Ladislav Prudek, Czech Heritage Papers
Scope and Contents
The papers include "Olympic highlights," in English, showing great moments in the 1976 summer and winter Olympics, a newspaper article "The New Homeland" from February 14, 1980, different newspaper excerpts related to sports; a bulletin from the 10th convention of the Association of free Czechoslovak sportsmen, and a paper about the history of Czechoslovak sportsmen abroad. In Czech and English.
Dates
- 1948-1980
Creator
- Prudek, Ladislav, 1922-1988 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The papers are open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Ladislav Prudek was born on November 23, 1922 in Czechoslovakia. He worked as a sports editor for Mlada Fronta, Prague, Czechoslovakia, and served as a secretary of A. C. Sparta Track and Field Team. He left Czechoslovakia for Canada in 1948. He co-founded and edited a Czechoslovak weekly Our Voices. Prudek died September 29, 1988 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Extent
0.01 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Czech
- Czech Heritage Collection Subject Source: Local sources
- Olympics Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sports Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries Repository
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