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HU OSA 206
Fonds 206: Records of the Open Society Archives at Central European University (OSA)

Date(s) 1938-2000 (1938-1971, 1995-2000)

Extent and medium

Estimated total:
24 boxes of color photo prints , 50 audio cassettes, 132 video cassettes - VHS, 4 video cassettes - Hi8
Currently processed:
1 Archival boxes, 0.13 linear meters
3 CD-ROM, 0.03 linear meters
65 VHS, 2 linear meters

Scope and content

The fonds consists of video and sound recordings and photo documentation of public events (conferences, opening ceremonies of exhibitions at Galeria Centralis, public lectures, summer university courses) organized by OSA.
Copies of historical documentary and propaganda films relating to the 20th century totalitarianism and the Cold War also form part of the fonds.
Also included are interviews relating to the history of the Soros foundations network and to the history of RFE/RL Hungarian Desk.

Accruals Expected

System of arrangement

Conditions governing access

Accessible to all researchers, subject to the General Restriction Policy of OSA, excluding series 5, where access rights have to be determined

Language/scripts of material English and Hungarian

Finding aids

Date(s) of descriptions

Processed and described by Joan Fairweather and Zsuzsanna Zadori 1996-1998; Branislav Kovacevic 2002; revised by Zsuzsanna Zádori 18 Sep 2000
Online version updated 18 December 2008
© 1995-2005 Open Society Archives at Central European University