Identity Statement

Reference Code

HU OSA 300-60-5

Title

Romanian Press Survey

Date(s)

1971 - 1994

Description Level

Series

Extent and medium (processed)

41 Archival boxes, 5.12 linear meters

Content and Structure

Scope and Content (Abstract)

The materials in this series are newspaper clippings, press summaries and transcripts of articles selected from both the central (Bucharest) and regional press.

The Romanian press had long been considered the main source of information for the Research Unit. Accordingly, the Romanian Press Survey, averaging fifteen pages each, was usually prepared two to five times a week. (For example, in 1966, the Research Analysts monitored approximately 50 Romanian periodicals on a regular basis.)

The Press Surveys became especially interesting when the fall of the communist regime allowed new publications to mushroom on the media market: beginning with 1990, dailies and weeklies of all kinds of political affiliations, economic magazines, historical reviews, and tabloids have also been monitored.

Accruals

Not Expected

System of arrangement

Arranged chronologically; between 1981-1992 arranged thereunder also by subject

Conditions of Access and Use

Conditions governing access

Unknown

Languages

Romany

Description Control

Archivist's note

Arranged by Viktor Labos; described by Csaba Szilagyi, October 19, 1998; revised by Csaba Szilagyi, April 10, 2002.