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British Library of Political and Economic Science

Matteotti Documents


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0097 SR 1042

Held at: British Library of Political and Economic Science

Title: Matteotti Documents

Date(s): 1924-1925, [1947]

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 5 volumes

Name of creator(s): Unknown.

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Giacomo Matteotti was an Italian socialist leader, who was assassinated by fascists in 1924. His death caused a public outcry and threatened to destroy Italian fascism, though the weakness of the parliament meant that, despite a judicial enquiry, the murderers went free and Mussolini himself remained unpunished. Folowing the incident, Mussolini gave up all attempts to work with Parliament, and took steps to create a totalitarian regime.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Five bound volumes containing typescript transcripts of the Matteotti trial, 1924-1925, with photocopied pages from an article about the affair by Gaetano Salvernini, [1947].

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: Italian

System of arrangement:

As above.

Conditions governing access:

Open. Microfilm copy available.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright unknown. Microfilm copies only.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

No further list required.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

[Given by Gaetano Salvernini].

Immediate source of acquisition:

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Microfilm made available by Follet Preservation Microfilming Project, 1999. Films are held on open access in the Library (Archives MF 523-6).

Related material:

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Sources: Encyclopedia Britannica On-line. Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Apr 2001


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Fascism | Totalitarianism | Political doctrines
Legal procedure | Administration of justice

Personal names
Matteotti | Giacomo | 1885-1924 | Italian socialist leader
Salverini | Gaetano | fl 1947 | author

Corporate names

Places
Italy | Western Europe | Europe