Jazzová Sekce Collection of Czechoslovak Union of Musicians

 This is an extensive collection of the Jazz Section of the Czechoslovak Union of Musicians, consisting of publications dealing with art, music, poetry, photography, and culture in general.  The Section was officially dissolved by the government in 1984, but continued to function underground.  The Jazz Section’s original purpose was the promotion of jazz and rock music and was the main defender of ‘alternative’ music in Czechoslovakia. Notable items in the collection include Bohumil Hrabal’s banned book Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále (I served the King of England) as well as its most ambitious project: a three-volume dictionary/discography of North American rock musicians entitled Rock 2000.