Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Islamic Fundamentalism Collection
Dates: circa 1980-2005
Collection number: 2002C14
Collection Size:
124 manuscript boxes, 15 oversize boxes
(55.6 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Electronic bulletins, serial issues, pamphlets, other printed matter, sound recordings,
and video tapes, relating to political aspects of Islam in the Middle East and elsewhere.
Physical location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
Arabic
Persian
English
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to
copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives
at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see
or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible.
Publication Rights
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Islamic Fundamentalism Collection, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquisition Information
The collection started with a three-year project, August 1995 to August 1998, to document Islamic fundamentalism around the
world. The bulk of the material in boxes 1-19 represents collecting that occurred in the field and over the Internet during
this period. Although this specific project formally ended in August 1998, collecting is ongoing and the collection continues
to grow.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog Socrates at
http://library.stanford.edu/webcat . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in Socrates is larger than the number of boxes
listed in this finding aid.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection relates to political aspects of Islam in the Middle East and elsewhere. It contains printouts of
electronic bulletins and websites, serial issues, pamphlets, other printed matter, sound recordings, and video tapes. The
materials are primarily in Arabic and Persian.
The collection started with a three-year project, August 1995 to August 1998, to document Islamic fundamentalism around the
world. The bulk of the material in boxes 1-19 represents collecting that occurred in the field and over the Internet during
this period. Although this specific project formally ended in August 1998, collecting is ongoing and the collection continues
to grow.
Lists of sound recordings and videorecordings in this collection may be found in boxes 104-105.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Islamic fundamentalism.
Islam and state
Islam and world politics.
Middle East.
Islamic countries.
Iran.
Genre
Phonotapes.
Viedo tapes.