NAF 1/7/11 File. "Serbian Letters. To D.M. 1918 -1945", Letters to Dimitrije Mitrinović.
Date: 1918 -1945
Extent: 28 items
Scope and content: Mainly manuscript letters, with some typescript material. Includes letters to David Shillan and Vera Mitrinović from Mitrinović's brother Čedomil Mitrinović and one letter in Italian.
Language of material: Serbo-Croat (Cyrillic and Roman script); Italian; Russian
NAF 1/7/11/1 Card to Dimitrije Mitrinović from Velizar Godjevać [Velizar Godjevatz].
Date: 13 March 1918
Extent: 1 item
Scope and content: Manuscript card sent from New College, Oxford. Godjevać discusses his plans for a visit to Cambridge, where he planned to study maths with Joseph John Thomson, Master of Trinity College. He writes about the importance of maths to achieve the ideals of artist and architect Ivan Meštrović and quotes some lines of poetry.
Language of material: Serbo-Croat (Cyrillic script)
NAF 1/7/11/2 Postcard to Dimitrije Mitrinovi
from Pavle [Pavle Jevti
?].
Date: August [1920s]
Extent: 1 item
Scope and content: Postcard featuring a colour reproduction of the painting "Kosovka-djevojka" by F. Kikerec, sent from 21 Višgradska, Belgrade to Mitrinović c/o Miss Slade, 16 Temple Fortune Lane, Golders Green, London.
Language of material: Serbo-Croat (Cyrillic script)
NAF 1/7/11/3 Letter to Dimitrije Mitrinovi
from "Pavle".
Date: 16 December 1925
Extent: 1 item
Scope and content: Postcard sent from 3 Oriel Street, Oxford, to Mitrinović, 38 Bloomsbury Street, London.
Language of material: Serbo-Croat (Cyrillic script)
NAF 1/7/11/4 Letter to Dimitrije Mitrinovi
from J. Mitrovich [Mitrovi
].
Date: 21 February 1921
Extent: 1 page, 2 sides
Scope and content: Letter sent from Norfolk Hall, 13 Netherhall Gardens, Hampstead, N.W.
Language of material: Serbo-Croat (Roman script)
NAF 1/7/11/5 Postcard to Dimitrije Mitrinovi
from Paša Vranke Košir.
Date: 27 July 1928
Extent: 1 item
Scope and content: Postcard featuring the Neue Pinakothek, Munich, sent from Munich to Mitrinović, c/o Mrs. Helen Soden, The Little House, Ditchling, Sussex.
Language of material: Serbo-Croat (Roman script)
NAF 1/7/11/6 Letter to Dimitrije Mitrinovi
from Vlade Popovi
.
Date: 13 April 1926; [c1970s]
Extent: 3 pages, 4 sides
Scope and content: Manuscript letter with later typescript English translation (2 copies), sent from 21 Danisi
eva, Belgrade. Popović discusses the establishment by M. Đurić of the "Central League for the Study and Research of Nations", listing some of the founding members and discussing the initial lectures on theosophy, religion and science, "Suggestion and Auto-Suggestion". He outlines the aims of the 'League' and invites Mitrinović to become a member of the directing committee.
Language of material: Serbo-Croat (Cyrillic script); English
NAF 1/7/11/7 Postcard to Dimitrije Mitrinovi
from Velizar Godjeva
[Velizar Godjevatz].
Date: 20 September 1926
Extent: 1 Item
Scope and content: Postcard featuring a black and white photograph of a bullfight, sent from Bordeaux to Mitrinović, 16 Temple Fortune Lane, Golders Green, London N.W.11.
Language of material: Serbo-Croat (Cyrillic script)
NAF 1/7/11/8 Letter to Dimitrije Mitrinovi
from Mitrovi
s.
Date: 17 July 1918
Extent: 1 page, 3 sides
Scope and content: Manuscript letter, mentioning a Mrs. Greenland.
Language of material: Serbo-Croat (Roman script)
NAF 1/7/11/9 Postcard to Dimitrije Mitrinović from Velizar Godjevać [Velizar Godjevatz].
Date: 16 May 1927
Extent: 1 Item
Scope and content: Postcard featuring a black and white photograph of the Piazza del Duomo, Milan, sent to Mitrinović, 16 Temple Fortune Lane, Golders Green, London N.W.11. There is a short message in another hand, signed S. Strešnjev [?].
Language of material: Serbo-Croat (Cyrillic script)
NAF 1/7/11/10 Letter to Dimitrije Mitrinovi
from Unknown Sender.
Date: [c1920]
Extent: 1 page, 2 sides
Scope and content: Manuscript letter, sent from the Grand Hotel Paulez, La Haye, Holland.
Language of material: Russian
NAF 1/7/11/11 Document headed "Nikolano Šeperman. Vladimir Zalakrionov."
Date: 19 February 1929 - 1930
Extent: 20 pages, 40 sides.
Scope and content: Manuscript document, written in multiple hands, perhaps a diary or journal.
Language of material: Serbo-Croat (Cyrillic script)
NAF 1/7/11/12 Letter to Dimitrije Mitrinovi
from "Mita" [Mita Dimitrijevi
].
Date: 17 January 1936
Extent: 8 pages, 16 sides
Scope and content: Manuscript letter written on letterhead of the "Pretsegnistvo Finansiskog Ogbora Narodne Skuptine", Presidency of the Popular Assembly, Financial Committee. Dimitrijević writes of his struggles with quarrels and intrigues, of missing London and the friends he encountered there in Mitrinović's circle. He mentions that Prince Pavle had commissioned him to write a report on the British government's position on the Italian-Abyssinian war, and promises to intercede with the Prince and Stojadinović on Mitrinović's behalf. Dimitrijević discusses the work of Ivo Gabela with Vergotis and plans to export material from Yugoslavia to England.
Language of material: Serbo-Croat (Cyrillic script)
NAF 1/7/11/13 Letter to Dimitrije Mitrinovi
from "Draga".
Date: 21 December 1930
Extent: 2 pages, 4 sides
Scope and content: Manuscript letter, sent from Split.
Language of material: Slovenian [?]
NAF 1/7/11/14 Letter to Dimitrije Mitrinovi
from Cis[..?].
Date: 8 March 1923
Extent: 1 page, 4 sides
Scope and content: Manuscript letter.
Language of material: Serbo-Croat (Roman script)
NAF 1/7/11/15 Letter to Dimitrije Mitrinovi
from M. Dimitrijevi
.
Date: 2 May 1937
Extent: 2 pages, 4 sides
Scope and content: Manuscript letter sent from the Hotel Palace, Belgrade.
Language of material: Serbo-Croat (Roman script)
NAF 1/7/11/16 Letter and Document to Dimitrije Mitrinovi
from "Čeda" [Čedomil Mitrinovi
].
Date: 1932
Extent: 11 pages
Scope and content: Manuscript letter and accompanying document sent from Lamartinova 14, Belgrade.
Language of material: Serbo-Croat (Cyrillic script)
NAF 1/7/11/17 Letter to Dimitrije Mitrinovi
from Unknown Sender [“C. Gino J.”?].
Date: 1 July 1933
Extent: 1 page
Scope and content: Manuscript letter, unsigned. The sender updates Mitrinović on his health.
Language of material: Italian
NAF 1/7/11/18 Letter to Dimitrije Mitrinovi
from Unknown Sender.
Date: 19 December 1935
Extent: 1 page, 2 sides
Scope and content: Manuscript letter sent from the Royal Palace Hotel, Kensington, London.
Language of material: Serbo-Croat (Cyrillic script)
NAF 1/7/11/19 Letter to Dimitrije Mitrinovi
from Jo[…]vi
.
Date: 28 August [c1920s -1930s]
Extent: 3 pages
Scope and content: Manuscript letter sent from 44 Bernard Street, London W.C.1.
Language of material: Serbo-Croat (Cyrillic script)
NAF 1/7/11/20 Letter to Dimitrije Mitrinovi
from P. Jevti
.
Date: [c1920s - 1930s]
Extent: 1 page, 4 sides
Scope and content: Manuscript letter sent from 2i Višegrafska il., Belgrade.
Language of material: Serbo-Croat (Cyrillic script)
NAF 1/7/11/21 Letter to Dimitrije Mitrinovi
from Mita Dimitrijevi
.
Date: 14 May 1936
Extent: 1 page, 4 sides
Scope and content: Manuscript letter written on letterhead of the "Pretsegnistvo Finansiskog Ogbora Narodne Skuptine". Dimitrijević discusses Mitrinović's health and his request that Valerie Cooper send a complete set of Mitrinović's newspapers and journals to him, as evidence of his influence in England to show to Prince Pavle and the Yugoslavian President. He mentions international politics, Mussolini and Hitler.
Language of material: Serbo-Croat (Cyrillic script)
NAF 1/7/11/22 Letter to Dimitrije Mitrinovi
from Svetslav Vukovi
.
Date: 20 June 1938
Extent: 1 page, 2 sides
Scope and content: Manuscript letter sent from Nancičeva 24, Vršac, Yugoslavia.
Language of material: Serbo-Croat (Roman script)
NAF 1/7/11/23 Letter to Dimitrije Mitrinovi
from Svetslav Vukovi
.
Date: 25 November 1939
Extent: 1 page, 2 sides
Scope and content: Manuscript letter sent from Vasina 7 III, Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
Language of material: Serbo-Croat (Roman script)
NAF 1/7/11/24 Letter to Dimitrije Mitrinovi
from Jovan [Jovan Stojanovi
?].
Date: 12 November [c1920s]
Extent: 2 pages, 3 sides
Scope and content: Manuscript letter sent from The Student Movement House, 32 Russell Square, London, W.C.1.
Language of material: Serbo-Croat (Cyrillic script)
NAF 1/7/11/25 Letter to Dimitrije Mitrinovi
from P. Jevti
.
Date: 15 August [c1920s -1930s]
Extent: 3 pages
Scope and content: Manuscript letter sent from 2i Višegrafska il., Belgrade.
Language of material: Serbo-Croat (Cyrillic script)
NAF 1/7/11/26 Letter to Dimitrije Mitrinovi
from Ve
eslav [Ve
eslav Vilder?].
Date: 26 August 1949
Extent: 1 page, 2 sides
Scope and content: Manuscript letter sent from the Downs Hotel, Hassocks, Sussex.
Language of material: Serbo-Croat (Roman script)
NAF 1/7/11/27 Letter to David Shillan from Čedomil Mitrinovi
.
Date: 30 August 1945
Extent: 1 page
Scope and content: Typescript letter sent from 34/I Kralja Zvonimira, Belgrade. Mitrinović asks Shillan why he has not had any letters from his sister Vera Mitrinović or brother Dimitrije Mitrinović. He writes about conditions in Belgrade and asks for Shillan's help in securing a place for his daughter Gordana Mitrinović to study at university in London.
Language of material: Serbo-Croat (Roman script)
NAF 1/7/11/28 Letter to Vera Mitrinovi
from Čedomil Mitrinovi
.
Date: 30 August 1945
Extent: 2 pages
Scope and content: Typescript letter sent from Belgrade, describing the difficulties of obtaining adequate food, clothing and shelter in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War. Čedomil Mitrinović asks his sister and her partner, Stephen Graham, to send clothing rather than money and to help his daughter Gordana Mitrinović to get a place at university to study - potentially in London. Mitrinović discusses his work for the government and a film scenario he was creating for the state-run industry. He pleads for Vera and their brother Dimitrije Mitrinović to write to him and mentions David Shillan's presence in Belgrade.
Language of material: Serbo-Croat (Roman script)
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