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Title: A. Verbouwe collection
Dates: 1914-1918
Collection Number: XX437
Collector: Verbouwe, A., collector.
Collection Size:
1 manuscript box, 1 oversize box
(1.7 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: The collection contains underground serial materials issued in German-occupied Belgium, summaries of World War I news, and
other printed matter.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages: In
French,
German, and
Flemish
Collection is open for research.
Access to sound recordings, video recordings, or motion picture material requires at least two weeks advance notice. Please
contact the Hoover Institution Archives for further information.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.
[Identification of item], A. Verbouwe collection, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives
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 contains underground serial materials issued in German occupied Belgium, summaries of World War I news, and
other printed matter. Although some serials were printed, many were mimeographed or written by hand. The editors' sources
of information were often concealed wireless receivers, items dropped from airplanes, and information smuggled across the
frontier. Publishers often gave the address, "Ghent under the open sky" to denote underground materials. Many of the papers
were intended to not only supply news to the inhabitants, but also to encourage resistance and harass the German occupiers.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
World War, 1914-1918--Belgium.
Belgium--History--German occupation, 1914-1918.