Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty corporate records, 1945-2012

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Summary

Creators:
RFE/RL
Abstract:
The records of the American radio broadcasting organization operating Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) include correspondence, memoranda, reports, financial and legal records, technical specifications, opinion survey data, serial issues, other publications, and microfilm relating to operations of Radio Free Europe in broadcasting to audiences in Eastern Europe and of Radio Liberty in broadcasting to audiences in the Soviet Union, as well as non-broadcast operations of RFE/RL's predecessor, the Free Europe Committee, Inc. Digital copies of select records also available at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org.
Extent:
circa 4000 linear feet (4000.0 Linear Feet)
Language:
Languages represented in the collection: English, German, Russian, Polish
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty corporate records, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Background

Scope and content:

The complexity of this collection for the researcher as well as the archivist is manifold. The most salient fact characterizing the RFE/RL materials is their sheer volume, which necessitated their breakdown into two collections: the corporate records, consisting of the organizational and administrative documentation of RFE/RL (including its supervisory, subordinate, and affiliate organizations), and the broadcast archive, consisting of sound recordings of broadcasts, scripts, and associated documentation.

Each of these units therefore has its own register. This register describes the corporate records only.

Acknowledgements

This register could not have been compiled without the participation of a large group of individuals. They are listed here in alphabetical order: Suzanne Ament, Rodica Claudino, Laura Cosovanu, Venera Djumataeva, Jack Doran, German Dziebel, Lenka Fedorova, Irene Franks, Lechoslaw Gawlikowski, Ilja Gruen, Alyssa Haerle, Polina Ilieva, A. Ross Johnson, Snetu Karania, Dev Kumari Khalsa, Mikolaj Kunicki, Lijuan Li, Natalya Mislavskaya, Andrew Moore, Dmitry Morozov, Ekaterina Neklioudova, Blanka Pasternak, Natalia Reshetova, Victoria Saenz, Mike Schaefer, Anatol Shmelev, Nick Siekierski, Sandra Staklis, Catalin Stoica, Quincy Tanner, Dennis Trapido, Ema Vyroubalova.

Biographical / historical:

American radio broadcasting organization operating Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty.

Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2000 with subsequent additions.
Arrangement:

The RFE/RL Corporate records have been broken into two record groups, one for the Washington Office and one for the Munich-Prague Office. Under each there are multiple sub-groups and series within. As of 2022, the finding aid is currently undergoing conversion out of its existing individual PDF format and being transferred to a fully searchable EAD-encoded finding aid for the first time since it's acquisition. During navigation of this finding aid, researchers will still notice some Sub-Groups still in PDF format, while others have already completed conversion.

Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Boxes FH24, 4259, and 4260 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of 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:

RFE/RL welcomes the re-use, republication, and redistribution for research and educational purposes of audio, video, text, and graphic content produced by RFE/RL, Inc., its legal predecessor organizations, and its constituent language Services. Users of RFE/RL content from this collection must include in their work the information: "Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty content, including but not limited to recordings of broadcasts, program scripts, graphic and video content and web-based content, is protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. Used with the permission of RFE/RL, Inc., 1201 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036, USA. www.rferl.org."

Users of RFE/RL content cannot alter the meaning, name or integrity of the content. The sale of RFE/RL content is strictly prohibited. Some of the RFE/RL content within this finding aid may contain content created by outside parties ("Third-Party Content"). Before using any RFE/RL products containing Third-Party Content, you must first obtain permission from the owner of the rights to the Third-Party Content.

Unlimited reproduction for institutional or other use of RFE/RL content found within this finding aid is not permitted without the express written permission of RFE/RL. Learn more about the Terms of Use for RFE/RL content on the RFE/RL website. Inquiries about copyright permission involving materials in RFE/RL archival collections should be emailed to: Martins Zvaners, RFE/RL Deputy Director of Communications.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty corporate records, [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