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Title: World War II subject collection
Date (inclusive): 1939-2004
Collection Number: XX740
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In various languages
Physical Description:
99 manuscript boxes, 4 card file boxes, 3 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folder, 10 videotape cassettes, 2 phonorecords, memorabilia
(40.2 Linear Feet)
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.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in various years.
[Identification of item], World War II subject collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons
Video tapes
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements
World War, 1939-1945 -- France
Sound recordings
Prisoners of war
World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscript labor
World War, 1939-1945 -- Occupied territories
World War, 1939-1945