Decolonization & Transregional History Sources

Unusual pamphlets and publications from China, Cuba, Laos, Sri Lanka, North Korea and elsewhere (in English) from the 1960s. Titles include items such as: "Laos and the Victorious Struggle of the Lao People against U.S. Neo-colonialism," by Phoumi Vongvichit, 1969 and early issues of "Tricontinental," published in Havana by the "Executive Secretariat of the Organization of Solidarity of the Peoples of Africa, Asia and Latin America."

Compton was a Nobel prize-winning physics professor and WU Chancellor (1945 - 1953). In December 1949 he was one of several University chancellors who attended the "India-America Relations Conference" in New Delhi, India. In 1950 Compton presided over an assembly at UNESCO House in Paris to create the "World Brotherhood" organization, in cooperation with the National Conference of Christians and Jews.

See folders in Series 02, Box 13 for documents related to these programs, including conference agendas, speeches, travel documents, and so on. Also included are various publications collected by Compton, dating from circa 1945-1956 related to India, Pakistan, and the region, such as "Report on the Session of the 1st Conference for the Indian National Commission for Co-operation with UNESCO, April 9-10, 1949.

A St. Louis civic leader active in many civic programs, including the women's suffrage movement and a founding member of the National League of Women Voters. She was also active in supporting the creation of the United Nations in the 1940s, and worked for its promotion through the 1950s and 1960s. See Series 02 for materials related to the UN.

A close friend to Eleanore Roosevelt, this collection also contains correspondence between the two women on various topics, including the United Nations (See Series 04, Series 10 and Series 11).

(Note: Issues no. 1, 3, 48, 52-53, 70, 71, and 74-75 are only located at University Archives, in the Students for a Democratic Society Collection, Series 02.)

Online publication documenting the observations and photographs of anthropologist John W. Bennett.

links to primary documents, and secondary sources

--subdivision History--Autonomy and independence movements under names of countries, etc.

The West Campus Library has a 'significant number' of official documents and
sales publications, from 1945 to 1993. Their collection is described more fully here.