Identity Statement

Reference Code

HU OSA 300-55-10

Title

Subject Files

Date(s)

1972 - 1990

Description Level

Series

Extent and medium (processed)

38 Archival boxes, 4.75 linear meters

Context

Archival history

Previously, there were two separate series of subject files within the HU OSA 300-55 subfofonds. However, after having retrived the original holdings list, OSA archivists discovered that the two actually formed a single unit and the original form was restored.

Content and Structure

Scope and Content (Abstract)

The series contains subject files created for research purposes by the RFE Polish Unit. It is arranged alphabetically and based mostly on xerox copies of clippings from Polish independent publications, but also includes RFE-produced materials (A-wires, B-wires, situation reports, background reports) and clippings from the foreign press, as well as photos and leaflets. The series documents a variety of aspects of political, social and cultural life in Poland and other countries as well.

The topics covered include: state-opposition relations, political activities of the Solidarity movement and independent political groups; political trials and cases of state repression (with individual files on the persecuted); the independent press and cultural life, the Catholic Church, the Chernobyl disaster; economic reform; human rights and the Helsinki Committee in Poland; the youth movement; the situation in different countries of the Communist bloc; the 1989 Round Table and elections in Poland.

Accruals

Not Expected

System of arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by subject.

Conditions of Access and Use

Conditions governing access

Unknown

Languages

English, French, German, Polish

Description Control

Archivist's note

Processed by Piotr Wcislik, January, 2011; revised by Csaba Szilágyi, July, 2012.