Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Cleveland Public Library
- Abstract:
- Serial issues, broadsides, handbills, and pamphlets, mainly issued by resistance groups in Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Italy, Poland, Yugoslavia, and other German-occupied countries during World War II. Includes some issuances of anti-German groups in exile, some issuances of American occupation forces in Germany at the end of World War II, and a few World War I items. Some items are photographic reproductions. Collected by the War Library of the Cleveland Public Library.
- Extent:
- 2 manuscript boxes, 20 oversize boxes (16.3 Linear Feet)
- Language:
- In various languages
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Cleveland Public Library collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Serial issues, broadsides, handbills, and pamphlets, mainly issued by resistance groups in Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Italy, Poland, Yugoslavia, and other German-occupied countries during World War II. Includes some issuances of anti-German groups in exile, some issuances of American occupation forces in Germany at the end of World War II, and a few World War I items. Some items are photographic reproductions. Collected by the War Library of the Cleveland Public Library.
- Acquisition information:
- Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1990.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements
World War, 1939-1945 -- France
World War, 1939-1945 -- Yugoslavia
World War, 1939-1945 -- Italy
World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland
World War, 1914-1918
Military government
World War, 1939-1945 -- Belgium
World War, 1939-1945 -- Czechoslovakia
World War, 1939-1945 -- Denmark - Places:
- Germany -- History -- 1945-1955
United States -- Armed Forces
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Box 22 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.
- Terms of access:
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For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Cleveland Public Library collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Location of this collection:
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Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford UniversityStanford, CA 94305-6003, US
- Contact:
- (650) 723-3563