Amerikai Magyar Szó Records
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Abstract
Amerikai Magyar Szo (American Hungarian Word; 1952- , now discontinued), was the successor to Magyar Jovo (Hungarian Future), founded in 1937 as the newspaper of the Hungarian section of the Communist-oriented International Workers Order. The collection contains clippings, correspondence, printed ephemera, some business records, and an autobiographical typescript (93 pp.) by Dezso Mihalyi, a Hungarian who migrated to the United States as a youth. The majority of the correspondence is concerned with debate over the Arab-Israeli war of 1967, and the policies of Israel and the Soviet Union at that time. The majority of the material is in Hungarian.
Historical/Biographical Note
Arerikai Magyar Szo (American Hungarian Word; 1952-, now discontinued), was the successor to Magyar Jovo (Hungarian Future), founded in 1937 as the newspaper of the Hungarian section of the Communist-oriented International Workers Order. A significant portion of its readership were Jews of Hungarian origin.
Scope and Content Note
The collection contains clippings (including biographies of Hungarian Communist leaders), correspondence, printed ephemera, some financial and circulation documents, and an autobiographical typescript (93 pp.) by Dezso Mihalyi, a left-wing Hungarian who migrated to the United States as a youth. The majority of the correspondence is concerned with debate over the Arab-Israeli war of 1967, and the policies of Israel and the Soviet Union at that time. The majority of the material is in Hungarian.
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Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright (and related rights to publicity and privacy) to materials in this collection, created by Amerikai Magyar Szó, was not transferred to New York University. Permission to use materials must be secured from the copyright holder.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; Amerikai Magyar Szó Records; TAM 564; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Materials found in collection; provenance is unknown. The accession associated with this collection is 2011.004.
