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Chronicling America is a searchable digital collection of historic newspaper pages through 1963 sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.
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Tomas G. Masaryk (1850-1937) was a philosopher and political activist from Moravia. During WWI he organized Czecho-Slovakian soldiers to support efforts against Germany and worked for the establishment of the Czechoslovakian nation. He served as Czechoslovakian President from 1918 until 1937. Read more about it!
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The timeline below highlights important dates related to this topic and a section of this guide provides some suggested search strategies for further research in the collection.
| May - July 1902 | Masaryk speaks in several US cities and gives a series of lectures at the University of Chicago. |
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| August - September 1907 | Masaryk lectures in several US cities including New York, Cleveland, Chicago, Milwaukee, Kansas City, Omaha, Alleghany, PA, Minneapolis, Cedar Rapids, IA, and Baltimore |
| May 5, 1918 | Masaryk arrives in Chicago and speaks to a gathering of an estimated 200,000 “Bohemians.” |
| June 19, September 18, November 15, 1918 |
Masaryk participates in meetings with President Woodrow Wilson discussing the participation of Czecho-Slovaks in the Great War and independence for Bohemia. |
| October 30, 1918 | At a meeting of the Mid-European Union held in Philadelphia at Independence Hall, Masaryk and other leaders craft the “Declaration of Common Aims.” |
| November 12, 1918 | Masaryk is elected President of Czechoslovakia. |
