Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Masaryk, Alice Garrigue, 1879-1966 and Masaryk, T. G. (Tomáš Garrigue), 1850-1937
- Abstract:
- The Masaryk Publications Trust mss., 1958-1989, consists of the papers of the Masaryk Publications Trust from the time of its formation until its termination.
- Extent:
- 3 Boxes (3 standard)
- Language:
- Materials are in Czech ; English .
- Preferred citation:
[Item], Masaryk Publications Trust mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
The Masaryk Publications Trust was a small non-profit trust founded in 1960 by Alice Garrigue Masaryk and her sister Olga Masaryk Revilliod for the purpose of spreading "as widely as possible the knowledge of the principles which Thomas G. Masaryk (their father and the first president of Czechoslovakia) considered essential for a social and progressive democracy." The press published several of Thomas G. Masaryk's books and related literature, including Alice Masaryk's memoir Dětství a mládí (Childhood and Youth).
- Scope and Content:
This collection includes financial records, materials relating to book publications, correspondence, including those from John Tabor, and minutes of meetings of the Trustees.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift: 1990
- Arrangement:
This collection is arranged in original order.
- Physical location:
- Lilly - Stacks
Indexed Terms
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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This collection is open for research.
Many collections are housed offsite; retrieval requires advance notice. Please make an appointment a minimum of one week in advance of your visit.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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[Item], Masaryk Publications Trust mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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1200 East Seventh StreetBloomington, Indiana 47405-5500, USA
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- CONTACT:
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(812) 855-2452liblilly@indiana.edu