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Register of the World War II subject collection, 1939-2004
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Title: World War II subject collection,
Date (inclusive): 1939-2004
Collection number: XX740
Collection Size:
93 manuscript boxes, 3 card file boxes, 3 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folder, 10 videotape cassettes, 2 phonorecords, memorabilia.
(38.5 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Leaflets, pamphlets, proclamations, clippings, propaganda, manuals, other printed matter,
letters, reports, memoranda, maps, memorabilia, and miscellany, relating to military
operations and home front conditions in many countries during World War II, including
material on military occupations, prisoners of war, and forced labor. Also includes
material on resistance movements in various countries, especially France. Sound use copies of sound recordings available.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Language:
In various languages.
Collection is open for research.
The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to
copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives
at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see
or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives
[Identification of item], World War II subject collection, [Box number], Hoover Institution
Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives. An increment was added in 2011.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
Scope and Content of Collection
Leaflets, pamphlets, proclamations, clippings, propaganda, manuals, other printed matter, letters, reports, memoranda, maps,
memorabilia, and miscellany, relating to military operations and home front conditions in many countries during World War
II, including material on military occupations, prisoners of war, and forced labor. Also includes material on resistance movements
in various countries, especially France. Sound use copies of sound recordings available.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Prisoners of war.
World War, 1939-1945.
World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor.
World War, 1939-1945--Occupied territories.
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons.
World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements.
World War, 1939-1945--France.
Phonorecords.
Video tapes.