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Title: Swarthmore College collection
Date (inclusive): 1911-1982
Collection Number: 86027
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English, French and Spanish
Physical Description:
7 manuscript boxes
(2.8 Linear Feet)
Abstract: The Swarthmore College collection consists largely of pamphlets and other printed matter, arranged by subject. The preponderance
of the materials relate to World War I; the Spanish Civil War; the espionage case of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and Martin
Sobell; and issues of world peace and disarmament. The Spanish Civil War items mainly pertain to organizations in the United
States and elsewhere that were engaged in fundraising and publicity efforts on behalf of the Spanish Republic.
Creator:
Swarthmore College
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 1986.
[Identification of item], Swarthmore College collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Swarthmore College collection consists largely of pamphlets and other printed matter, arranged by subject. The preponderance
of the materials relate to World War I; the Spanish Civil War; the espionage case of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and Martin
Sobell; and issues of world peace and disarmament. The Spanish Civil War items mainly pertain to organizations in the United
States and elsewhere that were engaged in fundraising and publicity efforts on behalf of the Spanish Republic.
The collection also contains a smaller number of publications pertaining to a variety of subjects, including desegregation,
East and West Germany, and the Vietnam War. All the materials in the collection were sent to the archives by Swarthmore College,
and were determined either to be duplicates or to not be suitable for inclusion in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection.
The collection is organized into 3 series: Pamphlets, serial issues, leaflets and clippings; Miscellaneous printed matter;
and Photographs.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Peace
Disarmament
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Civil rights -- United States
Espionage, Russian -- United States
Jews -- Germany
World War, 1914-1918
National socialism
Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939
World War, 1939-1945
Rosenberg, Julius, 1918-1953
Rosenberg, Ethel, 1915-1953
Sobell, Morton