Identity Statement

Reference Code

HU OSA 420-3-1

Title

Executive Correspondence

Date(s)

1969 - 1991

Description Level

Series

Extent and medium (processed)

2 Archival boxes, 0.25 linear meters

Context

Archival history

The majority of documents in the series are copies, and rather incomplete. Most relate to Tamás Szecskő’s contacts with foreign professional organizations.

Content and Structure

Scope and Content (Abstract)

From its foundation to its closure, the head of TK/MKI was Dr. Tamás Szecskő, who held the posts of Academic Director, Director and then Chief Director. After graduating from the Economics University, Szecskő (1933-1998) worked as a journalist. He joined the Hungarian Radio Public Opinion Research Department in 1968, and became director of the newly-established Mass Communication Research Center in 1969. He had a wide network of Hungarian and international contacts, and was highly regarded in the mass communications professional community. He had extensive knowledge of the theoretical and practical workings of mass communications, both in state socialist regimes and pluralist, democratic Western countries. He chose his staff carefully, and managed the institution’s internal life and external relations with great competence. It was he who kept in touch with clients (the management of Hungarian Radio and Hungarian Television, and the heads of the Agitation and Propaganda Department of the Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party Central Committee), while at the same time ensuring academic freedom and professional development for the Institute's researchers. He was a member and coordinator of several international and Hungarian academic organizations, and editor of a number of Hungarian periodicals.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information

No documents were destroyed

Accruals

Not Expected

Conditions of Access and Use

Conditions governing access

No special restriction applies

Conditions governing reproduction

Az OSA Archívum kutatótermében az anyag oktatási és kutatási célokra digitálisan másolható. Az adatfájlok korlátozott mennyiségben másolhatók.

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

The physical condition of the documents does not require special care