Kalvoda, Josef, 1923-1999
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1923 - 1999
Biography
Josef Kalvoda served as professor of history and political science at St. Joseph College, West Hartford, Connecticut, columnist, advisor of federal ministry of education in the U.S., and president of Christian-democrat movement in exile. He obtained American citizenship in 1956 and a bachelor's degree in political science and history from Hunter College of the City University of New York. He graduated with an M. A. and later Ph.D. in political science from Columbia University of New York.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Josef Kalvoda, Czech Heritage Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0271
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of several essays, reviews, and articles by Josef Kalvoda including essays on Czech and Slovak prisoners of war in Russia, T.G. Masaryk in America in 1918, Karol Wojtyla, Marxism and the Marxist-Leninists, a Czech view on Czechoslovak-Polish confederation, the rise and fall of Alexander Dubcek, a review of the book East European Integration and East-West Trade, articles from Denni hlasatel by Kalvoda (1982),...
Dates:
1979-1984
