Capek, Thomas,  1861-1950. <br/><br/>
Thomas Capek collection of materials relating to Czechoslovakia and Czech Americans, 1619-1953  (bulk 1851-1953). 

 - 6,000  items. 14  4  containers plus  oversize. 6.8  linear feet. 
 -  Arranged in 9 series.  Series 1: Czech Americans, 1828-1953; Series 2: Slav, Slovak, and Czech Immigration to the United States; Czech Organizations, Institutions, and Activities in the United States, 1851-1953; Series 3: Czech Newspapers, Periodicals, and Clippings, 1838-1953; Series 4: Thomas Capek and Family, 1852-1953; Series 5: Augustine Herrman of Maryland Bohemia Manor, 1651-1953; Series 6: Charlotta G. Masaryková and T.G. Masaryk,1891-1950; Series 7: Frederick Philipse of Yonkers, New York, 1928-1929; Series 8: Czechs in Great Britain, 1619-1932; and Series 9: Oversize, 1619-1953. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> Correspondence, memoranda, journals, writings, printed matter, maps, photographs, and other papers assembled during Capek's research on the immigration, organization, institutions, and activities of Czech Americans.  Also includes material concerning Czechoslovakia, Czechs in Great Britain, Slavic Americans, and Slovak Americans.  Includes newspapers and periodicals published by Czech Americans or by Czechs in Europe; biographical material on Augustine Herrman, T.G. Masaryk, Charlotta G. Masaryková, and Frederick Philipse; genealogical material on the Capek family and other families; and journals and other papers of a group of Czech Americans who attempted to establish a utopian colony in Russia in the mid-nineteenth century.  Individuals represented include Thomas F. Bayard, Bartoš Bittner, Jan Borecký, Josef Buňata, Anna Vostroveský Capek, Thomas Capek (b. 1895), Christina Jonáš, Frederic Jonáš, Karel Jonáš, František Matouš (Ladimír) Klácel, František Kořízek, Henry R. Maresh, Stephen C. Massoch, Lev J. Palda, Jan Rosický, Rose Rosický, and Vaclav Snajdr. 
<br/><br/><br/>Maps <br/>Library of Congress Geography and Maps Division. <br/>transferred to <br/>Posters and print <br/>Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. <br/>transferred to <br/>Some printed material <br/>Library of Congress General Collections. <br/>transferred to 
<br/><br/><br/>Czech American author, businessman, and lawyer. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material chiefly in Czech with English. 
<br/><br/> Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at  http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009206 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 78015008  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Bayard, Thomas F. 1868-1942. <br/>Bittner, Bartoš.<br/>Borecký, Jan.<br/>Buňata, Josef, 1846- <br/>Capek, Anne Vostroveský.<br/>Capek, Thomas, 1895- <br/>Herrman, Augustine, 1621-1686. <br/>Jonáš, Christina.<br/>Jonáš, Frederic.<br/>Jonáš, Karel, 1840-1896. <br/>Klácel, František Matouš, 1808-1882. <br/>Kořízek, František.<br/>Maresh, Henry R. 1890- <br/>Masaryk, T. G. 1850-1937. <br/>Masaryková, Charlotta G. 1850-1923. <br/>Massoch, Stephen C.<br/>Palda, Lev J., 1847-1912. <br/>Philipse, Frederick, 1626-1702. <br/>Rosický, Jan, 1845-1910. <br/>Rosický, Rose, 1875-1954. <br/>Snajdr, Vaclav, 1847-1920. <br/>Čapek family.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Czech American newspapers.<br/>Czech Americans.<br/>Czech Americans--Colonization--Russia.<br/>Czech Americans--Genealogy.<br/>Czech Americans--Periodicals.<br/>Czech Americans--Societies, etc.<br/>Czech newspapers--Foreign countries.<br/>Czech periodicals--Foreign countries.<br/>Czechs--Great Britain.<br/>Slavic Americans.<br/>Slovak Americans.<br/>Utopias--Russia.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Czechoslovakia--Emigration and immigration.<br/>Czechoslovakia.<br/>United States--Emigration and immigration.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Authors.<br/>Businessmen.<br/>Lawyers.