Our citation guidelines draw inspiration from two seminal sources: the Citing Records in the National Archives of the United States (revised 2010 edition) and The Chicago Manual of Style (16th edition), and follow bibliography style form of citations. You may prefer another system of source citation or may follow special instructions to authors. Whatever system is adopted, it should be used consistently, providing a guide to the origin as well as to the location of the records. The citation elements we recommend are as follows (groups of data elements are separated by a semicolon):
- Item title (formal or given)
- Date of creation, production, broadcast
- Folder title
- Reference for the fonds, subfonds, series and container number (preferably in both textual and numerical form)
- Full name of the repository: Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives at Central European University, Budapest, Hungary. (Short name: HU OSA)
In subsequent citations to the same record, abbreviations are accepted.
Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives at Central European University, Budapest, Hungary: HU OSA.
Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Research Institute: RFE/RL RI
Open Media Research Institute: OMRI
Open Society Foundations: OSF
Some records may require additional information to be cited. If the title does not identify the type of record, it should be added in parentheses after the title of record and date.
Examples of citations based on the most common document types in our holdings are given below.
Background reports
"Poland Under Martial Law: A Selection of Documents, December 1981 – December 1982." Compiled by Roman Stefanowski. 1 March 1984. HU OSA 300-8-3: 143/2.; Background Report; Publications Department; Records of the Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Research Institute; Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives at Central European University, Budapest
When you cite any online source, provide the date you last accessed it in parentheses after the URL or DOI (digital object identifier). Insert the type of record [Electronic record] in parentheses after the item title and date.
"East European Media and the Polish Free Saturday issue" by Kusin, Vladimir V; G. S. [Country Series: Poland], 15 January 1981. [Electronic record.] HU OSA 300-8-3:45-4-3; Background Report; Publications Department; Records of the Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Research Institute; Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives at Central European University, Budapest
http://osaarchivum.org/files/holdings/300/8/3/pdf/45-4-3 [accessed 26 March, 2012]
Information Items
"Private income of Mrs. Gero", 7 September 1951. Item 44/8884, Hungary; HU OSA 300-1-2; Information Items; General Records; Records of Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Research Institute; Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives at Central European University, Budapest
Correspondence
Béla Király to Daniel Moynihan, München, 21 October 1980. HU OSA 336-0-3: 2; Academic Correspondence; General Béla Király Papers; Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives at Central European University, Budapest
James T. Bartley to Victor Frank, 24 March, 1969. [Letter]; HU OSA 300-85-48; Pasternak, 1964-1969; New York Office Files Related to Samizdat; Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives at Central European University, Budapest
Biographical files
Абдулладжанов, А., 1987-1994; HU OSA 300-80-9:2; Kraus Biographical Files; Soviet Red Archives; Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives at Central European University, Budapest
Boabă, Alexandru, card 11; HU OSA 205-4-72:2; Romanian Biographical Card Files; Information Services Department; Records of the Open Media Research Institute; Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives at Central European University, Budapest
Subject files
"Huge setback in Soviet grain is indicated by CIA’s figures" by Dan Morgan, HU OSA 300-80-1:918; Сельское хозайство: урожай 1973-1975; Old Code Subject Files; Soviet Red Archives; Records of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Research Institute; Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives at Central European University, Budapest
Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika, Toruń, card 6-7; HU OSA 300-50-3:17; Subject Card Files; Polish Unit; Records of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Research Institute; Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives at Central European University, Budapest
Microforms
When citing microforms from other sources, cite the repository where the accessioned microform is held.
"The Main Lines of Soviet Wartime Propaganda", 6 September 1945. [Microfilm publication]; OSS/State Department Intelligence and Research Reports, Part VI., The Soviet Union. Part XI., The Soviet Union, 1950-1961. Reel 1. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America; Special library collections; Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives at Central European University, Budapest
Photographs
"Photographs of life in Camp Kilmer", 1957. HU OSA 412-0-1:1; Documents and photographs; Gary Filerman Collection on Hungarian Refugees of 1956; Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives at Central European University, Budapest
Audiovisual materials
"Fekete Doboz: a Nagy Imre és társai elleni per fellebbviteli tárgyalása" [Black Box: The Trial Proceedings of the Appellate Procedure Against Imre Nagy and Others at the Highest Court], 1989. [VHS]; HU OSA 306-0-1:37; Audiovisual Materials Relating to the 1956 Hungarian Revolution; Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives at Central European University, Budapest
Film Library
"Panj pun olova" [Bad Blue Boys], 2007. [DVD-ROM]; Editor: Branko Schmidt. FL1542; Film Library; Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives at Central European University, Budapest
Samizdat collection
Referring to a published samizdat document:
"Обращение 82-х советских евреев к "братьям-евреям" по случаю Дня солидарности с еврееями Советского Союза" [Перепечатка с фотокопии оригинала в Архиве Самиздата], 1974; HU OSA 300-85-11; AC 550; Sobranie dokumentov Samizdata, vol. 8; Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives at Central European University, BudapestReferring to the original copy of a samizdat document:
"Обращение 82-х советских евреев к "братьям-евреям" по случаю Дня солидарности с еврееями Советского Союза" [Перепечатка с фотокопии оригинала в Архиве Самиздата], 1974; HU OSA 300-85-9; AC 550; Published Samizdat; Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives at Central European University, Budapest"An Outline of Some Characteristic Attitudes of the Various Social Strata of Soviet Society" [by Yakushev, Aleksandr], 26 June 1969. HU OSA 300-85-48:20; Analysis Report #4-69; Intelligentsiia; New York Office Files Related to Samizdat; Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives at Central European University, Budapest
Records of the Open Society Foundations
Grant records
"Itogovyi tvorcheskii otchet po realizatsii proekta LOOSH (Lichnostno-orientirovannoe obuchenie shkol’nikov)" Grant B95-11-1010-13, 20 May 1996; Education Program Seminars: B95-11-1010-13/B95-11-1010-2 [1of 3]; HU OSA 4-3-3:2; Education Program Files; Programs; Records of the Belarusian Soros Foundation; Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives at Central European University, BudapestProject files
"Subject: Bosnian Women’s Initiative: related programs sponsored by OSI in Bosnia" To: Arthur Helton, Ex: Kathleen Hunt, 18 May 1997; Bosnian Women Initiative, 1996-1997; HU OSA 124-2-1:1; Projects Files; Programs; Records of the Forced Migration Project; Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives at Central European University, Budapest