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	HU OSA 300-85-31
Fonds 300:	Records of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Research Institute
Subfonds 85:	Samizdat Archives
Series 31:	Register to Letters

Date(s) 1989-1991

Extent and medium 1 Archival boxes, 0.13 linear meters

Administrative/Biographical history

• HU OSA 300-85C Samizdat Archives

Scope and content

Starting from 1989 the amount of the letters received by the Samizdat Unit was increased and the new system of registartion was introduced. Upon arrival of each letter the staff members filled into the special books the following information:
Date recieved
Postmark
Sender's name
Sender's address
Date written
Addressee
Given to
Remarks
The last field usualy contains short information about the character or content of the letter (postcards, requests, etc)
The register covers period from March 1989 to February 1991 and includes the total number of 9140 received letters.

Accruals Not expected

System of arrangement

• Arranged chronologically and thereunder by numbers from 00001 to 009140

Language/scripts of material English, Russian

Finding aids

• 1 container

Related units of description

• HU OSA 300-85-33 Russian-Language Letters by Name
• HU OSA 300-85-32 Registered Russian-Language Letters

Date(s) of descriptions

Processed and described by Olga Zaslavskaya, 6 May 2004
Online version updated 6 January 2012