Identity Statement

Reference Code

HU OSA 4

Title

Records of the Belarusian Soros Foundation

Date(s)

1994 - 1996

Description Level

Fonds

Extent and medium (processed)

50 Archival boxes, 6.25 linear meters
32 BetaSP PAL, 0.96 linear meters
18 BetaSP NTSC, 0.54 linear meters

Context

Name of creator(s)

Belarusian Soros Foundation

Content and Structure

Scope and Content (Abstract)

The fonds consists of textual, visual and electronic records related to the activities of the Belarusian Soros Foundation (BSF) in the period from 1994-1997.
It was founded in 1992 with the support of the Open Society Institute and was ceased to exist in 1997.

The materials include founding documentation, annual reports of BSF, media coverage (press clippings) as well as the documents covering the different programs activities, such as Ecological, Economics, Education, East-East and Women's progams.

Additionally, it includes video recordings on BSF and related materials like television news type programs of political events of Belarus, conducted by independent Belarusian journalists.

Accruals

Not Expected

Conditions of Access and Use

Conditions governing access

Unknown

Languages

Belarusian, English

Description Control

Archivist's note

Processed by Csaba Szilagyi, November 6, 1998; revised by Zsuzsanna Zadori, September 10, 2002; revised by Branislav Kovacevic, April 5, 2004; revised by Olga Zaslavskaya, 2010.