István Deák Papers, 1960-1995

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Series IV. Habsburg Army Research Notes, undated

The research notes in this collection contain detailed information on over 1000 soldiers in the Habsburg Army, as well a numerous notes on the materials written in Hungarian. In the course of his research, Deak created a number of calculations and written documents analyzing the data. In 1990, Deak published Beyond Nationalism: A Social and Political History of the Habsburg Officer Corps.


Subseries IV.1. Data Sheets and Calculations, undated

The data sheets are written in Hungarian and English, and detail each veteran's name, vital statistics, residence, religion, and other details of his life during and after service. Deak particularly analyzed soldiers who came from the nobility.



Box 15 Folder 1 to 9 Data Sheets and Calculations, undated


Box 15 Folder 10 Data Sheets and Calculations--Noble Officers, undated


Box 15 Folder 11 to 15 Data Sheets and Calculations, undated


Box 15 Folder 16 Data Sheets--Kuk Army, The Wilson Center, undated


Box 15 Folder 17 to 27 Data Sheets and Calculations, undated


Subseries IV.2. Research Notes, undated

These research notes are particularly related to the research he was doing on the Habsburg Officer corps. He looked at different groups of officers in different ways, with particular interest in education, nobility, Jews and Hungarians.



Box 16 Folder 1 Research Notes--Szolnoky Anyag, undated


Box 16 Folder 2 Research Notes--Qua-Listen Instruction Samples, undated


Box 16 Folder 3 Research Notes--Pictures sent to Vienna, undated


Box 16 Folder 4 Research Notes--Jews in the Habsburg Army-1849, undated


Box 16 Folder 5 Research Notes--Jews in the Austrian and Austro-Hungarian Armies-1849-1918, undated


Box 16 Folder 6 Research Notes--1000 Officers, Special Cases, Court Records,, undated


Box 16 Folder 7 Research Notes--Military Education, undated


Box 16 Folder 8 Research Notes--Regimental Histories, undated


Box 16 Folder 9 to 10 Research Notes--Military History, undated


Box 16 Folder 11 Research Notes--Hungarian, undated


Box 16 Folder 12 Research Notes--Statistics from Yearbook, undated


Box 16 Folder 13 Research Notes--1000 Officers Statistics, undated


Box 16 Folder 14 Research Notes--Duplicate Statistics, undated


Box 16 Folder 15 to 23 Research Notes--Militar Statisches Jarbuch , undated



Box 17 Folder 1 Research Notes--Memoirs, A-L, undated


Box 17 Folder 2 Research Notes--Memoirs, M-Z, undated


Box 17 Folder 3 Research Notes--Habsburg Army Secondary Literature, A-C, undated


Box 17 Folder 4 Research Notes--Habsburg Army Secondary Literature, D-F, undated


Box 17 Folder 5 Research Notes--Habsburg Army Secondary Literature, G-L, undated


Box 17 Folder 6 Research Notes--Habsburg Army Secondary Literature, M-O, undated


Box 17 Folder 7 Research Notes--Habsburg Army Secondary Literature, O-R, undated


Box 17 Folder 8 Research Notes--Sereinigg, undated


Box 17 Folder 9 Research Notes--Habsburg Army Secondary Literature, S, undated

[Restricted until 2035]


Box 17 Folder 10 Research Notes--Habsburg Army Secondary Literature, Sz-Z, undated


Box 17 Folder 11 Research Notes--Austrian Army in Italy-1859, undated


Box 17 Folder 12 Research Notes--The Nationality Question in the Habsburg Army, Regimental Histories,, undated


Box 17 Folder 13 Research Notes--Chapter III, Education, undated


Box 17 Folder 14 Research Notes--Chapter V, from Pay Day to Pay Day, undated


Box 17 Folder 15 Research Notes--Chapter VI, Latter Day Knights, undated


Box 17 Folder 16 Research Notes--Pensions, Orphans and Widows, undated


Box 17 Folder 17 Research Notes--Appendix I, Records, undated


Box 17 Folder 18 Research Notes--Bibliography, undated


Box 17 Folder 19 Research Notes--Salt Lake City, 1985


Box 17 Folder 20 to 21 Research Notes, undated


Box 17 Folder 22 Research Notes--Austro-Hungarian Project, General Readings, undated


Box 17 Folder 23 Research Notes--Austro-Hungarian Relations, undated


Box 17 Folder 24 Research Notes--Questions about Hungarian Ancestors, 1985


Box 17 Folder 25 Research Notes--Noble Officers, undated


Box 17 Folder 26 Research Notes--Army Organization, undated