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HU OSA 13
Fonds 13: Records of the Soros Foundation - Hungary

Date(s) 1989-2006

Extent and medium

Estimated total:
90 linear meters, 291 video cassettes - VHS, 33 video cassettes - Beta SP, 44 audio cassettes, 127 CD-Roms, 1 DVD-Rom
Currently processed:
717 Archival boxes, 90 linear meters
1 Archival card boxes, 0.32 linear meters
124 Audio cassette, 2 linear meters
44 Beta SP, 1 linear meters
227 CD-ROM, 2 linear meters
9 DVD-ROM, 0.09 linear meters
1 SDLT Multivolume
6 SVHS, 0.15 linear meters
661 VHS, 17 linear meters
Total: 112 linear meters

Name of creator(s) Soros Foundation - Hungary

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Donation of the Public Relations Office of Soros Foundation - Hungary

Scope and content

Annual reports and program publications of the Foundation and television programs about the history and activities of the Hungarian Soros Foundation and its founder, George Soros.
The administrative records contain valuable information on the establishment of the first national foundation and its first 7 years of functioning (1984-1994) in the communist era in Hungary.

Accruals Expected

System of arrangement

Language/scripts of material Hungarian and English

Date(s) of descriptions

Audio-visual materials processed and described by Judit Hegedűs February-April 2008, revised by Zsuzsanna Zádori; textual materials' description revised by Branko Kovačevič, April 5, 2004; revised by Pavol Šalamon, September 3, 2004
Online version updated 18 December 2008
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