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Location & Call Number: McK Microfiche
This microfiche collection reproduces French doctoral dissertations selected by l'Association Universitaire Pour La Diffusion Internationale de la Recherche for wide dissemination. The first two catalogs cover three disciplines: history, political science and sociology. The third catalog lists and describes theses about China.
The dissertations are individually cataloged.
Items are entered in the indexes first alphabetically by author within the various disciplines. The second section of the indexes classes the theses by broad sub;ect. The third section lists authors, thesis advisors and keywords taken from dissertation titles.
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Location & Call Number: Microfiche J83.D41
These are collections of post-World War II American governmental documents formerly classif ied Top Secret, Secret or Confidential, which were declassified after Executive Order 11,652 went into effect. This order included a provision for mandatory review of such documents. Since 1975, additional material has been declassified in accordance with the requirements of the Amendments to the Freedom of Information Act (PL 93-502). They include documents from the Central Intelligence Agency, the Department of Defense, the National Security Council, the Justice Department, the White House, the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and miscellaneous boards.
Both the retrospective and quarterly collections contain cumulative subject indexes, abstracts and microfiche which reproduce the full text of each document. The microfiche collections are arranged in the same sequence as are the entries in the catalog of abstracts. The indexes are arranged alphabetically by subject terms. Entries preceded by "R" refer to the Retrospective Collection. Entries prededed by "75" refer to the current series. Sample entry: R 384 A refers to series (Retrospective Collection), page number (384) and item letter (A).
Although documents published in 1975 are not included in the Retrospective Collection, all 1975 index entries have been merged into the Cumulative Subject Index in the Retrospective Set. Starting in 1976 the collections are cumulated annually.
The following material is excluded from the collections: (1) documents declassified in bulk following the expiration of the thirty-year rule, (2) documents already given wide public attention, e.g., parts of the Pentagon Papers, (3) documents of marginal interest and (4) reports previously published in abstract journals and cumulative indexes issued by the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) or the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Recently issued documents such as telegrams, correspondence, detailed minutes of cabinet-level meetings and complete "National Intelligence Estimates" are included. Some of the subjects covered in the collections are the Alger Hiss affair, the European Economic Community, the assassination of President Kennedy, drug traffic in the United States, and the Vietnam War.
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Location Code & Call Number: M-FILM BV818C (2 Reels)
The clippings cover important American diplomatic activities from August 1944 through 1945 and chronicle the Dumbarton Oaks Conference, Stettinius' appointment and activities as Secretary of State, the Yalta Conference, the Inter-American Conference on War and Peace in Mexico City, and the United Nations Conference.
There is no index. The clippings on reel one are grouped according to subject and concern the Dumbarton Oaks Conference and Stettinius' appointment and activities as Secretary of State. Reel two documents three important diplomatic conferences: Yalta, the Inter-American meeting in Mexico City, and the United Nations opening session.
The microfilmed clippings correspond to bound volumes forty-eight, fifty, fifty-three, fifty-four, fifty-seven, and sixty-three of the original collection in the University of Virginia Library.
Location & Call Number: McK Microfiche JA27.I626 1976a (111 fiche)
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These five collections together contain full text copies of all the papers read before the world congresses of the International Political Science Association between 1976 and 1988.
For the 1976 and 1979 World Congress microfiche, each fiche is numbered on its upper right hand corner. The fiche are then filed in numerical order. For later years there is a notation on each fiche that it contains paper #__ to paper #__. The fiche are then filed in order by paper number.
The International Political Science Association was founded in 1949. Its' goal is to promote collaboration among the world's political scientists. To further this goal it sponsors publications, workshops and study groups, including the world congresses which are the subject of these microfiche collections.
The papers replicated here are made accessible by hard copy indexes. Also, for all years except 1979, the first fiche in each collection reproduces the hard copy index for that year. Within each collection, papers in the indexes are arranged in order of the particular conference session at which they were presented. Additionally, the indexes include an alphabetical author index. For two of the IPSA World Congress collections we have abstract volumes.
The UMCP Libraries also have, in hard copy, the conference papers from the VIth IPSA World Congress in 1964 and partial holdings from the Vth (1961) World Congress.(McK Folio JA27.I626)
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Location & Call Number: McK Microfiche JA27.I626 1979a (105 fiche)
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These five collections together contain full text copies of all the papers read before the world congresses of the International Political Science Association between 1976 and 1988.
For the 1976 and 1979 World Congress microfiche, each fiche is numbered on its upper right hand corner. The fiche are then filed in numerical order. For later years there is a notation on each fiche that it contains paper #__ to paper #__. The fiche are then filed in order by paper number.
The International Political Science Association was founded in 1949. Its' goal is to promote collaboration among the world's political scientists. To further this goal it sponsors publications, workshops and study groups, including the world congresses which are the subject of these microfiche collections.
The papers replicated here are made accessible by hard copy indexes. Also, for all years except 1979, the first fiche in each collection reproduces the hard copy index for that year. Within each collection, papers in the indexes are arranged in order of the particular conference session at which they were presented. Additionally, the indexes include an alphabetical author index. For two of the IPSA World Congress collections we have abstract volumes.
The UMCP Libraries also have, in hard copy, the conference papers from the VIth IPSA World Congress in 1964 and partial holdings from the Vth (1961) World Congress.(McK Folio JA27.I626)
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Location & Call Number: McK Microfiche JA27.I6271 1982 (341 fiche)
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These five collections together contain full text copies of all the papers read before the world congresses of the International Political Science Association between 1976 and 1988.
For the 1976 and 1979 World Congress microfiche, each fiche is numbered on its upper right hand corner. The fiche are then filed in numerical order. For later years there is a notation on each fiche that it contains paper #__ to paper #__. The fiche are then filed in order by paper number.
The International Political Science Association was founded in 1949. Its' goal is to promote collaboration among the world's political scientists. To further this goal it sponsors publications, workshops and study groups, including the world congresses which are the subject of these microfiche collections.
The papers replicated here are made accessible by hard copy indexes. Also, for all years except 1979, the first fiche in each collection reproduces the hard copy index for that year. Within each collection, papers in the indexes are arranged in order of the particular conference session at which they were presented. Additionally, the indexes include an alphabetical author index. For two of the IPSA World Congress collections we have abstract volumes.
The UMCP Libraries also have, in hard copy, the conference papers from the VIth IPSA World Congress in 1964 and partial holdings from the Vth (1961) World Congress.(McK Folio JA27.I626)
The following source provides more detailed information about the contents of each microfilm reel in the collection:
Location & Call Number: McK Microfiche JA27.I6271 1985 (336 fiche)
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These five collections together contain full text copies of all the papers read before the world congresses of the International Political Science Association between 1976 and 1988.
For the 1976 and 1979 World Congress microfiche, each fiche is numbered on its upper right hand corner. The fiche are then filed in numerical order. For later years there is a notation on each fiche that it contains paper #__ to paper #__. The fiche are then filed in order by paper number.
The International Political Science Association was founded in 1949. Its' goal is to promote collaboration among the world's political scientists. To further this goal it sponsors publications, workshops and study groups, including the world congresses which are the subject of these microfiche collections.
The papers replicated here are made accessible by hard copy indexes. Also, for all years except 1979, the first fiche in each collection reproduces the hard copy index for that year. Within each collection, papers in the indexes are arranged in order of the particular conference session at which they were presented. Additionally, the indexes include an alphabetical author index. For two of the IPSA World Congress collections we have abstract volumes.
The UMCP Libraries also have, in hard copy, the conference papers from the VIth IPSA World Congress in 1964 and partial holdings from the Vth (1961) World Congress.(McK Folio JA27.I626)
The following source provides more detailed information about the contents of each microfilm reel in the collection:
Location & Call Number: McK Microfiche JA35.5.I77 1988 (approx. 287 fiche)
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These five collections together contain full text copies of all the papers read before the world congresses of the International Political Science Association between 1976 and 1988.
For the 1976 and 1979 World Congress microfiche, each fiche is numbered on its upper right hand corner. The fiche are then filed in numerical order. For later years there is a notation on each fiche that it contains paper #__ to paper #__. The fiche are then filed in order by paper number.
The International Political Science Association was founded in 1949. Its' goal is to promote collaboration among the world's political scientists. To further this goal it sponsors publications, workshops and study groups, including the world congresses which are the subject of these microfiche collections.
The papers replicated here are made accessible by hard copy indexes. Also, for all years except 1979, the first fiche in each collection reproduces the hard copy index for that year. Within each collection, papers in the indexes are arranged in order of the particular conference session at which they were presented. Additionally, the indexes include an alphabetical author index. For two of the IPSA World Congress collections we have abstract volumes.
The UMCP Libraries also have, in hard copy, the conference papers from the VIth IPSA World Congress in 1964 and partial holdings from the Vth (1961) World Congress.(McK Folio JA27.I626)
The following source provides more detailed information about the contents of each microfilm reel in the collection:
Location Code & Call Number: M-FICHE, M-FILM VARIOUS CALL NUMBERS
The University of Maryland subscribes to microform editions of the United States Joint Publications Research Service (JPRS) translations. JPRS is a government organization established in March, 1957 to supply government agencies with translations of unclassified foreign documents, scholarly works, research reports and other selective source material which is not available in English. The tranlations are prepared by linguists and researches. The documents, selected by area specialist, are considered to be important source material for research in the social sciences, science and technology.
Translations include articles, trade and commercial statistical publications, military documents and special reports, as well as newspaper articles form major newspapers such as Pravda and Hung-Chi. Among the disciplines represented are political science, economics, international relations, and the sciences.
Because JPRS has been published by different companies, it has changed format and arrangement several times. Documents received on microfiche are unclassed; documents received on microfilm are accessible through call number. The JPRS indexing system is similarly irregular. In order to clarify arrangement of and access to the collection, the following outline describes its several segments in chronological sequence.
I. Microfilm Collection: 1957-1962.
Between 1957 and 1962 JPRS reports were distributed to government agencies only; documents were unavailable to the general public. Research and Microfilm Publications, a publishing company, selected items from among these documents for microfilming. This collection is thus limited to documents reproduced by RMP.
Documents are arranged by geographical area then by subject on the microfilm. The areas covered are the following:
Call Numbers for this microfilm may be obtained by consulting the online catalogue under "United States. Joint Publications Research Service. JPRS-SS- "followed by the first letter of the geographical area in question, e.g., JPRS-SS-M (Mongolia).
There are three points for JPRS reports published between 1957 and 1962:
A. Kyriak, Theodore E. Bibliography of Translations on Microfilm. June 1962. Annapolis, Md., Research and Microfilm Publication (1965) Docs AS36.U59 Folio
This bibliography is a cumulative guide to JPRS publications issued between 1957 and 1962 which were reproduced by RMP (Research and Microfilm Publications). The bibliography arranges JPRS reports and documents in publications number sequences.
Area bibiliographies drawn from Kyriak's Bibliography are also available. They are:
B. White, Thomas N. Guide to U.S. JPRS Research Translations, 1957-1966. Docs AS36.U592 FOLIO
This bibliography is a guide to JPRS publications issued between 1957 and 1966. The areas covered in these reports and documents are Asia, China, Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union and general international developments. The guide is arranged first by geographic area, then by subject (economics, politics, sociology, etc.).
C.Joint Publications Research Service Translations Catalog Cards in Book Form for the United States 1957-1961. 2 vols.. Docs AS36.U5738 1957/61 (CCBF)
These cards represent titles published by JPRS between 1957 and 1962 which were deposited in the Library of Congress before the documents were made accessible to the public through Research and Microfilms Publications. The cards are arranged by accession number with title and contents information for each entry.
Volume one contains listings of the early series which bore the initials of the producing offices of Washington, D.C. or New York. By February or March of 1960, these symbols were discontinued.Vol.1 begins with the first number of the Washington, D.C. series, includes the New York series and ends with JPRS number 3879. Volume 2 continues JPRS numbering sequence.
II. Microfilm Collection: 1962-1974.
Beginning in 1962 JPRS documents are arranged on microfilm by broad geographical area, then by statistical or non-serialized form, and finally by subject, following the entry sequence in the bibliography indexes listed in II A below.
Arrangement:
There are two primary points of access to the JPRS microfilm collection published between 1962 and 1969/70.
A. RMP Bibliography Indexes to Current U.S. JPRS Research Translations . These monthly indexes are arranged by the geographical areas indicated below:
B. Catalog in Book Form for United States Joint Publications Research Service Translations DOCS AS36.U5738.
These cards are arranged in this index by JPRS number. Titles are indexed in two short sections: serialized and nonserialized items. Within these sections, they are classed geographically--China and Asia, Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union and International Developments.
It was not until 1964 that a microfilm reel number was included on catalogue cards, and it was 1965 before a JPRS Cross Reference Table with notation of microfilm reel number was included. For the years 1962-1963 it is advisable to check each issue in the four subject areas for the JPRS cross-reference table. The Bibliography Indexes (see A above) should be checked first, then the annual cumulations of Catalog Cards (see B above) should be consulted.
III. Microfiche Collection: 1974-
JPRS documents contine to be added in the geographical areas mentioned above.
In 1975 Bell and Howell acquired publication rights for JPRS documents. Documents were then issued on microfich. Microfiche are arranged in the microforms cabinets in chronological sequence by JPRS number. Beginning with #4846, the library began to subscribe to the Superintendent of Documents edition of JPRS. These microfiche are filed uncataloged by report number in cabinets in the Documents Room (3rd floor, McKeldin).
Catalog Cards and the four area Bibliography Indexes merged to form:
Transdex:Bibliography and Index to the United States Joint Publications Research Service (JPRS) and Translations. (1970-1974) Docs AS 36.U574 FOLIO
This index was issued quarterly and includes a country-title index, a detailed subject index, a publications index and an author index.
Transdex Index, 1975- Docs AS 36 .U575 Folio
This index is divided into four sections:
The Index to JPRS documents on Microfiche (Trandex Index) is a continuation of Transdex: Bibliography and Index...Translations (above).
Location & Call Number: McK Microfilm E748.S883 A32 (9 Reels)
The diaries of Henry Lewis Stimson record the events of his career as a statesman from 1909 to 1945. He served as Secretary of War under President Willian Howard Taft, 1911-1913; colonel of field artillery with the American Expeditionary Force in France, 1917-1918; special envoy of President Calvin Coolidge to Nicaragua, 1927; Governor General of the Philippine Islands, 1928-1929; Secretary of State under President Herbert Hoover, 1929-1933; and Secretary of War under President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman, 1940-1945.
The diaries are filmed in chronological order. Each volume is separately paginated, with the number appearing in the upper right hand corner of each page. The index for each reel, along with an introduction, appears at the beginning of that reel.
There are fifty-two volumes of diaries, averaging 180 pages per volume. Most of the diaries are typed, but there are some had written volumes, and the typed volumes include handwritten notes which Stimson added at a later date.
The Indexes are designed to aid in the location of proper names, important place names, dates and significant topics. Popular names and events and legislation are included even of Stimson did not use the terms in his entries. Diary volume numbers are designated by Roman numerals; page numbers follow in Arabic numerals. The date of the entry is in parenthesis.
There is no cumulative index to the fifty-two volumes.
Before using the collection, it is recommended that researchers read the Introduction and "reel notes" in the Guide, which desribe the contents and offer explantory notes for each reel.
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Location Code & Call Number: MCK PER M-FICHE HC59.7 .T55 1980a (230 Fiche)
This collection contains documents and background papers sponsored by the International Foundation for Development Alternatives (IFDA) pertaining to the discussion of alternative strategies for international development. Included among the material is a complete set of IFDA Dossiers from January 1978 to December 1980.
The IFDA Dossiers (Series H-21) are arranged chronologically by date of publication. The supporting and background papers (Series H-37 - H-40) are numbered sequentially throughout the collection and are also grouped according to the following broad subject categories:
The index lists and abstracts all 347 papers arranged according to the four subject categories indicated above. Also included is a list of the Dossiers with their dates of publications and separate author and country indexes.
The index must be used to gain access to the documents and papers in the collection.
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Location & Call Number: McK Microfiche KF49 .W5 (724 sheets)
The Witness Index lists witnesses who have testified before Congressional Committees. The Index includes the witnesses' names, the committees before which they appeared, and the location of their testimony within the hearings. The second and third sequences also indicate their affiliations.
The microfiche are arranged in three sequences: the 25th-77th Congress (1839-1942); the 78th-84th Congress, 1st session (1943-1956); and the 84th, 2nd session-89th Congress (1957-1966). Within each sequence the arrangement is alphabetical by surname.
The first sequence (25th-77th Congress, 1839-1942) covers the congressional hearings which McKeldin Library own on microfiche (U.S. Congressional Hearings (Senate) 1839-1940). Entries in this sequence refer to the volume numbers used in the Senate Library.
The second and third sequences (78th-89th Congress, 1943-1966) were compiled by the Library of Congress, and the user must refer to the Index of Congressional Hearings (not Confidential in Character) (DOC Z 1223.A3 1973 Folio) to determine the appropriate volume of the Senate Library collection which contains the hearings. The Government Documents Room holds these hearings in hard copy.
This collection contains reports and research generated by local government agencies, civic organizations, academic and research organizations, public libraries, and metropolitan and regional planning agencies. The core of the collection are fiscal (budgets and financial reports) and architecture & planning documents (city, county and regional plans).
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