Jaroslav Stránský papers

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Prepared by Blanka Pasternak
Hoover Institution Archives
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Register of the Jaroslav Stránský 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: [email protected]
Prepared by:
Blanka Pasternak
Date Completed:
2002
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© 2003 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Jaroslav Stránský papers,
Date (inclusive): 1894-1970
Collection number: 82075
Creator: Stránský, Jaroslav, 1884-1973
Extent: 8 manuscript boxes(3.3 linear feet)
Repository: Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Speeches and writings, radio broadcast transcripts, and correspondence, relating to politics and culture in
Czechoslovakia, and to conditions in Czechoslovakia under communism.
Language: Czech.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Jaroslav Stránský papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1982.
Alternative Form Available
Also available on microfilm (7 reels).
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collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number of boxes listed in this finding aid.
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1884
Born, Brno, Czechoslovakia
January 15
1907
Received his law degree from Charles University
1918-1925 Member of the Czechoslovak National Democratic Party
1918
Member of the National Committee in Brno, which proclaimed Czechoslovakia independent
October
1918-1920
1918-1927
1920
1921 March
1921-1925
1925
1929-1938
1930
1938
September
30
1938
December
16
Represented the Czechoslovak National Democratic Party in the Revolutionary National Assembly
Owner and chief-editor of Lidové noviny
Member of the Czechoslovak Parliament, Czechoslovak National Democratic Party
Resigned as member of the Czechoslovak Parliament
Leader of the Moravian Opposition Wing of the Czechoslovak National Democratic Party
Resigned from the Czechoslovak National Democratic Party and founded the National Labor Party
Became owner of the publishing house Fr. Borový in Prague
Member of the Czechoslovak Parliament, Czechoslovak National Socialist Party
The National Labor Party merged with the Czechoslovak National Socialist Party
Protested, along with a group of other parliament members, president Beneš's accepting the Munich
Agreement
Resigned as member of the Czechoslovak Parliament in protest against president Beneš's signing the Munich
Agreement
1939 March Emigrated to Great Britain
1941
October 27
- 1942
State Minister for the Ministry of Justice of the Czechoslovak Government in exile
November
12
1942
November
Minister of Justice of the Czechoslovak Government in exile
12 - 1945
April 5
1945-1948 Member of the Czechoslovak Parliament, Czechoslovak National Socialist Party
1945 April
4-November Minister of Justice in Fierlinger's Government in Prague
6
1945
November - Deputy Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia
1946
1946 July 2
- 1948
Minister of Education in Gottwald's Government in Prague
February 25
1948
Resigned from his post as Minister of Education, and after the coup d'etat emigrated to Great Britain
February 20
1951-1970 Broadcast weekly commentaries on Radio Free Europe under the name of Jan Zedník
1973
Died, London, Great Britain
August 13
Scope and Content Note
The papers of Jaroslav Stránský were acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives from his son, Jan Stránský, in August
1982, and relate mainly to Stránský's anti-communist post-war émigré activities during the years he spent in his second
exile. Shortly after the communist coup d'etat in February 1948 he emigrated to Great Britain, and in 1951 he started his
regular broadcasts on Radio Free Europe.
The bulk of the collection consists of transcripts of these broadcasts on Radio Free Europe. From 1951 to 1970 Jaroslav
Stránský delivered weekly commentaries to Czechoslovakia under the pen name Jan Zedník. His lively, often deeply
philosophical speeches were objective, colorful, sober, and compassionate. He spoke about freedom and justice, spiritual
and moral values, literature, theatre and art and their limited possibilities under the communist rule, and provided
insightful analyses of the political and economic situation in Communist Czechoslovakia.
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Of significant importance is Stránský's often very personal correspondence with prominent artists, writers, poets,
composers, and politicians, such as Leoš Janácek, Arne Novák, Leopolda Dostálová, or Rudolf Bechyne, and reflects his
life-long interest and involvement in the cultural and political life of the country.
The Lidové noviny file, a smaller but equally important part of the collection, relates to Stránský's activities as
editor-in-chief of Lidové noviny, the daily newspaper founded by his father, Adolf Stránský. This series consists of letters
written by artists and authors who contributed to the daily, and reflects their every day concerns about publishing issues.
Of special note are also Stránský's writings on the origins of the Czechoslovak exile, its crisis and tasks, as well as lectures
on Czech and German relations.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the repository's online public access
catalog.
Subjects
Czechoslovakia.
Czechoslovakia--Civilization.
Czechoslovakia--Politics and government.
Occupations
Statesmen--Czechoslovakia.
box 1-2
Correspondence, 1908-1966.
Scope and Content Note
Letters, notes, postcards, and telegrams, arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent
box 2
Lidové Noviny File, 1920-1946.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence arranged under the names of the editor, František Šelepa, and of Jaroslav
Stránský
box 2
Speeches and Writings, 1950-1958.
Scope and Content Note
Articles, lectures, and speeches, arranged chronologically by title
box 3-8
Radio Broadcasts File, 1951-1970.
Scope and Content Note
Transcripts of broadcasts on Radio Free Europe, arranged chronologically
box 8
Adolf Stránský File, 1904-1931.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence and obituaries of Adolf Stránský, father of Jaroslav Stránský, arranged
alphabetically by physical form
box 8
Jan Stránský File, 1949-1964.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence of Jan Stránský, son of Jaroslav Stránský, arranged alphabetically by name
of correspondent
box 8
Photographs, n.d.
Scope and Content Note
One print depicting Josef Beran, the Archbishop of Prague, and one postcard depicting Kácov
nad Sázavou, signed by J. B. Čapek and E. Lukáč
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Container List
Box 1
CORRESPONDENCE, 1908-1966
Box/Folder 1 : 1
Axman, Emil, 1926
Box/Folder 1 : 2
Bass, Eduard, 1923
Box/Folder 1 : 3
Bechyně, Rudolf, 1919-1937
Box/Folder 1 : 4
Beneš, Edvard, 1923-1944
Box/Folder 1 : 5
Beran, Josef, Archbishop of Prague, 1965-1966
Box/Folder 1 : 6
Bevin, Ernest, 1950
Box/Folder 1 : 7
Bezruč, Petr, 1913-1947
Box/Folder 1 : 8
Blažíček, Oldřich J., 1947
Box/Folder 1 : 9
Borský, Lev, 1919
Box/Folder 1 : 10
Brod, Max, 1929
Box/Folder 1 : 11
Burian, Karel, 1915
Box/Folder 1 : 12
Čapek, Josef, 1931
Box/Folder 1 : 13
Čapek, Karel, 1925-1930
Box/Folder 1 : 14
Čapek-Chod, Karel M., 1924
Box/Folder 1 : 15
Černý, Jan, 1924-1927
Box/Folder 1 : 16
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Dostálová, Leopolda, 1946
Box/Folder 1 : 17
Dušek, Cyril, 1917
Box/Folder 1 : 18
Eisner, Pavel, 1935
Box/Folder 1 : 19
Engliš, Karel, 1933-1934
Box/Folder 1 : 20
Filla, Emil, 1926
Box/Folder 1 : 21
Fischer, Otokar, 1924-1928
Box/Folder 1 : 22
Florián, Josef, 1929
Box/Folder 1 : 23
Foerster, Josef Bohuslav, n.d.
Box/Folder 1 : 24
Franke, Emil, 1929
Box/Folder 1 : 25
Gellner, František, n.d.
Box/Folder 1 : 26
Hácha, Emil, 1934
Box/Folder 1 : 27
Herrmann, Ignát, 1923
Box/Folder 1 : 28
Houdek, Fedor, 1925
Box/Folder 1 : 29
Hubnerová, Marie, 1917
Box/Folder 1 : 30
Hýsek, Milan, 1909
Box/Folder 1 : 31
Janáček, Leoš, 1924-1927
Box/Folder 1 : 32
Jelínek, Hanuš, 1930
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Box/Folder 1 : 33
Kameníček, František, n.d.
Box/Folder 1 : 34
Kelsen, Professor, 1924
Box/Folder 1 : 35
Klofáč, Václav, 1930-1937
Box/Folder 1 : 36
Kordač, František, 1927
Box/Folder 1 : 37
Kvapil, Jaroslav, 1923-1938
Box/Folder 1 : 38
Laudová-Hořicová, 1913
Box/Folder 1 : 39
Lešehrady, Emanuel, 1947
Box/Folder 1 : 40
Mahen, Jiří, 1919
Box/Folder 1 : 41
Majerová, Marie, 1947
Box/Folder 1 : 42
Mařák, Otokar, 1928
Box/Folder 1 : 43
Markovič, Ivan, 1922
Box/Folder 1 : 44
Masaryk, Jan, 1924-1926
Box/Folder 1 : 45
Mičura, Dr., 1933
Box/Folder 1 : 46
Mixa, Vojtěch, 1925
Box/Folder 1 : 47
Nasková, Růžena, 1946-1947
Box/Folder 1 : 48
Nechleba, Vratislav, 1912-1913
Box/Folder 1 : 49
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Novák, Arne, 1916-1938
Box/Folder 1 : 50
Novák, Vítězslav, 1947
Box/Folder 1 : 51
Olbracht, Ivan, 1933-1947
Box/Folder 1 : 52
Peroutka, Ferdinand, 1924
Box/Folder 1 : 53
Prečan, Leopold, 1946
Box/Folder 1 : 54
Pulda, J., 1910
Box/Folder 1 : 55
Rabas, Václav, 1946-1947
Box/Folder 1 : 56
Rádl, Emanuel, 1920-1928
Box/Folder 1 : 57
Rypáček, Jaroslav, 1910
Box/Folder 2 : 1
Schieszl, Josef? 1924-1925
Box/Folder 2 : 2
Sedláčková, Anna, 1946
Box/Folder 2 : 3
Sedlmayerová, Olga, 1936
Box/Folder 2 : 4
Sekanina, František, 1926
Box/Folder 2 : 5
Slovák, Alois, 1913
Box/Folder 2 : 6
Sova, Antonín, 1921-1922
Box/Folder 2 : 7
Svoboda, František Xaver, 1908-1923
Box/Folder 2 : 8
Šrámek, Fráňa, 1923-1947
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Box/Folder 2 : 9
Štech, Václav, 1934
Box/Folder 2 : 10
Švabinský, Max, 1931-1946
Box/Folder 2 : 11
Talich, Václav, 1946
Box/Folder 2 : 12
Trýb, Antonín, 1928-1946
Box/Folder 2 : 13
Tusar, Vlastimil, 1922
Box/Folder 2 : 14
Veris, Jaroslav, 1931
Box/Folder 2 : 15
Vodák, J., 1922
Box/Folder 2 : 16
Vojan, Eduard, 1913-1915
Box/Folder 2 : 17
Vrchlická, Eva, 1932
Box/Folder 2 : 18
Weiner, Richard, 1919-1934
Box/Folder 2 : 19
Weyr, Professor, 1917-1923
Box/Folder 2 : 20
Zrzavý, Jan, 1928-1931
LIDOVÉ NOVINY FILE, 1920-1946
Šelepa, František
Box/Folder 2 : 21
Averčenko, Arkadij, 1922
Box/Folder 2 : 22
Čapek, Karel, 1921-1935
Box/Folder 2 : 23
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Dostál-Bystřina, Ferdinand, 1924
Stránský, Jaroslav
Box/Folder 2 : 24
Boettinger, Hugo, 1921-1924
Box/Folder 2 : 25
Chesterton, Gilbert Keith, 1926
Box/Folder 2 : 26
Durych, Jaroslav, 1921-1946
Box/Folder 2 : 27
Herben, Jan, 1925
Box/Folder 2 : 28
Herriot, Edouard, n.d.
Box/Folder 2 : 29
Jahoda, Jaroslav, 1933
Box/Folder 2 : 30
Jirásek, Alois, 1920
Box/Folder 2 : 31
Kisch, Egon Erwín, 1924
Box/Folder 2 : 32
Křička, Petr, 1922
Box/Folder 2 : 33
Lolek, S., 1924
Box/Folder 2 : 34
Neumann, Stanislav, 1928
Box/Folder 2 : 35
Rais, Karel, 1923
Box/Folder 2 : 36
Těsnohlídek, Rudolf, 1925-1927
Box/Folder 2 : 37
Tilschová, Anna Marie, 1922-1925
Box/Folder 2 : 38
Toman, Karel, 1926
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Box/Folder 2 : 39
Wolker, Jiří, 1922
SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, 1950-1958
Box/Folder 2 : 40
Speech on Czech-German relationship, n.d.
Scope and Content Note
Typescript (in English)
Box/Folder 2 : 41
"The Czechs and the Germans," lecture, Frankfurt, Germany, 1950?
Scope and Content Note
Typescript (in German)
Box/Folder 2 : 42
"Problém zásadní," lecture, London, Great Britain, 1950?
Scope and Content Note
Typescript (in Czech)
Box/Folder 2 : 43
"Příčiny exilu a účel exilu," lecture, Frankfurt, Germany, 1950 February 10.
Scope and Content Note
Typescript (in Czech)
Box/Folder 2 : 44
"Ke krisi v československé emigraci," lecture, Ústav Dra. E. Beneše pro politické a sociální studium, London, 1950
February 26.
Scope and Content Note
Typescript (in Czech)
Box/Folder 2 : 45
"O naši nezávislost," Skutečnost, Paris, 1950 December 12.
Scope and Content Note
Printed copy (in Czech)
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"Plamínková a Horáková," speech, Národní dům, London, 1952 June 20.
Scope and Content Note
Typescript (in Czech)
Box/Folder 2 : 47
"O sudetoněmecké otázce," lecture, Ústav Dra. E. Beneše pro politické a sociální studium, London, 1953 January 16.
Scope and Content Note
Typescript (in English and Czech)
Box/Folder 2 : 48
"Politický doslov a úvod," lecture, Ústav Dra. E. Beneše pro politické a sociální studium, London, 1954 April 11.
Scope and Content Note
Typescript (in Czech)
Box/Folder 2 : 49
"Československo dnes a zitra," lecture, London, 1958 January 1.
Scope and Content Note
Typescript (in Czech)
Box 3
RADIO BROADCASTS FILE, 1951-1970.
Scope and Content Note
Consists of typewritten and handwritten transcripts of broadcasts on Radio Free Europe
Box/Folder 3 : 1-2
1951
Box/Folder 3 : 3-4
1952
Box/Folder 3 : 5-6
1953
Box/Folder 4 : 1-2
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1954
Box/Folder 4 : 3
1955
Box/Folder 4 : 4-5
1956
Box/Folder 5 : 1-2
1957
Box/Folder 5 : 3-4
1958
Box/Folder 5 : 5-6
1959
Box/Folder 5 : 7-8
1960
Box/Folder 6 : 1-2
1961
Box/Folder 6 : 3-4
1962
Box/Folder 6 : 5-6
1963
Box/Folder 7 : 1-2
1964
Box/Folder 7 : 3-4
1965
Box/Folder 7 : 5-6
1966
Box/Folder 8 : 1-2
1967
Box/Folder 8 : 3-4
1968
Box/Folder 8 : 5
1969
Box/Folder 8 : 6
1970
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ADOLF STRÁNSKÝ FILE, 1904-1931.
Correspondence
Box/Folder 8 : 7
Kramář, Karel, 1904-1925.
Scope and Content Note
Includes a handwritten note by both T. G. Masaryk and Karel Kramář, exchanging views on the fate of Subcarpathian
Ruthenia
Box/Folder 8 : 8
Masaryková, Alice, 1923
Box/Folder 8 : 9
Sís, František, 1917
Box/Folder 8 : 10
Obituaries, 1931
JAN STRÁNSKÝ FILE, 1949-1964.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence
Box/Folder 8 : 11
Churchill, Clementine, 1950
Box/Folder 8 : 12
Davies, Ernest, 1950
Box/Folder 8 : 13
Desai, Morarji Ranchodji, 1963-1964
Box/Folder 8 : 14
Hankey, Robin, 1949
Box/Folder 8 : 15
Horák, Bohuslav, 1950
Box/Folder 8 : 16
Macmillan, Harold, 1950
Box/Folder 8 : 17
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Sandys, Duncan, 1950
Box/Folder 8 : 18
Shuckburg, Evelyn, 1950
Box/Folder 8 : 19
Younger, Kenneth, 1950
PHOTOGRAPHS, n.d.
Box/Folder 8 : 20
One print depicting Josef Beran, the Archbishop of Prague
Box/Folder 8 : 21
One postcard depicting Kácov nad Sázavou, signed by J. B. Čapek and E. Lukáč
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