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	HU OSA 208
Fonds 208:	Records of the Open Society Institute–New York

Date(s) 1990-2007

Extent and medium

Estimated total:
3.5 linear meters, 196 video cassettes-VHS, 11 audio cassettes - MC
Currently processed:
51 Archival boxes, 6 linear meters
28 Beta SP, 0.84 linear meters
9 DVD-ROM, 0.09 linear meters
313 VHS, 8 linear meters
Total: 15 linear meters

Name of creator(s) Open Society Institute–New York

Administrative/Biographical history

• HU OSA 208C Open Society Institute—New York

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Open Society Institute–Budapest

Scope and content

Consists of Board records, records of the Office of the President, as well as documentation from the Communications and Publications departments.

Records that have already been partially processed document the whole gamut of activities of the Soros foundations network. The types of publications range from annual publications and monthly periodicals to individual copies. Titles include Annual Reports, Building Open Societies, Directories, Fellow Observer, Open Society News, US Program News, US Program Notes and Focus: News from the Network Women's Program.

Video recordings of the Communications Department, containing media coverage of OSI sponsored projects, form part of the fonds.

Of special interest are video recordings from the Center of Crime, Communities & Culture; the Forced Migration Projects and the films of the Soros Documentary Fund.

Accruals Expected

System of arrangement

• HU OSA 208-1 Board
  • HU OSA 208-1-1 Board Meetings
  • HU OSA 208-1-2 Audio Recordings of the Board Meetings
  • HU OSA 208-1-3 Board Correspondence
  • HU OSA 208-1-4 Administrative Files
  • HU OSA 208-1-5 General Assembly (Jamboree)
  • HU OSA 208-1-6 Board Records Background Materials
• HU OSA 208-2 Presidential Office
  • HU OSA 208-2-1 Files of the Vice-president, Deborah Harding
  • HU OSA 208-2-2 Policies and Procedures
  • HU OSA 208-2-3 Administrative Files
  • HU OSA 208-2-4 Financial Files
• HU OSA 208-3 Office of Communications
  • HU OSA 208-3-1 Media Monitoring of Soros Foundation Activities Worldwide, 1987-2004
  • HU OSA 208-3-2 Material and Publications Related to the Office of Communications
  • HU OSA 208-3-3 Sarajevo Related Video Recordings, 1992-1994
  • HU OSA 208-3-4 Sarajevo Center Project Promotional Material
• HU OSA 208-4 Publications Office
  • HU OSA 208-4-1 Publications

Conditions governing access

Partially restricted; see restrictions on series level descriptions.

Conditions governing reproduction

The donor (the Open Society Institute) has retained all proprietary rights and copyright in the published and unpublished writings.

Language/scripts of material English

Related units of description

• HU OSA 13 Records of the Soros Foundation–Hungary, 1989-2006 | Magyarul (in Hungarian)
• HU OSA 116 Records of the International Science Foundation, 1990-1999
• HU OSA 207 Records of the Open Society Institute–Budapest, 1992-1997
• HU OSA 124 Records of the Forced Migration Project, 1983-1999
• HU OSA 127 Records of the International Women's Program, 1997-2006

Date(s) of descriptions

Described by Zsuzsanna Zádori and Gabriella Ivacs, 16 September 2003. Revised by Judit Izinger, 12 January 2009.
Online version updated 19 April 2012