Register of the Italian subject collection

Finding aid prepared by Olga Verhovskoy Dunlop
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
© 1997
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Stanford University
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Title: Italian subject collection
Date (inclusive): 1915-1996
Collection Number: XX748
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: Mainly in Italian
Physical Description: 9 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folder, 3 videocassettes, 1 audio cassette (4.76 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Leaflets, pamphlets, campaign literature, propaganda, and other printed matter, relating to various aspects of twentieth-century Italian history and politics, and especially to Italian elections of 1976 and after.

Access

Boxes 10 and OCM4 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of 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], Italian subject collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Scope and Content of Collection

Leaflets, pamphlets, election campaign literature, propaganda, and other printed matter, relating to various aspects of twentieth-century Italian history and politics, and especially to Italian elections of 1976 and after.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Audiotapes
Video tapes
Italy -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Elections -- Italy
Italy -- History -- 20th century

 

Subject File 1915-1994

Scope and Contents note

Leaflets, pamphlets, campaign literature, propaganda, and other printed matter, relating to various aspects of twentieth-century Italian history and politics, and especially to the Italian elections of 1976 and after.
 

History

box 1

Miscellany

Scope and Contents note

Cartoons, serial issues, pamphlets, leaflets, reports, press releases, underground literature, bulletins, and clippings, 1915-1948, relating to the monarchy and the rise of fascism, Italian participation in the two world wars, Italian resistance during World War II, and to political, social, and economic conditions in Italy. In Italian and English.
 

1915-1922

box 1

Propaganda 1917-1918

Scope and Contents note

Contains flyers, directed to Czechs, Poles, Hungarians, Romanians, and Croats with the Austro-Hungarian Army during World War I.
 

1922-1943

box 1

General 1921-1943.

Scope and Contents note

Contains leaflets and proclamations in Italian.
box 4

Fiume Question 1918-1924

Scope and Contents note

Proclamations, newspaper issues, and correspondence, relating to the occupation of Fiume by Italian nationalists and to the growth of the fascist movement. In Italian.
box 1

Italo-Ethiopian War 1935-1936

Scope and Contents note

Leaflets distributed by the Italian Government in Great Britain, relating to the Italo-Ethiopian War.
 

1945-

 

Elections

box 2

1976

Scope and Contents note

Pamphlets, newspapers, party programs, and other printed election materials concerning the elections of June 20-21. In Italian.
box 3

1976 (cont.)

box 4

1987

Scope and Contents note

Pamphlets, flyers, leaflets, stickers, and postcards issued by the Socialist Party for the general elections of June 14. In Italian.
box 4

1989

Scope and Contents note

Leaflets, brochures, postcards, and newspapers issued by various parties for the local elections in Rome of October 29-30.
box 5

1992

Scope and Contents note

Party programs, brochures, newspaper issues, flyers, leaflets, and stickers issued by various parties for the general elections of April 5 and 6. In Italian.
box 6

1992 (cont.)

box 7

1994

Scope and Contents note

Party programs, brochures, newspaper issues, flyers, leaflets, and stickers issued by various parties for the general elections of 1994.
box OCM4

11 election campaign pins 1994

Access

Box OCM4 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
drawer L04

Posters

Scope and Contents note

Oversize items originally housed in Boxes 3 and 4.
box 1

Political parties 1950-1961

Scope and Contents note

Broadsides, leaflets, and election campaign material, consisting of electoral and other propaganda issued by various political parties. In Italian.
box 5

Miscellany June 1975

Scope and Contents note

International bulletin, published by the European Labor Committees/Milan, relating to the World Bank. In Italian.
cassette cabinet

Phonotape cassette of party songs, Forza Italia Party

tape cabinet

3 VHS tapes of Forza Italia Party

Scope and Contents note

Includes party congress, "La sfida di Forza Italia" and "Spot Referendum."
box 8

Incremental Materials

box 9

Italian anti-Czechoslovak broadside

box 10

Photo album belonging to an Italian soldier with the Italian 4th Division "Littorio" 1937-1939

Conditions Governing Access

Box 10 may not be used without permission of the Archivist
box 11, folder 1

Photo album of Italian flag raising ceremony 1938

Scope and Contents

Near Canale d'Isonzo (Slovenian: Kanal ob Soči). Shown are Villa Morsca, Verco, Murovizzi, Rastelli, Coprisca, Pieve di Leupa, Auzza, Bodres, Goregna, Aiba, Doblari, Villa di Mezzo, and Ronzina.
box 11, folder 2

Diary of Italian soldier Giorgio Kershiummer 1937 February 4 - July 5

Scope and Contents

Diary of Italian soldier Giorgio Kershiummer with the 10th Artillery Regiment fighting in Spain. Includes details on the Battle of Guadalajara.