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Alexandros Xydēs Collection
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Alexandros Xydēs, Greek diplomat and art critic, was born in 1917 in Liverpool, England. He was a man of intellect and vision and one of the most influential figures of post-war Greek art criticism. Xydēs began to collect art in 1938. In 1999 his personal collection of works by Greek and foreign artists was donated by him and his wife, Dorothea, to the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessalonikē (Greece). His acquaintance with George Seferis began during World War II when they both served in the Middle East and later on at the Greek Embassy in London during the Cyprus crisis, 1957 to 1960. Xydēs is also known for his dedication to Cyprus and his activity against the Greek dictatorship, 1967-1974. He was also the author of several books relating on Greek art and politics. He died in 2004.
Consists of Alexandros Xydēs collection of professional correspondence, literature concerning Greek and Cypriot foundations, organizations, and committees, typed manuscripts of articles and essays of several authors, as well as governmental reports. There are also printed material such as off-prints and clippings with a focus on Greek politics, Cyprus, human rights, and international relations. Theater programs, flyers, brochures, and ballots of several political parties of Greece complement the collection.
This collection has been organized into the following series:
The collection is a gift of Alexandros Xydēs to the Princeton University Library with the assistance of the Program in Hellenic Studies.
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This collection was processed by Kalliopi Balatsouka in 2011. Finding aid written by Kalliopi Balatsouka in 2011.
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Collection Inventory
Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence with Kati Marton (1 letter), Petros Voskaridēs (1 letter), Linda Healey (ABC News), Nikē Loizidē (Aristotle University of Thessalonikē, Greece), and the Artistic Association "Theatre Guilt" (1 invitation).
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Physical Description1 box
1 folder
This series has been arranged alphabetically by the name of organization, foundation, or committee.
Consists of literature regarding Greek and Cypriot organizations, foundations, and committees.
Physical Description1 box
Includes a folder with literature regarding Cyprus during 1974, as well as lists of Cypriots or Greek Cypriots that were enclaved or stranded at Mandres-Famagusta or other prisons and remain missing. This catalog has been prepared by the Cyprus Committee of Parents and Relatives of Undeclared Prisoners and Missing.
Physical Description1 folder
Includes a typed manuscript regarding the human rights in Greece according to the Amnesty International, in Greek; a press release (November 2, 1998); a newsletter of the Hellēnike Hetairia Diethnous Dikaiou kai Diethnōn Scheseōn [Hellenic Society of International Law and Relations], dated November 1985, and the by-laws of the organization Hellēnike Epitropē Diethnous Anmēstias [Greek Committee of Amnesty International]. There is also a typed letter by P. A. Zannas to Xydēs, a typed manuscript of the article "The Englightment and Womanhood: Cultural Change and the Politics of Exclusion" by Paschalis Kitromilides, brochures, and clippings of Greek and French newspapers.
Physical Description1 folder
Includes literature regarding the Hellenic Centre and a press release both in Greek and in English.
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Includes photocopies of typed manuscript letters to Al. Xydēs, the Archdiocese of Athens, and the Diocese of Attica and Megara, written by Georgios Pyrounakēs, priest, president of the organization Kinēsis dia tēn Neotēta [Action for Youth] and editor of the periodical Provlēmata Ekklēsiastika-Koinōnika.
Physical Description1 folder
Includes literature regarding the establishment and the activities of the Foundation, printed invitations, a typed manuscript of a proposal by Sakēs Karagiōrgas, a photocopy of a printed article "Iouliana 1965. Hoi Koinōnikopolitikes Diastaseis tēs Krisēs" by Ēlias Nikolopoulos published in "Hē Hellēnikē Koinōnia kata tēn Prōtē Metapolemikē Periodo (1945-1967)," Athens 1994 edit. Hidryma Sakē Karagiōrga, and clippings of Greek newspapers.
Physical Description1 folder
Includes a bound typed manuscript regarding the activities and the goals of the Committee spanning from 1974 to 1989.
Physical Description1 folder
This series has been arranged by type of material.
This series consists of typed manuscripts of articles, essays, press-release, and reports of individuals, organizations, or governmental offices.
Physical Description1 box
Includes a typescript of an address by R. Agathoklēs, Deputy Chairman of the "Greek Committee of the Athenian Agora," both in Greek and in English, on the occasion of the unveiling of a bronze plaque to the memory of John D. Rockefeller Jr., at the Stoa of Attalos (Athens, Greece), on May 31, 1962. There is also a printed invitation.
Physical Description1 folder
Includes a press release of Aetopouleio Cultural Center; brochures of several organizations, such as The Friends of the Museum of Macedonian Struggle; a typed manuscript of the founding declaration of the Hellenic Palestinian Organization, in Greek; and a photocopy of excerpts of a political report by Gerasimos Arsenēs. There is an article by Alexandros Papaderos, an essay by Ap. Daskalakēs, and a bulletin by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece regarding national Greek issues such as the Macedonian and the national movements; also included are typed manuscripts of an essay "Phylakismena Mnēmata. Mia vdomada stēn Kypro"; and "Dōdekalogos tou Tsinganou" by Vagias M. Tsoulas and a draft of a diary, 1959-1968.
Physical Description1 folder
Includes a typescript of a statement by Spyros Kyprianou, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus, in the general debate of the 19th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations (January 26, 1965). There is also a typescript of the statement issued by President Makarios at the Presidential Palace in Nicosia, Cyprus, July 7, 1966; clippings of Greek, French, and English newspapers such as Le Monde Diplomatique, Kathēmerinē, and others complement the collection.
Physical Description1 folder
Includes a typescript of a talk by John Petropoulos on the occasion of the 150th Anniversary of Greek Independence; an essay by Alekos Alavanos on "Les Grecs de Constantinople." Athenes. La Coalition de Gauche au Parlement Européen, 1994. There is also a typescript of a resolution on discrimination in Turkey against citizens of the European Union.
Physical Description1 folder
Includes a typed manuscript of a press release for the "The Greek people on American Aid to Greece" prepared by the American Mission for Aid to Greece.
Physical Description1 folder
Includes typed manuscripts in Greek and in French regarding the development of freedom of the press, as well as actions regarding the educational reform.
Physical Description1 folder
Includes a typescript of a trade list compiled for the Department of Commerce by American Foreign Service officers abroad.
Physical Description1 folder
Includes correspondence, in Greek, between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece and George Seferis during his post as a diplomat in Cairo (Egypt) dated 1944; typescript of a press release regarding Seferis's decision to stay away from politics (1969). There is also an issue of the newsletter Preuves Informations, Paris, 5 Nov. 1963; the periodical la semaine égyptienne, nos. 11-12 (June 1941); 2 issues of the weekly magazine Ho Tachydromos (December 2 and 4, 1963); Vogue (July 1958); clippings of several Greek newspapers and a few French and English regarding Seferis's poetry and his death; a brochure of the Program for Modern Greek Studies at Harvard University. The third folder consists of a collection of clippings of several Greek newspapers and a few in French regarding Seferis's poetry entitled "Tribute to Seferis, Paris, April 1982."
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
Physical Description3 folders
This series has been arranged by type of material.
This series consists of off-prints, playbills, flyers, brochures, and ballots, as well as clippings and road maps of Greece.
Physical Description3 boxes
Includes off-prints, in Greek, English, German, and French, relating to the Cyprus issue, Greece and the Balkans, the Aegean Sea, international relations, Greek foreign policy, international law and relations, human rights and constitutional law, Byzantine studies, Greek Independence Day, and Greek poetry. A list of the title pages of the off-prints is available: http://libweb2.princeton.edu/rbsc2/misc/Xydes.pdf
Physical Description3 folders
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Includes flyers, brochures, and ballots of several political parties of Greece such as the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK), New Democracy (ND), Nea Epochē, Communist Party of Greece (KKE), Coalition of the Left and Progress (Synaspismos), and Hellenic Socialist Party [Hellēniko Sosialistiko Komma (E.S.K.)]. There is also the program and the inaugural talk of the president of the Coalition of the Left and Progress during the 2nd Ordinary Conference (14-17 March 1996) and the 2nd Conference (December 1995).
Physical Description4 folders
Includes a photocopy of the Epitheōrēsis Ergatikou Dikaiou, 48 (Athens, 15 Oct. 1989); a talk by Nicolas Valtikos presented in the historic conference of Savona; a printed essay "Around the Question of Northern Epirus" by Pothoula Canouta-Capsambelis; a printed article on Mackenzie King by K. Eustathiadē; a printed brochure of the Museum of Macedonian Struggle; and a few brochures
Physical Description1 folder
Includes two road maps of Greece (1976 and undated); one map of Cyprus pointing out the historical sites of the island (undated); and one brochure with the camping sites of Greece published by the National Tourist Organization (1983).
Physical Description1 folder
Includes an issue of Le Monde Diplomatique (May 1974); the supplement education of Le Monde (19 September 1968); and a special edition of Observateur (May 20, 1968).
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