The International Newsletter of Communist Studies Online

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The International Newsletter of Communist Studies Online
The Social History Collection (Czytelnia Zbiorów Historii Społecznej, ZHS)
of the Sejm Library, Warsaw.
Biblioteka Sejmova (Warsaw). The core of the Division’s collection are the library holdings of
the former Central Archives of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers’ Party
(until recently the Archives of the Polish Left), with 142 000 units, taken over by the Sejm
Library in 1991. It is the only collection in the country focusing on the history of Polish and
international workers’ movement starting from mid 19th century, and also on the history of
peasant, trade and youth movement, which developed first of all under the influence of
socialist and communist ideology. It contains, among others, unique Polish, and also foreign,
19th century socialist prints, source publications, studies and diaries. The collection of
periodicals includes the first Polish socialist journals, rare titles of the interwar press, and also
the collection of underground and Warsaw Uprising press from the Second World War. Other
strengths of the ZHS collections are sources and studies on social and political history of Poland,
Poland’s neighbouring countries and countries with which Poland had historical links as a result
of the partitions, and political and economic emigration. The Division also holds a
comprehensive collection of critical editions of the classics of the leftist thought, and studies
from all over the world on leftist philosophy and doctrines.
The current collection profile developed already by the Sejm Library was enriched by Polish
and foreign literature on the history of the Polish People’s Republic and the participation of
the Polish left in democratic changes after 1989, as well as a selection of publications on the
history of the USSR and other states of the former communist bloc, and the sociopolitical
transformation in this region. Regarding current foreign serials, the Division collects mainly
titles which specialize in research on international leftist doctrines and movements, and
social history.
Source: http://bib.sejm.gov.pl/witryna/index_eng.html
Fondazione Istituto Antonio Gramsci, Rome.
The Fondazione Istituto Antonio Gramsci comprises the records and publications of the Italian
Communist Party as well as files and deposits of the leaders and members of the party.
Detailed holdings information is now possible by guided online research. See:
http://www.gramsci.it/.
• Seit 1992/1994 informierte der von Linda Giuva verfaßte Archivführer über die Bestände des
Archivs und Forschungsinstituts der KP Italiens (siehe: Guida agli archivi della Fondazione
Istituto Gramsci di Roma, Rassegna degli Archivi di Stato 76, 1994, zgl. „Annale“ 1992,
Fondazione Istituto Gramsci, 1992).
• Der Archivführer enthält den Stand der Sammlungen bis 1993, vor der Inkorporierung des
kompletten historischen Archivs der KP Italiens für den Zeitraum seit dem Zweiten Weltkrieg
und weitere wichtiger Neuzugänge. Eine neue elektronische Ausgabe des Archivführers
befindet sich im Aufbau und ist bereits nutzbar. Sie enthält die Beschreibungen der vor 1993