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Appeasement: Great Britain in the 1930s: Microforms

A guide to researching Great Britain in the 1930s. The Depression. Appeasement of Hitler. General Strike

Microforms

Microforms with accession numbers (as opposed to L.C. call numbers) have moved to Remote Storage.  These can be requested to be brought to the Main Library to read on the microform readers on 2 West in Hollander Make Central via our online catalog.  In Books and Media, use Advanced Search.  Put in the accession number given in this guide followed by the word Microfilm (for example 27902 Microfilm), use the down arrow to change the All Fields box to call number, and click the Find button.  Then, in the entry for the material, there is a Get This button to click on to request it.

[Neville] Chamberlain Papers from Birmingham University Library

Microforms, Remote Storage, call number=27902
Microforms guides DA 585 .C5 A25 1996
We have series one, units 2-5, 84 reels. Unit 2 contains journals, diaries, Bahamas, Birmingham affairs. Unit 3: National Politics: Memoranda, Correspondence, Other Papers. Unit 4: Correspondence 1937-40 and Public Presentations. Unit 5: Photographs, Correspondence withIda and Hilda,1906-40 and Additional Materials.

British General Election Campaign Guides, 1885-1950

Microforms, 2nd floor west JN 1031 .F8 fiche
81 fiche. Primary source for arguments, questions, evidence and contemporary viewpoints for electoral struggles in modern Britain.

British Broadcasting Corporation Radio, Author and Title Catalogues of Transmitted Drama, Poetry, and Features, 1923-1975

Microforms, 2nd floor west PN 1991.15 .B8 fiche
82 fiche of what was on the radio during the 1930s.

Great Britain. Foreign Office. Russia Correspondence, 1781-1945

Microforms, Remote Storage, call number=13907 and 13907a
Microforms Guides DA 47.65 .G73 1976 and 1977 and DA 47.65.G74
British Foreign Office's correspondence with Russia.

Messages Between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston S. Churchill 1939-1945

Microforms, Remote Storage, call number=12706 6 reels film
Map Room papers and President's secretary's file, President's personal file, messages from other files and collections.

[Roosevelt] Diary and Itineraries

Microforms, 2nd floor west E 742.5 .R57 D5 14 fiche
Covers 1933-1945

Press Conferences of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933-1945

Microforms, Remote Storage call number=9146 12 reels film
Microfilm of 25 v. of original White House stenographic typescripts (see reel 1, Introd.)Previous ed. issued under title: Press and radio conferences of the President. Index to each reel precedes the volumes.

Usher Books of President [Franklin D.] Roosevelt

Microforms, 2nd floor west E 742.5 .R57 U8 64 fiche
White House "Usher Books", or calendars, lists all official and personal guests of President Franklin D. and Mrs. Roosevelt and hourly activities of the President and his family, except meetings in the oval office.

Records of the Department of State Relating to Political Relations between the United States and Great Britain, 1930-1939

Microforms, Remote Storage, call number= 27730 film 6 reels

Henry Lewis Stimson Diaries in the Yale University Library

Microforms, Remote Storage, call number= 12270 film 9 reels
Microforms guides Z8845.9 .G8 He is best known as the civilian Secretary of War during World War II, chosen for his aggressive stance against Nazi Germany, with responsibility for the Army and Air Force. Secretary of State prior to this.

Microfilm edition of the papers of Henry Lewis Stimson (not including the diaries) in the Yale University Library

Microforms, Remote Storage, call number= 21898 film 169 reels
Reel 1-125 Series I : general correspondence -- Reels 126-128. Series II : memoranda, minutes of meetings, notes on conversations and interviews, and miscellaneous papers -- Reels 129-136. Series III : speeches, witings, and other public statements -- Reels 137-146. Series IV : special subjects -- Reels 147-159. Series V : family correspondence and other family papers -- Reels 160-166. Series VI : selected documents of the State Department -- Reels 167-169. Miscellany.

He is best known as the civilian Secretary of War during World War II, chosen for his aggressive stance against Nazi Germany, with responsibility for the Army and Air Force. Secretary of State prior to this.