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School of Slavonic and East European Studies

Beran Collection


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0369 BER

Held at: School of Slavonic and East European Studies

Title: Beran Collection

Date(s): 1948

Level of description: Collection (Fonds)

Extent: 1 letter

Name of creator(s): Beran | Josef | 1888-1969 | Cardinal and Archbishop of Prague

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Josef Beran (1888-1969) was Archbishop of Prague and was later made a Cardinal. Beran was put under house arrest by the new Communist government in 1949. He was released in 1963 and in 1965 was allowed to leave Czechoslovakia for the Vatican City.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Copy of letter from Joesph Beran, Archbishop of Prague to Dr Alexej Cepicka, Minister of Mustice in the Czechoslovak Government, 6 July 1948. It demonstrates the strength of the church's opposition to the Communist system.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: Czech

System of arrangement:

Single item

Conditions governing access:

Unrestricted access. Researchers wishing to consult the archives or seeking further information should contact UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies Library, 16 Taviton Street, London, WC1H 0BW.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Librarian.

Physical characteristics:

Fragile

Finding aids:

Online catalogue available on the UCL Archives website.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Not known

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/libraries-and-study-spaces/ucl-school-slavonic-and-east-european-studies-library

Related material:

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Revised by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description ISAD(G), 2nd edition 2000 and National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Revised Feb 2002


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
European history | National history

Personal names
Beran | Josef | 1888-1969 | Cardinal and Archbishop of Prague

Corporate names

Places
Czechoslovakia | Eastern Europe
Europe