Identity Statement

Reference Code

HU OSA 211

Title

Records of the Office of Bill Newton-Smith

Date(s)

1988 - 1999

Description Level

Fonds

Extent and medium (processed)

35 Archival boxes, 4.38 linear meters

Context

Name of creator(s)

Newton-Smith, Bill

Archival history

The collection was transferred from Bill Newton-Smith's office at Holywell Manor, Balliol College, Oxford.

Content and Structure

Scope and Content (Abstract)

William Newton-Smith, a Canadian philosopher of science, was one of the founding members and the first chair of the senate at the Central European University (CEU). He was also the executive director of the Open Society Foundations' (OSF) International Higher Education Support Program (HESP). During his tenure as praefectus of Holywell Manor (Balliol College's graduate center, 1989-1997), he was working on the concept and establishment of CEU, and run several programs through HESP. The documents in this fonds cover his activities within both CEU and OSF.

The collection holds materials on the establishment of the CEU and on programs and initiatives of OSF aiming at the economic recovery of Ukraine and the survival of the education system in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as on the founder and sponsor of both entities, George Soros.

Accruals

Not Expected

Conditions of Access and Use

Conditions governing access

Access to this fonds 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.

Languages

English, Serbo-Croatian, Ukrainian

Description Control

Archivist's note

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