| Dates: | 1922-1972, Bulk dates: 1930-1949 |
| Size: | 2.5 linear feet in 5 boxes |
| Repository: | Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections, 400 S. State St., Chicago, IL 60605 |
| Collection Number: | spe-c00216 |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition: | The pamphlets were transferred from the Chicago Public Library Toman Branch in the 1980s. |
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| Physical Location: | Materials are stored offsite and advance notice is required for use. Please request materials at least 24-hours prior to your research visit to coordinate access. |
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| Preferred Citation: | When quoting material from this collection the preferred citation is: Bohemian Pamphlet Collection [Box #, Pamphlet #], Special Collections, Chicago Public Library. |
| Finding Aid Author: | Adrienne Seely, 2025. Ingested into ArchivesSpace by Johanna Russ, 2025. |
Abstract
The Bohemian Pamphlet Collection covers a wide range of topics pertaining to the culture, history, and current events of the Czech and Slovak regions. Primarily in Czech, with some materials in Slovak and English, the majority of works date from the 1930s and 1940s and address the tumultuous events of that period, which saw the Nazi annexation of Czechoslovakia, the occupation of Bohemia and Moravia, and the outbreak of World War 2.
Biographical/Historical Note
The materials in the Bohemian Pamphlet Collection were compiled at Chicago Public Library's Toman Branch, which opened in June of 1927 in what is today the Little Village neighborhood. The area, known also as Lawndale-Crawford or South Lawndale, was so heavily Czech at the time that it was referred to as "Czech California" (Česká Kalifornie), after the nearby California Avenue. Czechs and Slovaks were not the only immigrant elements of the community; Lawndale-Crawford also hosted many residents of Russian, Polish, Croat, and other Slavic origin. This immigrant community was highly literate, highly active in civic organizations, and it was well-connected to local Chicago power structures. Many of the Czechoslovak immigrants were economic, religious, and political refugees who supported Czechoslovak independence, which was only achieved in 1918 with the dissolution of Habsburg rule and the establishment of the First Czechoslovak Republic. They came to the United States with strong beliefs in civil liberties, freedom of speech, and Czechoslovak national autonomy, and while making their new lives abroad, they continued to pay close attention to political events in their homelands.
As the new Lawndale-Crawford Chicago Public Library (CPL) branch was being built, members of the community launched a successful petition to name the branch after John Toman, a Chicago leader and civil servant of Czechoslovak origin who began his career in public service at the library. Born in what would become Czechoslovakia, Toman came to the United States in the 1880s and began working at CPL around 1896 as a pre-teen. Toman worked at CPL for 20 years before going on to become a significant figure in Cook County and Chicago city politics in his roles as county sheriff, alderman, and county treasurer. The successful campaign to name the Lawndale-Crawford branch after John Toman, affectionately referred to as "The Sheriff," provides just one demonstration of the dynamism of the community's civic engagement and its pride in its Czechoslovak heritage. From day one of its opening, the Toman Branch was a bustling hub of community activity, and through the 1930s, the branch emerged as a locus of public debate around freedom of information, speech, and public assembly.
The Bohemian Pamphlet Collection provides a window into the interests and passions of the Czechoslovak community in Chicago. Given the historical legacy of the Bohemians’ fight for independence from the Habsburg Monarchy, the Austrian Empire, Austro-Hungary, and then for freedom from Nazi annexation and occupation--a passion for freedom, national pride, and the right to independence appear as strong themes in many of the materials. The collection features multiple transcripts of speeches by Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk and Edvard Beneš—respectively the first and second Presidents of the First Czechoslovak Republic (1918-1938)—both of whom embodied the spirit of Czechoslovak independence and had close personal and political ties to the Chicago Czechoslovak community.
The collection’s range of subjects emphasizes, as well, the degree to which such political and civic passions were part and parcel of the Bohemians’ love of their homelands’ arts, music, literature, and culture. Numerous pamphlets in the collection are devoted to in-depth analyses of Czech and Slovak novelists, poets, composers, and artists. Several also showcase the efforts of local Chicago writers and artists of Bohemian origin. The many pamphlets published by Chicago Czechoslovak-American associations, lodges, athletic clubs, churches, and scholarly societies document not only contemporary events and opinions, but also these organizations' own activities and history, providing insight into the thriving civic life of a dynamic immigrant community.
Scope and Contents
The Bohemian Pamphlet Collection comprises short-form print materials addressing the culture, history, and current events of the Czech and Slovak regions, with selection oriented toward the potential interests of early- to mid-20th century Czech- and Slovak-Americans in Chicago. The majority of the collection's works was published in the 1930s and 1940s, though in full the publication dates range from 1922 to 1972. The works include essays, offprints of articles, tourist brochures, bibliographies, promotional magazines, event programs and ephemera, poetry, transcripts of speeches, and various other types of short-form literature. Many of the pamphlets grapple with the turbulent contemporary events of 1930s and 1940s Czechoslovakia, but the collection's materials also discuss monuments of Czech and Slovak history and culture from the Reformation to the 20th century. Topics include Czech and Slovak literature, poetry, art, music, biography, industry (glassworks in particular), theater, education, emigration, economics, public health, agriculture, tourism, and geography. The works in the collection also reflect the robust activity and organization of Czechoslovak émigré societies in North America. A number of the works were published by Czechoslovak fraternal and heritage organizations in Canada and the United States, including in Chicago, and document these organizations' own events, celebrations, and commemorations.
Arrangement
This collection has not been arranged by an archivist. The materials are arranged in the order in which they were received from the donor.
Subject Headings
- Masaryk, T. G. (Tomáš Garrigue), 1850-1937
- Beneš, Edvard, 1884-1948
- Toman, John
- Chicago Public Library. Toman Branch
- North Lawndale (Chicago, Ill.)
- Czech Americans--Illinois--Chicago--History--Sources
- Czech Americans--History--Sources
- Slovak Americans--Illinois--Chicago--History--Sources
- Slovak Americans--History--Sources
- Czechs--Canada--History--Sources
- Slovaks--Canada--History--Sources
- Czech Americans--Religious life
- Slovak Americans--Religious life
- Czech literature--20th century--History and criticism
- Czech literature--19th century--History and criticism
- Slovak literature--20th century--History and criticism
- Slovak literature--19th century--History and criticism
- Czechoslovakia--Description and travel
- Czechs--Silesia, Upper (Poland and Czech Republic)
- Art, Czech
- Art, Slovak
- Patriotic poetry, Czech
- Czech poetry--20th century
- Czech American literature
- Slovak American literature
- World War, 1939-1945--Czechoslovakia--Poetry
- Czech Americans--Societies, etc.
- Slovak Americans--Societies, etc.
- World War, 1939-1945--Czechoslovakia
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities
- Nazis--Czechoslovakia
- Czechoslovakia--History
- Czechoslovakia--Economic conditions
- Public health--Czechoslovakia
- Prague (Czech Republic)--History--Uprising, 1945
Collection Inventory
| Box 1 | Pamphlet 1 | Beneš, Dr. Edvard. Světova krise, kontinuita práva a nové právo revoluční. Projev na právnické fakultě Karlovy university při slavnostní pomoci na doktora práv h.c. [=World crisis, the continuity of law and the new law of revolution. An address at the Charles University School of Law awards ceremony for the honorary doctorate in Law.] Prague: Právnické Knihkupectví a Nakladatelství V. Linhart, 1946. First edition. | 1946 |
| Box 1 | Pamphlet 2 | Polívka, Vlad., Šorner, Dr. K., Lukáč, Dr. E. B., Milota, Dr. A., Novotný, J., Kopečný, V., Vydra, V., Iranová, Magda. Dr. Eduard Beneš, náš druhý prezident. [=Dr. Eduard Beneš, our second President.] Brno: Melantrich, 1937. Series: Knižnica Slovenskej Školy Robotníckej; 1937, Čislo 4-5. Vladimír Polívka, series ed. In Slovak. | 1937 |
| Box 1 | Pamphlet 3 | Beneš, Vojta. Světlo na křižovatkách: Pět kapitol československému lidu v Americe. [= Light at the crossroads: Five chapters for Czechoslovak people in America.] Chicago, Ill.: České národní sdružení v Americe, 1941. | 1941 |
| Box 1 | Pamphlet 4 | Beneš, Vojta. Žalář milionů: Protektorát Čechy a Morava. [=Prison-house of millions: The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.] Chicago, Ill.: [publisher not identified], 1939. Inscribed by author. | 1939 |
| Box 1 | Pamphlet 5 | Kalendář Československého světa 1972. [= Calendar of the Czechoslovak world, 1972.] Prague: Československý ústav zahraniční v Praze; Orbis, [1972?]. Karel Oliva, ed. Calendar with digest, short stories, poems. Includes illustrations, maps. | 1972 |
| Box 1 | Pamphlet 6 | Čapek, Tomáš. Návštěvníci z Čech a Moravy v Americe v letech 1848-1939. Příspěvech k dějinu Amerických Čechů. [=Visitors from Bohemia and Moravia to America, 1848-1939: A contribution to the history of the American Czechs.] Chicago: [publisher not identified], 1940. An alphabetically arranged biographical dictionary of socially, politically, and culturally prominent Czechs and Moravians who visited the United States between 1848 and 1939. | 1940 |
| Box 1 | Pamphlet 7 | Černý, Václav. Karel Čapek. [=Karel Čapek.] Prague: Fr. Borový, 1936. Series: Postavy a dílo. Svazek 6. Josef Hora, series ed. | 1936 |
| Box 1 | Pamphlet 8 | [missing, 2025] | undated |
| Box 1 | Pamphlet 9 | Valdecký, Jindřich, dr. Československo 1945-1970: Konfrontace. [= Czechoslovakia 1945-1970: Confrontations.] Prague: Československý ústav zahraniční v Praze; Orbis, (c)1971. First edition. | 1971 |
| Box 1 | Pamphlet 10 | Smrt Německým okupantům: Pražské národní povstání. [= Death to the German occupiers: The Prague National Uprising.] Prague: Tiskové oddělení hlavní správy výchovy a osvěty při MNO, 1945. Edition "Knihovna Vojáka, Svazek 14." A timeline of the 1945 Prague Uprising. Includes eight pages of plates. Published by the Press Department of the Central Administration of Education and Enlightenment (HSVO), of the Ministry of National Defense (MNO). | 1945 |
| Box 1 | Pamphlet 11 | Krajane v ciziné a jejich styky s domovem. [= Countrymen abroad and their contacts with home.] Prague: Československý ústav zahraniční v Praze, 1930. Series: "Ročenka Československého ústavu zahraničnihó v Praze." Collection of essays with information about Czechs living abroad. Includes statistical population information. | 1930 |
| Box 1 | Pamphlet 12 | Pětset let československého skla = Пять столетий чешскою стекла = Five centuries of Czechoslovak Glass = Cinq cent années du verre tchécoslovaque = Cinco siglos del Cristal de Bohemia. Cover title: Československé sklo = Чехословацкое стекло = Czechoslovak glass = Verre Tchécoslovaque = Vidrio Checoslovaco. Prague: Československé Závody Sklárské (CZS), undated. Heavily illustrated work. In Czech, Russian, English, French, and Spanish. Features photographs of Czech glassware, jewelry, and scientific/technical equipment, and of the Bohemian Sheet Glass Company's buildings. | undated |
| Box 1 | Pamphlet 13 | Herben, Ivan. Co dala Amerika T.G. Masarykovi a jeho prostřednictvím Československu. [= What America gave to T.G. Masaryk and via him, to Czechoslovakia.] Chicago, Ill.: [publisher not identified], 1955. "Zvláštní otisk z Památniku slavnostního odevzdání pomníku presidenta Osvoboditele T.G. Masaryk v Chicagu ve dnech 28. a 28. května 1955 [=A special print from the memorial ceremony for the installation of the monument of President-Liberator T.G. Masaryk in Chicago, held May 28 and 29, 1955]"--Cover. Signed and dedicated by the author: "To my dear friend Jiri Kolajá, New Year's 1956" | 1955 |
| Box 1 | Pamphlet 14 | Hess, Alexander. Byli jsme v bitvě o Anglii: Českoslovenští stihači v R.A.F. [= We were in the Battle of Britain: Czechoslovak fighter pilots in the R.A.F.] New York, N.Y.: [publisher not identified], 1943. Includes illustrations, portraits, plates. Drawings by Antonína Pelce. Account of the 2nd division of the "310," a battalion of Czechoslovak fighter pilots in the British Royal Air Force. | 1943 |
| Box 1 | Pamphlet 15 | Hora, Josef. Karel Toman. Prague: Fr. Borový, 1935. Series: Postavy a dílo, Svazek 3. | 1935 |
| Box 1 | Pamphlet 16 | Král, Jos. Jií. Jan Hus: 1415-1915. Chicago, Ill.: Nákladem Ústředního Svazu Sdružení Svobodomyslných Spolků pro Oslavy Husovy, 1915. | 1915 |
| Box 1 | Pamphlet 17 | Jandáček, A. J. Život za železnou oponou: dokumenty o Komunistickém puči v Československu v Únoru 1948 [= Life behind the iron curtain: documents on the Communist Putsch in Czechoslovakia in February 1948]. Chicago, Ill.: Nákladem Národního Svazu českých katolíků, 1948. Includes illustration. | 1948 |
| Box 1 | Pamphlet 18 | Logaj, Josef. Československé Legie V Italii (1915-1918). [= Czechoslovak legions in Italy (1915-1918).] Prague: Nákladem "Památníku Odboje," 1922. Second edition, corrected and expanded. Series: Knihovna Památníku Odboje, no. 19. Includes facsimiles and chart of legion members killed in action, listing their division, assignment, and place and date of death. | 1922 |
| Box 2 | Pamphlet 19 | Martinovský, J. A. Kronika Českého Malína [=History of Český Malín.] Prague: Orbis, 1945. Includes 4 unnumbered pages of black-and-white plates. | 1945 |
| Box 2 | Pamphlet 20 | Falta, Josef, ed. TGM: Sborník k oslavě stého výročí narození T.G. Masaryka, zakladatele Československé republiky a jejího prvního presidenta, osvoboditele a učitele národa, průkopníka demokracie a humanity.[=TGM: A collection in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of T. G Masaryk, founder of the Czechoslovak republic and its first president, liberator and teacher of the nation, pioneer of democracy and humanity.] Chicago: Výbor pro oslavu stých narozenin T. G. Masaryka (pod záštitou Ústředního výboru čs. legionárů a oblastního výboru Čs. národní rady v Americe), 1950. Cover title: Sborník TGM, 1850-1950 [= TGM collection, 1850-1950]. Includes 4 pages of plates. Essays in honor of T.G. Masaryk, primarily in Czech, a few in English. | 1950 |
| Box 2 | Pamphlet 21 | Osuský, Štefan, Dr. Beneš a Slovensko [= Beneš and Slovakia]. London: The Continental Publishers and Distributors Ltd., 1943. In Slovak. Series: Edícia Pravda, Volume 4. | 1943 |
| Box 2 | Pamphlet 22 | Míčko, Miroslav. Naše vlast v obrazech: Sborník historických památek v Československu [= Our homeland in pictures: A collection of historic landmarks in Czechoslovakia]. Prague: Nakladatelství Práce, 1948. Heavily illustrated. | 1948 |
| Box 2 | Pamphlet 23 | Píša, A. M. Proletářská poesie [= Proletarian poetry]. Prague: Fr. Borový, 1936. Series: Postavy a dílo, Svazek 7. | 1936 |
| Box 2 | Pamphlet 24 | [missing, 2025] | undated |
| Box 2 | Pamphlet 25 | Janda, Rudolf, ed. Sedmdesátipětileté Jubileum Českého Národního Hřbitova v Chicagu, Ill.: Dějiny Sedmdesátipětileté činnosti sboru Hřbitovního od jeho založení v roce 1877 do slavnosti jubilejní v roce 1952, s použitím dějin F.B. Zdrůbka, br. J.J. Jelínka, zápisků ze schůzí sboru i za pomoci redakčního výboru [= The Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the Czech National Cemetery in Chicago, Ill.: A seventy-five-year history of the activities of the Cemetery Society from its founding in 1877 to the anniversary celebration in 1952, with use of F.B. Zdrůbek and br. J.J. Jelínek's history of the notes from meetings of the Society and with the aid of the editorial board]. Chicago, Ill.: R. Mejdrich & Co., 1952. Includes illustrations, plates. One color plate opposite title page. Contains indices of associations, orders, and lodges; of deputies of these associations; and of deputies of the Cemetery Society. | 1952 |
| Box 2 | Pamphlet 26 | Dešné Slovensko. Современная Словакия. Slovakia today. Slovaquie d'aujourd'hui. Bratislava: Povereníctvo informácií v Bratislave, 1947. In Slovak, Russian, English, and French. Issued quarterly. Includes illustrations (some color). Articles on the Slovak Uprising of 1944, Slovak natural wonders, Slovak film, and Slovak theater. | 1947 |
| Box 2 | Pamphlet 27 | Šif, Julius. Gen. Svoboda. [=General Svoboda]. Prague: Hlavní správa výchovy a osvěty při MNO nákladem Orbisu, 1945. Includes 6 unnumbered pages of plates. | 1945 |
| Box 2 | Pamphlet 28 | Pluhař, Dr. Josef, ed. 1918-1953: Třicet pět let slávy a utrpení, ze vzpomínek krajanů a uprchlíků [=1918-1953: Thirty-five years of glory and tribulation, drawn from the recollection of compatriots and emigres]. Chicago: Dr. Jos. Pluhař [self-published], [1953?]. Contains first-hand accounts from Czechoslovaks and emigrants from Czechoslovakia who settled in various nations abroad; brief biographies of contributors included at end of volume. Contains advertisements for local Chicago Czechoslovak businesses. One portrait. Primarily in Czech, one essay in English. | [1953] |
| Box 2 | Pamphlet 29 | Hirsch, Benedict Z., ed. Książki polskie: nowości wydawnicze 1940-1949 w Bibliotece Publicznej m. Chicago = Polish Books, 1940-1949, The Chicago Public Library. [Chicago, Ill.]: Chicago Public Library, 1950. In Polish. | 1950 |
| Box 2 | Pamphlet 30 | Millay, Edna St. Vincent. Vyvraždění Lidic (The murder of Lidice). Chicago, Ill.: Václav Kaňka-Průhonický, 1943. Trans. Alois Ječmínek-Hrázecký. Includes maps, portraits, facsimiles. Text in Czech and some English. | 1943 |
| Box 2 | Pamphlet 31 | Karlgren, A. Henlein - Hitler a c̆eskoslovenská tragedie[=Henlein - Hitler and the Czechoslovakian tragedy]. Trans. Dr. Jaroslav Fahoun. First edition. [Prague]: Nákladem Samcova Knihkupectví v Praze : Nakladatel Jaroslav Samec, 1945. Includes plates. | 1945 |
| Box 2 | Pamphlet 32 | Beneš, Edvard. Masarykova cesta a odkaz: Řeč nad rakví T.G.M., 21. IX. 1937 [= Masaryk's path and legacy: funeral oration at the burial of T.G.M., 21 IX 1937]. Prague: Kmen, klub nakladatelů v Praze, 1937. Sixth edition. Title from colophon: Masarykova cesta a odkaz: Řeč nad rakví presidenta osvoboditele Tomáše Garrigua Masaryka 21 Září 1937 [= Masaryk's path and legacy: funeral oration at the burial of the president-liberator Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, 21 September 1937]. | 1937 |
| Box 2 | Pamphlet 33 | Odložilík, Otakar. T.G. Masaryk: Nástin života a díla. K stému výročí narozenin[= T.G. Masaryk: An outline of his life and works. On the anniversary of his birth]. Chicago, Ill.: Národní jednota čsl. protestantů v Americe a v Kanadě, 1950. [Cover title: T.G. Masaryk, 1850-1950.] | 1950 |
| Box 2 | Pamphlet 34 | Kratochvíl, Ladislav. Wolker a Nezval: Dvojí sloh generace. [= Wolker and Nezval: The dual language of a generation]. Prague: Fr. Borový, 1936. Series: Postavy a dílo, Svazek 12. | 1936 |
| Box 3 | Pamphlet 35 | Hudec, Karel. Naše poslání Československý Den 1942 [= Our emissary, Czechoslovak Day 1942]. New York: Výbor Československého dne Spojených odboček Československého národního sdružení na Long Islandu, 1942. | 1942 |
| Box 3 | Pamphlet 36 | Knap, Josef. Frána Šrámek [= Frána Šrámek]. Prague: Fr. Borový, 1937. Series: Postavy a dílo, Svazek 13. | 1937 |
| Box 3 | Pamphlet 37 | Novák, Arne. Viktor Dyk [= Viktor Dyk]. Prague: Fr. Borový, 1936. Series: Postavy a dílo, Svazek 9. | 1936 |
| Box 3 | Pamphlet 38 | Nezval, Vítězslav. Josef Čapek [= Josef Čapek]. Prague: Fr. Borový, 1937. Series: Postavy a dílo. svazek 14. | 1937 |
| Box 3 | Pamphlet 39 | Pujmanova, Marie. Božena Benešová [= Božena Benešova]. Prague: Fr. Borový, 1935. Series: Postavy a dílo. svazek 2. | 1935 |
| Box 3 | Pamphlet 40 | Götz, František. Český román po válce [= The post-war Czech novel]. Prague: Fr. Borový, 1936. Series: Postavy a dílo; svazek 11. | 1936 |
| Box 3 | Pamphlet 41 | Ratibořský, Jan. Češi na Ratibořsku a Hlubčicku. Hornoslezská Haná [= Czechs in Ratibórz and Okres Hlubčice. Hornoslezská Haná]. Prague: Orbis, 1946. First edition. "Presented to John Toman Branch Library by the Czechoslovak Ministry of Information, May, 1948"--Title page sticker. Includes illustrations, plates. | 1946 |
| Box 3 | Pamphlet 42 | Herben, Jan, Hartl, Antonín, Bláha, Inocenc Arnošt. T.G. Masaryk: Sa Vie, sa politique, sa philosophie. [=T.G. Masaryk, his life, his politics, his philosophy.] Prague: Éditions Orbis, 1923. Includes plates. Contains essays: "T.G. Masaryk" by Jan Herben; "L'action politique de T.G. Masaryk" by Antonín Hartl; "T.G. Masaryk, philosophe du synergisme" by Inocenc Arnošt Bláha. In French. | 1923 |
| Box 3 | Pamphlet 43 | Fischer, Otokar. Šaldovo Češství: poznámky a citáty. [=Šalda's Czech ideal: commentary and sources.] Prague: Fr. Borový, 1936. Series: Postavy a dílo, Svazek 5. Includes list of definitive editions of works by F.X. Šalda. | 1936 |
| Box 3 | Pamphlet 44 | Volavka, Vojtěch. Malířství devatenáctého století [= Painting of the 19th century.] Prague: Umělecká beseda, 1941. Series editor, Karel Šourek. Series: Cesta k umění - Průvodce po dějinách narodního umění. Umění národního obrození. Includes illustrations, plates. | 1941 |
| Box 3 | Pamphlet 45 | T.G.M., 14. září 1937-14. září 1945. [=T.G.M., September 14 1937-September 14, 1945]. Prague: Prorok, 1945. Series: Knihovna Národního osvobození, Svazek 176. Subtitle from colophon: Soubor statí a článků [= A collection of essays and articles]. | 1945 |
| Box 3 | Pamphlet 46 | Hlasy domova: verše. [= Home voices: verses.] Chicago, Ill.: Československá národní rada v Americe, 1940. Includes illustrations. A collection of anonymous poems by Czech authors reacting to the first year of Nazi German occupation at the outset of World War II. Illustrated by Czech artists in exile. Reprint of work originally published in Paris in 1940 under the editorship of Milada (Miloslava) Sísová. | 1940 |
| Box 3 | Pamphlet 47 | [Untitled; no author listed.] Timeline of "Sokol Chicago" also referred to as "Tělocvičná́ Jednota Sokol Chicago" (a Czech-American gymnastics/physical education organization, possibly known as "Sokol Slovanská lípa" after 1892 merger with "Sokol Cesko-Americky" but referred to here as "Sokol Chicago" or " Tělocvičná́ Jednota Sokol Chicago") from its founding in 1892 to 1942. Likely published as part of 50th anniversary celebration. Unbound, newsprint. Includes illustrations (photographs). [Not fully examined due to delicacy of material.] | [1942] |
| Box 3 | Pamphlet 48 | Beneš, Dr. Edvard. Nazi barbarism in Czechoslovakia. Chicago, Ill.: Czechoslovak National Council of America, 1940. "A free Czechoslovakia in a free Europe This brochure is based on the speech delivered before the Press club in London on the 29th of March, 1940."--Title page. | 1940 |
| Box 3 | Pamphlet 49 | Novak, Louis. Czechoslovakia before and after Munich: with illustrations, Czechoslovak coat-of-arms, and a map of Czechoslovakia. [Toronto]: Published by a group of Czechoslovak refugees in Canada, 1944. Includes bibliographical references. | 1944 |
| Box 3 | Pamphlet 50 | Czech, Dr. L., Minister of Public Health and Physical Education. Public health in Czechoslovakia: From the reports delivered in the Parliament in 1937. Prague: [publisher not identified], 1938. "From the report delivered in the Budget Committee of the Chamber of Deputies in 1937"--Page 1. | 1938 |
| Box 3 | Pamphlet 51 | Prchal, Karel M. Do sokola! [= To sokol!] Chicago, Ill.: Sokolská́ Z̆upa Str̆ední AOS, 1934. | 1934 |
| Box 3 | Pamphlet 52 | Seton-Watson, R. W. The German minority in Czechoslovakia. New York: Council on Foreign Relations, Inc., [1938]. "Reprinted from Foreign Affairs: An American Quarterly Review, July 1938"--Title page. Includes map. | 1938 |
| Box 3 | Pamphlet 53 | Beneš, Edvard. The new central Europe. Chicago, Ill.: Czechoslovak National Council of America, [1941?]. "Reprinted from the Journal of central European affairs, Vol. 1, No. 1 (April, 1941)"--Colophon. | 1941 |
| Box 3 | Pamphlet 54 | Hanč, Josef. Czechs and Slovaks since Munich. New York: Council on Foreign Relations, Inc., [1939?]. "Reprinted from Foreign Affairs: An American Quarterly Review, October 1939"--Title page. | 1939 |
| Box 3 | Pamphlet 55 | Basch, Antonín. Germany's economic conquest of Czechoslovakia. Chicago, Ill.: Czechoslovak Council of America, [1941 or 1942?]. Marked "1942" in pencil on title page. | 1942 |
| Box 3 | Pamphlet 56 | Odložilík, Otakar, S.H. Thompson [i.e. Thomson], V.S. Andic, and J.L. Hromádka. The way of light: the glory and martyrdom of Czechoslovak schools. Chicago, Ill.: The Czechoslovak National Council of America, 1942. Preface by Trude W. Pratt. "In commemoration of students and professors killed by the Germans on November 17, 1939."--Title page. | 1942 |
| Box 3 | Pamphlet 57 | Reich, Edvard, and Ing. Dr. Václav Škoda, eds. Agricultural education in Czechoslovakia. Prague: The Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Agriculture and the provincial government offices at Prague and Brno; "Novina", 1931. Includes illustrations, plates, folded map, tables. Issued on the occasion of the XV. International Agricultural Congress at Prague. Articles by officials of the Ministries of Agriculture and Education and the provincial authorities in Prague and Brno. In Czech, French, German, and English. | 1931 |
| Box 3 | Pamphlet 58 | Czechoslovakia: Foreign exchange regulations. Prague: National Bank of Czechoslovakia, [1946-1949?]. Trans. by the National Bank of Czechoslovakiá. | Circa 1947 |
| Box 3 | Pamphlet 59 | German cultural oppression in Czechoslovakia: The persecution of the universities and the suppression of learned activity in Bohemia and Moravia. Chicago, Ill.: The Czechoslovak National Council of America, [1940]. "This is an official translation of the original document known as the Czechoslovak Blue Book which was published under the title: Memorandum du Comité national tchécoslovaque rélatif aux persécutions de l'enseignement universitaire et à la suppression de l'activité scientifique en Boheme et en Moravie in Paris, April, 1940, as the first volume of the series of documents to be published by the Czechoslovak National Committee, Chicago, November 16, 1940--Czechoslovak National Council of America."--Title page verso. | 1940 |
| Box 3 | Pamphlet 60 | Thomas G. Masaryk. New York City: Czechoslovak Information Service, 1943. "Published on the occasion of the launching of the S.S. Thomas G. Masaryk, one of the Liberty Ships built by the Californian Shipbuilding Corporation, Wilmington, Cal., August, 1943."--Title page. Foreword by Vladimir S. Hurban, Czechoslovak Ambassador to the United States. Includes portrait. | 1943 |
| Box 3 | Pamphlet 61 | The story of two peoples, or, Czechoslovak and German morality. Chicago, Ill.: Czechoslovak National Council of America, 1942. Contains essays: "Czech revenge on Canadian soil" by Vojta Beneš, translated by J.J. Král; "Lidice" by an unknown Czechoslovak soldier, translated by R. Ginsburg. | 1942 |
| Box 4 | Pamphlet 62 | Veger, Mila. Czechoslovakia's American first lady. New York: Masaryk Institute, 1939. Trans. Brackett Lewis; foreword by Herbert A. Miller, Chairman of The Masaryk Institute. | 1939 |
| Box 4 | Pamphlet 63 | Machotka, Otakar. T.G. Masaryk. Washington [D.C.]: Council of Free Czechoslovakia, 1950. Published on the occasion of T.G. Masaryk's centenary. Includes selected bibliography and list of T.G. Masaryk's chief works. | 1950 |
| Box 4 | Pamphlet 64 | Reichman, John J. T.G. Masaryk and the Slavonic problem. Chicago: Masaryk Memorial Center, 1939. Preface by Charles H. Lyttle. | 1939 |
| Box 4 | Pamphlet 65 | Ten years: the Czechoslovak question in the United Nations. Chicago, Ill.: Czechoslovak National Council of America, 1958. Foreword by Ján Papánek. | 1958 |
| Box 4 | Pamphlet 66 | Exhibition of Czechoslovak modern art. Prague: Ministerstvo informací, 1947. Introductory essay by Kamil Novotný. Includes illustrations, plates. | 1947 |
| Box 4 | Pamphlet 67 | In the heart of Europe: Czechoslovakia: October 28, 1918-1958. Chicago, Illinois: Czechoslovak National Council of America, [1958]. "Commemorating the Fortieth Anniversary of the birth of the Republic of Czechoslovakia." | 1958 |
| Box 4 | Pamphlets 68 & 69 |
Součková, Milada. "The first stirrings of modern Czech literature." From Harvard Slavic Studies, vol. II. [Place of publication not identified]: President and Fellows of Harvard College, [1954]. Sturm, Rudolf. "America in the life and work of the Czech poet Josef Sládek." Offprint from Harvard Slavic Studies, vol. II. [Place of publication not identified]: President and Fellows of Harvard College, [1954]. |
1954 |
| Box 4 | Pamphlet 70 | Chmelíček, Jaroslav F. Tale of a wayside rose: a story of Bohemia during the Hussite Wars. [Chicago, Illinois]: [Jaroslav F. Chmelicek], [1943?]. Introduction by Dr. John J. Reichman. | 1943 |
| Box 4 | Pamphlet 71 | "The meaning of Czechoslovakia: a radio discussion by Louis Gottschalk, Walter Johnson, Philip E. Mosely, S. Harrison Thomson, and Robert Lee Wolff." The University of Chicago Round Table, no. 519, Feb. 29, 1948. [Transcript of 730th broadcast in cooperation with The National Broadcasting Company.] Includes map. | 1948 |
| Box 4 | Pamphlet 72 | Dr. Edvard Beneš, president of Czechoslovakia: the Czechoslovak statesman's official wartime visit to the United States and Canada in 1943. [New York, N.Y.]: International Business Machines Corporation, [1944]. Heavily illustrated. | [1944] |
| Box 4 | Pamphlet 73 | Eduard Beneš, Ph. D.: President of the Czechoslovak Republic, Doctor of Laws honoris causa: Ceremonial conferment of the degree at the Charles University, Prague. [Prague]: [Univerzita Karlova, Filosoficko-historická fakulta ; Orbis], 1945. | 1945 |
| Box 4 | Pamphlet 74 | Beneš, Eduard. "An appeal to the American people." The University of Chicago Round Table, no. 53, March 19, 1939. | 1939 |
| Box 4 | Pamphlet 75 | Polenská, Marie. Talking about Czechoslovakia. New York, N.Y.: Bohemia Press, [1939?]. Composition, presswork and binding by Isaac Goldmann Company. Includes illustrations. | [1939] |
| Box 4 | Pamphlet 76 | Capek, Thomas. Czechs and Slovaks in the United States census, with reference to all Slavs. New York: The Paebar Company, Inc., 1939. | 1939 |
| Box 4 | Pamphlet 77 | Kose, Dr. Jaroslav. America in Czechoslovakia. Prague: [publisher not identified], [1922?]. Printed by Kalina & Dolensky. Includes bibliographical references. | [1922] |
| Box 4 | Pamphlet 78 | Lewis, Brackett. Facts about democracy in Czechoslovakia. [Place of publication not identified]: American Institute in Czechoslovakia, 1937. Includes bibliographical references. | 1937 |
| Box 4 | Pamphlet 79 | Lützow, Francis. The old town hall of Prague: extract from the speech delivered by Count Lützow ... at the old town hall of Prague on the occasion of the visit of the Lord Mayor and deputation of the corporation of the city of London on the 18th of September 1911. [Prague?]: [Publisher not identified], undated. | undated |
| Box 4 | Pamphlet 80 | Yarmolinsky, Avrahm, ed. Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk: a list of works by and about the first president of Czechoslovakia in the New York Public Library. New York: The New York Public Library, 1941. Compiled by the Slavonic Division from the collections in the Division and in the Webster Branch Library. | 1941 |
| Box 4 | Pamphlet 81 | Czechoslovak Music. Prague: Orbis, 1946. | 1946 |
| Box 4 | Pamphlet 82 | Jandáček, A. J. The Czechs were...and shall be!a brief history of the Czech nation. [Chicago?]: National Alliance of Bohemian Catholics of America, 1939. Freely translated by Augustine Studený; with an introduction by John W. Voller. Includes illustrations, maps. | 1939 |
| Box 4 | Pamphlet 83 | Hunt, Richard McMasters. Thomas Garrigue Masaryk. [Pittsburgh], University of Pittsburgh Press, 1955. Series: Nationality Room Committee, vol. 1. Includes portrait, facsimile. | 1955 |
| Box 4 | Pamphlet 84 | Comenius, John Amos. The bequest of the Unity of Brethren. Translated and edited by Matthew Spinka. Chicago: The National Union of Czechoslovak Protestants in America, 1940. | 1940 |
| Box 4 | Pamphlet 85 | Beneš, Dr. Edvard. Czechoslovak policy for victory and peace: the fourth message of the President of the Republic to the State Council on February 3, 1944. London: Czechoslovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs Information Service, 1944. Series: Czechoslovak Documents and Sources, no. 10. | 1944 |
| Box 4 | Pamphlet 86 | Urban, Ladislav. The music of Bohemia. [New York]: Czechoslovak Arts Club of New York City, 1919. Includes portraits, musical score excerpts, catalog of composers' selected principal works. | 1919 |
| Box 4 | Pamphlet 87 | The Youth of the new Czechoslovakia. Prague: Mladá Fronta (The young front), printing and publishing House of the Svaz České Mládeže (Czech Youth Union), 1945. Includes illustrations. | 1945 |
| Box 4 | Pamphlet 88 | Safranek, Milos. Czech music, literature and theatre under the protectorate. New York: American Friends of Czecho-Slovakia, undated. Pamphlet No. 2 (second edition). | undated |
| Box 4 | Pamphlet 89 | Czechoslovak glass review. Prague: Czechoslovak Glass Works National Corporation. Vol. III, No. 5, 1948. | 1948 |
| Box 4 | Pamphlet 90 | Czechoslovak glass review. Prague: Czechoslovak Glass Works National Corporation. Vol. IV, No. 4, 1949. | 1949 |
| Box 5 | Pamphlet 91 | Beneš, Dr. Edvard. Czechoslovakia's struggle for freedom. Halifax, N.S.: The Dalhousie Review, 1941. [Reprinted.] | 1941 |
| Box 5 | Pamphlet 92 | Masaryk, Jan. Speeches of Jan Masaryk in America. New York City: The Czechoslovak Information Service, [1942]. Second edition. Czechoslovak Sources and Documents, no. 1, September 1942. | 1942 |
| Box 5 | Pamphlet 93 | Czechoslovak National Council of America. Czechoslovakia, its sacrifice and future. [Chicago, Ill.]: Czechoslovak National Council of America, [1939?]. At head of title: "A Free Czechoslovakia in a Free Europe." Includes illustrations. | [1939] |
| Box 5 | Pamphlet 94 | Czechoslovak glass review. Prague: Czechoslovak Glass Works National Corporation. Vol. II, No. 4/5, 1947. | 1947 |
| Box 5 | Pamphlet 95 | An economic review of the year 1931 in Czechoslovakia. Prague: Petschek & Co., Bankers, undated. Includes portrait, black-and-white and color graphs and charts, and fold-out charts. Dedication to Toman Library by Dr. Eric J. Vesely. | undated |
| Box 5 | Pamphlet 96 | Odloz̆ilík, Otakar. Jan Amos Komenský (Comenius): in commemoration of the 350th anniversary of Comenius' birthday. Chicago: Czechoslovak Council of America, 1942. Includes portrait. | 1942 |
| Box 5 | Pamphlet 97 | Vojan, Dr. Jar E. Antonín Dvořák. Chicago: Czechoslovak National Council of America, 1941. Includes portraits, music. First printing. | 1941 |
| Box 5 | Pamphlet 98 | Vojan, Dr. Jar E. Antonín Dvořák. Chicago: The Antonín Dvořák Centennial Committee of the Czechoslovak National Council of America, 1941. Includes portraits, music. "First printing, June 1941. Second printing, July 1941." [Second printing; varies slightly from first (Box 5, Item 97).] | 1941 |
| Box 5 | Pamphlet 99 | Milošević, Božo N. Slavs: with special reference to Americans of Slav ancestry. Chicago: The New Generation, 1933. Souvenir edition with one hundred illustrations. Second edition. "Occasion: A Century of Progress International Exhibition." Includes illustrations. | 1933 |
| Box 5 | Pamphlet 100 | Hruska, J. H., ed. Index of Czechoslovak organizations in the United States. Chicago: Czechoslovak Group, 1933. | 1933 |
| Box 5 | Pamphlet 101 | Education in Czechoslovakia. Bulletin No. 11, 1935. Department of the Interior. Office of Education. Includes illustrations, charts. | 1935 |
| Box 5 | Pamphlet 102 | Guide to Prague and Czechoslovakia. Turnov: Jan Jiranek, [1930?]. Issued with the collaboration of the Tourists Enquiry Office. Includes illustrations, advertisements. | [1930] |
| Box 5 | Pamphlet 103 | Krčmář, Jan, Dr. The Prague universities: compiled according to the sources and records. Prague: Orbis Press, 1934. | 1934 |
| Box 5 | Pamphlet 104 | Three score years of church activities: an historical sketch of St. Procopius Parish, its contributions to Chicago's social and religious life published on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of its founding Sunday, October 13, 1935 = Šedesát let ve službách Církve a Národa: nástin dějin osady sv. Prokopa v Chicagu vydaný na oslavu 60. výročí jejího založení v neděli, dne 13 října 1935. [Chicago, Ill.]: [Bohemian Benedictine Press], 1935. Includes program for the 60th-anniversary celebrations of St. Procopius Parish, held 13 October 1935; illustrations; and advertisements. In Czech and English. | 1935 |
| Box 5 | Pamphlet 105 | Beneš, Edvard. Masaryk's path and legacy: funeral oration at the burial of the President-Liberator, 21. September 1937. Prague: Orbis, 1937. Includes illustrations. Translation of: Masarykova cesta a odkaz. Drawings and reproductions of wooden engravings by Karel Svolinský. | 1937 |
| Box 5 | Pamphlet 106 | Williams, J. E. Czechoslovak democracy. New York: New York Listy Publishing Co., 1937. Reprinted by permission of The Christian Science Monitor, Boston, Mass. | 1937 |
| Box 5 | Pamphlet 107 | Ginsburg, R. A. Jan Kollar: A poet of Panslavism. Chicago, Ill.: Czech Literary Press, undated. Includes author's translation of A prologue to Sláva's daughter, and a reproduction of the title page of the original 1832 edition of Slawy dcera [= Sláva's daughter]. | undated |
| Box 5 | Pamphlet 108 | Beneš, Edvard. Literature's mission in modern times. Prague: Syndicate of Czech Authors, 1947. Address delivered by President Beneš at the Congress of Czechoslovak Writers. | 1947 |
| Box 5 | Pamphlet 109 | Czechoslovak glass review. Prague: Czechoslovak Glass Works National Corporation. Vol. III, No. 4, 1948. | 1948 |
| Box 5 | Pamphlet 110 | Czechoslovak glass review. Prague: Czechoslovak Glass Works National Corporation. Vol. I, No. 1, September 1946. | 1946 |
| Box 5 | Pamphlet 111 | Czechoslovak glass review. Prague: Czechoslovak Glass Works National Corporation. Vol. IV, No. 6, 1949. | 1949 |
| Box 5 | Pamphlet 112 | Czechoslovak glass review. Prague: Czechoslovak Glass Works National Corporation. Vol. IV, No. 3, 1949. | 1949 |
| Box 5 | Pamphlet 113 | Zieris, K. F. The new organization of the Czech Press. Prague: Orbis, June 1947. Trans. G. Bohdan. | 1947 |
| Box 5 | Pamphlet 114 | Coleman, Arthur Prudden. Kotzebue and the Czech stage. Schenectady, N.Y.: Electric City Press, 1936. Dedication from author to Divadla "Praga". | 1936 |
| Box 5 | Pamphlet 115 | Beneš, Vojta. "Naše maminka" (Our little mother). Chicago, Ill.: Czechoslovak National Council of America, undated. Trans. Mrs. Edward U. Condon. Dedicated to Chicago Public Library by author. Includes guide to pronunciation of Czech words and proper names. | undated |
| Box 5 | Pamphlet 116 | Stern, Max. My life.[No publication information.] | undated |
| Box 5 | Pamphlet 117 | Capek, Jr., Thomas. Czechoslovak immigration. New York, N.Y.: Service Bureau for Intercultural Education, [1938]. "Classroom Material, No. SL-1." Includes list of further reading. | [1938] |