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Title: Tibor Flórián papers
Dates: 1926-1996
Collection Number: 2006C18
Creator: Flórián, Tibor
Collection Size:
109 ms. boxes, 1 oversize box
(56.35 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Documents of Hungarian-American cultural and political activities, including responses to the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and
activities on behalf of the Hungarian community in Transylvania. Correspondence with Hungarian émigrés, especially writers
and journalists, mostly in the United States, South America, Germany and Australia. Transcripts, sound recordings and other
materials of the Radio Free Europe Hungarian service. Hungarian-language publishing in the United States, and international
freedom for writers issues. Flórián's poetry, essays and other writings.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
Hungarian
English
Romanian
German
Slovak
Collection is open for research.
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[Identification of item], Tibor Flórián papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 2006.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
Eckhardt (Tibor) papers, Hoover Institution Archives
Gábor (Áron) papers, Hoover Institution Archives
Hungarian subject collection, Hoover Institution Archives
Pásztor (László) papers, Hoover Institution Archives
RFE/RL broadcast records, Hoover Institution Archives
RFE/RL corporate records, Hoover Institution Archives
| 12 April 1908 | Born, Selmecbánya, Austro-Hungary (present-day Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia) |
| 1927 | Graduated, Roman Catholic Lyceum, Cluj (in Hungarian: Kolozsvár), Romania |
| 1934 | Graduated, University of Cluj, law degree |
| 1934-1945 | Active member of Hungarian literary circles in Cluj; resided and worked for the most of this time probably in Gherla (in Hungarian: Szamosújvár), Romania |
| 1935 | Author, Felhők fölött, felhők alatt, a book of poetry |
| 1936 | Author, Vázlatok, a book of poetry |
| 1945 | Emigrated to Germany |
| 1945-1949 | Resided in the town of Cham |
| 1945-1954 | Married to Éva Felföldy |
| 1945-1949 | Literary Editor of the émigré weekly Hungaria; at some point an employee of the American Red Cross; a member of émigré organizations and a contributor to émigré periodicals, from this time on and throughout his life |
| 1946 | Author, Kőtáblák öszetörtek, a book of poetry |
| 1948 | Author, Mélység fölött, a book of poetry |
| 1949 | Emigrated to the United States |
| 1949-1986 | Resided in New Jersey and Connecticut |
| 1950-1974 | Announcer and later Editor, Radio Free Europe, New York City, N.Y. |
| 1954-1974? | Board Member of Kossuth Publishing Co. (Kossuth Kiadó), New York City and Cleveland, Ohio |
| 1955 | Married Sophie Weress |
| 1955-1986? | Board Member, mostly Treasurer, of American Branch of International P.E.N.: Writers in Exile, New York City |
| 1960?-1986 | Member and Board Member of Arpad Academy (Árpád Akadémia), Cleveland |
| 1966?-1986? | Member and Board Member of American Transylvanian Federation (Amerikai Erdélyi Szövetség), New York City |
| 1975 | Author, Keserű gyökéren, a book of poetry |
| 2 March 1986 | Died, Punta Gorda, Florida |
Scope and Content of Collection
Documents of Hungarian-American cultural and political activities, including responses to the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and
activities on behalf of the Hungarian community in Transylvania. Correspondence with Hungarian émigrés, especially writers
and journalists, mostly in the United States, South America, Germany and Australia. Transcripts, sound recordings and other
materials of the Radio Free Europe Hungarian service. Hungarian-language publishing in the United States, and international
freedom for writers issues. Flórián's poetry, essays and other writings.
The collection is organized into 10 series: Alphabetical file; Correspondence; Hungarian cultural and political activities;
Kossuth Kiadó (Kossuth Publishing Co.) materials; Radio Free Europe materials; International PEN, Writers in Exile, American
Branch records; Personal file; Family file; Writings by and about Flórián; and Miscellany. Alphabetical file is arranged alphabetically
and often also chronologically; Correspondence is arranged chronologically; all other series are arranged generally in the
original order.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Radio Free Europe
Radio broadcasting--Hungary
Hungary--History--Revolution, 1956
Hungarians--United States
Hungarian literature
Kossuth Publishing Company
PEN (Organization)
Civil rights
Phonotapes