GB 0369 IVA - Ivanyi-Grunwald Collection

8 boxes

GB 0369 IVA 1936-1965 Collection (Fonds) 8 boxes Grunwald , Bela Ivanyi- , 1902-1965 , historian x Ivanyi-Grunwald , Bela

Bela Ivanyi-Grunwald (1902-1965) was born the son of a well known Hungarian painter of the same name and grew up in an artists' colony. He studied history at Budapest University and completed a Ph.D thesis on the proposed economic reforms of Count Istvan Szechenyi (1791-1860). As a result he was commissioned to edit a critical text of one volume of Szechenyi's collected works. This work with its lengthy introduction by IG was ground breaking for its time and established IG as economic historian. Shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War IG left his post as Reader in Hungarian History at Budapest University to take up a scholarship to Britain in order to study the activities of the exiles of the 1848-1849 Hungarian War of Independence. While he was in Britain war broke out and after Hungary entered the war IG renounced his (Hungarian Government funded) scholarship in protest and applied for political asylum which was granted. He lived in Britain for the remainder of his life. He became a regular contributor to the Hungarian Service of the BBC and was lecturer in Hungarian at SSEES 1947-1965. He wrote a number of works including a monograph on Lajos Kossuth (1802-1894) and also a biography of Szechenyi which were never published. His interests went beyond Hungarian history to include various aspects of British history such as eighteenth century dissenters and Catholic recusants. IG also became a collector of books, prints, maps and pamphlets.

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Correspondence and papers of Bela Ivanyi-Grunwald, comprising:
notes and typescripts on Lajos Kossuth, an exile from the 1848-1849 Hungarian War of Independence, c 1939-1965; notes and typescripts of biography of Count Istvan Szechenyi, notes on Szechenyi's Anglo-Hungarian literary connections, c 1936-1965; writings, correspondence and papers on nineteenth and twentieth century Hungarian history and politics, c 1939-1965; writings, correspondence and papers on eighteenth and nineteenth century British history, particularly eighteenth century dissenters, c 1939-1965; draft typescripts and manuscripts on nineteenth century European history

Papers arranged in five classes as described in Scope and Content.

Unrestricted access. 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, French, German, Hungarian and Latin

On-line catalogue available on the School's website

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 Oct 2002 Eastern Europe Europe European cultures European history Grunwald , Bela Ivanyi- , 1902-1965 , historian x Ivanyi-Grunwald , Bela History Hungary National cultures National history UK Western Europe London England

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Correspondence and papers of Bela Ivanyi-Grunwald, comprising:
notes and typescripts on Lajos Kossuth, an exile from the 1848-1849 Hungarian War of Independence, c 1939-1965; notes and typescripts of biography of Count Istvan Szechenyi, notes on Szechenyi's Anglo-Hungarian literary connections, c 1936-1965; writings, correspondence and papers on nineteenth and twentieth century Hungarian history and politics, c 1939-1965; writings, correspondence and papers on eighteenth and nineteenth century British history, particularly eighteenth century dissenters, c 1939-1965; draft typescripts and manuscripts on nineteenth century European history

Papers arranged in five classes as described in Scope and Content.

Unrestricted access. 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

• Latin

English, French, German, Hungarian and Latin

On-line catalogue available on the School's website

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.

• English