Register of the Belgian subject collection
Finding aid prepared by Olga Dunlop
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
© 1997
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Stanford University
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Title: Belgian subject collection
Date (inclusive): 1890-2012
Collection Number: XX754
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English, French, and Flemish
Physical Description:
5 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes
(3.0 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Clippings, newspaper issues, pamphlets, leaflets, reports, cartoons, and photographs, relating to miscellaneous aspects of
twentieth-century Belgian history, and especially to the destruction of the Library of the Universite catholique de Louvain
during World War I and its subsequent reconstruction.
Access
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Belgian subject collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1914-1918 -- Belgium
Belgium -- History
Elections -- Belgium
Belgium -- Politics and government
Université catholique de Louvain (1835-1969)
SUBJECT FILE
1890-1973
Scope and Contents note
Miscellaneous printed matter related to Belgian political and social history. Also includes material relating to the destruction
of the library of the University of Louvain, Belgium, during World War I, and its subsequent reconstruction.
General, University of Louvain
box 1, folder 1-2
General. Miscellaneous printed matter related to the destruction and rebuilding of the library at the University of Louvain
1914-1973
box 1, folder 3
Correspondence from the Rector of University of Louvain to the President of Stanford University
1920
box 1, folder 4-12
History. Pamphlets, leaflets, newspaper issues, reports, and cartoons, l890-l958, relating to Belgium in the two world wars,
relief activities there, politics, finance, socialism, labor and social problems, religion, and nationality problems in Belgium.
Includes an announcement, l890, issued by the Parti Ouvrier Belge, of the International Workmen's Congress to be held in Brussels
in l89l, and a pamphlet, l950, entitled
The Surrender of King Leopold, by Joseph P. Kennedy and James M. Landis. Mainly in French and Flemish.
box 2
History. Same as above OVERSIZE FILE, 1914-1974.
box 3
Four scrapbooks of clippings relating to the University of Louvain
box 4
Four scrapbooks of clippings relating to the University of Louvain
OVERSIZE FILE
1914-1973.
Scope and Contents note
Four scrapbooks of clippings relating to the University of Louvain.
box 5
Material not yet described
box 6
Material not yet described
box 7
Material not yet described
