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Archive Collection description: MAS
Masaryk Collection (1929-1978, mainly 1938-1945)
Jan Garrigue Masaryk (1886-1948), politician and diplomat, was the son of
the first President of Czechoslovakia, Tomas Garrigue Masaryk. He was
Czechoslovak Minister in London 1925-1938 and Foreign Minister in both
the Czech émigré Government in London during the Second World War and the
first Czech post war Government 1940-1948. He remained in his post after
the Communist takeover in February 1948 but died soon afterwards in
unclear circumstances as the result of a fall from the window of the
Foreign Office.
Ref: "The New Encyclopedia Britannica"
Contents
MAS/1 - scrapbooks, notes and appointment diaries (1935-1950)MAS/2 - photographs (circa) (1930-1948)
MAS/3 - published material (circa) (1929-1944)
2 volumes, 1 boxes, 2 outsize photographs
(Language) Czech & (mainly) English & French & German & Spanish
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See also: LIS/2-3 for papers, including copies of his correspondence relating to Masaryk's work as Czechoslovak ambassador in London and foreign minister
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