Overview of the American Committee to Keep Biafra Alive collection
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Overview of the American Committee to Keep Biafra Alive collection
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- Hoover Institution Archives Staff
- Date Completed:
- 2008
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- Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record by Aileen Shon.
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Title: American Committee to Keep Biafra Alive collection
Dates: 1967-1970
Collection Number: 71031
Collection Size:
4 manuscript boxes, 1 envelope, 2 motion picture film reels
(1.5 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Ephemeral publications of private governmental organizations, including the United States Agency for International Development,
the Government of the Republic of Biafra, and the Government of Nigeria; press releases from the United States Department
of State, American congressmen, and Markpress, Biafran Overseas Press Division; clippings; periodical literature; and audio-visual
materials, relating to the Nigerian Civil War of 1967-1970. Collected by the St. Louis chapter of the American Committee to
Keep Biafra Alive.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages: In
English
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.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.
[Identification of item], American Committee to Keep Biafra Alive collection, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1971.
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 at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
Scope and Content of Collection
Ephemeral publications of private governmental organizations, including the United States Agency for International Development,
the Government of the Republic of Biafra, and the Government of Nigeria; press releases from the United States Department
of State, American congressmen, and Markpress, Biafran Overseas Press Division; clippings; periodical literature; and audio-visual
materials, relating to the Nigerian Civil War of 1967-1970. Collected by the St. Louis chapter of the American Committee to
Keep Biafra Alive.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Nigeria--History--Civil War, 1967-1970.
Motion pictures.
Phonorecords.
American Committee to Keep Biafra Alive.