Bibliography
Scholarly books written or edited
More than 55 volumes, transcribed from the author’s own master list. This catalogue records the scholarly books only; it does not include his more than thirty books and handbooks in biochemistry, nutrition and food science, nor the many peer-reviewed articles, chapters and essays.
58 entries
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The First Congress of the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences in America, Inc. Abstracts. Washington, D.C., April 20–22, 1962
SVU & Congress Volumes · Editor
Washington–New York, 1962 · 40 p.
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The Czechoslovak Contribution to World Culture
SVU & Congress Volumes · Editor
Mouton & Co., The Hague–Paris–London, 1964 · 682 p.
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Abstracts of Papers. The Second Congress of the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences in America, Inc. Columbia University, New York, September 11–13, 1964
SVU & Congress Volumes · Editor
Washington, 1964 · 66 p.
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Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences in America, Inc. Directory
Directories & Membership Records · With Eva Rechcigl
SVU, New York, 1966 · 80 p.
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Ten Years of the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences in America, Inc.
SVU & Congress Volumes
“Naše Hlasy”, Toronto, Ontario, 1966 · 20 p.
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Czechoslovakia Past and Present. Vol. I. Political, International, Social, and Economic Aspects
SVU & Congress Volumes · Editor
Mouton & Co., The Hague–Paris–London, 1968 · 878 p.
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Czechoslovakia Past and Present. Vol. II. Essays on the Arts and Sciences
SVU & Congress Volumes · Editor
Mouton & Co., The Hague–Paris–London, 1968 · pp. 879–1889
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Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences in America, Inc. Directory
Directories & Membership Records · With Eva Rechcigl
SVU, New York, 1968 · 100 p.
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Biographical Directory of the Members of the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences. 3rd edition
Directories & Membership Records · With Eva Rechcigl
SVU, New York, 1972 · 132 p.
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Studies in Czechoslovak History
Czech-American History · Editor
Sadhna Prakashan, Meerut, India, 1976 · 458 p.
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Studies in Czechoslovak Culture and Society
Czech-American History · Editor
Sadhna Prakashan, Meerut, India, 1976 · 460 p.
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Biographical Directory of the Members of the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences. 4th edition
Directories & Membership Records · With Eva Rechcigl
SVU, Washington, D.C., 1978 · 137 p.
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Educators with Czechoslovak Roots. A US and Canada Faculty Roster
Biographical Compendia
SVU Press, Washington, D.C., 1980 · 122 p.
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Biographical Directory of the Members of the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences. 5th edition
Directories & Membership Records · With Eva Rechcigl
SVU, Washington, D.C., 1983 · 183 p.
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US Legislators with Czechoslovak Roots from Colonial Times to Present. With Genealogical Lineages
Biographical Compendia
SVU Press, Washington, D.C., 1987 · 65 p.
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Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences 1958–1988
SVU & Congress Volumes · With Eva Rechcigl
SVU Press, Washington, D.C., 1988 · 73 p.
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Biographical Directory of the Members of the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences. 6th edition
Directories & Membership Records · With Eva Rechcigl
SVU, Washington, D.C., 1988 · 285 p.
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SVU Directory. History, Organization and Biographies of Members. 7th edition
Directories & Membership Records · With Eva Rechcigl
SVU Press, Washington, D.C., 1992 · 390 p.
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Počátky české emigrace do zemí Latinské a Severní Ameriky. Přednáška na Karlově univerzitě v Praze dne 25.5.1999
Czech-American History
Nakladatelství a vydavatelství Miroslav Nehyba, Brno, 1999 · 12 p.
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Postavy naší Ameriky. Poučné a zábavné čtení ze života zahraničních Čechů
Biographical Compendia
Pražská edice, Praha, 2000 · 356 p.
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SVU Directory. Organization, Activities, and Biographies of Members. 8th edition
Directories & Membership Records · With Eva Rechcigl and Jiří Eichler
SVU Press, Washington, D.C., 2003 · 368 p.
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Czech and Slovak American Archival Materials and their Preservation
Genealogy & Archival Surveys · Editor
Prague Editions Ltd., Prague, 2004 · 168 p.
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The Transformation of Czech and Slovak Societies on the Threshold of the New Millennium and their Role in the Global World
SVU & Congress Volumes · Editor, with Jan P. Skalny
Aleš Čeněk, Plzeň, 2004 · 640 p.
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Czech-American Historic Sites, Monuments, and Memorials
Genealogy & Archival Surveys
Palacký University, Olomouc–Ostrava, 2004 · 142 p.
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Czechoslovak American Archivalia
Genealogy & Archival Surveys
Palacký University, Olomouc–Ostrava, 2004 · 2 vols., 206 p., 368 p.
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Czechs and Slovaks in America
Czech-American History
East European Monographs, Boulder, CO, and Columbia University Press, New York, 2005 · 317 p.
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A collection of Dr. Rechcigl’s essays, surveys, and personal insights relating to the history and the contributions of Czech and Slovak immigrants in America. The texts trace the Bohemian and Moravian pioneers in Colonial America, the Moravian Brethren, the first Slovaks in America, and the Jewish pioneer settlers from the territory of former Czechoslovakia, and emphasise the Bohemian, Moravian and Slovak contributions to American science and scholarship.
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On the occasion of his 75th birthday, the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences published this volume of selected writings of its then President. It comprises general surveys, essays, reflections and personal insights relating to the history and contributions of Czech and Slovak immigrants in America and their descendants, based on research the author began soon after his arrival in the US in 1950. It encompasses a wealth of information, from the first known Bohemian to set foot on American soil toward the end of the 16th century — some thirty-five years before the Pilgrims reached Plymouth — to the present day: Augustine Herman, the first historically known Bohemian to settle permanently in America and the eminent Maryland and Virginia pioneer map maker; the Bohemian Jesuit missionary work in Latin America in the late 17th century; the Moravian Brethren’s diaspora and their cultural contributions; and the immigration and achievements of the Jewish pioneer settlers from the territory of the former Czechoslovakia. Because the author is also an authority on Czech American bibliography and genealogy, the editors included his writings in that area, which enriches the utility of the volume as a documentary reference. The writings draw on hitherto unpublished manuscripts as well as selected periodical articles and book chapters, for the most part brought up to date. The volume is supplemented with a biographical sketch, the author’s self-assessment “What makes him tick?” from his unpublished memoirs, and a listing of his writings on the subject. We highly recommend this timely and unique publication to anyone interested in the history and contributions of Czech and Slovak immigrants in America.
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Moravia from World Perspective. Selected Papers from the 22nd World Congress of the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences, Palacký University, Olomouc, 2004
SVU & Congress Volumes · Editor
Repronis, Ostrava, 2006 · 2 vols.
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Czech and Slovak Culture in International and Global Context. Selected Papers from the 23rd SVU World Congress, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, 2006
SVU & Congress Volumes · Editor
Tomáš Halama, České Budějovice, 2008 · 656 p.
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On Behalf of their Homeland: Fifty Years of SVU. An Eyewitness Account of the History of the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences
SVU & Congress Volumes
East European Monographs, Boulder, CO, and Columbia University Press, New York, 2008 · 700 p., illustrations
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Deceased Members of the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences (SVU), 1957–2008. Revised and Enlarged Edition
Directories & Membership Records
SVU Press, Washington, D.C. (Occasional Paper No. 6), 2008 · 71 p.
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Czechmate. From Bohemian Paradise to American Haven. A Personal Memoir
Memoirs & Personal Writings
AuthorHouse, Bloomington, IN, 2011 · 771 p.
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These reminiscences are an intimate account of Mila Rechcígl’s saga, his fascinating life, his varied and successful professional career, and his highly visible public life, encompassing some fifty years, since the earliest childhood in a small hamlet in northeastern rural Bohemia to his government career in the World’s Capital, Washington, DC, and spending his retirement years in active scholarship and voluntary work for non-profit organizations. He views his life as a chess game, in which he confronts various challenges head-on, usually ending with a “checkmate” in his favor.
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Czech American Biography. A Comprehensive Listing with Focus on the US and with Appendices on Czechs in Canada and Latin America
Biographical Compendia
AuthorHouse, Bloomington, IN, 2011 · 277 p.
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Pro vlast. Padesát let Společnosti pro vědy a umění (SVU)
SVU & Congress Volumes
Academia, Praha, 2012 · 564 p.
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Czech American Timeline. Chronology of Milestones in the History of Czechs in America
Czech-American History
AuthorHouse, Bloomington, IN, 2013 · 544 p.
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Czech It Out. Czech American Biography Sourcebook
Biographical Compendia
AuthorHouse, Bloomington, IN, 2015 · 892 p.
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Encyclopedia of Bohemian and Czech-American Biography
Biographical Compendia
AuthorHouse, Bloomington, IN, 2016 · 3 vols., 2538 p.
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Beyond the Sea of Beer or Czech America as Few People Know It. History of Immigration of Bohemians and Czechs to the New World and their Contributions
Czech-American History
AuthorHouse, Bloomington, IN, 2017 · 902 p.
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Czechs Won’t Get Lost in the World, Let Alone in America
Biographical Compendia
AuthorHouse, Bloomington, IN, 2018 · 870 p.
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A panorama of selected personalities with roots in the Czech lands who achieved extraordinary success in the United States and influenced the development of their new homeland. Spanning the discovery of the New World through the twentieth century, it includes both familiar and little-known figures, beginning with Augustine Herman, the first documented Czech immigrant in the United States.
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Notable Americans with Slovak Roots. Bibliography, Bio-Bibliography and Historiography
Biographical Compendia
AuthorHouse, Bloomington, IN, 2017
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A bibliography, biobibliography, and historiography of notable Americans with Slovak roots. Its cover features physician Joseph Goldberger, whose research established diet as the cause of pellagra, and Jaroslav Jan Pelikan Jr., the distinguished historian of Christianity and Sterling Professor Emeritus at Yale University.
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American Jews with Czechoslovak Roots
Biographical Compendia
AuthorHouse, Bloomington, IN, 2018 · 388 p.
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A pioneering bibliography and biobibliography of publications and biographical sources relating to American Jews with ancestry in former Czechoslovakia and its successor states. It encompasses practitioners of Judaism as well as descendants of former Jewish residents of the territory, across generations and places of birth.
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Notable American Women with Czechoslovak Roots
Biographical Compendia
AuthorHouse, Bloomington, IN, 2019 · 826 p.
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Celebrities and Less Famed Americans Married to Women of Bohemian and Czech Ancestry and their Progeny
Biographical Compendia
AuthorHouse, Bloomington, IN, 2020 · 907 p.
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Češi se ve svĕtĕ neztratí, natož v Americe. Medailonky ze života českých vystĕhovalců
Biographical Compendia
Palackého univerzita, Olomouc, 2020 · 616 p.
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American Learned Men and Women with Czechoslovak Roots
Biographical Compendia
AuthorHouse, Bloomington, IN, 2021 · 949 p.
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American Men and Women in Medicine, Applied Sciences and Engineering with Roots in Czechoslovakia
Biographical Compendia
AuthorHouse, Bloomington, IN, 2021 · 833 p.
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Notable Czech and Slovak Americans. From Explorers and Pioneer Colonists through Activists to Public Figures, Diplomats, Professionals, and Sports Competitors
Biographical Compendia
AuthorHouse, Bloomington, IN, 2021 · 964 p.
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A reference work on the contributions of immigrants from former Czechoslovakia to American life. It focuses on religion, law, business, government, explorers, pioneers, activists, innovators, and leaders, documenting contributions across nearly every field of human endeavor.
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“Canceled Czechs” and Other Uncovered Americans with Czechoslovak Roots
Biographical Compendia
Author’s Tranquility Press, Marietta, GA, 2022 · 1014 p.
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A compendium of notable Czech Americans, Slovak Americans, Bohemian Jews, and their descendants whose ancestry or accomplishments have often been unknown, forgotten, obscured, or overlooked. Its two parts document individuals across public life, the professions, arts, sciences, technology, and sport, followed by extensive American families with Czechoslovak roots.
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Notable Americans of Czechoslovak Ancestry in Arts and Letters and in Education
Biographical Compendia
AuthorHouse, Bloomington, IN, 2022 · 1033 p.
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Over the Hill – Says Who? Vol. I. My Later Years
Memoirs & Personal Writings
Excel Book Writing, Chicago, IL, 2023 · 581 p.
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Over the Hill – Says Who? Vol. II. The People I’ve Met. Reminiscing about My Work
Memoirs & Personal Writings
Excel Book Writing, Chicago, IL, 2023 · 535 p.
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Keep Them in ‘Czech.’ Vol. I. The Czechs
Biographical Compendia
Amazon Kindle Publications, Los Angeles, CA, 2023 · 662 p.
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Keep Them in ‘Czech.’ Vol. II. The Slovaks. The Jews. The Yuppies
Biographical Compendia
Amazon Kindle Publications, Los Angeles, CA, 2023 · 789 p.
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The Rechcigl’s Genealogy. The Ancestry and Descendants of Mila Rechcigl and Eva Edwards with Information on Allied Families
Genealogy & Archival Surveys
Author’s Tranquility Press, Atlanta, GA, 2023 · 926 p.
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A comprehensive genealogy of the Rechcigl family and its allied families, beginning in the Mohelka Valley near Český Ráj in Bohemia. The volume combines family histories, ancestor and descendant charts, kinship reports, and genealogies relating to the Rechcigl, Rajtr, Danda, Eisner, Taussig, Steiner, Steinbach, and other families.
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A Sequel to Czechmate. A Personal Memoir II
Memoirs & Personal Writings
Author’s Tranquility Press, Atlanta, GA, 2024 · 1128 p.
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The sequel to Czechmate: From Bohemian Paradise to American Haven carries Dr. Rechcigl’s story into retirement and his new career as a non-fiction author. Alongside a retrospective view of his work and activities, it recalls unforgettable characters and offers personal observations on Czechoslovak exile life and leading Czech and Slovak personalities abroad and in the old country.
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New World Visionaries, Seekers and Creators with Czechoslovak Roots
Biographical Compendia
Author’s Tranquility Press, Atlanta, GA, 2024 · 1102 p.
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A compendium of notable Americans with roots in the territory of Czechoslovakia, viewed as visionaries, seekers, creators, advocates, explorers, leaders, reformers, innovators, inventors, and futurists. Organized by subject, it traces their contributions across society, law, public life, culture, the humanities, science, and technology.
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Volume I 
Volume II American Hall of Famers and Other Personages with Czechoslovak Roots. Immigrants Who Made a Difference
Biographical Compendia
Publish My Book, Los Angeles, CA, 2025 · 2 vols., 480 p., 526 p.
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This two-volume encyclopedic reference work presents more than 5,000 biographical entries documenting how Czech and Slovak immigrants and their descendants helped shape the United States, Canada, and Latin America. Organized by era, country, and ethnic group, it spans explorers, pioneers, scientists, artists, public figures, athletes, religious leaders, and families, with a detailed name index.
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Czechoslovak New World Saga
Czech-American History
Publish My Book, Los Angeles, CA · 2 vols. · in press
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From the New World. Essays and Vignettes about the Life and Contributions of the Emigrants from the Lands of the Bohemian Crown and Czechoslovakia
Czech-American History
In press · 2 vols. · in press
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Many of the books and papers listed here — as well as others of his writings — can be downloaded as PDFs from his public Academia.edu page, free of charge.
Ordering information for individual titles is being compiled and will be added to each entry. Many of the volumes are out of print; copies of the later books were donated to the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, which offers them for sale.