Czech American Bibliography: A Comprehensive Listing with Focus on the Us and with Appendices on Czechs in Canada and Latin America

By Miloslav Rechcigl

This is a comprehensive bibliography of publications relating to Czechs in America, from the earliest time since the discovery of the New World to date, covering their settlement, community life and their contributions to their host country. Although emphasis is on English titles, including books, as well as articles, the relevant titles in Czech language have also been included, particularly in those areas where there is a paucity of English titles. English translations of the Czech titles were normally placed in parentheses. To assure maximum utility, the bibliography has been organized and classified into specific sectors by subject. Under most major headings, general surveys are listed first, followed by more specific categories, which have, in turn, been subdivided into subcategories. Individual entries in all sections are arranged chronologically. Under most subject areas separate biographical sections were added, comprising individuals of note in the respective fields. Apart from providing information on just about every aspect of human endeavor, it is hoped that it will induce serious students and scholars to do more work in areas that have not been adequately researched.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Oct 20, 2011
• ISBN: 9781467026321

Miloslav Rechcigl

Mila Rechcigl is a versatile person with many talents, a man of science and organization professionally, and renaissance man by breadth of his knowledge and scholarly interests. Born in Czechoslovakia to a son of the youngest member of the Czechoslovak Parliament, he spent the War years under Nazi occupation and after the communist’s coup d’état escaped to the West and immigrated to the US. He received training as biochemist at Cornell University and later served as a research biochemist at NIH. Following his additional training he became a science administrator, first at the DHEW and later at US Department of State and AID. Apart from his scientific and science administrative pursuits, he served as an editor of several scientific series and authored more than thirty books and handbooks. Beyond that, he is considered an authority on immigration history, on which subject he had written extensively. He was also one of the founders of the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences (SVU) and for many years served as its President.

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Contents

FOREWORD

PREFACE

Czechs in the United States

I. General Reference Aids

A. Bibliographies

B. Periodicals

C. Archival Materials & Library Holdings

D. Historiography

E. Biographical Compendia

F. Memoirs & Oral Histories

G. Travels through America

H. Czech-American Fiction

I. Dissertations & Theses

J. Directories

K. Dictionaries & Textbooks

L. Handbooks—Manuals—Guides

M. Libraries—Museums—Archives

II. History

A. Emigration & its Causes. Emigration Policy

B. The New World

C. Immigration and Settlement

D. Historic Periods

E. Regional & Local Histories

F. Historic Places

III. The People

A. Anthropology

B. Demography

C. Language

D. Folklore

E. Ethnography

IV. Religion

A. General

B. Roman Catholics

C. Protestants

D. Jews

E. Freethinkers

V. The Society

A. Ethnic Identity

B. Assimilation & Acculturation

C. Social Organization

D. Family Organization

E. Health & Welfare

F. Women—Feminism

G. Labor Movement

H. Character

I. Attitude, Behavior, Communications

J. Cooperation

K. Image among Americans

VI. Economy

A. General

B. Living Conditions

C. Occupations

D. Labor

E. Farming

F. Commerce & Trade

G. Industry

H. Banking & Finance

I. Corporate Activities

VII. Public Life

A. Politics

B. Executive Branch

C. Legislative Branch

D. Judiciary Branch

E. Military

F. Community Leadership

VIII. Cultural Life

A. General

B. Education

C. Journalism & Publishing

D. Literature

E. Music

F. Visual Art

F. Drama and Dance

G. Sports

IX. Scholarship—Science—Technology

A. General

B. Humanities

C. Social Sciences

D. Biological & Medical Sciences

E. Physical Sciences

F. Engineering

X. Organizations

A. General Surveys

B. Fraternal & Benevolent

C. Religious

D. Heritage

E. Public Affairs and Political

F. Cultural—Scholarly—Scientific

G. Physical Education

H. Charitable & Relief

XI. Relations with the Old Homeland

A. Czech-US and US-Czech Relations and Contacts

B. Czech American Aid

C. Contacts & Attitudes of the Homeland to Czech-Americans & vice versa

XII. Genealogy

A. General References

B. Sources of Vital Data

Appendix A: Czechs in Canada

I. General References

A. Bibliographies

B. Biographies

C. Periodicals

D. Archival Material

II. History

A. General Surveys

B. Early Pioneers

III. Society

IV. Cultural & Other Contributions

A. General

B. Individuals

V. Organizations

Appendix B: Czechs in Latin America

I. General References

A. Bibliographies

B. Historiography

C. Biographies

D. Ethnography

II. History

A. General Surveys

B. Bohemian Jesuit Missionaries & Other Early Pioneers

III. Specific Countries

A. Argentina

B. Brazil

C. Chile

D. Cuba

E. Mexico

F. Paraguay

G. Venezuela

IV. Cultural and Other Contributions

A. General Surveys

B. Individuals

V. Organizations

VI. Relations with Czechoslovakia

FOREWORD

The Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences (SVU) is proud to introduce Czech American Bibliography by Miloslav Rechcígl, Jr. The author requires no introduction. For the last twenty-five years, he authored several titles which serve as a valuable resource to serious students of Czech Americana and he served for many years as President of SVU. This publication is a truly comprehensive bibliography. It is well organized and classified by subject and, above all, it is easy to follow.

Dr. Rechcígl devoted his time to assemble objective information on notable Americans with Czech or Czechoslovak roots and compiled several directories of scholars and cultural figures of Czech descent in America. At numerous meetings of the Society of Arts and Sciences we have been reminded of the contributions people of Czech heritage have made to America and world culture. This meritorious activity will help present and future scholars to develop this area of research and fill in the gaps that still exist.

The relevance of this bibliography is enhanced further by recent plans of the Czech government and Parliament to broaden and expand relations with their countrymen throughout the world.

Karel Raška, Jr.                                                  New Brunswick, NJ

President                                                             8 August 2011

Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences

PREFACE

A few years ago this author published a brief tentative listing of selected English publications relating to Czechs in America. The present publication, which is generally based on this, has been updated and greatly expanded to make it a truly comprehensive bibliography. It also incorporates and updates the relevant publications in the classical Esther Jerabek’s bibliography on Czechs and Slovaks in North America (1976). Since Silesia was an integral part of the Kingdom of Bohemia, for at least 400 hundred years, until 1742, when it was lost to Prussians, during the reign of the Empress Marie Theresa, the Silesian immigrants from that period have been included with the early immigrants from the Czech Lands.

Although emphasis is on English titles, including books, as well as articles, the relevant titles in Czech language have also been included, particularly in those areas where there is a paucity of English titles. Inasmuch as the now defunct Czech-American periodical Amerikán, Národní kalendář is such a splendid source of Czech Americana, a special effort was made to list many of its articles in the relevant sections of this bibliography. English translations of the Czech titles were normally placed in parentheses. In a few cases, important titles in other languages were also included, as were a few significant websites.

In addition to individual books and articles, a number of relevant chapters from anthologies and other books have also been listed separately, to assure that all important subjects are covered. The criterion for selection was the usefulness for the study of Czech-American immigration and ethnic history and the overall quality of the publication.

To assure maximum utility, the bibliography has been organized and classified into specific sectors by subject. Under most major headings, general surveys are listed first, followed by more specific categories, which have, in turn, been subdivided into subcategories, etc. Individual entries in all sections are arranged chronologically. In cases where a given publication fits in more than one category, or subcategory, it was normally placed where it fitted most. However, in a few instances, when it seemed appropriate, it is listed it several places. It should be noted that under most subject areas separate biographical sections were added, comprising individuals of note in the respective fields. Considering the increased interest among Czech Americans in their ancestors was the basis for also including a separate section on genealogy.

Compared to the US, there is much less information available about Czechs in Canada and in Latin America and, in the latter case the preponderance of the existing publications is in Spanish. Inasmuch as this bibliography encompasses the entire America, the pertinent publications relating to these areas are listed in separate sections as Appendices.

I am indebted to the kindly counsel of a number scholars, who read parts of the bibliography, or the entire manuscript, including Ambassador Petr Kolář, Prof. Jaroslav Pánek, Prof. Vladimír Papoušek, Prof. Ivo Barteček, Dr. Zdeněk Uherek, Dr. Ivan Dubovický, Dr. Milena Secká, Dr. Stanislav Brouček, Dr. Oldřich Tůma, Dr. Zdeněk David, Prof. Clinton Machann and Prof. David Chroust. I would also like to express my appreciation to my wife Eva, who painstakingly proofread it page by page and to Jiří Eichler for his help with the index.

This bibliography is a must for every student and scholar, as well as interested layman of Czech American immigration and cultural history. Apart from providing information on just about every aspect of human endeavor that has bearing on the subject, it is hoped that it will induce serious researchers to do more work in areas that have not been adequately investigated, some information being located only in obscure or inaccessible magazines, while other areas as still in the phase of terra incognita or ‘statu nascendi.’

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Czechs in the United States

I. General Reference Aids

A. Bibliographies

1. Guides to Bibliographies

Rechcigl, Miloslav, Jr., Czechoslovak American Bibliography: A State of the Art and Guide to Bibliographies, Kosmas 7 (1988), pp. 175-187.

Rechcigl, Miloslav Jr., A Classified Guide to Bibliographies Relating to Czech, Slovak, and Ruthenian Immigrants in America, Kosmas 7 (1988), pp. 189-212.

2. Selected Bibliographies

Čapek, Thomas, Bohemian (Čech) Bibliography. A Finding List of Writings in English Relating to Bohemia and the Čechs. New York and Chicago: Fleming H. Revel Co., 1918. 256p.

Roucek, Joseph S., Czechoslovak Bibliography, in: American Slavs: A Bibliography. New York: Bureau of Intercultural Education, 1944, pp. 11-24.

Kratochvíl, Antonín, Bibliografie krásné české literatury vydané v exilu—Únor 1948-Květen 1967, (Bibliography of Czech literature published in exile—February 1948-May 1967).Offprint from Studie Křesťanské akademie v Římě, No. 14 (1960) 24p.

Štědronský, F., Bibliografický přehled prací k dějinám Čechů a Slováků v USA od počátku devadesátých let 19. století (Bibliographical survey of publications relating to history of Czechs and Slovaks in US from the beginning of the nineties of the 19th century), in: Začiatky českej a slovenskej emigrácie do USA. Bratislava, Slovenská akadémia vied, 1970, pp. 314-329.

Jerabek, Esther, Czechs and Slovaks in North America: A Bibliography. New York: SVU, 1976. 448p.

Miller, Wayne Charles, Czech Americans: A Guide to Czech-American Experience, in: A Comprehensive Bibliography for the Study of American Minorities. New York: New York University, 1975, pp. 631-636.

Rechcigl, Miloslav Jr., Czechs, Slovaks and Ruthenians in the U.S.: A Selective Bibliography, Czechoslovak and Central European Journal 10, No. 1 (Summer 1991), pp. 83-132.

Kovtun, George J., Czech and Slovak History. An American Bibliography, Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1996. 481p.

Kovtun, George J., Czechs and Slovaks in the United States and Other Countries, in: Czech and Slovak History, An American Bibliography. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1996, pp. 345-367.

Rechcigl, Miloslav, Jr., Czech Americans: A Selected Bibliography of Publications in English, in: Czech Americans in Transition. Edited by Clinton Machann. Austin, TX: Eakin Press, 1999, pp. 121-128.

Rechcigl, Miloslav, Jr., Rechcigl’s Writings Relating to Czechoslovak America, in: Czechs and Slovaks in America. By Miloslav Rechcigl, Jr. Boulder, CO: East European Monographs, 2005, pp. 307-314.

Rechcigl, Miloslav, Jr., Publications of the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences (SVU): Formative Years and Bibliography, Kosmas 20, No. 1 (Fall 2006), pp. 83-102.

Jirásek, Zdeněk. Československá poúnorová emigrace a počátky exilu: Prameny a studie k dějinám československého exilu 1948-1889. Brno: Prius, 1999.

B. Periodicals

Čapek, Tomáš, Soupis časopisů (Survey of periodicals), in: Padesát let českého tisku v Americe. New York: Bank of Europe, 1911, pp. 81-186.

Štědronský, František, Zahraniční krajanské noviny, časopisy a kalendáře do roku 1938" (Newspapers, magazines and calendars abroad till 1938). Praha: Národní tiskárna, 1958. 166p.

Duben, Vojtěch, Czech and Slovak Periodicals outside Czechoslovakia as of September 1968. Prepared for the Fourth Congress of the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences in America, Inc., Georgetown University, Washington, DC, 1968. 28p.

Wynar, Lubomyr R., Czech Press, in: Guide to the American Ethnic Press: Slavic and East European Newspapers and Periodicals. Kent, OH: Kent State University, 1986.

Jaklová, Alena, Soupis čechoamerických periodik založených v 19. století (Listing of Czech American periodicals established in 19th century), in: Čechoamerická periodika 19. století. Brno: Nadace Universitatis Masarykiana, 2006, 335p.

C. Archival Materials & Library Holdings

1. Archival Materials

Hamilton, Kenneth G., The Resources of the Moravian Church Archives, Pennsylvania History, 27, No. 3 (July 1960).

Dwyer, Joseph D., Immigration History Research Center: Czech and Slovak American Collections. A Brief Description. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota, 1980.

Šisler, Stanislav, "Přehled archivních pramenů k problematice vystěhovalectví z českých zemí v letech 1848-1938 uložených ve Státním ústředním archivu v Praze (Survey of archival sources on emigration from the Czech Lands in the years 1848-1938 in the State Central Archives in Prague), in: Češi v cizině. Praha: Ústav pro etnografii a folkloristiku ČSAV, 1987, No. 2, pp. 281-334.

Czech American Collection in: The Immigration History Research Center: A Guide to Collections. Compiled and edited by Suzanna Moody and Joel Wurl. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1991, pp. 53-64.

Hruban, Zdeněk, Kde se ve Spojených státech nalézají archivní materiály o Češích a Slovácích v zahraničí (Where in the US can be found archival materials about Czechs and Slovaks abroad). Práce ČSAV-A 1992, No. 4, pp. 214-219.

Babička, Vácslav, Prameny k dějinám zahraničních Čechů a Slováků ve Státním ústředním archivu v Praze: Vybrané dokumenty. Praha: Státní ústřední archiv, 1993. 54p.

Valášek, Hubert, Problematika moravského vystěhovalectví ve fondech Moravského zemského archivu v Brně" (Moravian immigration in the collections of the Moravian Regional Archive in Brno), in: Vystěhovalectví do Ameriky 1850-1914: Sborník příspěvků účastníků symposia v Lichnově 5. června 1999. Lichnov: Obecní úřad Lichnova, 1999, pp. 10-19.

Rechcigl, Miloslav, Jr., Czechoslovak American Archivalia. US-Based Archival Material Relating to Emigrés and Exiles from the Territory of the Former Czechoslovakia and Relevant Holdings Bearing on their Ancestral Land. A Tentative Listing. Rockville, MD: SVU, 2000. 294p.

Muhlena, David, The NCSML Library Repository of Memoirs: Resource for Scholars, Slovo (Cedar Rapids), 4, No. 2 (Winter 2004), pp. 14-15.

Rechcigl, Miloslav, Jr., Preserving Czech and Slovak American Archival Material, Kosmas 17, No. 2 (Spring 2004), pp. 95-96.

Czech and Slovak American Archival Materials and their Presentation.Proceedings of the Working Conference, held at the Czech and Slovak Embassies in Washington, DC on November 22-23, 2003. Edited by Miloslav Rechcigl, Jr. Prague: Prague Edition Ltd., 2004. 166p.

Fedor, Helen, Czech—and Slovak-American Archival Material at the Library of Congress, in: Czech and Slovak American Archival Materials and their Preservation. Edited by Miloslav Rechcigl, Jr. Praha: Pražská edice, 2004, pp. 23-25.

Pasternak, Blanka, Hoover Institution Archives Czech and Slovak Collections Online, in: Czech and Slovak American Archival Materials and their Preservation. Edited by Miloslav Rechcigl, Jr. Praha: Pražská edice, 2004, pp. 64-66.

Nečas, Daniel, Immigration History Research Center at the University of Minnesota: Its Contribution to Preserving Czech and Slovak American Heritage, in: Czech and Slovak American Archival Materials and their Preservation. Edited by Miloslav Rechcigl, Jr. Praha: Pražská edice, 2004, pp. 67-72.

Rechcigl, Miloslav, Jr., Konference o českých a slovenských archiválních materiálech ve Spojených státech amerických (Conference about the Czech and Slovak archival materials in the US), in: Senát, 7, No. 1 (2004), p. 45.

Rechcigl, Miloslav, Jr., Czechoslovak American Archivalia. Part 1. Government Repositories. University-Based Collections. Collections Maintained by Public Museums and Libraries. Collections of Ethnic and Related Organizations. Olomouc-Ostrava: Palacký University, 2004. 206p.

Rechcigl, Miloslav, Jr., Czechoslovak American Archivalia. Part 2. Personal Papers and Collections. Repositories Abroad Bearing on the Subject. Olomouc-Ostrava: Palacký University, 2004. 368p.

Křesťan, Jiří, Spolupráce Státního ústředního archivu v Praze se zahraničními Čechy (Cooperation of the State Central Archive in Prague with Czechs abroad), in: Archivy v mezinárodním kontextu. Praha: Státní ústřední archiv, 2004, pp. 185-191.

Ďurovič, Michal and Jiří Křesťan, Archivy zahraničních Čechů: kam s nimi? Ze zkušeností Národního archivu (Archives of Czechs abroad: What to do with them? From the experiences of the National Archives), in: Selected Papers of the 22nd World Congress of the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences, Palacký University, Olomouc, June 26 to July 4, 2004. Ostrava: Repronis, 2006, vol. 2, 393-398.

Motlíček, Tomáš and Jiří Šmeral, Průvodce po fondech a sbírkách Centra pro československá exilová studia při FF UP v Olomouci (Guide to Collections of the Center for the Czechoslovak Exile Studies at the Philosophical Faculty of Palacký University in Olomouc).Olomouc: Vydavatelství UP, 2007.

Figarová, Alena, Fond vystěhovalectví v muzeu ve Frenštátě pod Radhoštěm (Collection on Emigration at the Museum of Frenštát pod Radhoštěm). Diplomová práce, Masarykova Univerzita v Brně, 2008.

Farris, June Pachuta. The Archives of Czechs and Slovaks Abroad (ACASA) at the University of Chicago, in: Czech Language News. Newsletter of the International Association of Teachers of Czech 31 (2009): 5-6. See also: http://idisk.mac.com/pes-Public/09spr.pdf

Vlha, Marek, Nové prameny z amerických archivů k počátkům české komunity v USA (New sources from American archives on the beginnings of the Czech community in the US), Časopis Matice moravské, 129, No. 1 (2010), pp.127-136.

2. Library Holdings

Osten, Margaret E., The Oldest Czechoslovak Book Collection in America, in: Studies in Czechoslovak History. Edited by Miloslav Rechcigl, Jr. Meerut: Sadhna Prakashan, 1976, Vol. 1, pp. 353-365.

Kovtun, George, The Czech and Slovak Collections at the Library of Congress. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, European Reading Room, n.d. See: http://www.loc.gov/rr/european/coll/czec.html

Zahradníček, Vladimír and Marcela Linková, Krajanská sbírka knihovny Náprstkova muzea: Soupis českých a slovenských krajanských tisků zahraničních a literatury o českém a slovenském vystěhovalectví. Díl 1. Knihy, brožury a separáty. Část 1 (Compatriot Collection of the Náprstek Museum Library: Listing of Czech and Slovak periodical press abroad and literature about Czech and Slovak emigration. Vol. 1. Books, pamphlets and reprints. Part 1). Praha: Národní muzeum, 1994. 169p.

Zahradníček, Vladimír and Marcela Linková, Krajanská sbírka knihovny Náprstkova muzea: Soupis českých a slovenských krajanských tisků zahraničních a literatury o českém a slovenském vystěhovalectví. Díl 1. Knihy, brožury a separáty. Část 2 (Compatriot Collection of the Náprstek Museum Library: Listing of Czech and Slovak periodical press Abroad and literature about Czech and Slovak emigration. Vol. 1. Books, pamphlets and reprints. Part 2). Praha: Národní muzeum, 1994. 220p.

Zahradníček, Vladimír and Marcela Linková, Krajanská sbírka knihovny Náprstkova muzea: Soupis českých a slovenských krajanských tisků zahraničních a literatury o českém a slovenském vystěhovalectví. Díl 2. Noviny, časopisy, kalendáře (Compatriot Collection of the Náprstek Museum Library: Listing of Czech and Slovak periodical press abroad and literature about Czech and Slovak emigration. Vol. 2. Newspapers, periodicals, calendars). Praha: Národní muzeum, 1994. 208p.

Zahradníček, Vladimír and Marcela Linková, Krajanská sbírka knihovny Náprstkova muzea: Soupis českých a slovenských krajanských tisků zahraničních a literatury o českém a slovenském vystěhovalectví. Díl 3. Rejstříky (Compatriot Collection of the Náprstek Museum Library: Listing of Czech and Slovak periodical press abroad and literature about Czech and Slovak emigration. Vol. 3. Indexes). Praha: Národní muzeum, 1994. 201p.

Secká, Milena, American Czechs and the Collections of the Náprstek Library, Annals of the Náprstek Museum, Praha, 2000, pp. 22-28.

Secká, Milena, Prameny k vystěhovalectví Čechů v 19. století ve sbírkách knihovny Náprstkova muzea (Sources on Emigration of Czechs in the 19th century in the collections of the Náprstek Museum), in: Emigrace z českých zemí. Sborník referátů ze semináře v Mladé Boleslavi 2000. Mladá Boleslav: Okresní museum, 2001, pp. 115-117.

Siemaszkiewicz, Wojciech, Czech and Slovak Collections in the New York Public Library, in: Czech and Slovak American Archival Materials and their Preservation. Edited by Miloslav Rechcigl, Jr. Praha: Pražská edice, 2004, pp. 46-54.

Muhlena, David, The Library and Archives of the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library," in: Czech and Slovak American Archival Materials and their Preservation. Edited by Miloslav Rechcigl, Jr. Praha: Pražská edice, 2004, pp. 55-58.

Walter, Katherine L., Czech and Slovak Collections in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, in: Czech and Slovak American Archival Materials and their Preservation. Edited by Miloslav Rechcigl, Jr. Praha: Pražská edice, 2004, pp. 73-79.

Chroust, David Z., Czech Collection in Texas A&M University, in: Czech and Slovak American Archival Materials and their Preservation. Edited by Miloslav Rechcigl, Jr. Praha: Pražská edice, 2004, pp. 80-83.

Ferris, June Pachuta, Czech and Slovak Collections at the University of Chicago Library, in: Czech and Slovak American