Jaroslav Sustar Papers, 1914-1992

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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