Ferdinand Peroutka papers, 1935-1978

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Summary

Creators:
Peroutka, Ferdinand
Abstract:
Correspondence, memoranda, writings, and printed matter, relating to postwar conditions in Czechoslovakia, the internal administration of Radio Free Europe, and Czechoslovak émigré politics.
Extent:
16 manuscript boxes, 2 AV trays, 5 sound tape reels (11.4 Linear Feet)
Language:
In Czech and English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Ferdinand Peroutka papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

Contains correspondence with prominent Czechoslovak cultural and political figures in Czechoslovakia and in exile, and with American intellectual elites, as well as Peroutka's writings in exile. Also included are correspondence and internal documents of Radio Free Europe and the Council of Free Czechoslovakia (Rada svobodného Československa). Transcripts of Peroutka's radio addresses and sound recordings of Radio Free Europe programs form the final and most extensive part of the collection.

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1895 February 6
Born, Prague, Austro-Hungary
1919-1923
Editor, the daily Tribuna
1924-1939
Editor, the daily Lidové noviny
Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief, the weekly Přítomnost (founded with support from President Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, and with Karel Čapek and other prominent writers as regular contributors)
1925
Author, Boje o dnešek
1933-1938
Author, Budování státu, a multiple-volume monograph
1939-1945
Imprisoned, Dachau and Buchenwald concentration camps
1945-1946
Member, Czechoslovak National Assembly
1945-1948
Editor, the daily Svobodné noviny
1946-1948
Editor-in-Chief, the weekly Dnešek
1947
Author, Tak nebo tak
1948
Immigrated to London, Great Britain; published in émigré periodicals throughout his career (Hlas domova, Americké listy, České slovo, and others)
Author, Oblak a valčík: kolektivní drama o dvanácti obrazech
1949
Author, Byl Edvard Beneš vinen?
1950
Moved to New York, USA
Circa 1950-1957
Member, Rada svobodného Československa (The Council of Free Czechoslovakia)
1950-1964
Editor-in-Chief, Radio Free Europe Czechoslovak Desk
1951-1977
Author, weekly broadcast addresses in Radio Free Europe (published as a three-volume monograph Mluví k vám Ferdinand Peroutka: rozhlasové komentáře rádia Svobodná Evropa, 2003-2006)
1955
Married Slávka Fenclová
1959
Author, Democratic Manifesto
1976
Author, Oblak a valčík: román
1978 April 20
Died, New York
Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1984.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Ferdinand Peroutka papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US