Oszkár Jászi papers, 1876-1979

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#0666
Bib ID:
4078945 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Jászi, Oszkár, 1875-1957
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
49 boxes (49 boxes)
Language(s):
English , Hungarian .
Access:
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

The following boxes are located off-site: Boxes 5-31, and 34-49. You will need to request this material from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

This collection has no restrictions.

Description

Summary

Correspondence, diaries, manuscripts, speeches, articles, and photographs. This collection contains very little material relating to Jászi's early career. The bulk of the correspondence dates from 1919-1956. There is much family correspondence, diaries covering the years, 1919-1955 (except for 1946), and printed materials by and about Jászi. Also, Letters to and from Anna Lesznai Gergely (Amália Moscovitz Jászi) and others.

Arrangement

Selected materials cataloged remainder arranged.

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

The following boxes are located off-site: Boxes 5-31, and 34-49. You will need to request this material from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Oszkár Jászi papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Jászi, George. Method of acquisition--Gift; Accession number--M-72.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 07/--/89.

Revision Description

2009-07-07 File created.

2015-09-25 xml document instance updated by Adrien Hilton.

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Biographical / Historical

Oskar Jaszi was a professor of political science at Oberlin College, 1925-1942. Jászi had been a teacher and a government official in Hungary until the fall of the Károlyi republic in 1919 when he was exiled.

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Genre/Form
Diaries CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Hungary -- Politics and government CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Photographic prints CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Name
Lesznai, Anna CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Oberlin College. Faculty CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Place
Hungary -- History -- 20th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Hungary -- History -- Revolution, 1918-1919 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
College teachers CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Families -- Hungary CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Families -- Ohio -- Oberlin CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Political science -- Study and teaching CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Political scientists CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID