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International Institute of Social History The International Institute of Social History (IISH) was founded in 1935. It is involved with the documentation of and research into social history in general and the labour movement in particular. The IISH also houses the Netherlands Economic History Archive (NEHA) and the Netherlands Press Museum. The web site is available in Dutch and English with some of the information also available in French and German. There is a search engine on the site which aids navigation. The web site offers access to a wealth of information about the IISH and its activities. There is information on events taking place, research, publications and virtual exhibitions of posters and art work. Details of opening hours and borrowing regulations are given. Information about the collections is made available via an online catalogue and an index of archives. Details of projects are also available. Details are, for example, given of the Occasio project which aims to archive important digital documents related to social, political and environmental issues. There are currently over 900,000 items included on the archive. There is a section on women's history and another on Asian labour. The International Institute of Social History hosts the World Wide Web Virtual Library for labour and business history. The IISH also hosts a discussion list for labour historians.
Historical Theme:
Social history | Gender
& women | Political
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