Partial Inventory of the Iraqi subject collection

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Title: Iraqi subject collection
Date (inclusive): 1937-2008
Collection Number: XX865
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English and Arabic
Physical Description: 2 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 58 digital files (.521 GB) (1.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Reports, leaflets, other printed matter, computer disk, video tape, and miscellany, relating to political, social and economic conditions in Iraq, and to the Gulf War of 1991 and the Iraq War of 2003.
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.

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives. An increment was added in 2011.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Iraqi subject collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Scope and Content of Collection

Reports, leaflets, other printed matter, computer disk, video tape, and miscellany, relating to political, social and economic conditions in Iraq, and to the Gulf War of 1991 and the Iraq War of 2003.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Video tapes
Iraq -- History
Iraq War, 2003-2011
Persian Gulf War, 1991

 

Incremental Materials

box 1

Materials not yet described

box 2

Official ballot from a post-war election in Iraq

box 3

Printed report relating to the Iraqi insurgency

box 3

Serial issues 2007-2008

 

Digital materials

box MC1

"International Crisis Group - Iraqi insurgent communications - 02.17.06" 2004-2006

Physical Description: 1 optical disk

Scope and Contents

Contains videorecordings (Arabic intertitles, silent, color); images of leaflets, magazine articles, and other printed matter; and screenshots of Internet sites representing Iraqi insurgent communications. The materials show activities of the insurgent groups fighting against the US-led coalition. A list of descriptive file names used on the DVD is available. Dates are taken from "Date Modified" field. In Arabic, except for one video with English intertitles (see folder ABC-in_English). Digital use copies available in reading room.