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Series I: Correspondence, 1940-1990s, undated
Series II: Diaries, 1940-1946

Jaroslav Sustar Papers, 1914-1992

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Series I: Correspondence, 1940-1990s, undated

Sustar's personal and professional correspondence with individuals and organizations in Czech, English, and French. More correspondance is a part of other Series, such as Diaries.


Box 1 Folder 1-4 Correspondence in English and French, 1940-1990s, undated

(In chronological order)

Box 1 Folder 5-7 Correspondence in Czech, 1940-1980s, undated

(In chronological order)

Series II: Diaries, 1940-1946

Personal diaries with entries in Czech, English, and Chinese. There are original diary books and loose entries with an extensive number of various inserts such as letters, documents, newspaper clippings, and other related materials. There are also photocopies of the diaries.

Box 1 Folder 8-9 Diary books, 1940-1943

Loose pages with inserts, 1945

Box 1 Folder 10-12 1945: Jan-March


Box 3 Folder 1-3 1945: Apr-Aug


Flat Box 12 Folder 3-5 Oversize inserts (newspaper clippings "A question of policy," "Czechoslovakia Going Communist," "Mezi nami a Rooseveltem," "V-E Day Officially Announced"), 1940s

Photocopies of diaries and inserts, 1940-1946


Box 3 Folder 4 Volume I, 1940-1941

Box 3 Folder 5-7 Volume II, 1941-1942

Box 3 Folder 8-12 Volume III and IV, 1942


Box 4 Folder 1 Book A, 1940

Box 4 Folder 2 Book B, 1940-1942

Box 4 Folder 3 Book C, 1940-1943

Box 4 Folder 4-8 Book D and E, 1946

Book F, 1942-1943

Box 4 Folder 9 1942


Box 5 Folder 1-2 1943

Series III: Documents, Notes, and Biographical Materials, 1914-1992, undated

Sustar's personal documents, biographical materials, and various documents related to his professional and military service including reports, communications, memoranda, financial receipts, letters, etc. Many of these documents are the same type of documents as diaries' inserts. Also included are Sustar's notes and autographs of various people. There is also a folder with personal documents of other people.

Documents, 1914-1986, undated

IDs, Licences and Certificates, 1914-1986, undated

Box 5 Folder 3 Awards, 1946-1968

Educational certificates, diplomas, and transcripts, 1914-1984

Box 5 Folder 4-5 Regular size, 1914-1984


Flat Box 12 Folder 1 Oversize, 1925-1927


Box 5 Folder 6 Memberships, 1944-1984, undated

Box 5 Folder 7 Passports, 1939-1958

Photo and other ID's and licences, 1930-1949

Box 5 Folder 8-10 Regular size


Flat Box 12 Folder 1 Oversize


Box 5 Folder 11 Professional accreditations, 1959-1978

Legal Documents, 1946-1952

Box 5 Folder 12 US Immigration and naturalization documents, 1948-1952


Flat Box 12 Folder 1 Insurance policies, 1946

Employment Related Documents, 1939-1986, undated


Box 6 Folder 1 CVs and resumes, 1941-1986

Box 6 Folder 2-3 FBI, 1946-1985, undated

Box 6 Folder 4 Radio, 1954-1959

Box 6 Folder 5 Teaching, 1939-1980, undated

Professional and Military Service related documents, 1933-1992, undated

Box 6 Folder 6-12 Memoranda, reports, communications, orders, pressers, receipts, letters, etc., 1933-1959


Box 7 Folder 1-9 Financial: receipts from China, India, Czechoslovakia, USA, 1944-1972

Box 7 Folder 10 Travel documents: passes, tickets, itineraries, etc., 1940-1957

Maps and diagrams, 1940s, 1992, undated


Flat Box 12 Folder 7 Military and tourist maps and diagrams, 1940s, 1992, undated


Mapcase 14-K-3 Military and tourist maps, 1941, 1992, undated


Box 7 Folder 11-12 Official invitations, announcements, programs, menus, 1941-1976, undated

Box 7 Folder 13 Third Party Documents: personal documents of various people, 1930-1940, undated

Notes and Autographs, 1940-1987


Box 8 Folder 1-2 Scrap notes, calendars, drafts, lists, etc., 1940-1970s, undated

Box 8 Folder 3 Book of prayers with inserts, 1940, undated

Box 8 Folder 4-5 Autographs, business cards, contacts, 1958-1987

(albums with authographs of various people; there is a photograph enclosed in the album in folder 4)

Biographical Materials, 1941-1986, undated

Box 8 Folder 6 Press clippings with publications about Sustar, 1941-1988, undated

Series IV: Materials Related to Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, 1941-1989, undated

Printed, research materials, correspondence. More could be found in other series, such as Correspondence, Diaries and Documents.

Printed materials, 1942-1991


Box 9 Folder 1 Berton, Stanislav. "The dispatch at the request of Jindra", 1987

Box 9 Folder 1 Ivanov, Miroslav, 1988

Box 9 Folder 1 "The memorandum: Pertainin to Ladislav Vanek - Jindra"

Box 9 Folder 1 "Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich", 1979

Box 9 Folder 2 Macdonald, Callum. "The Killing of SS Obergruppenfuhrer Reinhard Heydrich", 1989

Box 9 Folder 3 Newspapers and clippings, 1942-1960, undated

Box 9 Folder 4

Correspondence, 1960-1991

Series V: Sustar's Writings, 1943-1986, undated

Contains Sustar's academic writings, various articles and essays, transcripts for radio and television broadcasts.

Master Thesis, 1962, 1983

(typiscripts and drafts)

Box 9 Folder 5 Master of Arts thesis: "Berlin Crisis", 1962

Box 9 Folder 6-8 Master of Science in Strategic Intelligence thesis: "Moscow - Beijing - Washington", 1983

Lectures, Papers and Talks, 1976-1986, undated

Box 9 Folder 9 Abstracts of the papers presented at the Thirteen World Congress of the Czekhoslovak Society of Arts and Science: "Moscow - Beijing - Washington", 1986


Box 10 Folder 1 Lecture notes and ideas, 1984, undated

Box 10 Folder 2 Talks, 1976

Box 10 Folder 3-5

Articles and Essays, 1943-1983, undated

(typescripts and newspaper clippings; in chronological order)

Box 10 Folder 6

Radio scripts, 1954-1958

Series VI: Photographs, Drawings, and Postcards, 1932-1977, undated

Photographs, 1932-1977, undated

(personal, family, and professional individual and group photographs of Sustar and others)

Box 10 Folder 7-8 Personal and family, 1932-1977, undated

(individual portraits and group photographs)

Box 10 Folder 9 Military, 1932-1946, undated

(individual portaits and group photograph of Sustar and others)

Box 10 Folder 10 Work related, 1950-1975, undated

(individual portaits and group photograph of Sustar and others)

Box 10 Folder 11 Portraits of various people, undated

Box 10 Folder 12 Czechoslovakia after WWII, 1945, undated

(scenes and war aftermath)

Box 10 Folder 13 Landscapes: Europe and Middle East, 1944, undated

Drawings and Postcards, 1938, undated


Box 1 Folder 1 Postcards depicting Hitler

(three ripped postcards)


Box 10 Folder 14 Watercolor portraits (two) and postcards of Cape Town and Jerusalem (three)

Series VII: Printed Materials, 1940-1986, undated

Books and Pamphlets, 1941-1975, undated

Box 10 Folder 15 "Czechoslovak military justice abroad during the Second World War", 1975

Box 10 Folder 16 Neumann, Robert and Koppel, Helga. "The pictorial history of the Third Reich", 1962, Book

Box 10 Folder 15 Ohnefurcht, Martin. "Wie man ein volk in einen krieg hineinlugt", undated

Box 10 Folder 15 Shvorecky, Josef. "Tankovy prapor", 1968

(photocopy with rejection to publish "Tankovy Prapor" by Shkvorecky)

Box 10 Folder 15 Vojenske rozhledy. "Czechoslovak Military Review No.3", 1941

(located in the "Czechoslovak military review" Issue No. 3)

Box 10 Folder 15 Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. "After Armageddon–God's new world", 1953


Box 11 Folder 1

Flyers, Leaflets, Calendar, 1940-1945, undated

(calendar of 1940 printed in Budapest; flyers and leaflets in Serbian, French, Dutch, Chech, German)

Periodicals and Clippings, 1939-1986, undated

(newspapers, magazines, bulletins and special editions in Czech, Chinese and English from Czechoslovakia, China, Great Britain, USA)

Full issues of publications

Box 11 Folder 2 Regular size, 1939-1978


Flat Box 12 Folder 2-4 Oversize, 1940-1986, undated

Clippings, 1939-1980s


Box 11 Folder 3-6 Regular size, 1940s-1980s


Flat Box 12 Folder 5-6 Oversize, 1939-1960s

Maps and Diagrams, 1940s, 1992, undated

(handmade and printed maps and diagrams)

Flat Box 12 Folder 7 Military and tourist maps and diagrams, 1940s, 1992, undated


Mapcase 14-K-3 Military and tourist maps, 1941, 1992, undated