Kriegs-Nachtrichten Collection
Preliminary arrangement and description by Special Collections staff
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University of California, Santa Barbara
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Guide to the Kriegs-Nachtrichten Collection, 1870-1871
Collection number: Bernath Mss 123
Department of Special Collections
Davidson Library
University of California, Santa Barbara
- Processed by:
- Special Collections staff
- Date Completed:
- May 4, 2012
- Latest revision:
- April 15, 2013
- Encoded by:
- A. Demeter
© 2012 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Kriegs-Nachtrichten Collection
Dates: 1870-1871
Collection number: Bernath Mss 123
Collection Size:
0.6 linear feet
(2 flat oversize boxes).
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Dept. of Special Collections
Abstract: Three portfolios/scrapbooks with photographs, clippings, war reports, leaflets and political cartoons pertaining to the Franco-Prussian
war of 1870-1871, as well as the Paris Commune and the Italian annexation of Rome.
Physical location: Annex 2.
Languages:
French, German
Access Restrictions
None. Collection is stored off-site; advance notice required for retrieval.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Preferred Citation
[Item description], Kriegs-Nachtrichten Collection. Bernath Mss 123. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library,
University of California, Santa Barbara.
Acquisition Information
Purchase, c. 2000s.
Scope and Content of Collection
Three portfolios/scrapbooks with photographs, clippings, war reports, leaflets and political cartoons pertaining to the Franco-Prussian
war of 1870-1871, as well as the Paris Commune and the Italian annexation of Rome.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871.
Paris (France)--History--Commune, 1871.
Rome (Italy)--Annexation to Italy, 1870.
William I, German Emperor, 1797-1888.
Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873.
Thiers, Adolphe, 1797-1877.
Political cartoons
Box 1
Large scrapbook containing: Photo with miniature portraits of King Wilhelm I of Prussia surrounded by officers and German
princes; 129 carte-de-visite photos of central people of the war from the German and French sides; Group photograph of the
French peace delegation; over 200 Prussian war bulletins in German and French; and 43 prints in color illustrating the events
of the war, as well as events of the Paris Commune.
Box 2
Large scrapbook containing: 105 prints satirizing the French during the Prussian war; 7 photographic reproductions of anti-Napoleonic
cartoons; and one print in black and white dealing with election fraud.
Box 2
Large scrapbook containing German satirical material on the 1870-71 war, including 17 woodcuts with cartoons mocking Napoleon
and the French.
