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ASALA Papers and CD Guide “The Spiwrkʻ Collection of Documents on The Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia [ASALA] and Videos and Recordings on ASALA and on the Karabakh Movement” Compiled by Dickran Khodanian Near East Section Intern, 2016 The Near East Section African and Middle Eastern Division The Library of Congress Washington, DC 20540 Preface In 2015 the Overseas Operations Office of the Library of Congress in Cairo, Egypt, acquired for the Armenian collections of the Near East Section from the Lebanese Armenian newspaper, Spiwrkʻ an important collection of documents and videos relating to ASALA [the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia] and videos relating to the Karabakh Movement of the late 1980s and early 1990s. The videos had been labelled but the documents were received in no particular order. In late Summer of 2016, following a Leo Sarkisian internship with the Armenian National Committee of America, Inc., Mr. Dickran Khodanian volunteered his services to the Near East Section. As this collection was a top priority, we asked him to arrange these vital records. Working with staff in the Near East Section and with the Conservation Division to assure their preservation, Mr. Khodanian carefully evaluated and arranged the documents and DVDs and created this detailed guide to aid researchers in their use. Please note that we have chosen to retain the descriptions of the documents and the videos provided by the editors at Spiwrkʻ. Note that all proper names have been transliterated into Western Armenians by those editors, even those of Armenians where Eastern Armenian is used. Levon Avdoyan Armenian and Georgian Area Specialist August 15, 2018 2 Contents Box 1 Newspapers 1973-1991=793 pages Page 4 Box 2 1992-2010 Newspapers and 1980-2009 Correspondences=677 pages Page 4 Box 3 1995-2009 Correspondences and 1978-2010 Non Armenian documents and =701 pages Page 6 Box 4 1983-1987 Hayasdan [Hayastan] Magazine, 1999-2009 Typescripts, and 1982-2010 Periodicals=465 pages Page 7 Box 5=Arabic documents and pamphlets=301 pages Page 8 Box 6 1975-1991 Newspapers and Arabic=197 pages Page 8 Box 7 1992-2009 Newspapers and 1983-2005 Non Armenian Documents=241 pages Page 9 Box 8 Miscellaneous=119 pages Page 10 Box 9 Gourgen Yanikian=372 pages Page 10 Box 10: VIDEOS AND RECORDINGS Page 11 3 PRINT MATERIALS ASALA Papers Summary of all folders Small Papers Armenian Newspapers: Small format Box 1 Newspapers 1973-1991=793 pages Folder 1973-1978:63 pages 1973-1977 Newspaper articles: 43 pages 1978 Newspaper articles: 20 pages Folder 1979-1980:56 pages 1979 Newspaper articles: 19 pages 1980 Newspaper articles: 37 pages Folder 1981 January-March: 49 pages Folder 1981 April-December: 48 pages Folder 1982: 69 pages 1982 Newspaper articles: 69 Folder 1983 January-March: 58 pages Folder 1983 April-August: 55 pages Folder 1983 September-December : 40 pages Folder 1984 January-August: 52 pages Folder 1984 August-December: 39 pages Folder 1985: 84 pages 1985 Newspaper articles: 84 pages Folder 1986: 51 pages Folder 1987: 57 pages Folder 1988-1991: 72 pages 1988 Newspaper articles: 18 pages 1989 Newspaper articles: 3 pages 1990 Newspaper articles: 21 pages 1991 Newspaper articles: 30 pages Armenian Newspapers and Correspondences: Small format Box 2 1992-2010 Newspapers and 1980-2009 Correspondences=677 pages 4 Folder 1992-1993: 66 pages 1992 Newspaper articles: 31 pages 1993 Newspaper articles 35 Folder 1994-1995: 73 pages 1994 Newspaper articles: 33 pages 1995 Newspaper articles: 40 pages Folder 1996-1997: 68 pages 1996 Newspaper articles: 29 pages 1997 Newspaper articles: 39 pages Folder 1998-2000: 75 pages 1998 Newspaper articles: 53 pages 1999 Newspaper articles: 27 pages 2000 Newspaper articles: 48 pages Folder 2001-2003: 59 pages 2001 Newspaper articles: 21 pages 2002 Newspaper articles: 21 pages 2003 Newspaper articles: 17 pages Folder 2004-2006: 67 pages 2004 Newspaper articles: 21 pages 2005 Newspaper articles: 26 pages 2006 Newspaper articles: 20 pages Folder 2007-2010: 69 pages 2007 Newspaper articles: 15 pages 2008 Newspaper articles: 11 pages 2009 Newspaper articles: 24 pages Correspondences Folder 1980-1991: 65 pages 1980 Correspondences: 2 pages 5 1982 Correspondences: 1 page 1983 Correspondences: 3 pages 1987 Correspondences: 1 page 1988 Correspondences: 8 pages 1989 Correspondences: 8 pages 1990 Correspondences: 38 pages 1991 Correspondences: 4 pages Folder 1992-1994: 65 pages 1992 Correspondences: 13 pages 1993 Correspondences: 12 pages 1994 Correspondences: 40 pages Correspondences, Non Armenian Documents: Small format Box 3 1995-2009 Correspondences and 1978-2010 Non Armenian documents and =701 pages Correspondences Folder 1995-2009: 70 pages 1995 Correspondences: 42 pages 1996 Correspondences: 11 pages 1997 Correspondences: 10 pages 1998 Correspondences: 3 pages 2000 Correspondences: 3 pages 2009 Correspondences: 1 page Non-Armenian documents Folder 1978-1985 Non Armenian documents: 66 pages 1978 3 pages 1980 5 pages 1981 2 pages 1982 2 pages 1983 13 pages 6 1984 6 pages 1985 35 pages Folder 1986 Non Armenian documents: 73 pages 1986 73 pages Folder 1987-1992 Non Armenian documents: 66 pages 1987 3 pages 1988 7 pages 1989 5 pages 1990 24 pages 1991 13 pages 1992 14 pages Folder 1993-1996 Non Armenian documents: 62 pages 1993 34 pages 1994 12 pages 1995 12 pages 1996 4 pages Folder 1997-1998 Non Armenian documents: 39 pages 1997 27 pages 1998 12 pages Folder 1999 Non Armenian documents: 60 pages 1999 60 pages Folder 2000-2001 Non Armenian documents: 74 pages 2000 37 pages 2001 37 pages Folder 2002-2003 Non Armenian documents: 68 pages 2002 46 pages 2003 22 pages Folder 2004-2006 Non Armenian documents: 60 pages 2004 25 pages 2005 26 pages 2006 9 pages Folder 2007-2010 Non Armenian documents: 63 pages 2007 10 pages 2008 26 pages 2009 9 pages 2010 18 pages Hayasdan [Hayastan] Magazine Armenian Typescripts and Armenian Periodicals: Small papers Box 4 1983-1987 Hayasdan [Hayastan] Magazine, 1999-2009 Typescripts, and 1982-2010 Periodicals=465 pages Hayasdan [Hayastan] Magazine Folder 1983-1987 Hayasdan [Hayastan] Magazine: 79 pages Typescripts Folder 1999-2002 Typescripts: 53 pages Folder 2003-2009 Typescripts: 49 pages 7 Periodicals Folder 1982-1990 Periodicals: 62 pages Folder 1991-1999 Periodicals: 62 pages Folder 2000-2002 Periodicals: 59 pages Folder 2003-2007 Periodicals: 64 Pages Folder 2007-2010 Periodicals: 37 pages Arabic documents and pamphlets Box 5=Arabic documents and pamphlets=301 pages Folder Arabic #1: 75 pages Folder Arabic #2: 76 pages Folder Arabic #3: 74 pages Folder Arabic #4: 76 pages Large format Armenian Newspapers and Arabic: Large format Box 6 1975-1991 Newspapers and Arabic=197 pages Folder 1975-1984: 94 pages 1975 Newspaper articles: 9 pages 1977 Newspaper articles: 13 pages 1978 Newspaper articles: 8 pages 1979 Newspaper articles: 7 pages 1980 Newspaper articles: 4 pages 1981 Newspaper articles: 8 pages 1982 Newspaper articles: 22 pages 1983 Newspaper articles: 15 pages 1984 Newspaper articles 8 Folder 1985-1991: 96 pages 1985 Newspaper articles: 23 pages 1986 Newspaper articles: 15 pages 1987 Newspaper articles: 11 pages 1988 Newspaper articles: 2 pages 8 1990 Newspaper articles: 14 pages 1991 Newspaper articles: 31 pages Arabic documents: 7 pages Armenian Newspaper and Non Armenian Documents: Large papers Box 7 1992-2009 Newspapers and 1983-2005 Non Armenian Documents=241 pages Folder 1992-1999: 102 pages 1992 Newspaper articles: 13 pages 1993 Newspaper articles: 2 pages 1994 Newspaper articles: 33 pages 1995 Newspaper articles: 6 pages 1996 Newspaper articles: 10 pages 1997 Newspaper articles: 1 page 1998 Newspaper articles: 8 pages 1999 Newspaper articles: 29 pages Folder 2000-2009: 45 pages 2000 Newspaper articles: 6 pages 2001 Newspaper articles: 5 pages 2002 Newspaper articles: 1 page 2003 Newspaper articles: 4 pages 2004 Newspaper articles: 4 pages 2005 Newspaper articles: 8 pages 2006 Newspaper articles: 8 pages 2007 Newspaper articles: 3 pages 2008 Newspaper articles: 1 page 2009 Newspaper articles: 5 pages 9 Non-Armenian documents Folder 1983-2005 Non Armenian documents: 84 pages 1983 5 pages 1984 11 pages 1985 20 pages 1986 13 pages 1989 6 pages 1990 1 page 1991 1 page 1993 1 page 1994 2 pages 1995 4 pages 1996 2 pages 2000 2 pages 2001 10 pages 2002 5 pages 2005 1 page Miscellaneous: Large and small papers Box 8 Miscellaneous=119 pages Miscellaneous Folder 1 miscellaneous: 58 pages Folder 2 miscellaneous: 48 pages Large sized calendar: 13 pages Gourgen Yanikian: Large and small papers Box 9 Gourgen Yanikian=372 pages Newspaper articles Folder 1947-1976 Newspaper articles Gourgen Yanikian: 64 pages Folder 1977-2001 Newspaper articles Gourgen Yanikian: 50 pages Folder 2002-2009 Newspaper articles + 1974-1991 Periodicals Gourgen Yanikian: 34 Pages Correspondences Folder 1949-2006 Correspondences Gourgen Yanikian: 76 pages Personal Items Folder: 117 pages Large Newspaper articles Folder 1973-1994 Gourgen Yanikian: 31 pages Total pages=3726 pages Pamphlets 10 Armenian Question and Turkish Expansionism Tsrakir The Geo-Historical Importance of Soviet Armenia Today ASALA 1975-1995: Vasn Hayoutyan, Vasn Hayrenyats Box 10: VIDEOS AND RECORDINGS ASALA DVDs A. 1985 Training B. 09/02/1987 Training C. 06/1991 “In My Defense” Gourgen Yanikian by Edward Woodward BBC2 D. May-June 1990 Vazken Sisslian in Armenia E. April-May 1990 Vazken Sisslian in Armenia F. 23/6/1988 Brotherhood Poisoning, In Textile Factory in Massisavan G. 1995 Turkish TV on ASALA, PKK, Germany, Afghanistan, Kurds in Turkey, Yashar Kemal, Ojalan DVD 1 H. 1999 Kourken Yanikian’s Book + “Prison Cell 7160” Drama I. 08/2000 Hamlet Ghouljian’s internview with Zori Palayan about Kourken Yaikian (Levon Yergat, Ankara Operation J. 1992 Monte Melkonian K. 1993 Monte Melkonian L. 1981 Heroes DVD 1 M. 1982 Training Mgrdich Madarian N. 1981 French TV about operation “Van” and Ara Toranian, Turkish TV about Mardiros Jamgochian, Gathering in Paris, Suzy, Zaher Khatib, O.
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