Register of the Kyril Drenikoff Papers

Prepared by Natasha Porfirenko

Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford University

Stanford, California 94305-6010

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Register of the Kyril Drenikoff Papers

Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford University

Stanford, California

Contact Information

Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Phone: (650) 723-3563
Fax: (650) 725-3445
Email: archives@hoover.stanford.edu

Prepared by:: Natasha Porfirenko
Date Completed:: 2002
Encoded by:: ByteManagers using OAC finding aid conversion service specifications

Descriptive Summary

Title: Kyril Drenikoff papers,

Date (inclusive): 1849-2002

Collection number: 88009

Creator: Drenikoff, Kyril

Extent: 223 manuscript boxes, 42 oversize boxes, 1 cu. ft. box, 14 card file boxes, 7 slide boxes, 2 oversize folders, 2 motion picture film reels, 22 phonotape cassettes, 1 videotape cassette, 106 phonorecords, 1 microfilm reel, memorabilia (125 linear feet)

Repository: Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace

Stanford, California 94305-6010

Abstract: Correspondence, writings, conference proceedings, reports, bulletins, serial issues, clippings, other printed matter, photographs, maps, other pictorial materials, and memorabilia, relating to the history and culture of Bulgaria, activities of the post-World War II Bulgarian émigré community, and activities of the World Anti-Communist League, the Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations and other anti-communist organizations. Includes diaries of Georgi Drenikov, father of K. Drenikoff, and commander of the Bulgarian Air Force during World War II.

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives

Language: Bulgarian.

Administrative Information

Access

Collection is open for research.

The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible.

Publication Rights

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Kyril Drenikoff papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.

Acquisition Information

Acquired.

Accruals

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.

Alternative Form Available

Also available on microfilm (209 reels).

Biographical Note

1930 July 30	Born in Sofia, Bulgaria
1943 November 12	Gliding license
1948	High school diploma, Institut des Frères des Écoles Chrétiennes, Collège St. St. Cyrille et Méthode, Sofia, Bulgaria
1956	Law degree, State University, Sofia, Bulgaria
1957 June 5	Diploma in international public law, La Sorbonne, Paris, France
1959 March 2	Doctorat en droit international, La Sorbonne, Paris, France
1960-1965	In charge of programs in Bulgarian, Radio Vaticana
1960-1966	President, Association des Anciens Elèves des Frères des Ecoles Chrétiennes de la Bulgarie
1960 March 15	Diploma, Institut des Hautes Etudes Internationales, Paris, France
1962	Bulgarian delegate to the Central Committee of the Anti-Bolshevik Block of Nations (ABN)
1962 June 24	Married Michèle Françoise Bihan-Faou
1962-1983	Member, Political Council of Simeon II, King of Bulgaria, and counselor to the King
1963	Degree, Hague Academy of International Law (International Law Fund laureate)
1965-1984	Chancellor of the Royal Bulgarian orders and decorations
1967-1968	State Counselor of Biafra
1968	Author, L'église catholique en Bulgarie
	Author (under the pseudonym of Strachimir Belphegoroff), La mort mystérieuse d'un roi
1970	Founder (with Ivan Drenikoff) and director, Centre de Recherches et de Documentation Balkaniques, Brussels, Belgium
1970-1983	Permanent Bulgarian representative to the World Anti-Communist League (WACL), and member of its council
1972 October 4	Allowed to use the name Kyril Drenikoff de Velboudj
1975 February 9	Became French citizen, and allowed to use the name Cyrille Drenec
1978-1980	President, Ligue Bulgare des Droits de l'Homme
1981	Author, Bulgarska literatura v izgnanie
1982	Author, Bibliografi'i'a za Makedoni'i'a
1983 December 22	Died in Brussels, Belgium

Scope and Content Note

The Kyril Drenikoff papers, acquired in 1988, constitute a major resource on Bulgaria and reflect his life and work as a writer, bibliographer, and political activist in the Bulgarian émigré community.

Kyril Drenikoff's involvement in that community is well documented in the extensive correspondence series, as well as in several series dedicated to the activities of the World Anti-Communist League, the Anti-Bolshevik Block of Nations, and the Bulgarian League for Human Rights, organizations in which he held a prominent role. Material on other anti-communist organizations, such as the Assembly of Captive European Nations, can be found in the subject file.

Another focus of the collection is Kyril Drenikoff's life-long interest in promoting Bulgarian history and culture. Indeed, with his brother Ivan Drenikoff, he co-founded the Centre de Recherches et de Documentation Balkaniques, formerly named the Balkan Archives, for which they collected thousands of volumes. Kyril Drenikoff was also the publisher of Informations Bulgares and headed the Institut Culturel Bulgare, which published Edin Zavet. Much of his bibliographic effort was concentrated on Macedonia as well as on Bulgaria. Though of Macedonian origin, he strongly believed that the population of Macedonia is part of the Bulgarian nation and refuted the existence of an independent Macedonian nation and church.

Also important in the collection are Kyril Drenikoff's speeches and writings on Bulgarian and Macedonian culture, politics, and religious issues, often written under one of the following pseudonyms: D. B., D. D., K. G. D., D. G., D. K. G., D. L. G., G. G., D. V., Strachimir Belphegoroff, G. Bertram, Ieromonakh Danail, Konstantin Dragashov, Gavrets, Gavriil Gorianin, Dr. Gorski, K. D. Gueorguief, Serafim Ionov, Dimiter Iskrenov, S. Kirov, Kolezhanin, G. or Goge or Georgi Lazov, Iskren Ognianov, Pantelei Petnik, G. L. Starozemets, C. D. de Velboudj, Iurdan Zambakov. Included in the speeches and writings series are Kyril Drenikoff's academic theses of 1959, 1960, and 1963, but his diaries, covering the period from 1971 to 1976, are found in a series of their own.

Separate series were also created for King Simeon II of Bulgaria to document Kyril Drenikoff's role as his counselor and member of his political council, as well as for King Simeon's father, Czar Boris III of Bulgaria. However, material relating to Czar Ferdinand I of Bulgaria is to be found in the subject file.

Apart from the biographical file devoted to Kyril Drenikoff, there is a wealth of material related to several members of his family, in particular his brother, Ivan Drenikoff, and his father, Georgi Drenikoff, commander of the Bulgarian Air Force during World War II. Not only is his participation in both world wars well documented, there is also material relating to Georgi Drenikoff's passion for gliding. Indeed, he founded the practice of gliding in Bulgaria and won the bronze medal in the gliding competition during the Olympic Games of 1936 in Berlin, the first Bulgarian Olympic trophy. An accomplished track athlete, he also set the 1924 Bulgarian national record in hurdle racing.

Finally, the collection is very rich in audio-visual material, with extensive series of photographs, postcards, maps, artwork, and audiotapes, relating mostly to Bulgarian history and culture.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the repository's online public access catalog.

Subjects

Bulgaria--History.

Bulgaria--Civilization.

World War, 1939-1945--Bulgaria.

World War, 1939-1945.

Bulgarians in foreign countries.

Anti-communist movements.

World Anti-Communist League.

Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations.

Bulgaria.

Genres and Forms of Material

Phonorecords.

Video tapes.

Slides (Photography)

Moving-pictures.

Phonotapes.

Other Index Terms Related to this Collection

Drenikov, Georgi.

Series Description

box 1-8

Biographical File, 1930-1984.

Scope and Content Note

Address book, bibliographies, birth and marriage certificates, business cards, family correspondence, curricula vitae, decorations and diplomas, employment applications, identity cards, invitations, lists, notebooks, notes, obituaries, poems and songs, prayer, stamps, and subject file, arranged alphabetically by physical form

box 9-16

Family File, 1911-2002.

Scope and Content Note

Biographical material related to members of the Drenikoff family. Includes correspondence, birth and marriage certificates, business cards, contracts, diaries, family book and family tree, identity cards and passports, memoirs, note books, notes, and writings, arranged alphabetically by name of family member and therein by physical form

box 17

Diaries, 1971-1976.

Scope and Content Note

Diaries of Kyril Drenikoff, arranged chronologically

box 17-44

Correspondence, 1947-1984.

Scope and Content Note

Personal correspondence of Kyril Drenikoff, arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent

box 44-52

Speeches and Writings, 1958-1983.

Scope and Content Note

Articles, books, broadcasts, letters to the editor, literary criticism, reviews, speeches, and academic theses, relating mostly to Bulgarian history, politics, and culture, and to anticommunist movements, arranged chronologically by title. Quite a number of writings were published under pseudonyms, such as D. B., D. D., K. G. D., D. G., D. K. G., D. L. G., G. G., D. V., Strachimir Belphegoroff, G. Bertram, Ieromonakh Danail, Konstantin Dragashov, Gavrets, Gavriil Gorianin, Dr. Gorski, K. D. Gueorguief, Serafim Ionov, Dimiter Iskrenov, S. Kirov, Kolezhanin, G. or Georgi or Gore Lazov, Iskren Ognianov, Pantelei Petnik, G. L. Starozemets, C. D. de Velboudj, Iurdan Zambakov

box 53-55

Anti-Bolshevik Block of Nations (ABN) File, 1961-1983.

Scope and Content Note

Bulletins, clippings, commemorative book, conference file, correspondence, leaflets, open letter, and press releases, related to activities of the ABL and arranged alphabetically by physical form

box 55-63

World Anti-Communist League (WACL) File, 1968-1983.

Scope and Content Note

Clippings, conference file, correspondence, press releases, and miscellany, related to activities of the WACL and arranged alphabetically by physical form

box 63-64

Ligue Bulgare des Droits de L'Homme File, 1948-1983.

Scope and Content Note

Annual report, bulletin, clippings, correspondence, membership cards, open letters, press releases, statutes, and miscellany, related to activities of the League and arranged alphabetically by physical form

box 65

Informations Bulgares File, 1968-1983.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent

box 65-67

Institut Culturel Bulgare File, 1958-1976.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence and documentation on the publication Edin Zavet, arranged alphabetically by physical form

box 67-69

Centre de Recherches et de Documentation Balkanique File, 1971-1983.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent, and financial records

box 69

Boris III, Czar of Bulgaria File, 1937-1983.

Scope and Content Note

Broadcast, edict on military spending, proclamation, script of movie about Boris III, and subject file, arranged alphabetically by physical form

box 70-74

Simeon II, King of Bulgaria File, 1952-1975.

Scope and Content Note

Announcements, biographies, bulletin, clippings, correspondence, declaration, draft reform plan, list, message, stationery, and subject file, arranged alphabetically by physical form

box 75-145

Subject File, 1879-1983.

Scope and Content Note

Accounts, appeals, broadcasts, certificates, correspondence, declarations, lists, notes, memoranda, petitions, press releases, reports, resolutions, statutes, surveys, treaties, clippings and other printed matter, arranged alphabetically by subject

box 146-199

Printed Matter, 1886-1983.

Scope and Content Note

Clippings, magazines, monographs, newspapers, and pamphlets and serials, arranged alphabetically by physical form

box 200-214

Oversize File, 1849-1983.

Scope and Content Note

Address, agreements and treaties, appeals, birthday greeting, bonds, bookplates, calendars, caricatures, certificates and diplomas, including of Georgi and Kyril Drenikoff, computer portrait, guest book, itinerary, magazines and newspapers, manifesto, passport, petition, program, statutes, and printed matte, arranged alphabetically by physical form

box 215-218

Scrapbooks, 1951-1973.

Scope and Content Note

Clippings, invitations, programs, and travel miscellany, relating to Kyril Drenikoff's life and in particular to his trips

box 219-228

Artwork, 1963-1978.

Scope and Content Note

Drawings and sketches, icons, printing plates, religious and watercolor paintings, arranged alphabetically by physical form

box 229-239 and memorabilia cabinet

Framed Items, 1912-1937.

Scope and Content Note

Icons, maps, photo portraits, and printed reproductions of icons, paintings and photographs, arranged alphabetically by physical form

box 240-260, map case, and slide cabinet

Photographs, 1899-1982.

Scope and Content Note

989 prints, 20 albums, 16 glass and metal plates, 166 negatives, and 219 slides depicting Kyril Drenikoff, Georgi Drenikoff, the Bulgarian Royal family, the Bulgarian and German armed forces, and various aspects of Bulgarian life and history

box 261-265

Postcards, 1880s-1980s.

Scope and Content Note

Postcards depicting historical, cultural and political centers worldwide, scenic views, art, sculpture, and architecture, including some with text

box 266-269

Card File, undated

Scope and Content Note

Index cards listing subscribers to Edin Zavet and publications on Bulgaria

box 270 and map case

Maps, undated

Scope and Content Note

Ninety-five maps of various countries in the 19th and 20th centuries, mostly Bulgaria and the Balkans

box 271-279 and memorabilia cabinet

Memorabilia, undated

Scope and Content Note

Budda statue, buttons, cigarette lighters, coins, daggers, epaulettes, flag, ink wells, medals, military cap, Bulgarian national costume, needle work, passports, pins, plaque, sabers, sash, seals, silk scarf, stamps, and vase. Includes bust of Georgi Drenikoff

Film shelf

Motion Picture Film, 1977.

Scope and Content Note

One reel depicting the 10th World Anti-Communist League (WACL) conference in Taipei, Taiwan, 1977; and one reel by Tóitsu Kyõkai entitled "Marching for Victory," undated

Microfilm cabinet

Microfilm Reel, undated

Scope and Content Note

One reel, Bibliothèque de l'Académiedes Sciences, Sofia, undated

Tape cabinet

Video Tape, 1981.

Scope and Content Note

One video tape depicting the 14th World Anti-Communist League Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, 1981

Cassette cabinet

Phonotape Cassettes, 1972-1979.

Scope and Content Note

Twenty-two phonotape cassettes relating mostly to Bulgarian life inside and outside the country, to Kyril Drenikoff's activities, and to international meetings

Record cabinet

Phonorecords, undated

Scope and Content Note

107 phono records of symphonic, chamber, opera and operetta music, orthodox Slavonic liturgy and songs, Bulgarian and Russian religious songs, Bulgarian folk songs, dances and music, Bulgarian modern patriotic songs, anthems, poetry reading, sermon, and children songs

Container List

Box 1

BIOGRAPHICAL FILE, 1930-1984.

Note