West Europe

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French World War II poster, 1944. Artist: Phili. Hoover Institution Archives Poster Collection

© Hoover Institution Page from Rosa Luxemburg's diary, 1918

© Hoover Institution Original handwritten diaries by Nazi official Heinrich Himmler contain small, sentimental mementos

The danger of Bolshevism, Germany, 1919. Artist: Rudi Feld. Hoover Institution Archives Poster Collection

Germany. Artist: M. Maurice Hawkesworth. Hoover Institution Archives Poster Collection

Comité de Coordination du Syndicat "Solidarnosc" en France, 1981? Hoover Institution Archives Poster Collection

World War I recruiting poster, Great Britain. Artist: Arthur Wardle. Hoover Institution Archives Poster Collection

World War I advertisement for war bonds, Italy. Artist: Mario Borgoni. Hoover Institution Archives Poster Collection

Poster from the Spanish Civil War. Artist: Gemenez. Hoover Institution Archives Poster Collection

Portuguese poster, 1974-1975? Artist: Vespeira. Hoover Institution Archives Poster Collection

The West European Collection forms a large part of the institution's overall holdings. From its beginning, it concentrated on the acquisition of special materials such as parliamentary debates; reports of ministries; documents on foreign affairs; and monographic literature in the diverse European languages in the fields of history, politics and government, economics, and international relations. A particularly strong commitment has existed through the years to documenting of mass movements such as communism, fascism, and national socialism. Collecting has emphasized archives, newspapers and periodicals, and publications of various interest and pressure groups.

The West European Collection consists of approximately 350,000 books in the various Western languages; 3,000 periodical and newspaper titles, of which 535 are currently received; 15,000 pamphlets; 20,000 posters; and more than 800 archival units.

Curator(s)
Bradley Bauer