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School of Slavonic and East European Studies

Alexander Collection

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0369 ALE

Held at: School of Slavonic and East European Studies

Title: Alexander Collection

Date(s): 1962-1989

Level of description: Collection (Fonds)

Extent: 3 files

Name of creator(s): Alexander | Stella | b 1912 | author

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Stella Alexander (b. 1912) has written several books on religion in Yugoslavia

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Correspondence and papers of Stella Alexander on religion in Yugoslavia, 1962-1989, comprising:
Commentaries and off prints re Yugoslav legislation on religion;
Correspondence with and relating to Milovan and Stefica Djilas; notes and recollections of Milovan Djilas. He was a close ally of Marshall Tito during the pre and Second World War period but was later estranged and expelled from the Communist Party;
papers on Father Krunoslav Draganovic, who had been a senior official of the Ustasha committee that handled the forced conversion of the Serbs. In 1943, the Ustasha arranged with the Church for Draganovic to be sent to Rome. There he served at a seminary of Croatian monks that was in fact a centre of clandestine Ustasha activity.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English & Serbo-Croat

System of arrangement:

3 files, as described above

Conditions governing access:

The papers are open, apart from Djilas material (file 2) which requires authorisation of Stella Alexander. Researchers wishing to consult the archives or seeking further information should contact UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) Library, 16 Taviton Street, London, WC1H 0BW.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Librarian.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Online catalogue available on the UCL Archives website.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

Stella Alexander received the papers on Krunoslav Draganovic from Magnus Linklater.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Not available

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Some of the originals of the Dragonovic material are in the United States Army Archives, Washington and at https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/libraries-and-study-spaces/ucl-school-slavonic-and-east-european-studies-library

Related material:

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Revised by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.