Inventory of the Multi-country newspaper collection
Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff
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Title: Multi-country newspaper collection
Date (inclusive): 1905-2007
Collection Number: 2020C13
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English, Afrikaans, Arabic, Portuguese, Spanish, French, Indonesian, Kurdish, Italian and German
Physical Description:
27 oversize boxes
(33.9 Linear Feet)
Abstract: The Multi-Country newspaper collection consists of forty-four unique titles from thirty different countries: Algeria, Angola,
Brazil, Burma, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Ethiopia, French West Africa, Guatemala, Haiti, Hong Kong, Indochina,
Indonesia, Jamaica, Jordan, Kurdistan, Lebanon, Mali, Madagascar, Manchuria, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, San Marino, Sarawak,
South Africa, Tanganyika, Thailand and Vietnam. Some titles are available on microfilm. Microfilm availability and further
analyzed title information can be found in Stanford's Library catalog.
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
Due to the assembled nature of this collection, copyright status varies across its scope. Copyright is assumed to be held
by the original newspaper publications, which should be contacted wherein public domain has not yet passed. The Hoover Institution
can neither grant nor deny permission to publish or reproduce materials from this collection.
Acquisition Information
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2019 from the Hoover Institution Library.
Preferred Citation
[Title/Date of Publication], Multi-country newspaper collection, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Historical Note
The Hoover Institution's collecting history regarding newspapers spans over 80 years. Newspapers became an integral core component
of the "Hoover War Collection" soon after it was established in 1919 as a repository of materials on World War I and the states
and societies involved in it. The subsequent widening of focus to cover the themes of "War, Revolution, and Peace" caused
the collection to grow further in scope and volume into a variety of directions.
As a result, over the course of 80 years, thousands of newspaper titles from close to a hundred different countries were collected.
They document major political and historical events, such as military conflicts and wars, the collapse of political systems,
states, and empires, the establishment of radical and revolutionary regimes, and the corollaries of all these developments,
including economic crises, famines, and migration for political reasons.
In 2000-2001, the Hoover Library's newspaper collection activities came to an almost complete halt. Around that time, the
"realignment" of library activities and collections at Stanford saw the transfer of more than 2,000 newspaper titles from
specific (mostly non-European) countries from the Hoover Library to other libraries at Stanford. Moreover, prior to the realignment,
a significant but unknown volume of paper copies of newspapers (including many Russian/Soviet titles) were discarded after
being microfilmed.
In totality, the remaining paper copies of newspapers at Hoover - excluding microfilm holdings - comprise more than 5,000
unique titles, of which at least many hundreds can be considered rare or very rare. These remaining newspaper collections
at Hoover contain materials dating from all periods of the 20th century, with some titles reaching back into the 19th century.
While the variety and diversity of papers is considerable, most titles fall into one of three groups: 1) general daily and
weekly newspapers; 2) party and propaganda newspapers; 3) newspapers addressing national or ethnic minorities, émigré newspapers,
veterans' papers, professional and union papers.
The largest number of newspaper runs include copies from the first half of the 20th century. Newspapers from this period illuminate
in particular the two world wars and their consequences as well as political, social, and economic developments in Europe
and beyond, including the rise of Socialist, right-wing, and Fascist ideologies and movements. Among the late 20th century
holdings, a significant number of papers reflect political change in various regions, most prominently the end of Socialist
and Communist regimes in Eastern Europe, but also revolutionary or radical political movements in non-European states, e.g.
in Latin America.
Very few holdings of individual newspaper titles possess complete or near-complete runs. However, in cases of chronologically
holdings or gaps, supplementation can sometimes be found in the form of microfilm copies available at the Hoover Library or
holdings at Stanford University Libraries.
Scope and Contents
The Multi-Country newspaper collection consists of forty-four (44) unique titles from thirty (30) different countries: Algeria,
Angola, Brazil, Burma, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Ethiopia, French West Africa, Guatemala, Haiti, Hong Kong,
Indochina, Indonesia, Jamaica, Jordan, Kurdistan, Lebanon, Mali, Madagascar, Manchuria, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, San Marino,
Sarawak, South Africa, Tanganyika, Thailand and Vietnam. Some titles are available on microfilm. Microfilm availability and
further analyzed title information can be found in Stanford's Library catalog.
Arrangement
The Multi-Country newspaper collection's contents was determined based on the volume of newspapers from each country present
in our library newspaper collections upon their transfer to the Archives. All countries that
contained 3 boxes or fewer were placed in the Multi-Country collection. The Collection is organized into thirty (30) series,
for each country represented, with further sub-series for the individual titles therein.
You will also notice a string of numbers within the subseries title information. These numbers represent the library catalog
ID for that particular newspaper title. If input into Stanford's library catalog you will be directed to the full catalog
record. We have preserved this information within our finding aid for both the benefit and ease of the researcher, as well
as our intention to utilize it via automated linking in the future.
The materials in this collection are part of an Offsite Move Project spanning 2018-2019. The items were acquired from the
Hoover Institution Library as "news collections" and were originally housed, unboxed, on shelves via their call number (normally
a country) and ordered alphabetically by title. In some cases, newspapers were not assigned a particular country, but instead
a language designation.
Upon transfer to the Archives, the collection's materials were housed in archival boxes according to size, and afforded item
level descriptive information. Intellectual arrangement was then imposed to each collection both alphabetically by title and
chronologically by date. When searching for a title alphabetically it is important to remember that all initial articles,
particularly ones used in varying languages, are excluded in alphabetical arrangement, and the title is organized based on
the first word (despite the initial article still remaining at the beginning of the title). The formatting of the dates preserves
the packet title holdings information, which was the format used by Hoover Library Staff for decades. As a result, some dates
may appear out of order by month. In the 1980s, Hoover grew less detailed in their capturing of holdings information, resulting
in generalized statements of "many issues missing" or sometimes not recording a missing issue at all.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Newspapers
Algeria
Scope and Contents
Contains one title
Akhbar : journal de l'Algérie. (Alger : Impr. Crescenzo, 1905-1928) 14254713
box 2
Akhbar (Algiers, Algeria)
1905:Dec 24-1906:Dec 31
box 1
Akhbar (Algiers, Algeria)
1908:Jan 5-Dec 20
box 1
Akhbar (Algiers, Algeria)
1907
box 2
Akhbar (Algiers, Algeria)
1909
box 2
Akhbar (Algiers, Algeria)
1910
box 2
Akhbar (Algiers, Algeria)
1911-1912
box 1
Akhbar (Algiers, Algeria)
1913-1914
box 1
Akhbar (Algiers, Algeria)
1915-1920
box 2
Akhbar (Algiers, Algeria)
1921-1928
Angola
Scope and Contents
Contains one title
Jornal de Angola. (Luanda, Angola : Empresa Grafica de Angola, S.A.R.L., 1975, 1995) 14254737
box 3
Jornal de Angola (Luanda, Angola)
1995:Feb
Brazil
Scope and Contents
Contains three titles.
Fôlha da Semana / diretor Arthur José Poerner. (Rio de Janeiro : Fôlha da Semana S/A, 1965-1966) 14254767
box 3
Fôlha da Semana (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
1965:Jan 1-1966:Jan 5
Scope and Contents
Contains one title: Fôlha da Semana / diretor Arthur José Poerner. (Rio de Janeiro : Fôlha da Semana S/A, 1965-1966)
box 20
Fôlha da Semana (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
1966:Jan 6-Dec 14
box 4
A Plebe (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
1947:Jun 15-1949:Feb 20
Scope and Contents
Many issues missing.
Portugal democrático. ([São Paulo] : [publisher not identified], 1964-1975) 13172458
box 4
Portugal democrático (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
1964:Oct 1-1975:Apr 25
Vermelho e branco. (Rio de Janeiro, RJ : Instituto de Estudos da Religião, 1990-1993) 14254752
box 3
Vermelho e branco (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
1990-1993
Burma
Scope and Contents
Contains two titles.
The Burmese review and Monday new times. (Rangoon : "Burmese Review" Press, [1948-1960], 1948, 1949, 1951) 14255030
box 18
The Burmese review and Monday new times (Rangoon)
1948:Dec 13, 1949:Mar 7, 1951:Jan 1, 8
Greater Asia. (Rangoon [Burma] : Greater Asia, 1943-, 1944) 14255014
box 20
Greater Asia (Rangoon, Burma)
1944:Apr 25
27
May 2
6
Nov 14
Costa Rica
Scope and Contents
Contains two titles.
Hacia nuestra liberación : organo oficial de Unidad Nicaragüense Opositora, UNO. (San José, Costa Rica : UNO, [1985]-,
1985-1987)
14255049
box 5
Hacia nuestra liberación (San José, Costa Rica)
1985:Dec 1-1986:Aug 24
Oct 25-1987:May 25
La nación internacional. (San José, Costa Rica : M. Angulo de Castro, 1981-1984., 1983, 1984) 14255039
box 18
La nación internacional (San José, Costa Rica)
1983:Jan 19-Nov 2
Scope and Contents
Missing:Feb 30, Mar 2, Sep 28, Oct 4, 11
box 18
La nación internacional (San José, Costa Rica)
1984:Feb 9-Oct 18
Scope and Contents
Missing:Mar 21
Dominican Republic
Scope and Contents
Contains one title.
Prensa libre. (Santo Domingo, D.N. : Pedro Jiménez D., 1961-, 1964-1965) 14255056
box 5
Prensa libre (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)
1964:Oct 27-1965:Apr 23
Scope and Contents
Missing:Oct 29-Nov 2, 6-13, 24-Dec 2, 10-11, 19, Jan 1, 5-6, 10, 13, Mar 21, Apr 18
Ecuador
Scope and Contents
Contains two titles.
El comercio. (Quito, Ecuador : Mantilla Hnos, 1944) 14255085
box 21
Comercio (Quito, Ecuador)
1944:May 24
28-30
Jun 2
box 21
Comercio (Quito, Ecuador)
1944:Aug 1
El universo. (Guayaquil, Ecuador : I.P. Pazmino, 1921-, 1944, 1964) 14259211
box 21
El universo (Guayaquil, Ecuador)
1944:May 29, 30, 1964:May 31
Ethiopia
Scope and Contents
Contains one title.
Le progrés économique: Ed.: Agence Ethiopienne de Publicité. (Addis Abeba : Agence Ethiopienne de Publicité, 1951-1951,
1951)
14255117
box 21
Le progrés économique (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
1951:Mar 23-Aug 31
French West Africa
Scope and Contents
Contains one title.
Dakar-Jeunes : hebdomadaire de la 'Jeune France Africaine. (Dakar : [publisher not identified], 1942-, 1942) 14255277
box 21
Dakar-Jeunes (Dakar, Senegal)
1942:Jul 15
Guatemala
Scope and Contents
Contains one title
El libertador : órgano del Frente Popular Libertador. (Guatemala : Frente Popular Libertador, 1944-, 1944) 14255287
box 6
El libertador (Guatemala, Guatemala)
1944:Jul 23-Aug 24
Oct 10
25
27
28
Nov 10
24
27-29
Haiti
Scope and Contents
Contains one title.
Haiti progres. (Brooklyn, NY : Haïti Progrès ; Port-au-Prince : Haïti Progrès, 1986-1987) 14258920
box 7
Haiti progres (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
1986
box 6
Haiti progres (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
1987:Jan-Sep
Hong Kong
Scope and Contents
Contains three titles.
The China Outlook = 華人英字機關報 [The China Outlook = Huárén yīngzì jīguān bào]. (Hongkong : [publisher not identified], 1913) 14258550
box 19
The China outlook (Hongkong, China)
1913:Jan 11-Feb 15
Hong Kong telegraph. (Hongkong : E.F. Skertchly, 1881-, 1914, 1938) 14255788
box 19
Hongkong telegraph (Hong Kong, China)
1914
1938
Scope and Contents
Many issues missing.
The Hongkong weekly press and China overland trade report. (Hong Kong : Daily Press Office, 1914-1917) 14255828
box 19
The Hongkong weekly press and China overland trade report (Hong Kong, China)
1914:Sep-1915:Apr
box 19
The Hongkong weekly press and China overland trade report (Hong Kong, China)
1915:May-1916:Mar
box 19
The Hongkong weekly press and China overland trade report (Hong Kong, China)
1916:Mar-1917:Jan
Indochina
Scope and Contents
Contains one title
La lutte. (Saigon : Impr. C. Ardin, 1933-1938, 1938) 14255852
box 19
Lutte (Saigon, Vietnam)
1938:Feb 18-Apr 14
Scope and Contents
Very Fragile. Use mfilm.
Indonesia
Scope and Contents
Contains two titles.
Borneo barat. (Pontianaic : Chung Hwa Jit Paul Sheh, 1948) 14258425
box 22
Borneo barat (Pontianak, Indonesia)
1948:Jan 14-Sep 17
Obor. (Djakarta : [publisher not identified], 1948) 14258424
box 22
Obor (Jakarta, Indonesia)
1948:Feb 12-Dec 16
Jamaica
Scope and Contents
Contains two titles.
The Jamaican weekly gleaner. ([Kingston, Jamaica] : Gleaner Co., 1963-1965) 14258439
box 9
The Jamaican weekly gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica)
1964:Jun 24-Dec 23
Scope and Contents
Many issues missing
box 8
The Jamaican weekly gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica)
1965:Jan 6-Sep 29
Struggle : official organ of the Workers Liberation League. (Kingston : The League, 1974, 1980-1985) 14258431
box 22
Struggle (Kingston, Jamaica)
1980:Jun-1983:Dec
box 22
Struggle (Kingston, Jamaica)
1984:Jan-1985:May
Jordan
Scope and Contents
Contains one title
The Jerusalem times. (Jerusalem : The Jerusalem times, 1960-1965, 1960) 14258551
box 9
The Jerusalem times (Jerusalem)
1960:Mar 4-Jun 14
Scope and Contents
Missing:Mar 5-6, 15, 22, 25-27, Apr 7-8, 20-22, 24-27, May 1, 3, 5-7, 9, 11, 13-16, 18, 23-Jun 11
Kurdistan
Scope and Contents
Contains one title
كوردستانی نو (Arbil [publisher not identified], 1992-, 1992-1993) 14259275
box 11
Kurdistanî nwê (Erbil, Iraq)
1992:Dec-1993:Jan
box 12
Kurdistanî nwê (Erbil, Iraq)
1992:Jul 24-Sep 25
box 11
Kurdistanî nwê (Erbil, Iraq)
1992:Jun 1-Jul 30
box 10
Kurdistanî nwê (Erbil, Iraq)
1992:Mar 25-May 25
box 11
Kurdistanî nwê (Erbil, Iraq)
1992:May 26-Jul 28
box 10
Kurdistanî nwê (Erbil, Iraq)
1992:Sep 9-Nov 30
box 10
Kurdistanî nwê (Erbil, Iraq)
1992:Sunday-Mar 24
box 12
Kurdistanî nwê (Erbil, Iraq)
1993:Apr-May
box 12
Kurdistanî nwê (Erbil, Iraq)
1993:Feb 1-Mar 30
Lebanon
Scope and Contents
Contains two titles
De Quoi S'Agit-il?. ([Beyrouth] : [publisher not identified], 1943-, 1943) 14258565
box 25
De Quoi S'Agit-il? (Beirut, Lebanon)
1943:Nov 14
Le jour. (Beyrouth : [publisher not identified], 1934-1963, 1944) 14258496
box 25
Le jour (Beirut, Lebanon)
1944:Apr 12
13
Sep 23
30
Oct 7
La Syrie et le Proche-Orient. ([Beirut, Lebanon] : G. Vayssie, 1943-, 1943) 14258879
box 26
Syrie et le Proche-Orient (Beirut, Lebanon : 1943)
1943:Nov
Madagascar
Scope and Contents
Contains one title
Informations de Madagascar . (Tananarive : Impr. officielle, 1939-1950, 1948) 14258882
box 25
Informations de Madagascar (Antananarivo, Madagascar)
1948
Mali
Scope and Contents
Contains one title
L'Essor. (Bamako, Mali : Ministère de la communication et des nouvelles technologies, 1960) 14258887
box 25
L'Essor (Bamako, Mali)
1960:Jul 25-Oct 21
Manchuria
Scope and Contents
Contains one title
Manchuria daily news. (Dalian : Tamura Kaīchirō ; 1912-, 1923, 1930-1931) 14259020
box 13
Manchuria daily news (Dalian, China)
1923:Jan-Mar
box 13
Manchuria daily news (Dalian, China)
1923:Apr-Jul
box 14
Manchuria daily news (Dalian, China)
1931:Sep-Dec
box 25
Manchuria daily news (Dalian, China)
1932:Aug 1-27
Pakistan
Scope and Contents
Contains two titles
The frontier post. (Peshawar : M. Malik, 2007) 14259022
box 14
The frontier post (Peshawar, Pakistan)
2007:May 21-Aug 6
The Times of Karachi. (Karachi [Pakistan] : K.A. Mold, 1956) 14259024
box 23
The Times of Karachi (Karachi, Pakistan)
1956:Feb 7-Apr 30
Scope and Contents
Many issues missing
Paraguay
Scope and Contents
Contains one title
Comunidad. (Asunción : A. Maricevich Fleytas, 1952-, 1967-1969) 14259027
box 24
Comunidad (Asuncion, Paraguay)
1967:Jan 2-Dec 26
Scope and Contents
MIssing: Sep 27, Oct 21, Nov 23, Dec 5, 12
box 15
Comunidad (Asuncion, Paraguay)
1968:Nov-1969:Oct
Scope and Contents
Missing 2nd week of Mar and 4th week of Jun
Reunion
Scope and Contents
Contains one title
Témoignages : qutdien du parti communiste réunionnais. (Saint-Denis [Réunion] : Brunet Payet, 1992) 14259176
box 24
Temoignages (Saint-Denis, Reunion)
1992:Jan-Feb
San Marino
Scope and Contents
Contains one title
La scintilla : periodico del Partito Comunista Sammarinese. (San Marino : [Partito Comunista Sammarinese], 1979-1985) 14259186
box 17
La scintilla (San Marino, Vietnam)
1979-1985
Sarawack
Scope and Contents
Contains one title
The Sarawak tribune. (Kuching [Sarawak, Malaysia] : Sarawak Press, 1945-, 1948-1951) 14259193
box 16
The Sarawak tribune (Kuching, Indonesia)
1948-1951
South Africa
Scope and Contents
Contains one title
Encounter : official newspaper of the Christian League of Southern Africa and the Rhodesia Christian Group. (Sunnyside, South
Africa : Encounter Press and Publishing Co. (Pty) Ltd., 1977-, 1975-1980)
14093999
box 27
Encounter (Sunnyside, South Africa)
1975:Mar-1977:Dec
box 27
Encounter (Sunnyside, South Africa)
1978:Jan-1979:Dec
box 27
Encounter (Sunnyside, South Africa)
1980:Jan-May
Tanganyika
Scope and Contents
Contains one title.
Deutsche-Östafrikanische Zeitung. (Dar-es-Salaam : [Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Zeitung], 1899-1915, 1914-1916) 14259201
box 17
Deutsche-Östafrikanische Zeitung (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
1914:Aug-Dec
box 17
Deutsche-Östafrikanische Zeitung (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
1915
box 17
Deutsche-Östafrikanische Zeitung (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
1916:Jan-Jun
Thailand
Scope and Contents
Contains two titles.
The Bangkok times. (Bangkok : T. Lloyd Williamese, 1887-, 1941) 14259245
box 26
The Bangkok times (Bangkok, Thailand)
1941:Oct 24
Liberty. (Bangkok : N.C. Visesratana, -1956, 1950-1951) 14259252
box 26
Liberty (Bangkok, Thailand)
1950:Feb 9, 10, 1951:Nov 7
Vietnam
Scope and Contents
Contains one title
La République. (Hanoi, 1945) 14259255
box 26
La République (Hanoi, Vietnam)
1945:Oct 18-Nov 18