Finding aid for the Cankarjev Glasnik Records


Title:
Cankarjev Glasnik Records
Repository:
Western Reserve Historical Society
Phone: 216-721-5722
http://www.wrhs.org
Creator:
Cankarjev Glasnik
Dates:
1917-1946
Quantity:
1.01 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder)
Abstract:
Cankarjev Glasnik was a Slovene American literary gazette published monthly in Cleveland, Ohio, by the Cankarjeve Ustanove (Cankar Foundation), a cultural society named in honor of Slovenian author Ivan Cankar. It ceased publication in 1943. The collection consists of statements of ownership, and correspondence for the gazette, a ledger book, a membership book, and other papers relating to Cankarjeve Ustanove (the Cankar Foundation), and correspondence and personal papers of Ludvig Medvesek, who had a close association with the gazette.
Identification:
MS 4169
Location:
closed stacks
Language:
The records are in English and Slovenian

History of Cankarjev Glasnik

Cankarjev Glasnik was a national Slovenian literary monthly gazette published in Cleveland, Ohio, by the Cankarjev Ustanove (Cankar Foundation). In August 1937, Cankarjev Ustinove was formed to erect a memorial to Ivan Cankar, a Slovenian author, in the Yugoslav Cultural Garden in the Cleveland Cultural Gardens. The supporters of this venture decided to start a monthly literary named in Cankar's honor. It featured fiction, plays and reviews, and counted Louis Adamic, Ivan Zorman, Anna Krasna, and Katka Zupancic among its regular contributors. At its height, circulation peaked at 1,100 but the magazine was never financially stable. Its last issue was published in February 1943.


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Scope and Content

The Cankarjev Glasnik Records, 1917-1946 and undated, consist of statements of ownership, and correspondence for the gazette, a ledger book, a membership book, and other papers relating to Cankarjeve Ustanove (The Canker Foundation) and correspondence and personal papers of Ludvig Medvesek, who had a close association with the gazette. Almost all the materials are in Slovenian.

This collection is useful for understanding the operation of a ethnic non-profit organization as well as journalistic ventures in the Slovenian-American community. Those studying the history of the Slovene immigrant community in Cleveland, Ohio, and the literature of Slovene Americans will find this collection useful.

Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged in three series. Each series is arranged by document type and then chronologically.
Series I: Cankarjev Glasnik
Series II: Cankarjev Ustanove
Series III: Ludvig Medvesek Personal Papers

Restrictions on Access

None.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Cankarjev Glasnik.
Cleveland (Ohio) -- Periodicals.
Ethnic press -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Gazettes -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Slovene Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Slovenian American literature.
Slovenian-American periodicals.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 4169 Cankarjev Glasnik Records, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Acquisition Information

Slovenian National Home, 1981.

Processing Information

Processed by Daniel J. Linke in 1988.


Detailed Description of The Collection



Series I: Cankarjev Glasnik, 1917-1944; undated

Box 1 / Folder 1
Statements of ownership, management and circulation, 1938-1942




Box 1 / Folder 1
Correspondence, 1917




Box 1 / Folder 2-11
Correspondence, 1936-1944





Series II: Cankarjev Ustanove, 1936-1942

Folder 19
Oversize Folder 1: Articles of Incorporation, 1937




Box 1 / Folder 12
Ledger book, 1936-1940




Box 1 / Folder 13
Membership book, 1936-1937




Box 1 / Folder 14
Miscellaneous publications, 1936-1942





Series III: Ludvig Medvesek Personal Papers, 1917-1946

Box 1 / Folder 15
Budget and Ledger books, 1917




Box 1 / Folder 16
Correspondence, 1930-1946




Box 1 / Folder 17
Correspondence, between Medvesek and his son, Milan, 1944-1946




Box 1 / Folder 18
Miscellaneous, including membership cards to socialist organizations, 1918-1925