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Title: Dieter Zahn collection
Date (inclusive): 1959-1994
Collection Number: 2011C41
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: Mainly in German
Physical Description:
5 manuscript boxes
(2.0 Linear Feet)
source:
Zahn, Dieter
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 2006.
[Identification of item], Dieter Zahn collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Dieter Zahn collection consists of political pamphlets, brochures, and other ephemera collected by Zahn, a German journalist,
who gathered much of this material during his international travels between 1979 and the time of his death in 1999.
The collection was acquired by the Hoover Institution Library and Archives from his son, Ralph, in 2006. In addition to the
four boxes of political ephemera, the collection included over 1,000 political posters, which were added to the Poster Collection
of the Hoover Institution Library & Archives, but which have labels identifying their provenance.
The five boxes of pamphlets, brochures and ephemera are arranged by size, then by country of origin, and in some cases, by
political party or topic within the country. Many of the European materials, in particular, were produced during election
campaigns for the European Parliament from 1979 onward, but other topics and campaigns are included as well. Materials include
flyers, leaflets, sample ballots, campaign newspapers, magazines, newspaper advertisements, booklets, election manifestos,
and window posters.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Elections -- Germany
Zahn, Dieter