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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],
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Series 5: Typescript Documents],
[Series 6: Newspapers and other miscellaneous publications],
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Series 7: Oversized Materials],
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- Series 6: Newspapers and other miscellaneous publications
- Box 3
- Folder 34: To the Athletes and Sportsmen of the World by To the Athletes and Sportsmen of the World., 1940
- Organizing Committee for the XIIth Olympic Games.
- Folder 35: Falken Press Newspapers
- Item 1: Who profits by War? by Heinrich Kessemeier (No. 1202), undated
- Item 2: Danzig’s Answer to the War-mongers by Heinrich Kessemeier (No. 1222), undated
- Item 3: Peace or War of Destruction? (No. 1262), undated
- Item 4: Politics and Phraseology (No. 1272), undated
- Two copies.
- Item 5: What is ‘Cant’? (No. 1322), undated
- Folder 36: Malaya, A Partnership of East and West, 1940
- Two copies.
- Folder 37: Britain’s Military Forces, 1941
- Folder 38: Towards the Peace, undated
- British Information Services.
- Folder 39: Le Pape a Parlé, undated
- Folder 40: The Inn at the Defile!, undated
- Folder 41: What is the British Empire?, 1940
- British Library of Information.
- Folder 42: The Fifth Column : How… Where… When…, 1940
- American Jewish Congress.
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],
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Series 5: Typescript Documents],
[Series 6: Newspapers and other miscellaneous publications],
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Series 7: Oversized Materials],
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All]
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