Zone du titre et de la mention de responsabilité
Titre propre
Dénomination générale des documents
Titre parallèle
Compléments du titre
Mentions de responsabilité du titre
Notes du titre
Niveau de description
Cote
Zone de l'édition
Mention d'édition
Mentions de responsabilité relatives à l'édition
Zone des précisions relatives à la catégorie de documents
Mention d'échelle (cartographique)
Mention de projection (cartographique)
Mention des coordonnées (cartographiques)
Mention d'échelle (architecturale)
Juridiction responsable et dénomination (philatélique)
Zone des dates de production
Date(s)
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1939-1945 (Production)
Zone de description matérielle
Description matérielle
90 cm (1,963 items)
Zone de la collection
Titre propre de la collection
Titres parallèles de la collection
Compléments du titre de la collection
Mention de responsabilité relative à la collection
Numérotation à l'intérieur de la collection
Note sur la collection
Zone de la description archivistique
Historique de la conservation
Portée et contenu
Collection consists of items originating from prisoners held in German concentration camps, internment and transit camps, Gestapo prisons, and POW camps, during and just prior to World War II. Most of the collection consists of letters written or received by prisoners, but also includes receipts for parcels, money orders and personal effects; paper currency; and realia, including Star of David badges that Jews were forced to wear.
Zone des notes
État de conservation
Source immédiate d'acquisition
Most of the collection was acquired from Michel Brisebois in 2008 (accessions 20-2008, 25-2008 and 39-2008); a small part was acquired from Mr. Brisebois in 2007. Mr. Brisebois assembled the collection from various sources over a period of many years.
Classement
The collection has been arranged into eight series:
- Concentration Camps Correspondence
- Additional Concentration Camps Documents
- Internment and Transit Camps Correspondence
- Gestapo Prisons Correspondence
- POW (Prisoner of War) Correspondence
- Receipts for Parcels, Money Orders and Personal Effects
- Paper Currency
- Realia
Langue des documents
Écriture des documents
Localisation des originaux
Disponibilité d'autres formats
Parts of the collection are also available online in McMaster's Digital Collections and to institutions with subscriptions to Gale Learning's Archives Unbound database.
Restrictions d'accès
There are no access restrictions.
Délais d'utilisation, de reproduction et de publication
Instruments de recherche
Series 1 - Concentration Camps Correspondence
Series 2 - Additional Concentration Camps Documents
Series 3 - Internment and Transit Camps Correspondence
Series 4 - Gestapo Prisons Correspondence
Series 5 - POW (Prisoner of War) Correspondence
Series 6 - Receipts for Parcels, Money Orders and Personal Effects
Series 7 - Paper Currency
Series 8 - Realia
Éléments associés
Accroissements
Further accruals are expected.
