Scope and Contents This collection includes a variety of traditional textiles from Bosnia and Herzegovina that exhibit traditional fabric, construction, styles, and motifs. Items include weaving samples, slippers (čarape or priglavke), and clothing.Many of them are handmade by the women in collective civic organizations called Udruženje građana – žene muslimanke ‘Sumejja’ Udruženje građana – Citizens' Association Žene muslimanke – Musim...

Content Description Dijaspora bošnjačka (Bosnian Diaspora) is a Bosniak periodical that was published monthly between May 2004 and December 2009 in St. Louis, Missouri. It was one of the two components comprising the Bosnian Media Group (the other was Radio Behar St. Louis). The publication features original articles by an international group of contributors (including from Bosnia and Herzegovina) and was distributed in the United States and Canada and parts of Europe. The paper was...

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The personal collection of Elsie Roth, RN (of St. Louis, MO) documents the war and the relief missions she organized in the mid-1990s.

The collection includes slides, photographs, videotapes, audio tapes, newspaper articles, color reproductions of original artwork drawn by children in Sarajevo, a t-shirt (Maybe Airlines Sarajevo), a flak Jacket worn by Roth on one trip, and miscellaneous papers and handwritten notes.

Content Description Ms. Mitra’s collection includes scrapbooks and recordded news segments (VHS) that document the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1995) and its aftermath. created between July 1992 and October 2002. The tablets contain news articles about the former Yugoslavia and Mitra's marginal notes and demonstrate the scope and range of news about the war available to Americans. The collection also includes VHS cassettes and related materials. This collection includes scrapbooks and recorded news...

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The Center for Bosnian Studies oral history project (formerly the Bosnia Memory Project) is an ongoing historical and cultural documentation effort that seeks to establish an enduring record of the experiences of Bosnian genocide survivors and their families during and after the war.

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Near-complete run of Plima Magazin, a bi-monthly Bosnian-language publication that was published in St. Louis between spring 1997 and spring 2000.

Physical issues were obtained from publisher and returned after scanning. CBS holds physical copies of three issues.

Content Description SabaH is a Bosnian-language weekly newspaper that was published in the United States between December 1997 and  October 2014. It was founded in Astoria, NY. Publication was relocated to St. Louis, MO in 2006, but the newspaper continued its national distribution. A typical issue contains about 50 pages and features bold headlines and many photos, with articles from both Bosnia- and US-based contributors. SabaH was established to help Bosnian immigrants deal with life in their new home and...

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Special-edition comic book created to educate children about the dangers of landmines; published in three local languages. Published in cooperation with the United States government and United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF). Distributed in Bosnia by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the MINE Action Center of Sarajevo.