Newly Cataloged Library Materials April 2023

Librarians at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives catalog hundreds of materials on a monthly basis. This month’s list of newly cataloged items features a rare item that has been waiting in our backlog since it was first acquired by the Library & Archives in 1975. To view more information and to request access to these materials, follow the links below to SearchWorks, the Stanford University Libraries' online catalog.

To view more information and to request access to these materials, follow the links below to SearchWorks, the Stanford University Libraries online catalog. 

Author: Vladlen Tatarskiĭ [Maksim I͡Urʹevich Fomin, 1982-2023]
Title: Beg [Бег]
Published: Krasnodar, [publisher not identified], 2020

Ukrainian-born Maksim Fomin, better known by his pseudonym Vladlen Tatarskii, was a Russian military blogger of partial Tatar descent. On April 2nd, 2023, Fomin was assassinated in a bomb attack in St. Petersburg, Russia. From 2014 until his recent death, Fomin authored popular military blogs that advocated pro-separatist views related to the Ukraine crisis. He also authored three books related to his recollections of war and the political crisis. Beg [Бег - The run] represents the author’s memories of 2014, the first year of the conflict in Ukraine. This publication features a printed inscription on the flyleaf of the book, which was a slogan often used by Tatarskii: Never swear off prison and war.

 

Issued by:  Prometeïvsʹka liha atli͡antiĭskoï khartiï
Title: Rezoli͡ut͡siï i manifest prometeïvsʹkoï lihi atli͡antiĭskoï khartiï
[Резолюції і маніфест Прометеївської лігі атлянтійскої хартії ]
Published: Zheneva, [publisher not identified], 1946

This publication is the manifesto of the Prometeïvsʹka Liha Atli͡antiĭskoï Khartiï (the Promethean League of the Atlantic Charter), which was an organization and movement based in Europe and created by Poles and exiles from the Soviet Union. The mission of the organization was to resist Soviet rule in Europe and the Caucasus and to restore the right of self-determination for countries under Soviet rule. Originally named Klub Prometeĭ (Prometheus Movement), the organization adopted its new name and published its resolutions and manifesto in 1946. The Hoover Institution Library & Archives holds both the Ukrainian and Russian language versions of the organization's resolutions and manifesto. The Russian language version: Rezoli͡ut͡sii i manifest kongresa Prometeevskoĭ ligi Atlanticheskoĭ khartii.  

 

Author:  Elena Solodi͡agina-Khaplanova
Title: I͡Ugoslavskiĭ akkord : vospominanii͡a docheri belykh ėmigrantov 1941-1950 gg.
[Югославский аккорд : воспоминания дочери белых эмигрантов 1941-1950 гг.]
Published: Los Andzheles, Kalifornii͡a, [publisher not identified], [2021] 

This book details the author’s memories of life in Yugoslavia in the 1940s. Solodi͡agina-Khaplanova and her family temporarily lived in Yugoslavia while emigrating from Russia to the United States. The book describes vivid childhood memories and family histories. It also gives a portrait of the changes occurring within Yugoslavia and in one small town, Zaječar, during the last days of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, the Nazi invasion and occupation, the resistance, the Red Army's arrival, and communist rule. 

 

Issued by: Internationalen Frauenliga für Frieden und Freiheit, Deutscher Zweig
Title: Völkerversöhnende Frauenarbeit während des Weltkrieges : Juli 1914 - November 1918
Published: München, [Buchdruckerei B. Heller], 1920 

This recently cataloged, rare item has been waiting in our backlog since it was first acquired by the Library & Archives in 1975, as indicated by an old acquisition slip found within the pages. This volume was issued by the German branch of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom and outlines the organization’s efforts to promote peace during World War I. The organization was formerly known as Deutscher Frauenausschuss für dauernden Frieden (German Women's Committee for Lasting Peace). 

 

Authors: E.H. Schulz und R. Frercks
Title:   Warum Arierparagraph? : ein Beitrag zur Judenfrage 
Published: Berlin, Rassenpolitisches Amt der NSDAP, 1938

The Rassenpolitisches Amt der NSDAP (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei), the Nazi Party’s Office of Racial Policy, issued this 1938 publication relating to “Arierparagraph”. These were clauses and regulations used by German and Austrian institutions, including governmental institutions and legislation, to exclude the participation and limit the rights of “non-Aryans” (Jews). This publication argues the value and necessity of these antisemitic regulations and their inclusion in German law.

 

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