Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
General material designation
Parallel title
Other title information
Title statements of responsibility
Title notes
Level of description
Reference code
Edition area
Edition statement
Edition statement of responsibility
Class of material specific details area
Statement of scale (cartographic)
Statement of projection (cartographic)
Statement of coordinates (cartographic)
Statement of scale (architectural)
Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
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1939-1945 (Creation)
Physical description area
Physical description
657 items
Publisher's series area
Title proper of publisher's series
Parallel titles of publisher's series
Other title information of publisher's series
Statement of responsibility relating to publisher's series
Numbering within publisher's series
Note on publisher's series
Archival description area
Custodial history
Scope and content
Collection consists of newspapers (85 titles, ca. 400 issues); broadsides (97 items); leaflets (130 items); and publications (30 items) produced by or relating to the underground resistance in Belgium during the Second World War. Most of the documents are in French, while some are in Flemish or German.
Notes area
Physical condition
Immediate source of acquisition
The collection was acquired from Michel Brisebois in 2008. Mr. Brisebois acquired the collection over a number of years from a variety of sources.
Arrangement
The collection has been arranged in the following series:
Newspapers: Underground Newspapers; Foreign Newspapers re: Belgium
Broadsides: Broadsides from the Beginning of the Occupation; Broadsides from the Belgian Resistance; Broadsides of the Liberation; Broadsides concerning Bombings; Repression Broadsides; Execution Broadsides; Broadsides concerning Air-Dropped Leaflets; Administrative German Broadsides for Belgians; Administrative Belgian Broadsides
Underground Leaflets: The “V” Campaign; Other Underground Leaflets
Underground Publications: Publications relating to “L’Affaire Royale”; Other Underground Publications
Language of material
Script of material
Location of originals
Availability of other formats
Restrictions on access
There are no access restrictions.
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Finding aids
Series 1 - Newspapers
Series 2 - Broadsides
Series 3 - Underground Leaflets
Series 4 - Underground Publications
Associated materials
Accruals
Further accruals are possible.
