Inventory of the Channel Islands Collection
Processed by Rita Morin.
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California 94305-6010
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Inventory of the Channel Islands Collection
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California
- Processed by:
- Rita Morin
- Date Completed:
- 2011
- Encoded by:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from Microsoft Word and MARC record by Rita Morin.
© 2011 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved.
Collection Summary
Title: Channel Islands Collection
Dates: 1940-1998
Collection Number: 2000C26
Collection Size:
6 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box
(2.8 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: The collection is comprised of diaries, letters, proclamations, permits, orders, ration cards, identification documents, photographs,
postcards, printed matter, video tapes, and compact disks relating to life on the Channel Islands under the German occupation
during World War II.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
English,
French and
German
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], Channel Islands Collection, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 2000.
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.
Historical Note
The Channel Islands are comprised of five main islands: Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, Herm, and three smaller islands:
Jethou, Brecqhou and Lihou. The islands lie off the French coast of Normandy but are dependencies of the British crown.
After the fall of France to Germany, in June 1940, the Channel Islands became indefensible for the British. On June 20, 1940,
the decision was made to remove all troops from the Channel Islands and cut the underwater cable providing communications
between Britain and the Channel Islands. Island residents had to make the decision to stay or evacuate to England. British
ships were sent to take those residents ready to evacuate but there were not enough ships to accommodate all evacuees.
On June 28, 1940, the Germans bombed St. Helier, the capital of Jersey, and the Guernsey capital of St. Peter Port. On June
30, 1940, German troops landed on the islands and began the occupation. The occupation lasted five years, from June 30, 1940,
through May 9, 1945. The Channel Islands were the only part of the British Commonwealth to be occupied by Germany during World
War II.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Channel Islands Collection relates to life on the Channel Islands under the German occupation during World War II. It
is comprised of diaries, letters, proclamations, permits, orders, ration cards, identification documents, postcards, photographs,
printed matter, video tapes, and compact discs. The bulk of the material depicts daily life on the islands during the German
occupation, but also includes materials related to the liberation and post-occupation life of the islanders. The collection
is arranged into series and contains materials in English, French and German.
The
Diaries and Correspondence series illustrates life during the occupation through letters and diaries that document the daily life of island residents
living through the occupation and the experiences of a resident deported from the islands to Laufen as a German prisoner of
war.
The
Occupation and Post-Occupation Materials series encompasses a wide variety of items that were used in the daily lives of island residents and in the running
of the government during the five years of occupation. It also illustrates island life from the occupying force's point of
view and post-occupation. In addition, the series includes items relevant to the liberation and post-occupation.
The
Printed Matter series contains various printed materials depicting life on the island during the occupation such as personal memoirs, island
histories and poetry, as well as items that highlight the tourist industry built on the islands as a result of the occupation.
The
Audiovisual Materials series contains items that cover both the occupation of the islands and general history of the island. There are firsthand
audio accounts from fifteen residents who lived through the occupation. Video footage includes captured wartime newsreels
and interviews with survivors of the occupation as well as unique video footage documenting life on the island of Guernsey
from 1915 to 1945.
The
Newspaper series contains a number of original newspapers spanning daily life under occupation and liberation. The newspapers also
report on the progress of the war from a pro-German perspective. The bulk of the papers were printed on Jersey and Guernsey.
All materials in this collection were collected by C. C. Kohler, an antiquarian bookseller from Dorking, England.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into 5 series: Diaries and Correspondence, Occupation Materials, Printed Matter, Audiovisual Materials,
Newspapers.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Channel Islands -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Channel Islands
World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain
Miltary Government
Videotapes
Collection Contents
Box: 1-2
Diaries and Correspondence,
1941-1945
Scope and Content Note
Contains diaries and correspondence of civilians and internees living on the Channel Islands during the occupation.
Arrangement
Arranged in two groups: Civilian Materials and Internee Materials; thereunder chronologically.
Civilian Materials,
1941-1945
Box/Folder: 1 : 1
George H. Budge pocket diaries,
1941-1945
Box/Folder: 1 : 2-3
Dolly diaries,
1 Jan. 1942- 20 Mar. 1944
Box/Folder: 1 : 4-7
Elise Morris correspondence,
1942-1945
Internee Materials,
1942-1944
Box/Folder: 2 : 1-2
Henry J. Le Goupillot, interned in Laufen,
1942- 1944
Scope and Content Note
Contains diaries, letters, photographs and music book
Box/Folder: 2 : 3
Internment correspondence,
1943-1944
Box: 2-3
Occupation and Post-Occupation Materials,
1940-1992
(bulk 1940-1945)
Scope and Content Note
Contains a wide variety of items that documents island life during and after the German Occupation.
Arrangement
Arranged in four groups: Civilian Materials, Government Materials, German Forces Materials, and Post-Occupation Materials;
thereunder chronologically by document type
Civilian Materials,
1940-1945,
1992
Box/Folder: 2 : 4
Aerial propaganda,
1940-1944
Box/Folder: 2 : 5
Currency, Channel Island, circa
1940
Box/Folder: 2 : 6
Evacuee communications,
1941-1944
Box/Folder: 2 : 7
Photo postcards and photographs,
1940-1943
Box/Folder: 2 : 8
Red Cross messages,
1941-1943
Box/Folder: 2 : 9
The Red Cross Civilian Postal Message Scheme with the Channel Islands during The Occupation 1940-1945 by David Gurney,
1992
Box/Folder: 2 : 10
Theater programs,
1942-1943
Box/Folder: 2 : 11
Miscellaneous documents,
1942-1944
Government Materials,
1940-1945
Box/Folder: 2 : 12
Memoranda, correspondence and documents,
1941-1944
Box/Folder: 3 : 1
Identity cards, circa
1941
Box/Folder: 3 : 2
Official notices,
1941-1944
Box/Folder: 3 : 3
Permits and passes,
1940-1944
Box/Folder: 3 : 4
Postage stamps and tax stamps,
1940-1945
Box/Folder: 3 : 7
Ration forms and correspondence,
1941-1944
German Forces Materials,
1940-1945
Box/Folder: 3 : 8
Aerial propaganda,
1943-1945
Scope and Content Note
In English, French and German
Box/Folder: 3 : 9
Currency, German, circa
1940
Box/Folder: 3 : 10
German personnel materials,
1940-1942
Scope and Content Note
In German and contains photographs
Post-Occupation Materials,
1945-1948,
1965, undated
Box/Folder: 3 : 11
Correspondence and postcards,
1945
Box/Folder: 3 : 12
The Criff newsletter,
1945
Box/Folder: 3 : 13
Daily Worker pamphlet,
1945
Box/Folder: 3 : 14
Exhibition flyer,
undated
Box/Folder: 3 : 15
Government reports,
1945,
1965, undated
Box/Folder: 3 : 16
Liberation Day souvenir programs,
1946-1948,
1995
Box/Folder: 3 : 17
Ration books and identity cards,
1945-1946
Box: 4-5
Printed Matter,
1945-1996
Scope and Content Note
Contains memoirs, poetry, a screenplay, island guides and histories, museum guides and souvenirs, and miscellany. See also
newspapers
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by document type and thereunder chronologically
Box/Folder: 4 : 1
Bibliographies,
1970,
1975
Box/Folder: 4 : 2
German occupation,
1955-1995
Box/Folder: 4 : 3
Guernsey
Evening Press index,
1940-1945
Box/Folder: 4 : 4
Guernsey
Star index,
1940-1945
Box/Folder: 4 : 6
Island histories,
1944-1958
Box/Folder: 4 : 7
Jersey occupation tapestry,
1995-1996
Scope and Content Note
Contains interactive CD-ROM
Box/Folder: 4 : 8
Julia Pascal play,
Theresa,
1990
Box/Folder: 4 : 9
Merchant shipping,
undated
Box/Folder: 4 : 10-11
Memoirs,
1947,
1993-1995,
1997,
undated
Box/Folder: 5 : 1
Memoirs
1990,
1995,
1997,
undated
Box/Folder: 5 : 2
Museum guides and pamphlets, Guernsey,
undated
Scope and Content Note
In English, French and German
Box/Folder: 5 : 3
Museum guides and pamphlets, Jersey and Alderney,
undated
Box/Folder: 5 : 4
Museum souvenirs, Guernsey,
undated
Box/Folder: 5 : 5
Museum souvenirs, Jersey,
undated
Box/Folder: 5 : 7
Postal service pamphlets,
undated
Box/Folder: 5 : 8
Red Cross
S.S. Vega,
1996
Box/Folder: 5 : 9
Société Jersiaise,
1945-1946
Scope and Content Note
In French and English
Box/Folder: 5 : 10
Miscellaneous island books,
1994-1998
Box: 6
Audiovisual Materials,
1990, undated
Scope and Content Note
Contains an audio cassette documenting occupation experience and two VHS videocassettes, in PAL format, documenting life on
the islands
Box/Folder: 6 : 1
Hitlers British Islands, Channel islands occupation experience, audio cassette,
1990
Box/Folder: 6
A living history: Channel islands occupied, VHS cassette,
undated
Box/Folder: 6
Moving memories, 1915-1945, VHS cassette,
undated
Box: 7
Newspapers
1940-1995
Physical Description: 7
Scope and Content Note
Contains newspapers printed during the occupation, post-occupation, and special-issue Liberation Day editions.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by type
Box/Folder: 7 : 1
Occupation newspapers,
23 Oct.1940 - 21 Mar.1945
Scope and Content Note
In English and German
Box/Folder: 7 : 2
Post-occupation newspapers,
11 May 1945 - 25 Aug. 1945
Scope and Content Note
In English, French, and German
Box/Folder: 7 : 3
Liberation Day commemorative editions,
1946-1995
