Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Papers

Period 1918-1923
Total size   0.03 m.
ConsultationNot restricted

Biography

Tomáš G. Masaryk: born in Moravia, Austria-Hungary; lecturer at the University of Vienna 1878-1882, professor of philosophy in Prague 1882-1914; member of the Austrian Parliament 1891-1893, 1907-1914; chairman of the Czechoslovak National Council in exile 1916-1918; in 1918 Masaryk became the first president of independent Czechoslovakia. Edvard Beneš: born in Bohemia, Austria-Hungary; from 1909 professor of economics and of sociology in Prague; as foreign minister head of the Czechoslovak delegation to the Paris peace conference 1919-1920; succeeded Masaryk as president of Czechoslovakia in 1935, resigned in 1938; leader of the Czechoslovak government-in-exile in London; reelected president, but resigned in 1948.

Content

Photocopies of correspondence between Tomáš Masaryk and Edvard Beneš 1918-1923.

Alternate Form of Material

Partly published in: Šolle, Zdeněk, `Masaryk a Beneš ve svých dopisech z doby pařížských mírových jednáni v roce 1919' 2 Vol. (Praha 1993-1994).

Location of originals

Originals at the Ústav T.G. Masaryka in Prague