Document Group: SPECIAL COLLECTION
Provenance: Collected by Alice Thacher Post and SCPC staff
Size: 15 linear inches
Restrictions: None
Microfilm: None
Finding Aid: Checklist prepared by Anne Yoder, Jan. 1999
This checklist is the property of the Swarthmore College Peace Collection.
Historical Introduction
Most of the early material in this collection (1877-1927) was gathered together by Alice Thacher Post. Other
material was added by SCPC staff through the 1970s. The collection consists of items in international languages,
teaching tools such as grammars and dictionaries, or material arguing the pros and cons of establishing an
international language system.
Box 1
General material
Material in/about Alwato, 1877
Material in/about Esperantido, 1924, 1935, 1944-1949
Material in/about Esperanto:
- Biographical information re: Lazarus Ludovic Zameholf, founder
- Grammars / Dictionaries, 1910, 1921, n.d.
- Grammars / Dictionaries, etc., 1922, n.d.
- from Australia, 1957, 1959, n.d.
- from Austria, 1947
- from Belgium, 1946, 1960
- from Bulgaria, 1959
- from Canada, 1961
- from China, 1959-1960
- from Denmark, 1946
- from England, 1934-1964, n.d.
Material in/about Esperanto:
- from England: "The British Esperantist," 1937-1938, 1946, 1960
- from England: International Esperanto League, 1945-1946
- from England: Bible from P.H. Peckover Collection, 1927; from France: "La Faraono," Vol. 1
- from France: "La Faraono," Vol. 2-3, 1912-1913
- from France, 1938-1960, n.d.
- from Germany, 1960
- from Italy, 1967, 1971
- from Japan, 1948, 1960, 1962
- from the Netherlands, 1938-1960
- from New Zealand, 1945-1946
- from South Africa, 1946
- from Sweden, 1939, 1945, 1947
- from Switzerland, 1926, 1931, 1947
Material in/about Esperanto:
- from the United States, 1928-1977, n.d.
- from the United States: "American Esperantist," 1944-1945, 1947
- from the United States: International Auxiliary League Association in the United States, 1927-1937, n.d.
- from Vietnam, 1958
Material in/about Ido, 1913-1915
Material in/about Key-Way English, 1927-1929
Material in/about Mondi Liguo, 1945
Material in/about Occidental: "Kosmoglott," Dec. 1922
Material in/about Occidental from Switzerland: "Cosmoglotta," 1950, 1959-1970
Material in/about Volapuk "Handbook," 1888
[note: this collection is located below Subject File 2]
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