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	HU OSA 4
Fonds 4:	Records of the Belarusian Soros Foundation

Date(s) 1994-1996

Extent and medium

Estimated total:
0.12 linear meters (1 archival box), 50 video cassettes - Betacam Sp
Currently processed:
50 Archival boxes, 6 linear meters
50 Beta SP, 2 linear meters

Name of creator(s) Belarusian Soros Foundation

Administrative/Biographical history

• HU OSA 4C Belarusian Soros Foundation

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Belarusian Soros Foundation, Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)

Scope and content

The fonds consists of textual, visual and electronic records related to the activities of the Belarusian Soros Foundation (BSF) in the period from 1994-1997.
It was founded in 1992 with the support of the Open Society Institute and was ceased to exist in 1997.

The materials include founding documentation, annual reports of BSF, media coverage (press clippings) as well as the documents covering the different programs activities, such as Ecological, Economics, Education, East-East and Women's progams.

Additionally, it includes video recordings on BSF and related materials like television news type programs of political events of Belarus, conducted by independent Belarusian journalists.

Accruals Not expected

System of arrangement

• HU OSA 4-1 Board, 1994-1997
  • HU OSA 4-1-1 Meeting Minutes, 1994-1995
  • HU OSA 4-1-2 Administrative Files, 1994-1997
  • HU OSA 4-1-3 Travel Grants Files, 1995-1997
• HU OSA 4-2 Executive Office
  • HU OSA 4-2-1 Publications, 1995
• HU OSA 4-3 Programs, 1994-1997
  • HU OSA 4-3-1 Ecological Program Files, 1995-1996
  • HU OSA 4-3-2 Economics Program Files, 1995-1996
  • HU OSA 4-3-3 Education Program Files, 1995-1997
  • HU OSA 4-3-4 Other Programs Files, 1994-1995
  • HU OSA 4-3-5 Video Recordings
  • HU OSA 4-3-6 Electronic Records

Language/scripts of material Belarusian, English

Date(s) of descriptions

Csaba Szilagyi 6 November 1998; revised by Zsuzsanna Zadori 10 September 2002, revised by Branko Kovacevic; April 5, 2004; revised by Olga Zaslavskaya, 2010
Online version updated 19 April 2012