Identity Statement

Reference Code

HU OSA 211-0-1

Title

Central European University

Date(s)

1989 - 1997

Description Level

Series

Extent and medium (processed)

17 Archival boxes, 2.12 linear meters

Content and Structure

Scope and Content (Abstract)

Bill Newton-Smith was involved in the establishment of the Central European University (CEU) from the very beginning. The materials in this series cover the intellectual and administrative groundwork that lead to the foundation of the university.

Documents include those dealing with the legal procedures and organizational work of the early years, the founding documents and by-laws of the CEU and its various programs and departments, the first Senate and Research Board meeting minutes, issues of the CEU Gazette, and extensive press coverage, as well as administrative files related to the CEU buildings on both the Budapest and Prague campus.

Of special interest are the files containing correspondence between the key persons who were behind the idea of establishing such a unique university in the region, as well as the US accreditation package and the first ever academic program of CEU.

Accruals

Not Expected

Conditions of Access and Use

Conditions governing access

Access to this series is regulated by the donation agreement with the Open Society Foundations, according to which records are restricted up to 25 years from the date of their creation. OSA maintains the right to review access rules to both restricted and unrestricted records on a case by case basis.

Description Control

Archivist's note

Processed by Erika Máthé, 1998; rearranged by Judit Izinger and Milos Pavlovic; described by Csaba Szilagyi, 2015.