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StorageSite	UCL SSEES
Level	Collection
Reference Number	ALE
Title	Alexander Collection
Date	1962-1989
Description	Correspondence and papers of Stella Alexander on religion in Yugoslavia, 1962-1989, comprising: Commentaries and offprints re Yugoslav legislation on religion. Correspondence with and relating to Milovan and Stefica Djilas; notes and recollections of Milovan Djilas. He was a close ally of Marshall Tito during the pre and Second World War period but was later estranged and expelled from the Communist Party. Papers on Father Krunoslav Draganovic, who had been a senior official of the Ustasha committee that handled the forced conversion of the Serbs. In 1943, the Ustasha arranged with the Church for Draganovic to be sent to Rome. There he served at a seminary of Croatian monks that was in fact a centre of clandestine Ustasha activity.
Extent	3 files
AdminHistory	Stella Alexander (b. 1912) has written several books on religion in Yugoslavia
CustodialHistory	Stella Alexander received the papers on Krunoslav Draganovic from Magnus Linklater.
Arrangement	3 files, as described above
AccessStatus	Certain restrictions apply
AccessConditions	The papers are open, apart from Djilas material (file 2) which requires authorisation of Stella Alexander. Researchers wishing to consult the archives or seeking further information should contact UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies Library, 16 Taviton Street, London, WC1H 0BW.
FindingAids	Online catalogue available on the UCL Archives website.

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