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	HU OSA 208
Fonds 208:	Records of the Open Society Institute - New York (OSI - New York)

Date(s) 1990-2003

Extent and medium

Estimated total:
3.5 linear meters, 196 video cassettes-VHS, 11 audio cassettes - MC
Currently processed:
12 Archival boxes, 2 linear meters
2 SDLT I, 0.07 linear meters
197 VHS, 5 linear meters

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Open Society Institute - New York

Scope and content

Publications of the Open Society Institute - New York that document the whole gamut activities of the Soros foundations network. The types of publications range from annual publications and monthly periodicals to individual copies. Titles include Annual Reports, Building Open Societies, Directories, Fellow Observer, Open Society News, US Program News, US Program Notes and Focus: News from the Network Women's Program.

Video recordings of the Communications Department, containing media coverage of OSI sponsored projects, form part of the fonds.
Of special interest are video recordings from the Center of Crime, Communities & Culture; the Forced Migration Projects and the films of the Soros Documentary Fund.

Accruals Expected

System of arrangement

• HU OSA 208-1 Board
  • HU OSA 208-1-1 Board Meeting Minutes
  • HU OSA 208-1-2 Board Meeting Minutes on Audiocassettes
  • HU OSA 208-1-3 Administrative Files
• HU OSA 208-2 Executive Office
  • HU OSA 208-2-1 Files of the Vice-president, Deborah Harding
• HU OSA 208-3 Administrative Files
  • HU OSA 208-3-1 Original index to video recordings
  • HU OSA 208-3-4 Administrative Files
• HU OSA 208-4 Publication Office
  • HU OSA 208-4-1 Publications
• HU OSA 208-5 Network Scholarships Program
  • HU OSA 208-5-1 Supplementary Grant Program for Students from the Former Yugoslavia
• HU OSA 208-6 Soros Documentary Fund
  • HU OSA 208-6-1 Documentary films of the Soros Documentary Fund
• HU OSA 208-7 Office of Communications
  • HU OSA 208-7-1 Television programs relating to the activities of the Soros foundations all around the world

Language/scripts of material English

Related materials

• HU OSA 13 Records of the Soros Foundation - Hungary, 1989-2006
• HU OSA 116 Records of the International Science Foundation (ISF), 1992-1995
• HU OSA 207 Records of the Open Society Institute - Budapest (OSI Budapest), 1992-1996
• HU OSA 124 Records of the Forced Migration Project (FMP), 1983-1999
• HU OSA 127 Records of the International Women's Program (IWP), 1997-2006

Date(s) of descriptions

Described by Zsuzsanna Zádori and Gabriella Ivacs, 16 September 2003
Online version updated 18 December 2008