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The Library of Congress has a large collection of Hungarian materials in all the formats. The Library is also a great resources for materials related to American foreign policy, such as books, periodicals, databases, manuscripts, and photograph collections. With well-developed collections for both countries the Library is a good place to do research on U.S.-Hungarian diplomacy. In this guide we list many of the materials held by the Library on diplomatic relations between the the two countries, both to help researchers get started and also to showcase the diverse topics and formats available. The guide provides links to digitized versions of collection materials and annotations whenever available, and it also has a section listing a few curated external resources.
Hungary gained independence from the Habsburg Empire after the First World War, so it has had official relations with the United States as an independent state for over a century. These relations were alternately hostile and cooperative through the many events of the 20th century. These bilateral relations helped shape domestic policies in both countries, and were, of course, shaped by events on the larger international arena. Thus, studying either the history of these relations or current events is linked to understanding the larger geopolitical, social and economic processes of our world.
The search terms below are meant to identify subjects headings used in the online catalog and Library of Congress collection items for general studies of Hungarian- American relations starting in 1920, when the Hungarian independent state with its own foreign policy was created.
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You can also ask for help with your research from various reference librarians by using the Ask a Librarian system. This service makes it easier to navigate the large collections of the Library of Congress, to find materials in databases, and to identify other sources.
In addition to this overview-guide of the Hungarian collections, staff of the Library of Congress have also produced guides on specific Hungarian resources.
This guide, prepared by the Law Library of Congress, includes links to free online resources regarding the country of Hungary, focusing on its constitution; executive, legislative and judicial branches; legal guides; and general sources.
This guide to Hungarian newspapers at the Library of Congress includes titles published within Hungary, regardless of language, as well as in Hungarian published abroad. it provides information about print, microfilm, and digitized issues.
This guide explores and connects historical and contemporary resources that lift the voices of Americans with Hungarian heritage, describing materials from the Library of Congress collections and freely available digital sources.
Telephone and address directories are used by genealogists and historians to identify people and businesses from a particular place and era. This guide lists uncataloged directories from Hungary in the Library of Congress collection.
One of the most popular and influential composers of the 19th century, Franz Liszt and his music are well represented in the Music Division's print, manuscript, and digital collections.
Created between 1335 and 1340, the Nekcsei Lipócz Bible is one of the world's most important illuminated manuscripts. This guide provides general information as well as related digital and print resources at the Library of Congress.
This guide provides indexes to the Library of Congress microfilm collections of formerly classified records from the military archives of Hungary, Poland and Romania. Also includes papers from the conference "Cold War Archives in the Decade of Openness"
This guide introduces primary documents in the Manuscript Division related to the Cold War (1947-1991) and describes related resources.
This guide highlights collections that are strong for coverage of events and individuals relating to international and diplomatic struggles between 1946 -1991 with an emphasis on rights-free images. Search tips and related resources are also covered.
Communism was being cultivated as a political and social ideology as early as the mid-19th century. This guide provides access to materials related to "Communism" in the Chronicling America digital collection of historic newspapers.
The Comintern operated from 1919-1943 to foment world revolution. This guide describes a project to make metadata and materials from the Russian State Archives for Social and Political History (RGASPI) in Moscow available at the Library of Congress.
