Register of the French subject collection
Finding aid prepared by Linda Bernard and Olga Verhovskoy Dunlop
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
© 1997
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Stanford University
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Title: French subject collection
Date (inclusive): 1665-2016
Collection Number: XX746
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
French
Physical Description:
105 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 17 microfilm reels, 8 phonotape reels, 9 phonotape cassettes, 13 videotape cassettes
(49.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Pamphlets, leaflets, clippings, serial issues, election campaign literature, and other printed matter relating to political,
social and economic conditions in France, especially during the Fifth Republic; elections; socialist and communist movements;
radicalism, especially student radicalism, during the events of 1968; freemasonry; and miscellaneous aspects of pre-twentieth-century
French history.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1983.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], French subject collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Scope and Content of Collection
Pamphlets, leaflets, clippings, serial issues, election campaign literature, and other printed matter relating to political,
social and economic conditions in France, especially during the Fifth Republic; elections; socialist and communist movements;
radicalism, especially student radicalism, during the events of 1968; freemasonry; and miscellaneous aspects of pre-twentieth-century
French history.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Audiotapes
Video tapes
France -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Elections -- France
Communism -- France
France
General Strike, France, 1968
Radicalism -- France
Socialism -- France
Student movements -- France
France -- History
Freemasons
Subject File
1665-1994
Scope and Contents note
Pamphlets, leaflets, clippings, serial issues, campaign literature, and other printed matter, relating to political conditions
and elections in France, especially during the Fifth Republic; socialist and communist movements in France; French radicalism,
especially student radicalism during the events of 1968; freemasonry in France; and miscellaneous aspects of pre-twentieth-century
French history.
Miscellany
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, decrees, maps, drawings, and printed matter relating to miscellaneous aspects of French governmental administration
under the Bourbon and Orleanist monarchies and to the Paris Commune of 1871. Includes original decrees issued by Louis XIV,
Louis XV, and Louis Philippe. In French.
box 1
1665-1871
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, decrees, maps, drawings, and printed matter relating to miscellaneous aspects of French governmental administration
under the Bourbon and Orleanist monarchies and to the Paris Commune of 1871. Includes original decrees issued by Louis XIV,
Louis XV, and Louis Philippe. In French.
box 1
1912-1947
Scope and Contents note
Bulletins, newspaper issues, and printed matter, relating to various social and cultural conditions in France. Includes copies
of the statutes of the Federation Nationale des Syndicats Maritimes, and of the annual report of the Chambre Consultative
des Associations Ouvrieres de Production. Mainly in French.
box 2
Freemasons
1807-1947
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, serial issues, pamphlets, bulletins, and election campaign material, relating to Freemasonry in France, Freemasons
in politics, French politics and international relations in the 1920s and 1930s, the Popular Front, rightist movements in
France, and occupied France during World War II. In French.
box 3
Freemasons
1807-1947
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, serial issues, pamphlets, bulletins, and election campaign material, relating to Freemasonry in France, Freemasons
in politics, French politics and international relations in the 1920s and 1930s, the Popular Front, rightist movements in
France, and occupied France during World War II. In French.
box 4
Freemasons
1807-1947
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, serial issues, pamphlets, bulletins, and election campaign material, relating to Freemasonry in France, Freemasons
in politics, French politics and international relations in the 1920s and 1930s, the Popular Front, rightist movements in
France, and occupied France during World War II. In French.
box 5
Freemasons
1807-1947
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, serial issues, pamphlets, bulletins, and election campaign material, relating to Freemasonry in France, Freemasons
in politics, French politics and international relations in the 1920s and 1930s, the Popular Front, rightist movements in
France, and occupied France during World War II. In French.
box 6
Freemasons
1807-1947
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, serial issues, pamphlets, bulletins, and election campaign material, relating to Freemasonry in France, Freemasons
in politics, French politics and international relations in the 1920s and 1930s, the Popular Front, rightist movements in
France, and occupied France during World War II. In French.
box 7
Freemasons
1807-1947
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, serial issues, pamphlets, bulletins, and election campaign material, relating to Freemasonry in France, Freemasons
in politics, French politics and international relations in the 1920s and 1930s, the Popular Front, rightist movements in
France, and occupied France during World War II. In French.
box 8
Freemasons
1807-1947
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, serial issues, pamphlets, bulletins, and election campaign material, relating to Freemasonry in France, Freemasons
in politics, French politics and international relations in the 1920s and 1930s, the Popular Front, rightist movements in
France, and occupied France during World War II. In French.
box 9
Freemasons
1807-1947
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, serial issues, pamphlets, bulletins, and election campaign material, relating to Freemasonry in France, Freemasons
in politics, French politics and international relations in the 1920s and 1930s, the Popular Front, rightist movements in
France, and occupied France during World War II. In French.
box 10
Freemasons
1807-1947
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, serial issues, pamphlets, bulletins, and election campaign material, relating to Freemasonry in France, Freemasons
in politics, French politics and international relations in the 1920s and 1930s, the Popular Front, rightist movements in
France, and occupied France during World War II. In French.
box 11
Freemasons
1807-1947
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, serial issues, pamphlets, bulletins, and election campaign material, relating to Freemasonry in France, Freemasons
in politics, French politics and international relations in the 1920s and 1930s, the Popular Front, rightist movements in
France, and occupied France during World War II. In French.
box 12
Freemasons
1807-1947
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, serial issues, pamphlets, bulletins, and election campaign material, relating to Freemasonry in France, Freemasons
in politics, French politics and international relations in the 1920s and 1930s, the Popular Front, rightist movements in
France, and occupied France during World War II. In French.
box 13
Freemasons
1807-1947
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, serial issues, pamphlets, bulletins, and election campaign material, relating to Freemasonry in France, Freemasons
in politics, French politics and international relations in the 1920s and 1930s, the Popular Front, rightist movements in
France, and occupied France during World War II. In French.
box 14
Freemasons
1807-1947
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, serial issues, pamphlets, bulletins, and election campaign material, relating to Freemasonry in France, Freemasons
in politics, French politics and international relations in the 1920s and 1930s, the Popular Front, rightist movements in
France, and occupied France during World War II. In French.
box 15
Freemasons
1807-1947
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, serial issues, pamphlets, bulletins, and election campaign material, relating to Freemasonry in France, Freemasons
in politics, French politics and international relations in the 1920s and 1930s, the Popular Front, rightist movements in
France, and occupied France during World War II. In French.
box 16
Freemasons
1807-1947
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, serial issues, pamphlets, bulletins, and election campaign material, relating to Freemasonry in France, Freemasons
in politics, French politics and international relations in the 1920s and 1930s, the Popular Front, rightist movements in
France, and occupied France during World War II. In French.
box 17
Freemasons
1807-1947
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, serial issues, pamphlets, bulletins, and election campaign material, relating to Freemasonry in France, Freemasons
in politics, French politics and international relations in the 1920s and 1930s, the Popular Front, rightist movements in
France, and occupied France during World War II. In French.
box 18
Freemasons
1807-1947
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, serial issues, pamphlets, bulletins, and election campaign material, relating to Freemasonry in France, Freemasons
in politics, French politics and international relations in the 1920s and 1930s, the Popular Front, rightist movements in
France, and occupied France during World War II. In French.
box 19
Freemasons
1807-1947
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, serial issues, pamphlets, bulletins, and election campaign material, relating to Freemasonry in France, Freemasons
in politics, French politics and international relations in the 1920s and 1930s, the Popular Front, rightist movements in
France, and occupied France during World War II. In French.
box 20
Freemasons
1807-1947
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, serial issues, pamphlets, bulletins, and election campaign material, relating to Freemasonry in France, Freemasons
in politics, French politics and international relations in the 1920s and 1930s, the Popular Front, rightist movements in
France, and occupied France during World War II. In French.
box 21
Freemasons
1807-1947
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, serial issues, pamphlets, bulletins, and election campaign material, relating to Freemasonry in France, Freemasons
in politics, French politics and international relations in the 1920s and 1930s, the Popular Front, rightist movements in
France, and occupied France during World War II. In French.
box 22
Socialism
1888-1947
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, newspaper and periodical issues, bulletins, pamphlets and leaflets, issued by communist, socialist, syndicalist
and trade-union organizations in France, relating to the international and French communist, socialist, syndicalist and trade-union
movements. Includes resolutions of the third national congress of Syndicats et Groupes Corporatifs Ouvriers de France. In
French.
box 23
Socialism
1888-1947
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, newspaper and periodical issues, bulletins, pamphlets and leaflets, issued by communist, socialist, syndicalist
and trade-union organizations in France, relating to the international and French communist, socialist, syndicalist and trade-union
movements. Includes resolutions of the third national congress of Syndicats et Groupes Corporatifs Ouvriers de France. In
French.
box 24
Socialism
1888-1947
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, newspaper and periodical issues, bulletins, pamphlets and leaflets, issued by communist, socialist, syndicalist
and trade-union organizations in France, relating to the international and French communist, socialist, syndicalist and trade-union
movements. Includes resolutions of the third national congress of Syndicats et Groupes Corporatifs Ouvriers de France. In
French.
box 25
Socialism
1888-1947
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, newspaper and periodical issues, bulletins, pamphlets and leaflets, issued by communist, socialist, syndicalist
and trade-union organizations in France, relating to the international and French communist, socialist, syndicalist and trade-union
movements. Includes resolutions of the third national congress of Syndicats et Groupes Corporatifs Ouvriers de France. In
French.
box 26
Socialism
1888-1947
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, newspaper and periodical issues, bulletins, pamphlets and leaflets, issued by communist, socialist, syndicalist
and trade-union organizations in France, relating to the international and French communist, socialist, syndicalist and trade-union
movements. Includes resolutions of the third national congress of Syndicats et Groupes Corporatifs Ouvriers de France. In
French.
box 27
Socialism
1888-1947
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, newspaper and periodical issues, bulletins, pamphlets and leaflets, issued by communist, socialist, syndicalist
and trade-union organizations in France, relating to the international and French communist, socialist, syndicalist and trade-union
movements. Includes resolutions of the third national congress of Syndicats et Groupes Corporatifs Ouvriers de France. In
French.
box 28
Socialism
1888-1947
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, newspaper and periodical issues, bulletins, pamphlets and leaflets, issued by communist, socialist, syndicalist
and trade-union organizations in France, relating to the international and French communist, socialist, syndicalist and trade-union
movements. Includes resolutions of the third national congress of Syndicats et Groupes Corporatifs Ouvriers de France. In
French.
box 29
Socialism
1888-1947
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, newspaper and periodical issues, bulletins, pamphlets and leaflets, issued by communist, socialist, syndicalist
and trade-union organizations in France, relating to the international and French communist, socialist, syndicalist and trade-union
movements. Includes resolutions of the third national congress of Syndicats et Groupes Corporatifs Ouvriers de France. In
French.
box 30
Socialism
1888-1947
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, newspaper and periodical issues, bulletins, pamphlets and leaflets, issued by communist, socialist, syndicalist
and trade-union organizations in France, relating to the international and French communist, socialist, syndicalist and trade-union
movements. Includes resolutions of the third national congress of Syndicats et Groupes Corporatifs Ouvriers de France. In
French.
box 30
Communism
1917-1920
Scope and Contents note
Articles from leftist French newspapers, relating to the movement for a Third International and to the mutiny of French sailors
in the Black Sea. Translations of articles from French and Russian newspapers, relating to the development of a French communist
party and to its adherence to the Third International.
box 103
Communism
1917-1920
Scope and Contents note
Articles from leftist French newspapers, relating to the movement for a Third International and to the mutiny of French sailors
in the Black Sea. Translations of articles from French and Russian newspapers, relating to the development of a French communist
party and to its adherence to the Third International.
box 30
Post World War I reparations
Scope and Contents note
Table indicating French war reparation expenditures and internal and foreign debt for 1923 and budget for 1924.
box 89
Souvarine, Boris
Scope and Contents note
Photocopies of Jeannine Verdes-Leroux's articles on Boris Souvarine and reviews of her book
A Contre Courant, Ecrits 1925-1939.
box 97
Miscellany
1938-1939
Scope and Contents note
Includes a flyer, scattered over Paris by airplane, urging Frenchmen to subscribe to defense bonds and sheet music of a song
written for French reservists. In French.
box 97
Speech delivered by Secretary Jacques Duclos at the Marigny Theater, Paris, on English translation
March 20, 1946
box 97
Anti-American flyer, In French
1951.
box 94
1956 Elections
Scope and Contents note
Includes flyers, leaflets, postcards, ballots, and stamps put out by "Paix et Liberte" and the "Parti republicain radical
et radical-socialiste" for the 1956 general elections.
box 31
General
1958-1981
Scope and Contents note
Miscellaneous election leaflets, pamphlets, newspapers, magazines, and government documents, relating to political conditions
in France. In French.
box 96
Bi-Centennial celebration of the Revolution of 1789
1989
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, articles, flyers, circulars, newsletters, and stickers issued by the Association 15 Août 1989 and relating
to the demonstration held in Paris on August 15, 1989, protesting the celebration of the French Revolution. In French.
box 97
Economy
1987
Scope and Contents note
Contains a booklet by Morvan Duhamel relating to the French industry since 1955. In French.
box 89
Leaflets and stickers
1984
Scope and Contents note
Contains ephemera denouncing the government's education policies, gathered at a demonstration which took place at Versailles
on March 4, 1984.
box 97
Newsletters and flyers, issued by various education syndicates
1989-1991
box 89
Material relating to the general elections of June in Toulouse
1968.
box 97
Miscellany relating to the Presidential election of May 5
1974.
box 89
Material relating to the local elections of March
1985.
box 90
Material relating to the legislative and regional elections of March 16
1986.
box 91
Material relating to the legislative and regional elections of March 16
1986.
box 92
Material relating to the legislative and regional elections of March 16
1986.
box 93
Material relating to the legislative and regional elections of March 16
1986.
box 94
Material relating to the legislative and regional elections of March 16
1986.
box 95
Material relating to the Presidential elections of April 24 and May 8, and to the legislative elections of June 5 and 12
1988.
box 96
Material relating to the Presidential elections of April 24 and May 8, and to the legislative elections of June 5 and 12
1988.
box 98
Material relating to the local and regional elections of March 22
1992.
box 99
Material relating to the local and regional elections of March 22
1992.
box 96
General. Study on the immigration question in France, and racist and xenophobic newsletters, magazines, and flyers, In French
n.d., 1990.
box 97
Nationality code. Pamphlet, In French
1987.
Miscellany. Brochures, relating to economic development in the island of La Reunion. In French
1983-1990,
General. Broadsides, leaflets, and election campaign material, consisting of electoral and other propaganda from various political
parties. In French
1950-1961,
box 97
Box 97
Scope and Contents note
General. Brochures and leaflets, 1990;
Excerpt from the resolution of the 27th Congress of the Communist Party, published in l'Humanite of December 26, 1990
box 98
Box 98
Scope and Contents note
General. Brochures and leaflets, 1990;
Excerpt from the resolution of the 27th Congress of the Communist Party, published in l'Humanite of December 26, 1990
box 99
Generation Ecologie. Miscellany
1990-1991
box 97
Front National. Five posters issued as part of the Front National's two-phase propaganda campaign launched in February 1991,
with the message "Le Pen, fast" written in French, Hebrew, Arabic, Chinese, and Russian.
box 99
Mouvement des Democrates. Miscellany
1993
General. Printed matter
1993
box 96
Newsletter and ephemera, In French
1990.
box 99
Union Pour la Democratie Francaise. Miscellany
1993
box 97
Public opinion - Gulf War of 1991. Correspondence, newsletters, and flyers, relating to the Gulf War of 1991 and mostly calling
for demonstrations against it
1991,
box 84
General
Scope and Contents note
Pamphlets, leaflets, and serial issues relating to the student-worker revolt of May 1968. In French
box 85
General
Scope and Contents note
Pamphlets, leaflets, and serial issues relating to the student-worker revolt of May 1968. In French
box 86
General
Scope and Contents note
Pamphlets, leaflets, and serial issues relating to the student-worker revolt of May 1968. In French
box 87
General
Scope and Contents note
Pamphlets, leaflets, and serial issues relating to the student-worker revolt of May 1968. In French
box 88
General
Scope and Contents note
Pamphlets, leaflets, and serial issues relating to the student-worker revolt of May 1968. In French
box 98
General
Scope and Contents note
Pamphlets, leaflets, and serial issues relating to the student-worker revolt of May 1968. In French
box 89
Miscellany relating to the student-worker revolt of May 1968. In French
box 89
Photocopies of political tracts, flyers, and broadsides relating to the student-worker revolt at the University of Toulouse
in May-June 1968. In French
box 97
Postcards reproducing posters and slogans of the student-worker revolt gathered in booklet form
1988
box 97
Circulars and newsletters issued by various student organizations during the student-worker revolt of 1968
tape cabinet
Videorecordings
1988
Scope and Contents note
2 videotapes relating to the legislative elections of June 5 and 12, 1988.
Sound Recordings
1958-1988
tape Cabinet
8 phonotapes of interviews of personalities involved in the events of May 1968
Phonotape cassettes
1970-1978, 1988
Radio France interviews
1970-1978
cassette Cassette cabinet
Chirac, Jacques
1977 December 12
Access
Use copy reference number: xx746_a_0009660
cassette Cassette cabinet
Duclos, Jacques
1970 April 3
Access
Use copy reference number: xx746_a_0009664
cassette Cassette cabinet
Fauve, Edgar
1970 May 6
Access
Use copy reference number: xx746_a_0009667
cassette Cassette cabinet
Lecanuet, Jean
1977 December 26
Access
Use copy reference number: xx746_a_0009676
cassette Cassette cabinet
Levesque, Rene
1977 February 4
Access
Use copy reference number: xx746_a_0009679
cassette Cassette cabinet
Mendès France, Pierre
1973 February 2
Access
Use copy reference number: xx746_a_0009682
cassette Cassette cabinet
Rocard, Michel
1978 February 16
Access
Use copy reference number: xx746_a_0009670
cassette Cassette cabinet
Veil, Simone
1975 May 6
Access
Use copy reference number: xx746_a_0009673
cassette Cassette cabinet
Recording relating to the legislative elections of June 5 and 12, 1988
Access
Use copy reference number: xx746_a_0009659
box 105
"Hongrie 1, Le Fauve" Radiodiffusion-Télévision Français
undated
Physical Description: 1 1/4-inch sound tape reel (10-inch)
reel 1-17
Microfilm Reels
1958
Scope and Contents note
Newspaper issues from the French and Algerian press analyzing the legislative elections of 1958. See also the Hoover Institution
Library for 54 microfilm reels of daily French newspapers for the period May 2-July 3, 1968, and 3 microfilm reels of weekly
French newspapers for the period April 20-July 4, 1968, covering the student uprising and the June parliamentary elections.
box 100
Material not yet described
Incremental Materials 2000-2007
1918-2007
box 101
Election campaign literature
2001-2002
box 102
Printed matter and memorabilia (4 folders)
1918 and n.d.
box 102
Election campaign literature (17 folders)
2005-2007
box 102
Election campaign literature
2007
box 103
Incremental Materials
Scope and Contents note
This addition to the collection has not yet been described. Please let the Hoover Institution Library & Archives know if you
would like to see this material described. Contact us at
hooverarchivesinfo@stanford.edu
box 106, folder 1-31
Incremental Materials 2021
1930s-1960s
