All Special Collections materials must be used on-site.*
HOURS: Monday - Friday 9:00-5:00 by appointment*
REQUESTS / APPOINTMENTS:
314-935-5495 spec@wumail.wustl.edu
*collections require advance notice for retrieval and use
This guide contains an overview of collections that include primary sources that are broadly related to the 20th century decolonization movement. Topics include national self-determination, universal human rights, creation of the League of Nations and United Nations, anti-imperialism, and transregional history.
Digitized collections from libraries and archives around the world, including the British Library.
Papers generated by British Foreign and Colonial Offices based in the countries of the Levant and the Arabian peninsula, Iran, Turkey, Egypt and Sudan. Documents range from letters and telegrams to comprehensive dispatches, investigative reports and texts of treaties.