ihrcsavez Inventory of the Savez Kanadskih Hrvata Collection, ca. 1940-1959. Finding aid created by Immigration History Research Center staff, February 27, 1987 University of Minnesota Libraries June 16, 2004

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EAD encoding by Felicity HansonJune 16, 2004 English Savez Kanadskih Hrvata. Savez Kanadskih Hrvata Collection, ca 1940-1959 University of Minnesota Libraries. Immigration History Research Center [ihrc] 10 linear in. (2 Hollinger boxes). CRO Mainly in Croatian. Organization/Arrangement:

Arranged by type of material.

Biographical/Historical Note

The Savez Kanadskih Hrvata was a socialist, pro-Tito group advocating a post-war Yugoslavia of united ethnic minorities. The drama and music sections of the organization produced plays and music reflecting these interests in their themes of socialist and worker education, peasant life, and partisan battles and struggles.

Scope and Content

Materials of the Savez Kanadskih Hrvata (ca. 1940-1950s) include playscripts and sheet music of the organization's drama and music section. Also included are a few poems and a speech of Josef Tito from the newspaper, Rijeckilist. Nas Kalendar (Yugoslav-Canadian Yearbook, 1958) has been separated from the collection.

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Index Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Tito, Josip Broz, 1892-1980, Union of Canadian Croatians.Savez Kanadskih Hrvata. Sheet music. Croats--Canada--Societies, etc.Croatian American theater.Nationalism--Yugoslavia.Croatian American Socialists.Croatian American Communists.Croats--Canada--Theater.Croats--Canada--Music.