Metadata: Records of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) Research Institute, Romanian Unit
Collection
- Country:
- Hungary
- Holding institution:
- Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives
- Holding institution (official language):
- Vera és Donald Blinken Nyílt Társadalom Archívum
- Postal address:
- Arany János u. 32, 1051 Budapest, Hungary
- Phone number:
- 36-1-327-3250
- Web address:
- https://osaarchivum.org/
- Email:
- info@osaarchivum.org
- Reference number:
- Sub-fond HU OSA 300-60
- Title:
- Records of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) Research Institute, Romanian Unit
- Creator/accumulator:
- Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) Research Institute
- Date(s):
- 1946/1995
- Language:
- English
- French
- German
- Italian
- Romany
- Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan
- Russian
- Extent:
- 1076 Archival boxes; 134.5 linear meters
- Type of material:
- Textual Material
- Physical condition:
- Good
- Scope and content:
-
The sub-fond contains materials (press clippings, news agency releases, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty research papers and background analyses, information items, transcripts of radio broadcasts, émigré publications, and letters) collected by research specialists and analysts at the Romanian Unit of the RFE/RL Research Institute. The records of the Romanian Unit give a broad picture of Romanian political life, economics, culture and arts, religions, media, social and military issues. Two series of this sub-fond are of outstanding interest: the Records Relating to Romanian Opposition and Protest Movement offer an encompassing and detailed overview on the history of the Romanian anticommunist opposition, dissent, and dissenters.
Materials concerning Jewish history and culture can be found in 16 folders dispersed throughout 1 archival series out of 6 that the sub-fond contains. This material informs about lives of Jewish communities in socialist Romania from 1948 to 1984. 1) Archival series HU OSA 300-60-1 Subject Files contains 16 folders with information about Jews in socialist Romania treated as members of an ethnic minority, on emigration of Jews from Romania, and on the religious life of Jewish communities across the country. The material is mainly collected from Romanian and foreign press.
- Archival history:
- The sub-fond was transferred to the Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives in May 1995 under the initial mandate to preserve over 2.5 linear kilometers of documents accumulated in the archives of the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Research Institute.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The Romanian Unit was established as part of the RFE/RL Research Unit in order to collect and prepare for publication information and analytics about ongoing affairs and developments in socialist Romania. Establishment of the RFE/RL was related to informational confrontation in the Cold War. The material was processed and revised at the Blinken OSA in 1998 and 2002.
- Access points: locations:
- Romania
- System of arrangement:
- The sub-fond includes 7 series systematized according to legacy structure of the sub-fond.
- Access, restrictions:
- Reproduction is allowed for non-commercial purposes.
- Finding aids:
- The catalog (folders/items level) is available online.
- Links to finding aids:
- https://catalog.osaarchivum.org/catalog/jDen7R9Q
- Yerusha Network member:
- Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives
- Author of the description:
- Anastasia Felcher; Blinken OSA; 2022 based on Csaba Szilagyi; Blinken OSA; 1998; 2002.
