Fonds DescriptionBudapest Week was the first English-language weekly newspaper in Hungary, published between 1991 and 1999. The richly illustrated articles and readers’ letters reflect the vibrant life in Budapest following the 1989 regime change, the cultural and political discourses and developments, as well as the everyday life of the time. The vast majority of the paper’s journalists were young foreigners recently moved to Budapest who encountered the capital with fresh eyes.
The records of Budapest Week were donated in two installments.
The first four volumes of Budapest Week were donated for digitization by founding editors Steve Carlson, Tibor Szendrei, and by owner Peter Freed, in February 2021.
In May 2021, the photo archive of Budapest Week was also donated: 44 boxes of black and white and color photos, and photo negatives, which the editors of Budapest Week used to illustrate articles for the printed weekly.
The fonds contains 4 volumes of the printed newspaper, 43 archival boxes of black-and-white and color photos, and 1 archival box of photo negatives, and a video documenting the work and life in Hungary 1991-1999.
Fonds DescriptionBudapest Week was the first English-language weekly newspaper in Hungary, published between 1991 and 1999. The richly illustrated articles and readers’ letters reflect the vibrant life in Budapest following the 1989 regime change, the cultural and political discourses and developments, as well as the everyday life of the time. The vast majority of the paper’s journalists were young foreigners recently moved to Budapest who encountered the capital with fresh eyes.
The records of Budapest Week were donated in two installments.
The first four volumes of Budapest Week were donated for digitization by founding editors Steve Carlson, Tibor Szendrei, and by owner Peter Freed, in February 2021.
In May 2021, the photo archive of Budapest Week was also donated: 44 boxes of black and white and color photos, and photo negatives, which the editors of Budapest Week used to illustrate articles for the printed weekly.
The fonds contains 4 volumes of the printed newspaper, 43 archival boxes of black-and-white and color photos, and 1 archival box of photo negatives, and a video documenting the work and life in Hungary 1991-1999.