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Newly Cataloged Library Materials Fall 2025

From Cold War accusations of biological warfare and debates over the role of journalism to the dynamics of postwar Yugoslav repression and the literary culture of Soviet intelligence, this fall's newly cataloged items cover a broad spectrum of 20th century history. Reserve a seat in the Reading Room to explore them. 

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Hoover Acquires Collections Documenting Lives Of Imperial Japanese Navy Aviators, Including Kamikaze Pilots, During Final Stages Of World War II

The newly acquired Yokaren collection offers a rare and human window into the lives of young Imperial Japanese Navy aviators — many of whom became kamikaze pilots. By making these materials accessible, Hoover enables the continued study of World War II in the Pacific.

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Hoover Acquires the Collection of Oral Historian Griffin Fariello

The Hoover Institution Library & Archives has acquired an extensive collection of oral histories related to the Red Scare that were conducted by Bay Area author and Stanford alumnus Griffin Fariello.

Russia Abroad Digital Collection Surpasses One Million Pages Digitized In First Year

The Hoover Institution Library & Archives' launched the Russia Abroad Digital Collection in November 2024 and today celebrates a major milestone: more than one million fully searchable pages from nearly six hundred Russian émigré newspapers are now available worldwide through its open-access platform.

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Hoover Provides Additional Digital Copy of Baʿth Party Archive to the Government of Iraq

The Hoover Institution Library & Archives announces the successful provision of a second digital copy of the Baʿth Arab Socialist Party archive to the Government of Iraq. This exchange builds on earlier collaboration and furthers Hoover’s commitment to preservation, access, and international scholarly cooperation.

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Hoover Acquires Rare Collections on Eastern European Guerrilla Movements During the Second World War

Two collections documenting partisan and guerrilla activity in Eastern Europe during the final years of World War II are now at Hoover. Together, these materials shed new light on how local fighters resisted Axis forces and how their experiences were recorded, remembered, and contested in the historical record.