General information

Call No.:

300-1-8:1/85

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. 85

Digital ver. identifier

HU OSA 300-1-8_001-085

Legacy ID

rfe_workflow_085

Date

1955

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 standing in front of a row of filing cabinets which hold card files. Some of the drawers are pulled open. On top of the cabinet there is a row of bound volumes of newspapers. He is reaching up to one of the volumes. He is in casual office clothes. On the far wall a narrow strip of a map is visible. 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 300-1-8/1:82, HU OSA 300-1-8/1:86, HU OSA 300-1-8/1:89.
ORIGINAL CAPTION:
870-1 - Radio Free Europe Periodicals Library, Munich, Germany. Radio Free Europe researcher checks new information against the record. The bank of filling cabinets which reaches from the wall through the eighth cabinet contains information on conditions and individuals in Czechoslovakia. (Crusade for Freedom Photo)

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, newspaper, press clipping, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, research unit