Osa Archivum Catalog

HU OSA 301 Records of Index on Censorship

Reference Code: HU OSA 301
Title: Records of Index on Censorship
Date(s): 1957 - 1998
Description Level: Fonds
Extent and medium (processed): 340 Archival boxes, 42.5 linear meters
1 Oversized box (40 cm), 0.4 linear meters

Scope and Content (Abstract): Index on Censorship was founded in 1972 by Stephen Spender with the goal to protect the basic human right of free expression. For the past 31 years, Index has reported on censorship issues from all over the world and has added to the debates on those issues.

This fonds comprises primarily background materials relating to censorship and the suppression of the press and freedom of speech, as collected by the staff members of the Index on Censorship. Materials on the same topics but from other independent or anonymous sources can be also found.

The records also deal with other human rights related topics such as migration, death penalty, victims of armed conflicts, minorities, political prisoners and prisoners of conscience, dissent and harassment of dissidents.

Some administrative files and, within them, correspondence of the editors with human rights informants, activists and monitors are also part of this fonds. As it also is an incomplete series of the periodical itself and other publications, too.
Accruals: Expected

Conditions governing access: Some files contain personal data. Access restrictions to these files are specified on the series and container levels.
Languages: English

Archivist's note: Arranged by Andrea Farkas, 2002-2003; described and revised by Csaba Szilagyi, September-November, 2003.