Troelstra Collection Guide

21 September 2018 - 15:59

On the occasion of the 150th birthday of the poet and politician Pieter Jelles Troelstra (1860-1930), the IISH has opened a digital documentation center. 

Here the user can easily access the IISG's Troelstra archive, a pictorial biography of photos and political prints, the chronology of his life, information about the biography Politicus from passion by Piet Hagen, published in February 2010, and other relevant information.

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