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	HU OSA 302
Fonds 302:	Samizdat Publications of Gábor Demszky

Date(s) 1973-1992

Extent and medium

Estimated total:
7 linear meters textual materials, 37 photographs
Currently processed:
29 Archival boxes, 4 linear meters

Name of creator(s) Demszky, Gábor, Mayor of Budapest.

Administrative/Biographical history

• HU OSA 302P Demszky Gábor, 1952-

Archival history

Gábor Demszky was the founder and director of the greatest Hungarian samizdat publishing house (AB Publisher) between 1981 and 1989. He was also the chief editor and publisher of the samizdat periodical Hírmondó (Herald). He took part and helped the publication of other underground literature, such as Beszélő and Független Demokrata. During these activities he collected and accumulated the richest collection of publications, artefacts and remnants of the Hungarian samizdat. Gábor Demszky donated his samizdat collection to OSA on March 15, 1995.

Scope and content

The collection contains his own publications and works, printed, published and manuscripts; series of the most famous Hungarian samizdat peridicals, including Beszélő, Hírmondó, Független Demokrata; manuscripts of the most important samizdat books published in the 80s by AB Publisher and others; documents of the Hungarian political opposition during the 80s; printing sheets and galley proofs, illustrations and cover designs of the Hungarian samizdat publishers; tools, printing machines and raw materials for creating underground publications.

Accruals Not expected

System of arrangement

• HU OSA 302-0-1 Demszky Gábor irásai = Writings of Gábor Demszky, 1973-1990
• HU OSA 302-0-2 Magyar Samizdat Periodikak = Hungarian Samizdat Periodicals, 1981-1989
• HU OSA 302-0-3 Magyar Samizdat Kiadványok = Hungarian Samizdat Publications, 1978-1989
• HU OSA 302-0-4 Szamizdat nyomtatás alapanyagai es a nyomdai előkészités dokumentumai = Preparatory materials for printing Samizdat.., 1980-1989
• HU OSA 302-0-5 Kéziratok = Manuscripts, 1980-1989
• HU OSA 302-0-6 A Magyarországi ellenzéki mozgalmak dokumentumai a 80-as években = Documenation of the Opposition movements in the 1980s, 1981-1989

Language/scripts of material

Principally Hungarian, but also English, German and Polish

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Mostly printed and typed documents.

Related materials

• HU OSA 300-85 Samizdat Archives, 1956-1994
• HU OSA 301 Records of Index on Censorship, 1957-1998
• HU OSA 318 Records of the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF), 1979-2000
• HU OSA 300-55-1 Documents on pre-1981 Independent Political Parties, 1976-1990
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• Fővárosi Szabó Ervin Könyvtár

Date(s) of descriptions

Described by András Mink, 15 April 2002.
Online version updated 18 December 2008