Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Imre Kovacs Papers
Kovács, Imre, 1913-1980
4078434
Hungarian
, English
, German
.
25000 items
43 boxes; 1 oversized folder
1945-1980
Arrangement
Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers: Source of acquisition--Trustees of the Imre Kovacs Papers. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--01/--/86. Accession number--B-87-1-30.
Biographical sketch
Hungarian writer and statesman; member of the Hungarian Parliament 1945-1947, Secretary General of the Hungarian National Peasant Party, staff member of the National Committee for a Free Europe in the 1950's and President of the International Center for Social Research from 1962-1963.
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of the Trustees of the Imre Kovács Papers, 1985.
Processing Information
Papers Processed EJS 01/--/87.
Scope and Content
Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs and printed materials of Imre Kovács. The voluminous correspondence includes letters to and from his family in the U.S. and Hungary. The professional correspondence is primarily concerned with contemporary events in Hungary, Latin America and Asia and covers the years 1947-1980. Correspondents include many prominent Hungarians such as Belá Varga, Ferenc Nagy, Oscar Jaszi and Albert Szent-György. There are political and literary manuscripts, book reviews and lectures by Kovács, as well as background materials for his books "The Ninety and Nine" and "The Hearing." Subject files reflect Kovác's involvement with Hungarian emigre organizations and his work for Radio Free Europe and their Hungarian service. There are also files on the Free Europe Press and the Free Europe Committee. Kovác's 1957 trip to Asia and the Middle East is documented through correspondence, clippings and photographs. Similar coverage is provided for Kovác's 1963 trip to Latin America for the International Center for Social Research. There are related subject files on Latin American agrarian reform and campesino leadership training. Printed materials include articles by Kovács and others, as well as miscellaneous publications of the Hungarian emigration.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Imre Kovacs Papers; Box and Folder; Bakhmeteff Archive; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library
Access Restrictions
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Access Restrictions
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Accruals
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Hungary -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989
Hungary -- History -- 20th century
Hungarians -- United States
Latin America -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Asia -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Near East -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Series I: CorrespondenceBerle, Adolf A.1Brzenzinski, Zbigniew1Deak, Istvan1Gati, Charles1Hapsburg, Otto1Hook, Sidney1Jaszi, Oscar1Kennan, George1Lengyel, Emil1Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr.1Szent-GyBrgyi, Albert1Tabori, Paul1A1Aldor, Peter1Antl, Edmundo1B1Benedek, Karoly1Borbandi, Gyula1Borsody, Istvan1Boros, Sandor1C2Csorba-Mikita, Istvan2D2Deak, Zoltan2E2F2Foldes, Zoltan2G2H3Hamza, Andrew3I3Ignotus, Pal3J3Just, Bela3K3Kallay, Kristof3Karasz, Artur3Kertesz, Istvan3Kovacs, Imre4Kovacs Family4L5Lazar, Istvan5Lukas, John5M5Meray, Tibor5Molnar, Jozsef5Musto, Istvan5N5Nagy, Ferenc5Pap, Istvan6Peyer, Karoly6R6Rosta, Lazslo6S7Sulyok, Dezso7Szabo, Elizabeth7Szabo, Pal7Szabo, Zoltan7Szankay, Zoltan7T8Truitt, George A8U8V8Vajda, BenB8Valko, Lazslo8Vamos, Imre8Varga, Bela8Varga, Maria8W,Y,Z9Zeke, Zoltan9Unidentified9Series II: ManuscriptsAuer, Paul -- To Neutralize Central Europe10Barankovics, Istvan"Az emigrans trojka es egyeb emigrans jelensegek"10"Felszo1alasa"10Balla, Erzsebet -- Poems10Brady, Zoltan -- "Requiem of a Homestead1110Davidson, Carl -- "The Multiversity"10Deak, Istvan1"Marxist Historians Look at the Digger Movement"1"The United States and the Communist Takeover of1Hungary"1Derecskey, Charles--"The New Overloard"10Fast, Howard"Az emberiseg remenye"10"Man's Hope"10Gombos, Gyula & Kovacs, Imre -- "Magyar-Amerikai kapcsolatok, 1945-1948"10Kovacs, Imre"Always with the Oppressed"10"American Revolution"10"Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Endre"10"Bicentennial Series"10Book Reviews10Imre Nagy's "A Magyar nep vedelmeben"10"Challenge at your Gates"10"The Chinese Family"10"Columbian Story"10"Development of Hungarian Industry"10"Dilemna [sic] of the Soviet Writer"10"Duke ezredes jelentkezik"10"Egy kiserlet bukasa"10"Egy NEP elvesziti a szabadsagat"10"Elindultam szep hazambol"10"Ellenforradalom az emigracioban"10"Feljegyzes"11"For Spiritual Sovereignty"11"Forces of Natural Progress"11"Forms and Methods of Collectivization in Hungary"11"A frontonkivllli nep"11"A genfi talalkozo ele"11"Graduates of the Bolshevik Revolution"11"Halvaszttlett demokracia?11"Ham Tibor bemutatasa"11"A hatatarnal"11"The Hearing" (with transcript of Koreh Affair on which work is based)11"Helyszini kozvetites a toth-csaladtoi"11"Hosszu, forro nyar Amerikaban"11"How America Can Lose World War II"11"Hungarian Cultural Program"11"The Hungarian People's Republic"11"Hungarian Populism-Road to Revolution"11"Hungarian Program: Political Magazine"11"Hungary"11"Hungary and the Bolshevik Revolution"11"Hungary, the Country of the Goulash"11"Hungary Today"11"I am an Imperialist Spy"12"Imperialista kern vagyok"12"Jaszi a magyar kBzvelemenybea"12"Javithatatlanok es menthetetlenek"12"Jelentes"12"Kossuth in America"12"Klllpolitikai sajtoszemle"12Lectures and Speeches12"The Literary Wardens of Their Country"12"Magyororszag es a magyarok"12"Melodrama in India"12"Methods of Communist Economic Penetration"12"MezBgazdasagunk"12"Das Motor des Bolschewismus"12"A Magyar kerdes Bnmagaban"12"A Megszallas anatomiaja"12"Mi valtozott, mi nem?"12"Miert csendesedett el az ifjusagi mozgalom amerikaban?"12"Miert Portugalia"12Miscellaneous Manuscripts (folders 1-3)12Miscellaneous Manuscripts (folders 4-10)13"Naked Terror"13"A nemzet szivenek nyugtalan?"13"New dimensions in East-West Relations"13"Nincsen remeny..."13"The Ninety and Nine" (with related correspondence, documents, illustrations and reviews)14Notes15"Nyugati utazas"15"On Human Rights in Hungary"15"Operation Boots and Tails"15"Az orosz kapitany utasai"15"Az orosz taktika"15"A parasztkllldBttseg"15"A parizsi dontes es a magyar kozvelemeny"15"Passengers of the Russian Captain"15"Peasant and Farmer"15"The Peasant and his Challenge"15"Post War Developments in Hungary"15"Potentialities of the Hungarian Situation"15"Preface to Liberation of Eastern Europe"15"Profile of a New Generation"15"Project for Holiday"15"Realis emigracia"15"Report on Hungary"15"Slang-Language of Resistance"15"Status of the East-European Nations"15"Synopsis of Conspiratorial Warfare"15"A Szovjetunio igazsagszolgaLtasi rendszere"15"Sztalin bunei es buntarsai"15"Talalkozas as oroszokkal?"16"Tankonyv kttlfoldi fiatal magyaroknak"16"Toborzo Erdelyert!"16"TBrtenetirik a politikusokrol"16"A TBrveny es a munkas"16"A Totalitarizmus iskolaja"16"The Truth About Executions in Hungary"16"Der 'Typen' Staat"16"The Unfinished Man"17"Btkereso nemzedek"18"Villaghatalmi egyensuly vagy harmadik18vivaghaboru?"18"Vilagosan Iato emigracio"18"Visszaemlekezesek"18"Die Wahrheit urn Rajk"18"Wedding Without a Bridal Bed"18Miscellaneous Manuscripts by Kovacs and others from the years 1945-47 (purportedly smuggled out of Hungary)18Miscellaneous Manuscripts by Various Authors18Nagy, Zoltan-"The Hungarian Land Reform Problem"18Pisky, F.S.-"Summary Report on Forced Labor in Hungary"18Smith, E.-"A Voros malom gyorsan Orol..."18Smith, Oliver"New Youth: The Exile Capital of the World"18"The Pitfall of Resistance Behind the Iron Curtain"18Sulyok, Dezso-"Emlekirat"18Szabo, Zoltan-"The Python and the Lamb"18Varga, Bela-Miscellaneous Manuscripts18Varga, Laszlo-Memorandum Concerning the Illegal Occupation of Hungary"18Series III: Documents and PhotographsKovacs, Imre19Divorce Papers19Immigration Papers19Miscellaneous19Arranged Drawings and Cartoons.20Arranged Lecture Programs.20Arranged Maps.20Arranged Photographs.20Series IV: Subject FilesAsiaCorrespondence2 folders21Photographs22Clippings22Miscellaneous22Free EuropeBalloon Campaign23"Balloon Leaflets"23Christmas Message23"Guidance"23HOPs 1-17, 19-2023Kolkhoz Leaflet24Labor Conditions in the U.S.A.24Operation Focus24Peasant Leaflet24Poznan Story24Free Europe CommitteeCorrespondence24Miscellaneous24Printed Materials24Vienna Youth Festival24Free Europe Press25Khrushchev's Address25Miscellaneous25Special Publications Department25Radio Free Europe26Budget26Kovacs, Imre-Articles26Miscellaneous2 folders26Research2 folders26Varga, Bela-Interview26HungaryHungarian Arts and Culture St. Stephen's Crown27Hungarian Biographical InformationBibo, Istvan27Illyes, Gyula27Kovacs, Imre27Miscellaneous27Moricz, Zsigmond27Nagy, Imre27Szall, Jozsef27Taba, John27Varga, Bela27Zilahy, Lajos27Hungarian OrganizationsAssembly of Captive European Nations27Feszek Klub27Free Hungarian Information Service27Hungarian Committee28Khrushchev's Visit to the U.S.28Hungarian Revolutionary Council28Hungarian Social Democratic Party in Exile28Hungarian Writers' Association Abroad28International Peasant Union Congress28Kossuth Foundation28Magyar Szolgodat Awztriaban28Miscellaneous28National Opposition Movement28Petofi Circle28Hungarian Populism29Kovacs, Imre"Hungarian Populism-An Idealogical Challenge to29Communism"29"Hungarian Populism-Road to Revolution"29"Marriage of Man with Nature"29"Message of One Hundred Dead Peasants"29"Revolution and Populism"29Miscellaneous29Clippings29Hungarian Publication--"Latohatar"30Hungarian Symposium30Hungary and the U.N.30International P.E.N.30Latin America31Kovacs, Imre"An Enquiry into the Agrarian Problems of Latin America" (6 copies)31Miscellaneous Manuscripts31Agrarian Reform2 folders31"An Enquiry into the Agrarian Problems of Latin32America" (6 copies)32Miscellaneous Manuscripts32Agrarian Reform2 folders32Series V: Printed MaterialArticles by Kovacz in Hungarian33Nagy, Imre-"A Magyar nep vedelmeben" (2 copies)34"Latohatar"35"Magyarorsagi Hirek"35"NyugatiHirnok"36"Uj Europa"36Miscellaneous Hungarian Newspapers36Miscellaneous36Miscellaneous37Series VI: Miscellaneous MaterialVarious articles. Local Council Leaflet, cliooines38Activities of the Hungarian Committee during38Mikoian's visit to the United States38Kovacs, Imre "A Szovjet Unio lagy also teste"38United States Information Agency-applications and related38correspondence38Materials on Bela Kun38Report of a Hungarian Returning From America in English and38Hungarian (2 copies)38Free Europe Press, Planning and Analysis Department's38Mailing Plan2 folders38Belso tajekoztato38"The Peasant". A Symposium concerning the Peasant Way and View of38Life (7 issues)38Una Encuesta sobre los Problemas Agrarios de America Latina, report38prepared for the International Center for Social Research38Free Europe Press2 folders38Agrarian Reform in Columbia38"Preventive Liberation" of Eastern Europe38Hungarian Committee, office documents and poster38Correspondence with Peter Aldor and Tihamer Karlovich2 folders39Caricatures by Peter Aldor39Reports on Paul Szabo repatriation39Anniversary leaflet (1955) and posters39Free Europe Press-Press ReleaseOctober 3, 195439Free World Group39Free Europe Committee39Mr. Ajai Mitra39Clippings and Reports on 1956 Revolution2 folders195639Latohatar and Hungarian Committee39Stalin39Various articles39New guidance196139Notes from the Foreign Language Press40Hungarian Christmas40Notes on Slang40Operation Focus40Abolition of MTS (Machine Tractor Station) in Vorkuta Since the40Prisoners' Strike40History of Rajk40Egy Pohar Bor Mellet40Khrushchev's visit to Hungary40European Trip40Outlines and drafts of various articles40Free Europe Press, Guide Book and Background information on40Czechoslovakia, Poland, and Hungary40Libik40Report on Trip in Miami40Correspondence with Kibedi40Report on South American Trip40Clippings and Reports of Hungarian Committee40Imre Kovacs's Reports from different countries40British Guiana40International Center for Social Research41Free Europe Press. Interim Report on Asian-African Contacts41Program41Congress of the Hungarian Writers' Federation in Paris41Various materials on Hungary41Amnesty for Political Prisoners in Hungary Committee41The World Strength of the Communist Party Organizations (report), clippings and caricatures41Hungary, list of persons holding important positions in Party, State Administration, and Public Life.41Stalin Yesterday and Today41Hungarian Committee42Letter from Ranga42Calling cards42Szabad Magyarorszag42Drafts of various articles42Always with the Oppressed, a film story by Imre Kovacs (in42Hungarian)42Hungary and Russia, Dezso Szabo (brochures)42Free Europe Committee, Inc., memoranda and forms42Free Hungary, the periodical of the National Opposition42Movement42Leaflet and caricature42International Center for Social Research, office correspondence42Report on South American Trip196042Business Correspondence42Asia, reports by Kovacz, 5 folders43Free Europe-Balloon Campaign. Analysis of Results44Free Europe-Balloon Campaign. Hop Schedules44Free Europe-Radio Free Europe. Budget44Free Europe-Radio Free Europe. Budget44Free Europe-Free Europe Press. Plans and Analysis Division44Free Europe-Free Europe Press.Research and Analysis Department44FEP Target and Editorial Changes: Hungary44Reports on Latin America, 2 folders44Charts of the Planned Economy and Government of HungaryOversized