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Scope and Content Note
Title: Bund Freiheit der Wissenschaft records
Date (inclusive): 1969-2010
Collection Number: 91106
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
German
Physical Description:
240 manuscript boxes
(128.8 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Minutes, correspondence, memoranda, reports, financial records, press releases, printed matter, and photographs, relating
to education in West Germany and reunified Germany, and especially to radicalism in German educational institutions.
Creator:
Bund Freiheit der Wissenschaft
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
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Acquisition Information
Acquired between 1991 and 2010. An increment was added in 2011.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Bund Freiheit der Wissenschaft records, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library
& Archives.
Historical Note
The Bund Freiheit der Wissenschaft was established in 1970 in West Germany to promote academic freedom. One of the organization's
main activities was the publishing of journals, pamphlets, and monographs on subjects related to higher education in Germany.
The organization produced several of its own journals, -including
Hochschulpolitischen Informationen,
Moderator, and
Freiheit der Wissenschaft. In addition to these publications, the Bund Freiheit der Wissenschaft also published numerous pamphlets and monographs
of German scholars affiliated with the organization. The Bund Freiheit der Wissenschaft also hosted regular forums on topics
related to education and higher education reform.
Scope and Content Note
Minutes, correspondence, memoranda, reports, financial records, press releases, printed matter, and photographs, relating
to education in West Germany and reunified Germany, and especially to radicalism in German educational institutions.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Education -- Germany
Education -- Germany (West)
Universities and colleges -- Germany (West)
Radicalism -- Germany (West)
Student movements -- Germany (West)