Italian Ministry of Popular Culture - Memoranda., 01/01/1934-12/31/1936

File — Box: 4, Folder: 23

Identifier: 54853

Series-level Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

(Box 3, Folders 5 - 34; Box 4, Folders 1-38; Box 5, Folders 1 - 22) This series contains files on numerous non-literary projects and interests of LS. Subjects include Africa, India, Italy, Latin America, the Middle East. Additionally, there are files on the various associations and churches LS was involved with.

Dates

01/01/1934-12/31/1936

Collection-level Access Restrictions

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Extent

From the Collection: 28.5 Linear Feet (24 Hollinger boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

[All memoranda in Italian] Contains xerox copies of memoranda/announcements by the Italian Ministry of Popular Culture (time period: mid-1930s). Includes: memo appointing LS as translator for a Chinese delegation proposing to reorganize the Kuomintang party in China (1934); memo announcing Mussolin's plan to broadcast on shortwave radio to proote Itlaian culture and language in America and Asia; memo officially announcing the establishment of the Fascist propaganda section of the Ministry of Popular Culture; miscellaneous memos on selection of countries to receive Mussolini's broadcasts and content of his radio addresses.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

ITALIAN MINISTRY OF POPULAR CULTURE - MEMORANDA (COPIES): Typescript

MUSSOLINI, BENITO - REFERENCES RE. ITALIAN MINISTRY OF POPULAR CULTURE: Typescript