Identity Statement

Reference Code

HU OSA 300

Title

Records of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Research Institute

Date(s)

1949 - 1994

Description Level

Fonds

Extent and medium (processed)

18889 Archival boxes, 2361.12 linear meters
271 Rolls of 35 mm microfilm in microfilm cabinet, 13.55 linear meters
6 Oversized box (40 cm), 2.4 linear meters
85 Archival card box, 26.77 linear meters
237 Rolls of 16 mm microfilm in microfilm cabinet, 5.45 linear meters
13 Archival photo box, 4.26 linear meters
2 Boxes of color prints, 0.88 linear meters
649 VHS PAL, 16.23 linear meters
1 U-Matic, 0.04 linear meters
1 VHS NTSC, 0.03 linear meters

Context

Name of creator(s)

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Inc - Research Institute

Content and Structure

Scope and Content (Abstract)

The records consist primarily of clippings, abstracts of media reports, and monitoring of television and radio broadcasts. Also included is the record set of publications of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) and its predecessors (Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty). The records of the Institute for the History of Communism, an independent entity affiliated with the Radios, are also present.

The records are organized by the unit of the Research Institute or its predecessors that created the records. Many series of records continued from the early years of the Radios to the close of the Research Institute, irrespective of the name of the organizational unit that created them. Most important among these are the series of files directly concerned with the countries to which the Radios broadcast; these are found within the records of the Information Resources Department.

The records are primarily textual, but they include videotapes of Russian television broadcasts and small quantities of other audiovisual materials and electronic records.

Especially important are the files of samizdat publications from the Soviet Union and Poland and related information about unofficial activities in the countries of the region.

Note: The records usually do not contain information about the administration of the Research Institute or of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. The corporate administrative records and the broadcast tapes and scripts were transferred to the Hoover Institution (http://hoorferl.stanford.edu/ Library and Archives: Radio Free Euroipe/ Radio Liberty Records)

Accruals

Not Expected

Conditions of Access and Use

Conditions governing access

Unknown

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright is owned by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Pursuant to the deposit agreement (see legal status), this material is provided for, and may be copied for, research purposes only. Any other use requires the prior written consent of RFE/RL.

Languages

Albanian, Armenian, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Hungarian, Italian, Kazakh, Kirghiz; Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Polish, Pushto; Pashto, Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan, Romany, Russian, Serbian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish; Castilian, Swedish, Ukrainian

Notes

Note

Periodicals, books, and related materials deposited with the Open Society Archives are described on the Archives' Library site; books deposited with the Central European University Library are described in the Central European University Library catalog.

Description Control

Archivist's note

Processed by Trudy Huskamp Peterson, Leszek Pudlowski, András Mink, István Aranyosi, Nino Gogoladze, Liia Karsakova, Matej Novák, Serban Popescu, George Turturea, Laura Vasile, Dan-Cristian Zeman, Csaba Szilágyi, Robert Parnica, Maia Gachechiladze, Tibor Szigeti, James Wilson, Ivo Juurvee, Olga Zaslavskaya, Marian Bozhesku, Valentyna Afanasyeva, Aigul Sabirova, Ioana Toma, Miklós Bányász, Branislav Kovacevic, Clare Lewin, Bosko Spasojevic, Rossitsa Guentcheva, Lajos Ludman, Anton Nakov, Jirina Smejkalova, Erika Molnar, Viktor Labos, Barta Botond, Ferenc Nemzetes, Mikolaj Kunicki, Isabella Main, Miklós Bányász, Miklós Tamási, Piotr Wciślik, Jennie Levine, Irida Tase, Natalia Lekant, Natasha Zanegina, Anastasia Felcher, Attila József Balázsi, Anna Mazanik, Alexandra Medzibrodszky, Mariia Golovina, Faeza Yuldasheva, Irina Egorova, Stela Garaz, Claudia Masztalerz, Andrea Farkas, 1998-2020.