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Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]500 College Avenue, Swarthmore 19081-1399

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Swarthmore College Peace Collection. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
International-Languages
Repository:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Extent:
2 linear ft. (3 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item] in the {name of collection}, Swarthmore College Peace Collection.
Date:
1877-1977 (inclusive)
Abstract:
The collection includes materials on establishing an international language system.

The collection consists of items in international languages, teaching tools such as grammars and dictionaries, or material arguing the pros and cons of establishing an international language system.

The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is not the official repository for these records.

Most of the early material in this collection (1877-1927) was gathered together by Alice Thacher Post. Other material was added by Swarthmore College Peace Collection staff through the 1970s.

This finding aid was prepared by Anne Yoder, January 1999.

Related materials may be found by searching the library's online catalog.

Publisher
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Access Restrictions

None. The collection is open for research use.

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Use Restrictions

None.

Collection Inventory

Archival Resource Key. General.
Box 1

Scope and Contents

This series includes materials related to the Esperanto language. The majority of the materials are organized by country and include materials in Esperanto or about Esperanto from each country.

Archival Resource Key. Biographical information about Lazarus Ludovic Zameholf (founder).
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Grammars and dictionaries, 1910; 1921; undated.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Grammars, dictionaries, etc., 1922; undated.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Australia, 1957; 1959; undated.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Austria, 1947.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Belgium, 1946-1960.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Bulgaria, 1959.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Canada, 1961.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. China, 1959-1960.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Denmark, 1946.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. England, 1934-1964; undated.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. England: "The British Esperantist", 1937-1938, 1946, 1960.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. England: International Esperanto League, 1945-1946.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. England: Bible from P.H. Peckover Collection, from France: "La Faraono," Vol. 1, 1927.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. France: "La Faraono," Vol. 2-3, 1912-1913.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. France, 1938-1960; undated.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Germany, 1960.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Italy, 1967-1971.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Japan, 1948; 1960; 1962.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Netherlands, 1938-1960.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. New Zealand, 1945-1946.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. South Africa, 1946.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Sweden, 1945, 1947.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. Switzerland, 1926; 1931; 1947.
Box 2
Archival Resource Key. United States, 1928-1977; undated.
Box 3
Archival Resource Key. United States: "American Esperantist", 1944-1945, 1947.
Box 3
Archival Resource Key. United States: International Auxiliary League Association in the United States, 1927-1937; undated.
Box 3
Archival Resource Key. Vietnam, 1958.
Box 3

Archival Resource Key. Alwato, 1877.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Esperantido, 1924; 1935; 1944-1949.
Box 1
Archival Resource Key. Ido, 1913-1915.
Box 3
Archival Resource Key. Key-Way English, 1927-1929.
Box 3
Archival Resource Key. Mondi Liguo, 1945.
Box 3
Archival Resource Key. Occidental: "Kosmoglott", December 1922.
Box 3
Archival Resource Key. Occidental: Switzerland, "Cosmoglotta", 1950, 1959-1970.
Box 3
Archival Resource Key. Volapuk: "Handbook", 1888.
Box 3

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