Feleky Collection

The Feleky Collection, acquired by the Library of Congress in 1953, consists of more than 10,000 books and 15,000 periodical issues, including biographical files, newspaper clippings, questionnaires and other materials on approximately 920 Hungarian Americans, plus photographs, prints, music scores, maps, broadsides and posters, recordings, and manuscripts.^[1]

History

The collection was started by Charles Feleky as an effort to collect everything published in the English

Hungary after the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. Over the course of next several years Charles Feleky would develop a network of book dealers in the United States, Canada, England, Ireland, British Africa, India and Australia who would send him copies of books written in English about Hungary and Hungarians.^[3]

His apartment in New York became his library.

After his death, his wife sold the floor-to-ceiling collection to the

Office of Alien Property and put into storage, where it remained until purchased by the Library of Congress in 1953 for $2,000.00.^[4]

This book History of the Feleky Collection and Its Acquisition by the Library of Congress may be read online at the Hathi Trust site: http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015034923154

References

^ Nyirady, K. (1995) History of the Feleky Collection. Washington D.C.; pp. 4–7
^ Nyirady, K. (1995); pp. 1–3
^ Nyirady, K. (1995); p. 2
^ Guide to Feleky Collection Published (December 11, 1995) – Library of Congress Information Bulletin

Nyirady, Kenneth. (1995) The History of the Feleky Collection, Washington D.C.: [Library of Congress] European Division.

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[1] Nyirady, K. (1995) History of the Feleky Collection. Washington D.C.; pp. 4–7

[2] Nyirady, K. (1995); pp. 1–3

[3] Nyirady, K. (1995); p. 2

[4] Guide to Feleky Collection Published (December 11, 1995) – Library of Congress Information Bulletin

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