HU OSA 206 Records of the Open Society Archives at Central European University
Identity Statement
- Reference Code
- HU OSA 206
- Title
- Records of the Open Society Archives at Central European University
- Date(s)
- 1938 - 2000
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Extent and medium (processed)
- 187 VHS PAL, 4.67 linear meters
17 CD-ROM, 0.17 linear meters
114 Digital container, 0.11 linear meters
33 DVD-ROM, 0.33 linear meters
2 Archival photo box, 0.66 linear meters
48 Archival boxes, 6.0 linear meters
4 Archival card box, 1.26 linear meters
Context
- Name of creator(s)
- Open Society Archives at Central European University
Content and Structure
- Scope and Content (Abstract)
- The fonds consists of video and sound recordings and photo documentation of public events (conferences, opening ceremonies of exhibitions at Galeria Centralis, public lectures, summer university courses) organized by OSA.
Copies of historical documentary and propaganda films relating to the 20th century totalitarianism and the Cold War also form part of the fonds.
Also included are interviews relating to the history of the Soros foundations network and to the history of RFE/RL Hungarian Desk.
- Accruals
Expected
Conditions of Access and Use
- Conditions governing access
- Accessible to all researchers, subject to the General Restriction Policy of OSA, excluding series 5, where access rights have to be determined
- Languages
- English, German, Hungarian, Romany, Russian
Description Control
- Archivist's note
- Processed by Joan Fairweather and Zsuzsanna Zádori, 1996-1998 and Anikó Kövecsi, 2011; revised by Zsuzsanna Zádori, September 18, 2000 and Branislav Kovacevic, 2002.