Primary Sources in History: International
241. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS, 1975- CALL NUMBER: Microfiche JC 571 A445x (with mixed media). NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: INDEX OR GUIDE: Printed catalogs in binders with microfiche; cumulative index, 1962-1987, lists country dossiers by continent; then publications by type, e.g., newsletters, annual reports, briefing papers. SCOPE AND CONTENTS: Amnesty International campaigns against political imprisonment, torture and execution throughout the world. Includes newsletters, country dossiers and other reports from this organization. The information comes from published studies, press reports, transcriptions of radio broadcasts and interviews with former prisoners. The material is arranged by region and by country. SUBJECTS: International; Human Rights; 20c
242. ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE WORLD’S CENTRAL BANKS. CALL NUMBER: Microfiche 4x6 HG 1811 .A55x NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: INDEX OR GUIDE: SCOPE AND CONTENTS: Reports from each of the world’s central banks from the collection in the Joint Bank/Fund Library, Washington, D. C. These reports provide a comprehensive summary of a country’s fiscal situation. Includes over 2,500 reports from 126 countries. Most are from the mid-1980’s. These reports are apparently not cataloged separately; the only way to access them is to go directly to the fiche, which are arranged by region (generally continent) and then by country. SUBJECTS: Banks; International; Africa; Asia; Australia; Australasia; Europe; Near East; Southeast Asia; East Asia; South Asia; Canada; North America; Latin America; Caribbean; Middle East; Scandianvia; 1970s; 1980s; 20c
243. BIO-BASE. CALL NUMBER: Microfiche CT 100 .B48x Ref. NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: INDEX OR GUIDE: Pamphlet with fiche contains an introduction and bibliography of works cited. SCOPE AND CONTENTS: A cumulative master index to biographical sketches found in current and historic biographical dictionaries. Coverage is worldwide and individuals from all periods of history may be included. Use to locate brief biographies of people in any field (art, literature, politics, etc.) SUBJECTS: Biography – Indexes
244. BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION. SUMMMARY OF WORLD ROADCASTS, 1974- CALL NUMBER: Center for Research Libraries (Request at Interlibrary Loan). NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: INDEX OR GUIDE: SCOPE AND CONTENTS: English summaries of transmissions from foreign radio stations. Topics include both international and internal affairs. CRL has these reports on microfiche from 1974 on. SUBJECTS: International; Radio Broadcasts; 20c
245. BULLETIN PERIODIQUE DE LA PRESSE AMERICAINE, 1916-1940. CALL NUMBER: Microfilm E740 .F8 NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: 5 R INDEX OR GUIDE: SCOPE AND CONTENTS: A French language summary of world events as covered in American newspapers, prepared by the French government (and originally labeled “confidential”). Arrangement is chronological. Each issue, printed in newspaper format, covers about 3 weeks. The French printed a number of similar publications for various countries and/or regions. They are listed below with the dates of coverage and the microfilm call number (the number given above is for the United States edition):
Austria, 1919-1938 DB 1 .F7
Austria-Hungary, 1916-1919 DB 1 .B85x
Austro-Germany, 1916-1919 DB 1 .F73x
Belgium, 1917-1938 DH 401 .F73x
Bulgaria, 1917-1918 DR 51 .F73x
China, 1917-1918 DS 701 .F73x
Czechoslovakia, 1919-1939 DB 2000 .B82x
England, 1916-1940 D 839 .F72
Germany, 1916-1940 DD 233 .F82
Greece, 1916-1940 DF 833 .F7
Hungary, 1917-1932 DB 901 .B85x
Italy, 1916-1940 DG 576 .F72
Netherlands, 1916-1939 DJ 281 .B85x
Japan, 1917-1940 DS 801 .F73x
Poland, 1916-1939 DK 4010 .B85x
Portugal, 1917-1923 DP 501 .B85x
Rumania, 1916-1939 DR 201 .B85x
Scandinavia, 1916-1933 DL 1 .B85x
South America, 1916-1940 F 2201 .B85x
Soviet Union, 1916-1939 DK 266 .A3 F7
Spain, 1917-1940 DP 247 .B78x
Spain & Portugal, 1916-17 DP 247 .F68
Switzerland, 1916-1939 DQ 1 .B85x
Turkey, 1920-1930 DR 401 .F7
Yugoslavia, 1920-1940 DR 1202 .B85x
SUBJECTS: Austria; Belgium; Bulgaria; China; Czechoslovakia; England; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Italy; Netherlands; Japan; Poland; Portugal; Rumania; Scandinavia; South America; Soviet Union; Spain; Latin America; Switzerland; Turkey; Yugoslavia; United States – History – Periodicals; Newspapers; East Asia; USSR; Western Europe; Eastern Europe; 20c
246. CURRENT NATIONAL STATISTICAL COMPENDIUMS, 1970-1975. CALL NUMBER: University of Arizona Microfiche 207 NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: INDEX OR GUIDE: Current National Statistical Compendiums. Microfiche Guide 207 (U of A). A checklist arranged by continent. SCOPE AND CONTENTS: Annual compendia published by 87 countries from 1950 through 1975. Statistics on population, employment, transportation, balance of payments, national income, health, welfare, etc. Includes some countries, such as Paraguay and Botswana, for which statistics are not easily obtained. Arranged by country, then issuing agency and title. SUBJECTS: International Statistics; Africa; Latin America; 1970s; 20c
247. HOOVER INSTITUTION ON WAR, REVOLUTION AND PEACE. WARS AND REVOLUTIONS: A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF CONFLICTS, INCLUDING FATALITIES. CALL NUMBER: Microfilm 8258 NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: 2 R INDEX OR GUIDE: SCOPE AND CONTENTS: An attempt to compile a complete list of wars, rebellions, revolutions, riots and similar violent conflicts since 1820 which resulted in more than 20 killed. Reel 1 covers 1820 to 1900; reel 2 covers 1900-1972. Lists sources used. Consists of a series of tables, one for each country, that indicate the dominant causal factor and number killed. See also, Lewis Richardson, Statistics of Deadly Quarrels (U 21.7 R5 stacks), which deals with the same subject. SUBJECTS: Military History – Statistics; Sociology, Military; 19c; 20c
248. IIS. INDEX TO INTERNATIONAL STATISTICS: A GUIDE TO THE STATISTICAL PUBLICATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL INNTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (IGOs), 1983- CALL NUMBER: Microfiche HA 155 .I22x Microform Service NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: INDEX OR GUIDE: HA 155 .I223x Ref. Table 6B and Doc. Serv. Index is in two parts: index and abstract section. Includes references to some items not on the microfiche. We may own these in paper: check the Online Catalog and the periodicals list. SCOPE AND CONTENTS: Complete text of English (and some foreign) language statistical publications of 80-90 IGOs. Includes United Nations system (e.g., Food and Agricultural Organization, International Atomic Energy Agency and the International Monetary Fund), Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, NATO, the European Community, development banks such as the African Development Bank, and other important producers of statistics. Many periodicals are included. Includes economic, social, health, demographic and trade statistics. SUBJECTS: International; Statistics; 20c
249. INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION. PAPERS, 1976-1988. CALL NUMBER: Microfiche 4x6 JA 27 .I62x NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: INDEX OR GUIDE: Some years have a list of the papers on the first fiche. SCOPE AND CONTENTS: Papers presented at meetings of the World Congress. SUBJECTS: Political Science – Meetings
250. INTERNATIONAL POPULATION CENSUS PUBLICATIONS. CALL NUMBER: University of Arizona Microfilm [separate number for each country] NUMBR OF REELS/FICHE: INDEX OR GUIDE: International Population Census Bibliography, 1945-1977 (HB 881 .G69x 1980 Ref.). This work lists census publications from all countries. It indicates which ones were published on microfiche by Research Publications and provides a source for obtaining all those not filmed. SCOPE AND CONTENTS: Published abstracts and general discussion of population counts and demographc trends based on statistics tabulated by age, sex, occupation, literacy and other categories relative to the character and cultural composition of population. Most of these reports also include tables reflecting immigration, rural-urban ratios and other data pertinent to population movement. The collection includes a wide selection of countries in Western Europe, Central Europe and Latin America. Dates for each country vary, but generally cover 1940s to the 1960s. Holdings are as follows: Europe: Asutria, Belgium, Bulgaria, England and Wales, Finland, France, Hungary, Italy, Scotland, Sweden, U.S.S.R., Yugoslavia. Latin America and Caribbean: Argentina, Bahama Islands, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, British West Indies, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Guadalupe, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Netherland Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Panama Canal Zone (with Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands), Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Uruguay, Venezuela. SUBJECTS: Latin America; Caribbean; Central America; South America; Western Europe; Central Europe; USSR; Soviet Union; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s
251. LEAGUE OF NATIONS. DOCUMENTS AND PUBLICATIONS, 1919-1947. CALL NUMBER: Center for Research Libraries NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: 63 R INDEX OR GUIDE: Edward Reno, League of Nations Documents, 1919-1946: A Descriptive Guide and Key to the Microfilm Collection. Doc. Serv. Z 6473 .R45. 3 Vols. SCOPE AND CONTENTS: Includes the most important League publications, such as the Official Journal, which contains the meeting records of the principal bodies, the assembly and the council. Also contains the Official Yearbook, Statistical Yearbook, World Economic Survey, Armaments Yearbooks and many others. SUBJECTS: International; League of Nations; 20c
252. NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS: SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLANS. CALL NUMBER: Microfiche 4x6 7327 NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: INDEX OR GUIDE: Cumulative Catalogue. HD82 .N34x Ref. Lists plans by continent and country. Worldwide coverage. SCOPE AND CONTENTS: A collection of development plans from various third world countries. The plans, which were submitted by a variety of organizations an agencies, contain detailed information on agriculture, industries, economics, cultural and many other areas. Most date from the 1950’s on, although those for the Soviet Union cover the 1930’s. The fiche in the cabinet cover the following countries: Brazil, Burma, El Salvador, Honduras, Indonesia, Iran, Mozambique, Pakistan, Peru, Portugal, Spain, Uruguay and the USSR. Other fiche are in boxes in the microform storage room. They appear to be arranged in the order in which they were produced, so that material for a particular country may be scattered. The catalog noted above does provide a number for each country, which may be helpful in locating the material, but use of this collection (other than the basic set in the cabinet) is likely to be time-consuming). SUBJECTS: Economic Development; Underdeveloped Countries; Africa; latin America; Southeast Asia; Europe; USSR; Soviet Union; 20c
253. ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT. OECD MICROTABLES: IMPORT/EXPORT, 1977- CALL NUMBER: Microfiche HF 15 .M54x NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: INDEX OR GUIDE: SCOPE AND CONTENTS: Statistical tables for commercial products. Published annually since 1977. Text is in English and French. SUBJECTS: OECD; International Trade
254. POTSDAM CONFERENCE DOCUMENTS, 1945. CALL NUMBER: University of Arizona Microfilm 2638 NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: 2 R INDEX OR GUIDE: Microfilm Guide 2638 SCOPE AND CONTENTS: This final wartime conference brought together President Harry Truman, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Premier Joseph Stalin, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and other allied leaders. Their purpose was to bring the war to an early conclusion and to formulate a program for global order. The bulk of the collection consists of Background and territorial studies prepared for President Truman but its principal contribution to primary research is found in the minutes of meetings and memoranda files generated during the course of the conference. These deal with such topics as the statement calling for Japan’s unconditional surrender, the trial of war criminals and decentralization of German industrial cartels. During the conference, the atom bomb was successfully tested and a tentative decision to use it was made. SUBJECTS: Potsdam Conference; World War II; 1940s
255. RADICAL PAMPHLET LITERATURE: A COLLECTION FROM THE TAMIMENT LIBRARY, 1817-1970. CALL NUMBER: Microfilm 4540 NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: 90 R INDEX OR GUIDE: Z 7164 xS663 M5x Stacks. A Guide to the Microfilm Edition. Contains an introduction and an index to the pamphlets by author only. A copy of the guide is also on the film as the Index Reel. SCOPE AND CONTENTS: Contains 8,672 pamphlets and leaflets from the collection of the Tamiment Institute, New York University. Originally collected by the Rand School for Social Science, the pamphlets cover a wide range of topics including social movements, communism, socialism, radicalism, anti-semitism, labor unions, civil rights, McCarthyism, role of women, Sacco-Vanzetti case, Scottsboro case, Father Coughlin. Many of the pamphlets were issued by the Socialist Labor Party, the Socialist Party, league for Industrial Democracy, anarchist groups, Trotskyists, labor organizations and the Communist Party. Students of political science, political philosophy, the labor movement, sociology, women’s studies and socialist theory will find this collection an invaluable primary source for the study of radical thought. Representative authors are: Earl Browder, Fidel Castro, Eugene V. Debs, William Z. Foster, Emma Goldman, Morris Hillquit, N. S. Kruschchev, Kim Il Sung, V. I. Lenin, Scott Nearing, Upton Sinclair, J. Stalin, Mao Tse Tung, Norman Thomas and Leon Trotsky. Most of the material is in English but small portions are in German, French, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Chinese and Yiddish. Also includes English editions of primary works on Socialism and Marxism and viewpoints of the Russian and Chinese Communist Parties. The collection is arranged by author. SUBJECTS: United States – Radicalism; Communism; Socialism; China; Soviet Union, USSR; Korea; 19c; 20c
256.SABIN COLLECTION.
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