X. COUNTRY FILES (NON-LATIN AMERICAN,, 1900(1950)-1991

Arranged alphabetically by country. Files kept by Robert J. Alexander on countries throughout the world excluding Latin America. Document types are primarily newspaper, newsletter and magazine clippings, but also include government documents, biographical notes, and unpublished papers. Newspapers include the major U.S. and European papers as well as smaller papers and obscure newsletters. Includes practically every country in Europe, Asia, and Africa. Countries are subdivided by subject and further subdivided chronologically. Primary subjects are economics, politics and foreign relations of each country, but also includes agriculture, the arts, the military, social conditions, women's rights, and a general or miscellaneous category. Although the majority of the material dates from the 1950s to the 1980s, also includes notes on each country collected by M. Oran in the early part of the century. Includes some very small countries such as Vanuatu in the South Pacific and San Marino in Italy. Some countries are filed under former names such as Abyssinia. Yugoslavia, which was filed under "J" was moved to Y, however. Includes some areas which are no longer countries such as Danzig, and regions within countries such as the Saar, Memel, Alsace Lorraine, and the Dodecanese. Larger regions such as Europe include, along with the general materials, files on regional organizations such as the European Economic Community and NATO. The largest amount of material documents the United States (approximately eight cubic feet) dating primarily from the 1970s and 1980s. Subjects are primarily economics related, including files on numerous individual industries, but also include education, politics and religion.