Milan Gavrilović papers, 1938-1979

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Creators:
Gavrilović, Milan, 1882-1976
Abstract:
Correspondence, diaries, speeches and writings, memoranda, reports, notes, printed matter, and photographs, relating to Yugoslav politics and government, relations between Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia during World War II, the Yugoslav government-in-exile, Draza Mihailovic and the Cetnik resistance movement in occupied Yugoslavia, and the activities of Serbian émigré groups following World War II. Also available on microfilm (66 reels).
Extent:
66 microfilm reels, digital files (9.9 Linear Feet)
Language:
In Serbo-Croatian and English
Preferred citation:

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

Background

Scope and content:

Correspondence, diaries, speeches and writings, memoranda, reports, notes, printed matter, and photographs, relating to Yugoslav politics and government, relations between Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia during World War II, the Yugoslav government-in-exile, Draza Mihailovic and the Cetnik resistance movement in occupied Yugoslavia, and the activities of Serbian émigré groups following World War II. Also available on microfilm (66 reels).

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1882 December 6
Receives elementary and secondary education in Eastern Serbia
Born, Belgrade, Serbia
1901
Enters Law School, University of Belgrade. Founds and edits the student paper Oslobodjenje. Works as a reporter for Dnevni List, a Belgrade daily
1902
Suspended for a year from the University for refusing to attend classes as a political protest
1905
During Easter vacation joins the chetniks to fight for the liberation of southern parts of Serbia. Wounded in the Battle of Čelopek
1906
Graduates from Law School, University of Belgrade
1907
Enters Law School, University of Paris
1911
Receives Doctorate of Law degree (Doctorat d'Etat), University of Paris. His dissertation ("L'état et le droit") was awarded French state prize. Joins Political Section, Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1912
Takes unofficial leave from the Ministry to fight in the Balkan War as a chetnik
1913-1916
Secretary to the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikola Pašić
1914
Married Jelena Cincar-Janković
1916-1923
Serves in London (1916), Athens (1918), Berlin (1922), and Rome (1923), resigning from the service with the rank of Counselor
1920
Joins the newly founded Agrarian Party and is elected member of its Executive Committee
1921-38
Vice President, Serbian Agrarian Party
1923
Publishes a monograph, A Political and Economic Democracy, which is adopted as the platform of the Serbian Agrarian Party
1923-1930
Editor-in-Chief, Politika (Belgrade)
1930
Because of pressures on Politika exerted by the personal regime of King Aleksandar, is forced to leave the paper
1936-1937
Plays major part in negotiating an agreement between Croat leader Dr. Maček and Serbian opposition parties
1938-1976
President, Serbian Agrarian Party
1940-1941
Royal Envoy of Yugoslavia to the Soviet Union
1941
Minister (without portfolio) in the General Simović Government
1942-1943
Minister of Justice in the Yugoslav Government in Exile, London
1950
President of the Serbian National Federation and the Serbian National Defense. Executive member of the International Peasant Union. Publishes many articles on Communism in English and Serbian, two of which are entered into the Congressional Record ("What Now?" House, 1956, pp. A1741-2; "Street Mobs and Soviet Foreign Policy," Senate, 1960, pp. 15421-2). Resigns from all official positions after his eightieth birthday in 1962, but remains active until shortly before his death, writing monographs and articles and maintaining a voluminous correspondence
Settles in the United States
1976 January 1
Dies, Bethesda, Maryland, and is buried in the Serbian Orthodox Monastery of Saint Sava in Libertyville near Chicago, Illinois
Acquisition information:
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1976.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Reels 3-6 closed. 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:

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

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Milan Gavrilović 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
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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