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

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