Misc: Commemorative newspapers relating to World War Two

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0099 KCLMA MISC 67
Held at	: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.kingscollections.org/catalogues/lhcma ›
Full title	: Misc: Commemorative newspapers relating to World War Two
Date(s)	: 1990-1994
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 1 file
Name of creator(s)	: The Observer; The Independent on Sunday; The Times Saturday Review; The Times; Daily Mirror

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Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Newspaper articles commemorating World War Two, 1990- 1994. Includes article, 'Living through the Blitz', from The Observer, 24 Jun 1990; article, 'Propaganda to fuel the legend of the Few', from The Independent on Sunday, 8 Jul 1990; article, 'I gather it was you who shot me down. It is perhaps a little late to offer my congratulations', from The Times Saturday Review, 14 Jul 1990; souvenir article commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Allied invasion of France, codenamed Operation OVERLORD, from The Times, 6 Jun 1994; The Times headline pages of 9, 10, and 12 Jun 1944, relating to Allied operations in France, reproduced in The Times, 8-10 Jun 1994; The Times headline pages of 3-9 May 1945, relating to the end of hostilities in Europe, reproduced in The Times, 2-8 May 1995; The Times headline pages of 15-16 Aug 1945, relating to the end of hostilities in the Pacific, reproduced in The Times, 15-16 Aug 1945

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

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Conditions governing access:

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to The Observer; The Independent on Sunday; The Times Saturday Review; The Times; Daily Mirror

Finding aids:

Summary guide entry on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, and available in hard copy in the Centre's reading room

Archival Information

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Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented to the Centre in 1998 by Mrs E A Cumming

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Date of compilation: Nov 1999