Scope and Contents The collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings and information about the project "What heart connects, the ocean will not disconnect." Materials include short commemorative biographical articles about Josef A. Kucera and Emil Folda, and Kucera's death certificate. Also included are Czech newspaper articles probably from Denni Hlasatel and book dedication pages that were sent to the United States from Czech people between 1946-1947 as...

Scope and Contents The collection consists of personal correspondence, newspaper clippings and one photograph. Newspaper clippings include an article about Barbara Horak at the occasion of her 100th birthday, describing her experiences with immigration to the United States, a calendar from 1901, a check from the Farmer State Bank from November 6, 1950, with the value of $1020.00, and a form requested by Joseph Svoboda, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries, concerning the Czech Heritage Project. Also...

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The collection contains correspondence, articles and official publications by U.S. Congress, the Charter 77 Movement (in Czech), and other institutions and organizations. The materials cover the Charter 77 movement from its beginning to its end in the middle of the 1980s.

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The collection consists of a list of participants, speeches, and papers from the Czech Immigrant Symposium held at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1992.

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Czechoslovak National Council of America, Records contains press releases and news flashes from Czechoslovakia under Nazi domination, American Czechoslovakia, and other sources from 1939-1984.

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The collection consists of Fanderlik's records, including extensive correspondence, documents, photographs, essays and books. All the papers are related to the Scout Movement.

Scope and Contents The collection consists of the newspaper clippings and photographs related to Frank Sadílek. It also contains speeches by Charles Sadílek.Includes postcards published by the Czech Heritage Foundation of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a record of funeral orations of Frank J. Sadílek from 1907 to 1933 that includes articles, a letter of condolence to Mrs. Sadílek, and photographs of Sadílek with the monument erected to honor Czech pioneers in Saline County. Aldditional materials includes...

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The collection consists of personal papers of Henry J. John including correspondence, translations, publications, biographical materials and photographs. The majority of the collection relates to John's medical career and his interest in literature and graphic arts.

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The collection consists of the papers of Josef Falta, including correspondence, diaries and appointment books, manuscripts and radio commentaries.  The majority of the collection consists of scripts of radio commentaries broadcast at WEDC in Chicago between 1941 and 1973.

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The collection consists of the personal papers of Joseph Josten and includes correspondence, photographs, various subject files, news clippings, and newspapers. The materials relate mainly to Josten's work as a journalist during and after World War II.

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),...

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The collection consists of photocopies only. Includes a military passport, work book, birth certificate, school release certificate, and home certificate of Czech immigrant Josef Krhounek to the United States circa 1905.  Also included are photocopied travel documents for Franz Krefei to travel from Bohemia to the United States in 1879. Anna Stechova's birth certificate, marriage certificate of Jakub Vaniata and Anna Stechova. The documents are in English, Czech, and German languages.

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The collection consists of the papers of Josef Martinek, including correspondence, manuscripts, publications, newspaper clippings, photographs, and audiocassettes.  The materials relate to his career as an author and journalist.

Scope and Contents This collection is made up of Czech and English writings by Tománek.  Most of the writings discuss the Communist and Soviet governments in Eastern Europe. Also included is sheet music for anti-communist songs, with Tománek, as the lyricist. Materials include publications from published Hlas - Voice, notes for Internacionale, the anti-communist anthem, sheet music and lyrics by Tománek, a message to the democratic governments and delegates of the peace conference in Madrid, Spain, and...

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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.

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The majority of the records are those collected by Miloslav Rechcígl as a founder and president of the SVU. There are copies of SVU newsletters, and publications. Additional SVU records include bylaws, administration files, board minutes, correspondence, membership and biographical directories, and publications associated with the World Congress events.

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A collection of Czech manuscripts by M.J. Brouček.

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This collection contains mimeographs published during 1951-1955 that relate to Czechoslovakia. They are mostly in English and some in the Czech language.

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Zajicek's papers are comprised of correspondence, essays, and publications of the Catalog of Peace Efforts and other organizations in which Zajicek was active. Also included are poems by Zajicek. Topics include peace movements, civil rights organizations, alternative theoretical models of a good society, threats to democracy, defense against fascism, and correspondence with Erich Fromm.

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Subjects described on the tapes include family histories, immigration experiences, and life in Nebraska from about 1900 to the 1970s. Also included in this series is a scrapbook containing photographs of various interviewees.

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The collection consists of Zenkl's papers and includes correspondence, published and unpublished writings, and biographical information. Of particular interest are a memorandum signed by various Eastern European political exiles and Zenkl's unpublished memoirs.

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The collection consists of Kopecky's personal papers and includes biographical materials, correspondence, writings, subject files, and some newspaper clippings. The materials mainly relate to Kopecky's work as a political journalist after World War II. Almost all of the materials in the collection are in Czech. English translations are provided in quotations wherever possible.

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The collection consists of extensive correspondence and newspaper clippings.

Scope and Contents The collection consists of the personal diary of Terezie Pospísilová, which begins in 1904 with her arrival in Wilber, Nebraska. Most of the entries relate to the daily domestic activities of the Pospisil family. They contain information about the local weather, the cost of items sold and purchased at market, various local activities and events, and news from relatives still living in the Czech Republic. Pospisilova also mentions news regarding the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 and World...