Blinken OSA Archivum
HU OSA 416 Magos-Gimes Family Papers
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Identity Statement
Title
Magos-Gimes Family Papers
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Date(s)
1916 - 2006 (predominant 1957-1999)
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Description Level
Fonds
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Extent and medium (estimated)

8 archival boxes 3 audio cassettes 2 CD-ROMs 23 books

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Extent and medium (processed)
6 Archival boxes, 0.75 linear meters
2 Oversized box (40 cm), 0.8 linear meters
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Name of creator(s)
Magos-Gimes, Judit
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Archival history

The documents in this collection are from the heritage of Gábor Magos (1914-2000) and Judit (Juca) Magos-Gimes (1920-2014). The first installment was selected, annotated and arranged for archiving by Juca together with Csaba Szilágyi in Dübendorf near Zurich in 2011. A second shipment from the same heritage was prepared and sent to Blinken OSA Archivum by their daughter, Judith Luif, following the death of Judit Magos-Gimes.

Content and structure
Scope and content (abstract)

This fonds primarily consists of the personal papers of Gábor Magos, an agricultural engineer, college professor and close co-worker of Prime Minister Imre Nagy during the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. It also includes several files on his wife, Judit Magos-Gimes, an instructor, librarian and translator, who maintained and prepared the collection for archiving. Her brother, Miklós Gimes, a journalist and politician was executed for his revolutionary activities together with Imre Nagy and Pál Maléter in 1958.

Documents include letters, handwritten and typed notes, transcripts, copies of archival documents, reports, newspapers and media clippings, publications, diplomas, memorial awards, photographs, audio cassettes, CD-ROMs, and books. (These latter are with the Blinken OSA Archivum library's special collections.)

The fonds is arranged in five series, with documents covering the following aspects of the donors' life: family, professional activities, the 1956 Hungarian revolution and its memory, and life in exile after the crushing of the revolution.

Content and structure
Accruals
Not Expected
Conditions of access and use
Conditions governing access
Not Restricted
Conditions of access and use
Conditions governing reproduction
Reproduction is allowed for non commercial purposes.
Conditions of access and use
Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Duplicates were removed during the physical rearrangement.

Allied Materials
Publication note

The testimony of Gábor Magos (as witness XXX) before the UN Special Committee on the Problem of Hungary is available in:

Blinken OSA Archivum's Héderváry Collection: https://tinyurl.com/y39u9np5

Tanúságtevők az ENSZ előtt - 1957, by Mink, András (editor, Blinken OSA), Nagy Imre Alapítvány, 2010.

Description Control
Archivist's note
Processed and revised by Csaba Szilagyi in 2016, and in 2020 and 2024, respectively.
HU OSA 416 Magos-Gimes Family Papers
BookIconFonds Description
Context
Hierarchy
Statistics
Identity Statement
Title
Magos-Gimes Family Papers
Identity Statement
Date(s)
1916 - 2006 (predominant 1957-1999)
Identity Statement
Description Level
Fonds
Identity Statement
Extent and medium (estimated)

8 archival boxes 3 audio cassettes 2 CD-ROMs 23 books

Identity Statement
Extent and medium (processed)
6 Archival boxes, 0.75 linear meters
2 Oversized box (40 cm), 0.8 linear meters
Context
Name of creator(s)
Magos-Gimes, Judit
Context
Archival history

The documents in this collection are from the heritage of Gábor Magos (1914-2000) and Judit (Juca) Magos-Gimes (1920-2014). The first installment was selected, annotated and arranged for archiving by Juca together with Csaba Szilágyi in Dübendorf near Zurich in 2011. A second shipment from the same heritage was prepared and sent to Blinken OSA Archivum by their daughter, Judith Luif, following the death of Judit Magos-Gimes.

Content and structure
Scope and content (abstract)

This fonds primarily consists of the personal papers of Gábor Magos, an agricultural engineer, college professor and close co-worker of Prime Minister Imre Nagy during the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. It also includes several files on his wife, Judit Magos-Gimes, an instructor, librarian and translator, who maintained and prepared the collection for archiving. Her brother, Miklós Gimes, a journalist and politician was executed for his revolutionary activities together with Imre Nagy and Pál Maléter in 1958.

Documents include letters, handwritten and typed notes, transcripts, copies of archival documents, reports, newspapers and media clippings, publications, diplomas, memorial awards, photographs, audio cassettes, CD-ROMs, and books. (These latter are with the Blinken OSA Archivum library's special collections.)

The fonds is arranged in five series, with documents covering the following aspects of the donors' life: family, professional activities, the 1956 Hungarian revolution and its memory, and life in exile after the crushing of the revolution.

Content and structure
Accruals
Not Expected
Conditions of access and use
Conditions governing access
Not Restricted
Conditions of access and use
Conditions governing reproduction
Reproduction is allowed for non commercial purposes.
Conditions of access and use
Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Duplicates were removed during the physical rearrangement.

Allied Materials
Publication note

The testimony of Gábor Magos (as witness XXX) before the UN Special Committee on the Problem of Hungary is available in:

Blinken OSA Archivum's Héderváry Collection: https://tinyurl.com/y39u9np5

Tanúságtevők az ENSZ előtt - 1957, by Mink, András (editor, Blinken OSA), Nagy Imre Alapítvány, 2010.

Description Control
Archivist's note
Processed and revised by Csaba Szilagyi in 2016, and in 2020 and 2024, respectively.