GB 0369 ALE - Alexander Collection

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0369 ALE

Title

Alexander Collection

Date(s)

  • 1962-1989 (Creation)

Level of description

Extent and medium

3 files

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Stella Alexander (b. 1912) has written several books on religion in Yugoslavia

Archival history

Stella Alexander received the papers on Krunoslav Draganovic from Magnus Linklater.
GB 0369 ALE 1962-1989 Collection (Fonds) 3 files Alexander , Stella , b 1912 , author

Stella Alexander (b. 1912) has written several books on religion in Yugoslavia

Stella Alexander received the papers on Krunoslav Draganovic from Magnus Linklater.

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Correspondence and papers of Stella Alexander on religion in Yugoslavia, 1962-1989, comprising:
Commentaries and off prints re Yugoslav legislation on religion;
Correspondence with and relating to Milovan and Stefica Djilas; notes and recollections of Milovan Djilas. He was a close ally of Marshall Tito during the pre and Second World War period but was later estranged and expelled from the Communist Party;
papers on Father Krunoslav Draganovic, who had been a senior official of the Ustasha committee that handled the forced conversion of the Serbs. In 1943, the Ustasha arranged with the Church for Draganovic to be sent to Rome. There he served at a seminary of Croatian monks that was in fact a centre of clandestine Ustasha activity.

3 files, as described above

The papers are open, apart from Djilas material (file 2) which requires authorisation of Stella Alexander. Researchers wishing to consult the archives or seeking further information should contact UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) Library, 16 Taviton Street, London, WC1H 0BW.

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.
English & Serbo-Croat

On-line catalogue available on the School's website

Some of the originals of the Dragonovic material are in the United States Army Archives, Washington.

Revised by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.  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.  Revised, Feb 2002 Alexander , Stella , b 1912 , author Croatia Eastern Europe Serbia Yugoslavia

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Not available

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Scope and content

Correspondence and papers of Stella Alexander on religion in Yugoslavia, 1962-1989, comprising:
Commentaries and off prints re Yugoslav legislation on religion;
Correspondence with and relating to Milovan and Stefica Djilas; notes and recollections of Milovan Djilas. He was a close ally of Marshall Tito during the pre and Second World War period but was later estranged and expelled from the Communist Party;
papers on Father Krunoslav Draganovic, who had been a senior official of the Ustasha committee that handled the forced conversion of the Serbs. In 1943, the Ustasha arranged with the Church for Draganovic to be sent to Rome. There he served at a seminary of Croatian monks that was in fact a centre of clandestine Ustasha activity.

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System of arrangement

3 files, as described above

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

The papers are open, apart from Djilas material (file 2) which requires authorisation of Stella Alexander. Researchers wishing to consult the archives or seeking further information should contact UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) 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.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English & Serbo-Croat

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

On-line catalogue available on the School's website

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School of Slavonic and East European Studies

Rules and/or conventions used

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.

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Language(s)

  • English

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