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Collection Overview
Title: World War II Pamphlets, Ephemera, and Propaganda, 1936-1945
Predominant Dates:1939-1945
ID: 01/01/MSS00109
Extent: 1.1 Cubic Feet
Arrangement: This collection consists of seven series: 1.) Propaganda, 2.) Secretary of War Information Office Pamphlets, 3.) Miscellaneous Pamphlets, 4.) "A Week of the War" Transcripts, 5.) Typescript Documents, 6.) Newspapers and other miscellaneous publications, and 7.) Oversized Materials.
Date Acquired: 00/00/2009
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945
Languages: English, French, German, Spanish;Castilian, Italian, Danish, Portuguese, Greek,Modern(1453-), Dutch;Flemish
Scope and Contents of the Materials
This collection is comprised of pamphlets, leaflets, and other documents relating to the Second World War. Box 1 consists of propaganda published in Vichy France throughout the German occupation. Box 2 contains informational pamphlets distributed in various languages by the United States Secretary of War Information Office concerning some military battles and the United States Armed Forces. Box 2 also includes miscellaneous pamphlets covering various topics related to the war. Box 3 consists of three sections: the first section contains transcripts published by the United States Office of Government Reports summarizing the events of World War 2 each week throughout 1942; the second section contains various informational typescript documents in English; the third section of Box 3 contains single sheet newspaper documents and other miscellaneous publications. Box 4 contains miscellaneous oversized materials.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Access Restrictions:
Open to researchers.
Use Restrictions:
This collection is the physical property of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Intellectual property rights, including copyright, may reside with the materials' creator(s) or their heirs. The Rare Book & Manuscript Library's reproduction and publication policies are available here. The library welcomes requests for reproductions made from works in our collections, though restrictions may apply to certain materials. Please contact the library with any questions.
Acquisition Source:
Library backlog
Finding Aid Revision History:
Created by Heather Wiegert in 2022.
Revised by Nicole Connell on January 9, 2025.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
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Series 1: Propaganda],
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Series 2: Secretary of War Information Office Pamphlets],
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Series 3: Miscellaneous Pamphlets],
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Series 4: "A Week of the War" Transcripts],
[Series 5: Typescript Documents],
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Series 6: Newspapers and other miscellaneous publications],
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Series 7: Oversized Materials],
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- Series 5: Typescript Documents
- Box 3
- Folder 22: Germany Exiled in France: The Testimony of a German Refugee by Ernst-Erich Noth, 1939
- Folder 23: The Post-War Economic Aims of France and England, 1939
- Folder 24: German Propaganda and French Information: Excerpt from a broadcast by Jean Giraudoux on November 25th 1939, 1939 November 25
- Folder 25: D.F.B. Informations – Zentrale: No Favoritism, 1940
- Folder 26: Transcript of Shortwave Broadcast – ‘The Chief’ by Gustav Siegfried Eins
- Item 1: Record 07072, 06319, 1942 August 1
- Item 2: Record 07528, 1942 August 3
- Folder 27: Principal Accessions. July, 1942 Non-Official Publications, 1942 July
- British Information Service.
- Folder 28: Graphic Charts Depicting Trends in State Welfare Institutions and Agencies: In the Last World War and this War, 1943
- Folder 29: Notes from the American Colony in Paris: By a Member of the Colony, undated
- Folder 30: French Women in the War, undated
- Folder 31: Questions Frequently Asked on the Nuremberg Trials, undated
- Folder 32: Czechoslovakia Since Munich : By an Eye-Witness by Marya A. Tolstoy-Mansvetov, undated
- Advertisement.
- Folder 33: War prisoners’ aid of the young men’s Christian associations service to “men of science – prisoners of war”
- Lists of books requested for the program.
- Item 1: List E-1 Standard list in humanities: General Works – Polygraphy, undated
- Item 2: List E-1 Standard list in humanities: The Middle Ages, undated
- Item 3: List E-1 Standard list in humanities: Americana, undated
- Item 4: List E-1 Standard list in humanities: Social Sciences, undated
Browse by Series:
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Series 1: Propaganda],
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Series 2: Secretary of War Information Office Pamphlets],
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Series 3: Miscellaneous Pamphlets],
[
Series 4: "A Week of the War" Transcripts],
[Series 5: Typescript Documents],
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Series 6: Newspapers and other miscellaneous publications],
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Series 7: Oversized Materials],
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All]
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