munich - Research at RFE / RL supports the broadcasting effort with vast files of background material on people, events and places in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Here a Czechoslovak researcher checks a report in the Prague daily newspaper Rude Pravo against a card files on the same subject. Speedy retrieval of filed facts permits writers and broadcasters to insure the accuracy of their material and protects the station's reputation for reliability. (A-4-2)

Context

Associated Names

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Copyright holder)

Associated Places

Munich

Subject / Coverage

Spatial Coverage

Munich

Germany

Collection Specific Tags

card file, Cold War, man, monitoring, press clipping, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, research unit