Proceedings of Archival Conference in Press
I am pleased to inform you that the editorial work on the Proceedings of our recent
highly successful "Working Conference on Czech and Slovak American Archival
Materials and their Preservation", held at the Czech and Slovak Embassies, Washington
DC in November 2003, has been completed and the entire manuscript is now in the
hands of the publishing house, "Prazska edice" in Prague.
It comprises of contributions from principal repositories of Czech and Slovak materials
in the US and in the Czech and the Slovak Republics, including government
and university-based repositories, public libraries and private institutions. Included are
also papers from historians and other archival users, and comments made by discussion
panelists regarding the various archival problems and their solutions.
As you will note from the attached Table of Contents, it is an impressive piece of work
which should not be missing in major repositories and libraries interested in the subject.
It should also be of great interest and use to various ethnic organizations and
individuals that have archival materials in their possessions. The bottom line of the
conference was the unanimous agreement to launch a concerted effort leading to the
preservation of archival materials bearing on Czech and Slovak presence in America
and on the relations between America and Czechoslovakia and its successor states. This
is the massage of the Proceedings which contains important information about the
existing archival repositories and also provides useful advice where the archival
materials can be deposited and how they should be maintained.
According to the publisher, David Kraft, the volume will be available in mid March,
will cost $9 plus postage and can be ordered from the following address: Prazska
edice,Senovazne nam.20,Praha 1,Czech Republic; chexpo@chexpo.cz
You ought to reserve your copy now before the copies run out.
Miloslav Rechcigl
SVU President
Czech and Slovak American Archival Materials
and their Preservation
Proceedings of the Working Conference,
held at the Czech and Slovak Embassies
in Washington, DC on November 22-23, 2003
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
Words of Welcome by Ambassador of the Czech Republic to the US
H.E. Martin Palous
Words of Welcome by Ambassador of the Slovak Republic to the US
H.E. Rastislav Kacer
Remarks by Chairman, US Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage
Abroad
The Honorable Warren L. Miller
Opening Remarks by SVU President and the Conference Coordinator
Miloslav Rechcigl
US FEDERAL GOVERNMENTAL REPOSITORIES
World War II Czechoslovak Records in the National Archives
Amy Schmidt
Czech- and Slovak-American Archival Materials at the Library of Congress
Helen Fedor
Czech and Slovak Source Material at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives
Henry D. Mayer
USHMM Relations with the Czech Republic and Slovakia
Radu Ioanid
ARCHIVAL MATERIALS in CZECH & SLOVAK REPUBLICS
The Maintenance of the Archives in the Czech Republic
Lenka Linhartova
The Central State Archives in Prague and the Czechs Abroad
Jiri Krestan
Slovak American Archival Materials in the Slovak Republic
Jozef Sadlon
Palacky University’s Research and Documentation Centre for the Study of
Czechoslovak Exile and Emigration
Karel Konecny
STATE & PRIVATE REPOSITORIES IN THE US
Czech and Slovak Collections in the New York Public Library
Wojciech Siemaszkiewicz
The Library and Archives of the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library
David Muhlena
The Leo Baeck Institute
Frank Mecklenburg
UNIVERSITY-BASED REPOSITORIES
Hoover Institution Archives Czech and Slovak Collections Online
Blanka Pasternak
Immigration History Research Center at the University of Minnesota: Its Contribution
to Preserving the Czech and Slovak American Heritage
Daniel Necas
Czech and Slovak Collections in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
Katherine L. Walter
Czech Collection at Texas A&M University
David Zdenek Chroust
Czech and Slovak Collections at the University of Chicago Library
June Pachuta Ferris
WORKING WITH CZECH AND SLOVAK ARCHIVAL MATERIALS
Archives in the US - How Can American Archives Help
Reconstructing President Benes’ Memoirs
Prof. Milan Hauner
Slovak Archives in the USA and Canada
M. Mark Stolarik
The Origins of Juraj Slavik Papers
Mr. Juraj L. J. Slavik
The Outline of the Czechoslovak-American Relations - the Material Basis in Czech
and Slovak Archives
Slavomir Michalek
ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Contribution of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Department for Cultural
Relations and Czechs Living Abroad
Zdenek Lycka
Archive Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic (MFA)
Tomas Kryl
Basic Information about the Care of the Records in the State Central Archives in
Prague
Michal Durovic
The Unity Archives in Herrnhut
Paul Peucker
Sources for History and Contemporary Life of Slovaks in America
Lubica Bartalska
PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS: A DISCUSSION
Miloslav Rechcigl
The Honorable Jaroslava Moserova
Amy Schmidt
Helen Fedor
Gail Naughton
Pavol Lukac
Milan Hauner
M. Mark Stolarik
Vilem Precan
Oldrich Tuma
Ivan Dubovicky
CONFERENCE CONCLUSIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS
General Discussion Points
Zdenek David
Conference Resolution
Conference Follow-up and Coordination Committee
Concluding Statement by the Conference Coordinator
Miloslav Rechcigl
ATTACHMENTS
Slovak American Bibliography
Czech American Bibliography
CONFERENCE PATTICIPANTS & CONTRIBUTORS