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- 1948-1983 (Creation)
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4 volumes and one bundle
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Biographical history
Josef Kosina was secretary of the Czechslovak Trade Union Congress. In 1939 he came to live in Britain where he worked for the BBC Czech service.
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GB 0369 KOS 1948-1983 Collection (Fonds) 4 volumes and one bundle Kosina , Josef , fl 1939-1983 , trade unionist
Josef Kosina was secretary of the Czechslovak Trade Union Congress. In 1939 he came to live in Britain where he worked for the BBC Czech service.
Typescripts by Josef Kosina, entitled "Vzpominky z druhe Svetove Valky [Memoirs of the Second World War] and "Czechoslovakia: her rise and fall"; also index cards, notes and bibliography for the former typescript; anonymous letter addressed to Kosina, 1955; notes and newspapers.
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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.
Czech and English
On-line summary guide available on the SSEES 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 Dec 2002 Wars (events) Czechoslovakia Eastern Europe European cultures European history International conflicts Kosina , Josef , fl 1939-1983 , trade unionist and author National cultures National history Slav cultures War World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) EuropeImmediate source of acquisition or transfer
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Typescripts by Josef Kosina, entitled "Vzpominky z druhe Svetove Valky [Memoirs of the Second World War] and "Czechoslovakia: her rise and fall"; also index cards, notes and bibliography for the former typescript; anonymous letter addressed to Kosina, 1955; notes and newspapers.
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As described in scope and content
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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.
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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.
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- English
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- Latin
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Czech and English
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On-line summary guide available on the SSEES website
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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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- English