Identity Statement

Reference Code

HU OSA 361-0-8

Title

Writings by Others

Date(s)

1946 - 1994

Description Level

Series

Extent and medium (processed)

26 Archival boxes, 3.25 linear meters

Content and Structure

Scope and Content (Abstract)

We did not create any internal sorting system by topic or by date within this series. The arrangement follows the alphabetic order of the authors and institutions. Many authors sent complimentary copies of their works to Hegedüs, some because they had been his disciples or colleagues. In one way or another the whole elite of Hungarian social science is represented here, from Agócs to Zsille, from Elemér Hankiss to Ágnes Heller. There are other works that were not sent by the author but that Hegedüs felt it important to acquire, especially when the publication itself was not yet legally available in Hungary, as in the case of "New Class" by Milovan Djilas, or Bill Lomax`s famous book on the 1956 Hungarian revolution. Péter Gosztonyi`s articles on 1956, which the author regularly sent to Hegedűs, are also of considerable interest. Perhaps the most important item in this group is a typed and corrected manuscript of György Konrád and Iván Szelényi's "The Road of the Intellectuals to Class-Rule", which was first published in samizdat in the early 1980s. According to the authors' preface, only three copies of this manuscript were made and two of them were confiscated by the political police. Only one copy reached Western Europe, where the samizdat edition was most probably produced.

Accruals

Not Expected

Conditions of Access and Use

Conditions governing access

No special restriction applies

Conditions governing reproduction

Az OSA Archívum kutatótermében az anyag oktatási és kutatási célokra digitálisan másolható.

Languages

English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian

Description Control

Archivist's note

Arranged by Loránt Holtzer, June, 2003; described by Loránt Holtzer and András Mink, January, 2004; revised by Katalin Dobó and Pavol Šalamon, February - March, 2004; revised by Gabriella Ivacs and Judit Hegedüs, July, 2014.