Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Ethiopia collection
Collection
Call Number: MS 1516
Abstract:
The collection consists of correspondence, journals, printed material, ephemera, and photographs relating to the history of Ethiopia and the current political and social conditions.
Dates:
1867-2013
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Ethiopia collection
Photographs Relating to European Occupation, Colonization, and Conflicts in North and East Africa
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1508
Abstract:
This collection contains photograph albums, loose photographs, and postcards documenting the European colonization, occupation, and conflicts in North and East Africa. The collection documents a European colonial perspective of the colonization of African countries including Abyssinia (present day Ethiopia), Algeria, Eritrea, Kenya, Libya, Melilla, Morocco, and Somalia. Photographs depict African colonial subjects and other communities in North and East Africa, traditional housing, markets,...
Dates:
1880-1974
Postcards and printed ephemera documenting the Italian occupation of Ethiopia
Collection
Call Number: MS 1898
Abstract:
The collection comprises primarily postcards, most of a racist propaganda nature; several press photographs; and printed ephemera depicting the Italian wars in Ethiopia, as well as present day Somalia and Eritrea. Included are materials relating to the First Italo-Ethiopian War (1895 to 1896) and the Second Italo-Abyssinian War or the Second Italo-Ethiopian War which lasted from October 1935 to May 1936, with the occupation lasting until 1941. The result was the annexation of Ethiopia into...
Dates:
1895-1950