Correspondence and papers of Frank Shatz of Lake Placid, New York and Williamsburg, Virginia, 1965-2009. Subject matter of the collection is foreign policy, the Lake Placid Council on Foreign Policy, public funding for libraries and public television and radio, the endowment of the Reves Center for International Studies at the College of William and Mary and more. Includes Frank Shatz's World Focus columns from the Virginia Gazette.
Cassette tapes in all the accessions have been removed to be handled separately as audio visual material. These cassette tapes are restricted.
Frank Shatz was born in Czechoslovakia and is a writer, Virginia Gazette columnist and lecturer at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.A holocaust survivor, Shatz escaped from a Nazi slave labor camp in Romania and participated in underground anti-Nazi movements in Hungary. He worked as a journalist in Prague before escaping Communist rule with his wife Jaroslava. Shatz was the founder of the Lake Placid (N.Y.) Council on Foreign Policy. He and his wife created the Frank and Jaroslava Diplomat-in-Residence endowment at the College of William and Mary.
The paper part of this collection is open to all researchers. The audio cassette tapes are closed/restricted. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.
Additions to this collection are being made on an ongoing basis.
Gifts. Additional donations were made between 1995 and 2010. For more information please consult a staff member.
Collection is arranged in accession number order.
The content list for Box 2 can be accessed directly through the Box 2 link.
The folders in Acc. 2010.025 (Box 3) have not been arranged and re-housed yet. Please consult a staff member for assistance.
Collection formerly identified as: Mss. Acc. 1994.11, Acc. 1994.77, Acc. 1995.58.
Frank Shatz Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Processed by Ellen Strong in 1994. Acc. 2010.025 was accessioned and minimally processed by SCRC staff in January 2010 and further organized by Amy White, SCRC staff, in April 2010. Acc. 2013.021 accessioned and minimally processed by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in February 2013. Acc. 2014.008 accessioned and minimally processed by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in January 2014. Acc. 2015.021 accessioned and minimally processed by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in January 2015.
Audiocassettes and DVDs from this collection have been moved to the Manuscripts Audiovisual Collection. Audiocassette tapes are restricted.
2000.01 (28 cassettes), 2003.03 (13 cassettes), 2004.03 (15 cassettes), 2005.01.1 (5 cassettes), 2006.32 (3 cassettes), 2006.07.1 (2 cassettes), 2007.35 (6 cassettes), 2007.05 (5 cassettes) and 2008.02 (2 cassettes), 2010.025 (8 cassettes), 2013.021 (6 cassettes).
2014.008 cassette tapes: Eileen Rockefeller interview by Frank Shatz, 2013 October 25, 30 minutes in length. AV. Mss. Acc. 2014.008.001; Colin Campbell, president of Colonial Williamsburg interview by Frank Shatz, 2013 February 15, 20 minutes in length. AV. Mss. Acc. 2014.008.002; Tim O'Brien, writer, interview by Frank Shatz, 2013 March 17, 20 minutes in length. AV. Mss. Acc. 2014.008.003.
2015.021 cassette tapes: Prince Turki of Saudi Arabia, interviewed by Frank Shatz, 2014 March 12. AV. Mss. Acc. 2015.021.001; Governor Jon Huntsman of Indiana, interviewed by Frank Shatz, 2014 April 11. AV. Mss. Acc. 2015.021.002; Senator Richard Lugar, interviewed by Frank Shatz, 2014 March 18. AV. Mss. Acc. 2015.021.003; Quincy Troupe, Poet, interviewed by Frank Shatz, 2014 January 2014 in Williamsburg, Virginia. AV. Mss. Acc. 2015.021.004.
All audiovisual material from this collection has been moved to the Manuscripts Audiovisual Collection. Audiocassette tapes are restricted.
2000.01 (28 cassettes), 2003.03 (13 cassettes), 2004.03 (15 cassettes), 2005.01.1 (5 cassettes), 2006.32 (3 cassettes), 2006.07.1 (2 cassettes), 2007.35 (6 cassettes), 2007.05 (5 cassettes) and 2008.02 (2 cassettes), 2010.025 (8 cassettes)2013.021 (6 cassettes)
2014.008: Eileen Rockefeller interview by Frank Shatz, 2013 October 25, 30 minutes in length. AV. Mss. Acc. 2014.008.001; Colin Campbell, president of Colonial Williamsburg interview by Frank Shatz, 2013 February 15, 20 minutes in length. AV. Mss. Acc. 2014.008.002; Tim O'Brien, writer, interview by Frank Shatz, 2013 March 17, 20 minutes in length. AV. Mss. Acc. 2014.008.003.
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(Note: PDF of inventory is currently non-functioning, as of 5/2019.)
An inventory includes information on the following additions to the Shatz Collection: 1994.77 1995.581995.63 1996.01 - interfiled with four previous additions. Articles by FS from the Virginia Gazette which relate to his correspondences previously given. Columns relate to Bill Moyers, Birch Bayh, Wendy Reves, etc.1996.02 1997.031998.02 1999.01 2000.01 2000.15 2000.27 2001.12 2002.03 - rearranged into four folders instead of 8 as noted on the inventory..2003.03 2003.65 2004.03
3 posters 18/24" publicising the "Beyond the Nation-State Symposium. American Issues Forum; A National Bicentennial Program souvenir booklet.
Frank Shatz addition 1985-2004. Photocopies of Shatz's columns in Virginia Gazette during 2004. 5 audio tapes. 18 letters and 1 postcard to Shatz; 1 letter by him. Writers include Nane Anan (wife of the UN Secy-General), and Wendy Reves. 5 folders and 5 sound cassettes for Susan Magill, Dr. Gerald Abate, Tim Barnett, Rick and CindyYotti and Dr. Richard Campana.
Frank Shatz addition. Letters and email to Frank and Jaroslava Shatz and Virginia Gazette columns and material relating to how Alan Zullo researched "I Am Safer in the Lions Den" chapter of Heroes of the Holocaust which described Shatz' survival.
Interviews with Ambassador Jehangir Karamat of Pakistan and David Brooks New York Times Columnist. Addition to Frank Shatz Papers consisting of letters written to Shatz by Ken Burns and John Roberts (Chief Justice), 65 Virginia World Forum Columns which appeared in VA Gazette and two audiotapes of interviews.
Addition to Shatz collection. 3 tapes, columns from Virginia Gazette and Daily Press. Original letter.
Addition to Frank and Jaroslava Shatz Papers. Includes audiotapes of interviews with individuals for his World Focus column for "The Virginia Gazette" and letters and email prints of correspondence with subjects. Also includes copies of the column published in 2006. Folder 1-6: not yet processed. Folder 7: Virginia Gazette article with David Lee Folder 8 cassettes for Frank Shatz interviews with Dr. Hanson Farkas, Ambassador Mark Grossman, former U.S. Undersecretary of State, Joseph Brinkley, Radio Free Europe, Robert Landori, writer, David Lee, Taiwan's representative. Tapes have been transferred to artifact collection.
2008.2 Folder 1-10 processed but need to be described. Folder 11: "World Focus" column in Virginia Gazette, January 1, 2007 - December 31, 2007 Folder 12: 2 cassettes: Admiral James Loy, former Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security; Dr. David Gordon, Director of Policy Planning at the State Department. Cassettes have been transferred to the Artifact Collection.
Audio Cassette tapes removed to AV Collection.
Documentation by Frank Shatz.
Columns in Virginia Gazette, Williamsburg, Virginia.
List included for Folders 3 and 4. Includes transcripts, notes and correspondence.
List in Folder 3. Includes transcripts, notes and correspondence.
See Pdf inventory in digital content link for content listing. Inventory was provided by the donor.
Contains letters written to Frank and Jaroslava Shatz as well as tapes recorded by Frank Shatz.
Scope and Contents Contains two DVDs: "Heda Margolius: Hitler, Stalin, & I" and "German Dynasties: The Thyssens."
Contains copies of Frank Shatz's 2011 mail and email correspondence as well as copies of his 2011 World Focus columns for the Virginia Gazette.
Scope and Contents Contains correspondence, audiocassette tapes, and newsclippings relating to the work of writer Frank Shatz. This accession includes letters written to Frank Shatz from Madeleine Albright, Joe Plumeri, Colin Campbell, and other; papers related to the publishing of his book "Reports from a Distant Place," and wells as newspaper articles relating to Shatz' column "World Focus" in 2012.
Scope and Contents This series contains letters, newsclippings, and audiocassette tapes relating to the work of writer Frank Shatz. This accession includes letters written by Frank Shatz, newspaper articles relating to Shatz' column "World Focus" in 2013, and interviews with Eileen Rockefller, Colin Campbell, president of Colonial Williamsburg, and Tim O'Brien, a writer.
Scope and Contents This series contains correspondence newsclippings, and audiocassette tapes relating to the work of writer Frank Shatz. This accession contains letters between Shatz and various correspondents including Mitchell Reiss, Eileen Rockefeller, Steve Hanson, and Admiral Chris Parry, as well as newspaper articles relating to Shatz' column "World Focus" in 2014.
Photocopies of newspaper clippings authored and collected by Frank Shatz dating from 1985-2022. Photographs of Frank Shatz as a young man along with his family are also included.