RFE Research, RL Research, and RFE/RL Research Institute Memoranda and Articles

The archives of the former RFE/RL Research Institute were placed in the custodianship of the Open Society Archives, now an affiliate institution of the Central European University, in 1995. This collection consists of analytic reports, materials culled from Communist media, underground publications, and other primary sources from the RFE/RL broadcast region.

OSA has complete holdings from the Research Institute files and a growing digital collection of RFE records and other relevant materials from the Cold War period. OSA provides both onsite and remote reference services to the public.

For information, contact:
Gabriella Ivacs,
Chief Archivist
Open Society Archives
Central European University

E-mail: archives@ceu.hu; ivacsg@ceu.hu
Tel.: +36-1-327-3250
Fax: +36-1-327-3260

Mailing address:
OSA, P.O. Box 1082
H-1051 Budapest
Hungary

Visiting address:
Arany Janos utca 32
H-1051 Budapest
Hungary


Copies of "RFE/RL Research Report", 1992-1994 (electronic copies) are also available in the RFE/RL's Prague headquarters. Recent RFE/RL publications are available on the RFE/RL website at www.rferl.org. "RFE/RL Daily Report" (1991-95) "OMRI Daily Digest" (1996-March '97), and "RFE/RL Newsline" (April 1997-November 1999) archives are searchable here.

For information, contact:
RFE/RL Library
Vinohradska 1
CZ-11000 Prague 1, Czech Republic
Tel.: +420 2 2112-2144
E-mail: library@rferl.org

Corporate Records
RFE/RL's corporate records from 1952 through 1995 have been transferred to the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. The collection consists of administrative and policy files from RFE/RL executive offices and operating units. The collection is presently available on a limited basis. The corporate records will be available to the public in mid-2003. The public relations records are currently open for research. Please visit the Hoover Institution RFE/RL records website here for up-to-date information.

For information, contact:
Anatol Shmelev, RFE/RL Project Archivist
Hoover Institution
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6010
Tel.: +1-650-724-6200
E-mail: shmelev@hoover.stanford.edu
Internet: http://hoorferl.stanford.edu/

Broadcast Archives
The texts and audio recordings of programs broadcast by RFE/RL are also being transferred to the Hoover Institution and will be available for research. The collection consists of selected program texts on paper or microfilm, selected audio recordings, and associated documentation from the early 1950s through June 1995.

For information, contact:
Anatol Shmelev, RFE/RL Project Archivist
Hoover Institution (see above)

Czechoslovak Broadcast Archive
A duplicate set of texts and recordings of the RFE Czechoslovak Service (after 1992 the Czech and Slovak Services) from 1952 through 2002 has been transferred to the "Czechoslovak Documentation Center 1948-1989" and are now available for research at the National Museum in Prague. The collection consists of a set of program scripts, selected audio recordings, and associated editorial documentation. The archive is supplemented by materials on the RFE Czechoslovak Service collected earlier by the Center.

For information, contact:
Mgr. Jitka Hanakova
Head, Division of the Czechoslovak Documentation Center 1948-1989
Historical Museum
National Museum, Prague
Tel.: +420 220 466 407
E-mail: jitka.hanakova@nm.cz

Copies of selected texts and recordings of the RFE Czechoslovak Service can also be found at the Libri Prohibiti archive in Prague.

For information, contact:
Internet: http://libpro.cts.cuni.cz
E-mail: libpro@iol.cz

Hungarian Broadcast Archive

A duplicate set of the texts and recordings of the RFE Hungarian Service from 1952 through October 1993 has been transferred to National Szechenyi Library (NSL) in Budapest. The Budapest collection consists of a set of program scripts on microfilm and/or paper, selected audio recordings, and associated catalogues, indices, and editorial documentation.  

For information, contact:
Bea Lukacs
National Szechenyi Library
Budavari Palota F epulet
H-1827 Budapest, Hungary
Tel.: +36-1-224-3710
E-mail: bealukacs@oszk.hu

Polish Broadcast Archive
A duplicate set of the texts and recordings of the RFE Polish Service from 1952 through June 1994 has been transferred to the Polish State Archives (PSA) in Warsaw. The Warsaw collection consists of a set of program scripts on microfilm and/or paper, selected audio recordings, and associated catalogues, indices, and editorial documentation. PSA is preparing a detailed index of these materials and has to date indexed the recordings for 1952-1986.

For information, contact:
Piotr Musur, Chief
Sound Document and Film Unit
Archiwum Dokumentacji Mechanicznej
(Archives of Audio-Visual Records)
Polish State Archives
ul. Hankiewicza 1
02-103 Warsaw, Poland
Tel. and fax +48 22 823 2641 ext. 161.
E-mail: pmusur@wp.pl
http://www.adm.ap.gov.pl