

Summary of contents: A summary of the contents of the archives, papers, or collection concerned. Biography/history: A condensed biography or history of the persons or organizations concerned.ħ.

Finding aid: Available inventories, lists, and indexes.Ħ. Where only a few documents are from a certain year or period, they are listed in parentheses.ĥ. Period: First and last date of the documents present. The names of subject collections are mostly in English.ģ. Previous names of organizations are mentioned in the condensed history. For organizations that have changed their names, the name used most recently is selected.

In the case of international organizations with names in more than one language, the language is selected in which most of the documents were written. Name: Names of persons include dates of birth and death, when known. Access: As a rule, consultation is not restricted any restrictions are indicated by *.Ģ. For additional information about rules for access and consultation (including procedures for handling the material and making photocopies), please consult the website /en/services or contact the IISH information service (e-mail: entry offers a summary comprising the following:ġ. Requests for access to the physical documents or for digital reproductions may be submitted via the online catalogue. The archives may be consulted in the IISH reading room in Amsterdam and increasingly online as well. Library materials include books, periodicals, and brochures. Audiovisual materials include audio cassettes, videos, photographs, slides, negatives, and posters. In addition to listing papers and archives, this catalogue features descriptions of collections containing audiovisual and library materials. In recent years, all information on archival holdings at the IISH has become available online and appears in the institute's online catalogue under. This year, due to restrictions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, publication of the GIA was postponed to Issue 3. From 1998 onwards, annual supplements to this GIA have been published in Issue 2 of the International Review of Social History (IRSH). In 1999, a revised edition of the 1989 Guide to the International Archives and Collections at the IISH, Amsterdam (hereafter GIA) was published.
