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Dagdeviren (Hidayet) collection
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  • Acquisition Information
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  • Historical Note
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  • Title: Hidayet Dağdeviren collection
    Date (inclusive): 1797-1955
    Collection Number: 52000
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: Turkish
    Physical Description: 24 manuscript boxes, 8 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folder (13.6 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: The collection includes correspondence, memoranda, reports, proclamations, speeches, clippings, newspaper issues, maps, posters, and photographs, relating to political and social conditions in Turkey during the Ottoman Empire and the early years of the Turkish Republic, Turkish military activities during World War I, Turkish foreign relations, and ethnic minorities in Turkey.
    source: Dagdeviren, Hidayet
    Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Access

    Boxes 1 and FH2 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 in 1952.

    Preferred Citation

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

    Historical Note

    The research materials collected by Hidayet Dağdeviren of Istanbul, Turkey, cover the last years of the Ottoman Empire and the first years of the Republic of Turkey, and in particular documenting social organizations and minorities.
    The Ottoman Empire was at the center of interactions between the Eastern and Western worlds for six centuries, and came to an end, as a regime under an imperial monarchy, on November 1, 1922. It formally ended, as a de jure state, on July 24, 1923, under the Treaty of Lausanne.
    It was succeeded by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    The collection includes correspondence, memoranda, reports, proclamations, speeches, clippings, newspaper issues, maps, posters, and photographs, relating to political and social conditions during the last decades of the Ottoman Empire and the early years of the Turkish Republic, Turkish military activities during World War I, Turkish foreign relations, and ethnic minorities in Turkey.
    The collection is arranged as originally received from the collector. The following groups of collected research materials were given alphanumeric designations by the collector and have been retained as groups. The Research files contain materials such as correspondence, memoranda, reports, proclamations, speeches, clippings, newspaper issues, maps, posters, and photographs. The Research folios contain materials from the larger group of research files selected by the collector. The Large research dossiers contain oversize materials from the larger group of research files selected by collector. Scrapbooks of newspapers and a group of oversize materials removed from the Research files folders by the Hoover Institution for preservation in oversize files.

    Related Materials

    Eleanor Bisbee papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
    Mary Mills Patrick papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
    Turkish Conference proceedings, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
    Turkish subject collection, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
    Vrangel' collection, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
    Ahmet Emin Yalman papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    World War, 1914-1918 -- Turkey
    Turkey -- History
    Minorities -- Turkey
    Dagdeviren, Hidayet