http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt867nf38v No online items Processed by Martina Podsklanova. Hoover Institution Archives Stanford University Stanford, California 94305-6010 Phone: (650) 723-3563 Fax: (650) 725-3445 Email: hooverarchives@stanford.edu 2010 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved. 2005C57 1
Hoover Institution Archives Stanford University Stanford, California Processed by: Martina Podsklanova Date Completed: 2010 Encoded by: Machine-readable finding aid derived from Microsoft Word and MARC record by Jill Golden. 2010 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved. Collection Summary Title: Petruška Dates: 1953-1997 Collection Number: 2005C57 Creator: Šustrová, Petruška Collection Size: 1 manuscript box(0.4 linear feet) Repository: Hoover Institution Archives Stanford, California 94305-6010 Abstract: Photographs, correspondence, and related materials documenting the Czechoslovak dissident movement around Václav Havel in the 1970s and 1980s, the 1989 Velvet Revolution, and the role of the former dissidents in the post-communist government Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives Languages: Czech Access Collection is open for research. Access to sound recordings, video recordings, or motion picture material requires at least two weeks advance notice. Please contact the Hoover Institution Archives for further information. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Petruška, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives. Acquisition Information Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 2005. Accruals Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find the collection in Stanford University's online catalog Socrates at http://library.stanford.edu/webcat. Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in Socrates is larger than the number of boxes listed in this finding aid. Related Materials Stanislav Budín papers, Hoover Institution Archives Czech subject collection, Hoover Institution Archives Czechoslovak Independent Publications collection, Hoover Institution Archives Tomáš Glanc collection, Hoover Institution Archives Hana Konečná papers, Hoover Institution Archives Josef Škvorecký papers, Hoover Institution Archives 18 May Born 1947 2005C57 2
1966-1969 Studied Czech Literature and History at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague December Arrested, sentenced on subversion charges, and imprisoned for the two following years 1969 1971 Released from prison and consequently denied the right to finish her studies at Charles University 1971-1989 Officially employed at a post office, then later worked as a cleaner, or was officially unemployed 1972-1989 Involved in the samizdat publishing activities of the Střední Evropa journal, also as a member of the editorial board, and in similar projects December Signed Charter 77 (Charta 77) 1976 1985 Became Speaker of Charter 77 1979-PresentMember, The Committee for the Defence of the Unjustly Persecuted (Výbor na obranu nespravedlivě stíhaných, or VONS) 1989 Rehabilitated on the charges of subversion from 1969 1989-1990 Journalist, Independent Press Center (Nezávislé informační středisko) 1990-1992 Journalist, the Respekt weekly 1990-1991 Advisor and later Deputy Minister, Czechoslovak Ministry of Interior 1992-presentFreelance journalist ( Lidové noviny and other periodicals), screenwriter (Czech Television documentaries on Georgia, Azerbaijan and Belarus) and translator (Paul Johnson's The Birth of the Modern, Norman Davies' The Isles: A History, and Anne Applebaum's Gulag: A History) 1999 Received the Karel Havlíček Borovský Prize for Journalism from the Czech Literary Fund 1999-2004 International Observer, elections in Georgia, Azerbaijan and Belarus 2004 Received the Officer's Merit Cross of the Republic of Poland (Krzyż Oficerski Orderu Zasługi Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej) from President Aleksander Kwaśniewski Scope and Content of Collection Photographs, correspondence, and related materials documenting the Czechoslovak dissident movement around Václav Havel in the 1970s and 1980s, the 1989 Velvet Revolution, and the role of the former dissidents in the post-communist government. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Civil rights--czechoslovakia. Political prisoners--czechoslovakia. Dissenters--Czechoslovakia. Box: 1 Correspondence, 1970-1989 Physical Description: 1 Contains letters from the time of Šustrová's imprisonment (circa 1970), obituaries and other announcements or invitations. Arranged alphabetically. Box/Folder: 1 : 1 Jitka Bodláková's (Šustrová's mother) letters to Šustrová, 1970 Box/Folder: 1 : 2 Šustrová's letters to Jitka Bodláková, 1970-1971 Box/Folder: 1 : 3 Jan Frolík's letters to Šustrová, 1970 Box/Folder: 1 : 4 Felipe Serrano's letter to Šustrová, circa 1970 Box/Folder: 1 : 5 Pavel Šremer's letter to Šustrová, 1970 Box/Folder: 1 : 6 Martin Šustr's letters to Šustrová, 1970 Box/Folder: 1 : 7 Miscellaneous correspondence: obituaries of Pavel Wonka (1988) and Jan Frolík (1972), Václav Havel's handwritten invitation to his 55th birthday party (undated) and other announcements and invitations, 1970-1989 2005C57 3
Miscellany, 1989, 1991 and undated Box: 1 : 8 Miscellany, 1989, 1991 and undated Contains Šustrová's biographical note, leaflets, promotional materials and similar printed matter, including a xerox leaflet invitation for the commemmoration of Jan Opletal on 17 November 1989, entitled Vezmi si s sebou květinu (Take a flower with you; undated). Arranged generally in the original order. Box: 1 Photographs, 1953-1997 and undated Contains family photographs and photographs of Czechoslovak dissidents, including Václav Havel, during their informal and formal meetings, mostly in 1970s and 1980s, as well as photographs of the former dissidents as members of the official state administration during official events in the 1990s. Arranged chronologically following the original order. Box/Folder: 1 : 9 1958 and 1960s Contains the following three prints: Jiří Kabeš's wedding, 1953 Petruška Šustrová with her brother, 1958 Eva Olmerová, Polák (?) and Josef Škvorecký, Reduta Jazz Club, 1960s 2005C57 4
Photographs, 1953-1997 and undated Box/Folder: 1 : 10-11 1970-1979 and probably 1970s Among the prints are: Jaroslav Hutka, probably 1970s "Jim" Čert, probably 1970s Zina Freundová and Karel Freund, probably 1970s V. Komrska and Jaroslav Šabata, probably 1970s Jitka Bodláková and Felipe Serrano, 1970 (?) Jan Frolík and Šustrová, 1973 Petr Lutka, 1974 Petr Kabeš and Pavel Šrut in a group photograph, 1974 Jan Frolík, circa 1974 Anna Šabatová, Petr Uhl and Šustrová, 1974-1979 "Peták" Lampl, circa 1975 Svatopluk Karásek, the Houska castle, 1976 Vratislav Brabenec, Bojanovice, 1976 Egon Bondy at a concert of The Plastic People of the Universe, circa 1976 Wedding of Jaroslav Kukal and Šustrová, 1977 Milan Hlavsa and Jan Schneider, 1977 Jaroslav Unger, a member of Dr. Prostěradlo, a rock band, circa 1977 Jana Převratská and Šustrová, 1977 Miroslav Hrabaň, 1977 Pavel Zajíček and other members of DG 307, a rock band, 1977-1979 Ondřej Němec, Jaroslav Šabata and Šustrová, Hrádeček, 1978 Pavel Landovský, Václav Havel and Jaroslav Kukal, 1978 Svatopluk Karásek, Dana Němcová, Jaroslav Šabata, Dino Vopálka, Jiří Dienstbier and Šustrová, Hrádeček, 1978 Jiří Kabeš, a member of The Plastic People of the Universe, 1978 Pavel Landovský, Hrádeček, 1978 Jiří Němec, 1978 P. Kirschner and Jaroslav Kukal, 1978 Přemysl Janýr, Petr Uhl and Šustrová, 1978 Jan Brabec and Ivan Bierhanzl, 1978 Josef Janíček, 1979 Vlastimil Třešňák, Jan Brabec, Luděk Bednář, Jaroslav Kukal, Ivan Hrůša and Šustrová, 1979 (?) 2005C57 5
Photographs, 1953-1997 and undated Box/Folder: 1 : 12-13 1980-1989 and probably 1980s Among the prints are: Václav Havel in a group photograph, Hrádeček, 1980s Jan Placák and Šustrová, 1980s Vladimír Merta, 1980s Dáša Vokatá and Anastáz Opasek, late 1980s Vladimír Mlynář in a group photograph, late 1980s Jan Ruml in a costume of St. Nicolaus, probably 1980s Jan Šabata, probably 1980s Mlada Opočenská, Olga Havlová, Věra Jirousová and Šustrová, Hrádeček, 1980 Martin Hybler, 1980 and 1984 Olga Havlová, Luděk Bednář and Šustrová, 1981 Ivan Martin "Magor" Jirous and Šustrová, Hrádeček, 1981 Olga Havlová and Antonín Maněna, 1981 J. Bělíková, Věra Jirousová, Květa Havlová, Jiří Němec and Šustrová, Hrádeček, 1981 Aleš Havlíček, 1982 Kamila Budovská, Gertruda Sekaninová and Šustrová, 1982 Petr Cibulka, circa 1982 Václav Malý and Šustrová, 1982 Václav Havel and Ludvík Vaculík in Roman togas on a New Year's Eve, 1983 Jan Placák and Šustrová, 1983 Charlie Soukup, Vlastimil Třešňák and Šustrová in a group photograph, circa 1983 Daniel Kroupa, Václav Benda, Pavel Bratinka and Šustrová, 1983 Otka Bednářová and Šustrová, 1983? Adámek being arrested, Brno, 1983 Zdeněk Neubauer and Martin Palouš, 1984 Jiří Křivánek in a costume on a New Year's Eve, 1984 Jarmila Bělíková in a costume on a New Year's Eve, 1984 Milan Hlavsa and Dana Němcová, 1984 Lenka Procházková and Šustrová in costumes in a New Year's Eve group photograph entitled Rej domovníků (Dance of janitors), 1984 Jiří Kantůrek, Andrej Stankovič and Šustrová in costumes on a New Year's Eve, 1984 Jan Ruml, Václav Veselý, Václav Malý, Václav Benda, Martin Palouš, Pavla Paloušová, Zbyněk Hejda, Dana Němcová, Milan Hlavsa and Šustrová on photographs from a christening, 1984 Andrej Stankovič and Petr Uhl in costumes on New Year's Eve, 1984 or 1985 Vladimír Kroul, 1985 Jiří Gruntorád, 1985 and undated Andrej Stankovič and Jana Veselá, 1986 Pavel Tigrid, 1986 Ivan Havel, circa 1988 Rehearsals and recordings of Václav Havel's play Pokoušení (Temptation), 1988 Ladislav Leština, 1988 Luděk Bednář, 1988 A human rights demonstration on Škroupovo náměstí (Škroupovo square), 10 December 1988 František "Čuňas" Stárek, Vokno Publishing, and Šustrová, 1988 Petr Placák, 1988 Dana Němcová and Eugen Brikcius, 1989 Meetings at the Bory prison, Plzeň (Pilsen), December 1989 2005C57 6
Photographs, 1953-1997 and undated Box/Folder: 1 : 14 1990-1997 and undated Among the prints are: Visit of Czechoslovak officials, including Šustrová, to Naples, Italy, 1990 Ján Langoš and Šustrová in photographs from an official meeting, 1990 F. Novotný, Ján Langoš, Jan Ruml, František Stárek and Šustrová, 1990 Visit of Czechoslovak officials, including Šustrová, to Naples, Italy, 1990 Jiří Sirotek and Šustrová, Berlin, 1994 2005C57 7