Bethlen Naptár, 1960 (Ligonier)
Bethlen Almanac
BETHLEN ALMANAC 53 University are devoted to the field of education, seeking to advance and foster the academic studies of Hungarian language, literature, music, and art as well as assisting students in the pursuits of such studies with scholarships. Furthermore, the Institute plans to publish, or have published, books and pamphlets in the general field of Hungarian studies. The Institute plans to raise $500,000 within the next few years to endow a chair of Hungarian studies at Rutgers University and to build the Institute library and museum building. The building will house a “Hall of Fame” honoring the hundreds of great Americans of Hungarian descent, who have contributed so much to our life in the world of sciences, engineering, the arts and humanities. As a non-profit corporation, the American Hungarian Institute is incorporated under the laws of the State of New Jersey. Correspondence may be addressed: American Hungarian Institute, c/o Prof. A. J. Molnár, Rutgers University, New Bruswick, N. J. Manuscripts and Paintings Donated The outstanding American literary critic and scholar, Van Wyck Brooks of Bridgewater, Conn., presented the American Hungarian Studies Foundation an extensive collection of correspondence of Madame Kossuth Ruttkay, the sister of Lajos Kossuth. There are 83 letters in this collection. Five letters from Count István Széchényi and Baron József Eötvös along with a Transylvanian Latin manuscript dated 1578 and signed by Kristóf Bathori were donated by Dr. Eugene J. Rosenthal of New York City. The famous violinis, Joseph Szigeti, recently presented the Foundation with a set of Hungarian books. At a New York City presentation ceremony, the painting inspired by the Hungarian fight for freedom of October-November 1956 was donated by Mr. Robert C. Grey to the American Hungarian Studies Foundation. “Epouvantee de l’Hertitage” was painted by Wilma Prezzi. Other gifts to the Foundation include the personal contributions of the following artists: Charles Harsanyi and Ann Kocsis both of New York. Two paintings of Hungarian scenes were donated by Mrs. Sari Szekely in memory of her husband, a former Milwaukee industrialist. (A. M.) Do you know that Arminius Vámbéry of Hungary, was accepted as the first distinguished explorer of Central Asia, as the first to penetrate into Samarkand and Tibet? Counts Ágost and Jenő Zichy have travelled extensively in Mongolia and the present-day Manchukuo. Another Hungarian team of explorers, Berzenczey and ónódy, conquered Eastern Turkestan for science, while Bemard Munkácsy deserves credit for compiling the complete characteristics of the Caucasian races. Few know the Islamic peoples, their languages and customs better than the Hungarian Goldzieher and Kimos.
