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Items associated with name 'Soviet Union'

Anti-Russian German Propaganda Leaflets

by Deutsches Reich (1944)

1 folder (0.1 linear feet)

These two Russian-language leaflets were distributed by the German Army on the Eastern Front in 1944 during the Second World War. They include anti-Russian images and text on either side of the burnt leaflets.

Associated Subjects: Posters • World War, 1939-1945 • Graphic Arts • Military History
Identifier: SC2016.030
Repository: Special Collections
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Committee for International Friendly Visits Scrapbook

by Webb, Jane (1969 – 2003)

1 box (0.5 linear feet)

This scrapbook was collected by Jane Webb, co-founder of the Peace Action Committee (PAX) in Massachusetts, who traveled with the Committee for International Friendly Visits to the Soviet Union several times at the height of the Cold War between 1969 and 2003.

Associated Subjects: Politics • Scrapbooks • International Relations • Voyages and Travel
Identifier: SC2014.047
Repository: Special Collections
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Soviet Georgia Propaganda Photographs

by Unknown (circa 1955 – 1975)

1 folder (0.1 linear feet)

The Soviet Georgia Propaganda Photographs consist of 26 black and white propaganda photos from Soviet Georgia taken during the Vietnam War (1955 to 1975). The photographs were printed by the Photochronicle of Sakdesa.

Associated Subjects: Military History • Photographs • Propaganda • Vietnam War, 1955-1975
Identifier: SC2023.004
Repository: Special Collections
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Soviet Russian Propaganda Postcards

by Soviet Union (circa 1950 – 1985)

1 folder (0.1 linear feet)

These approximately 130 postcards were created in Soviet Russian between 1950 and 1985. They depict communist figures and ideals, as well as some satirical images.

Associated Subjects: Postcards • Graphic Arts
Identifier: SC2016.020
Repository: Special Collections
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Soviet Union Anti-Racist Monochrome Postcards

by Unknown (circa 1960)

1 folder (0.1 linear feet)

The Soviet Union Anti-Racist Monochrome Postcards are four postcards from a circa 1960 collection of postcards called "Artists Stigmatize Colonialism."  The four images are of an African American man behind a barbed-wire fence and soldier, an African American girl getting ready for school who is then met by white protesters and the Ku Klux Klan outside the school, a white explorer using Africans as slaves and Africans capturing the white explorer, and a man in a mask beside a lynched African American man. All the writing is in Russian.

Associated Subjects: Postcards • Racism
Identifier: SC2020.008
Repository: Special Collections
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Soviet Union Anti-Racist Postcards

by Unknown (1968)

1 folder (0.1 linear feet)

The Soviet Union Anti-Racist Postcards are a set of 12 postcards with color images depicting anti-racist sentiments in 1968. Many of the pieces of art featured on the postcards were painted earlier. Included with the postcards is a booklet written in Russian. One of the most identifiable postcards is of an image with the Ku Klux Klan.

Associated Subjects: Postcards • Racism
Identifier: SC2020.007
Repository: Special Collections
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Soviet Union Propaganda Calendar

by Soviet Union (1945)

1 folder (0.1 linear feet)

This government issued calendar contains imagery that promoted the Soviet Union, featuring key historical dates. The cover depicts Lenin and Stalin and each month includes written propaganda in the form of poems and stories.

Associated Subjects: Graphic Arts • Politics
Identifier: SC2016.093
Repository: Special Collections
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Soviet Union Propaganda Posters Collection

by Aurora Art Publisher (1919 – 1944)

1 oversize folder (0.1 linear feet)

The Soviet Union Propaganda Posters Collection contains 23 color posters with images from 1919 to 1944. The posters promote the USSR, communism, and the destruction of the nation's enemies; and, they encourage their citizens to support their nation and troops.

Associated Subjects: Posters
Identifier: SC2020.005
Repository: Special Collections
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Special Collections Pamphlet Collection

by Various (1762 – 1985)

9 cartons,  2 boxes (10 linear feet)

The Special Collections Pamphlet Collection consists of over 800 published manuscripts discussing a wide variety of national and international topics. The materials date between 1762 and 1985. Similar topics have been grouped together, but may be found throughout the collection. Some of the major topics included in the collection are: race relations, Australia, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, African American history, Native American history, military history (American Civil War, WWI, WWII, Korean War), education, industry, labor history, agriculture, railways, government and politics, international relations, socialism, communism, economics, prisons, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, prohibition, temperance, women's history and groups, and biographies and obituaries.

Identifier: SC2020.032
Repository: Special Collections
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