On the Waterfront

On the Waterfront is the semi-annual magazine and newsletter for the Friends of the IISH

Cover and open spread of On the Waterfront, the semi-annual magazine of the International Institute of Social History (IISH).

On the Waterfront 49

Presentation: Huub Sanders on 90 years of IISH

Collection highlights and new acquisitions: 

  • the CNT photo archive from the Spanish Civil War
  • Projekt Artur, a 1987 film project about radical left-wing movements in West-Germany
  • the archive of the Committee of Moroccan Workers in the Netherlands (Komitee Marokkaanse Arbeiders in Nederland; KMAN)
  • the international photo collection of the Participating Artists’ Press Agency (PAPA)
Cover of On the Waterfront 49.A black-and-white historical photograph shows men and women standing and sitting on a truck in a busy Spanish city street.

On the Waterfront 48

Presentation: Selin Dilli on the overlooked history of women entrepreneurs in the Netherlands

Interview: Eef Vermeij about his IISH career and his work acquiring Asian archives

Collection highlights and new acquisitions: 

  • the personal papers of Indonesian leftist revolutionary Francisca Fanggidaej
  • papers of the Sri Lankan Research Forum for Social Development (RAAF)
  • two Haggadot, satirical pamphlets from the Algemeyner Yidisher Arbeyter Bund,
  • report on the handiwork required to digitize the SDAP archive 
Cover of On the Waterfront 48. Historic black-and-white photograph of Dr Caroline Bleeker behind a lathe, circa 1930.

On the Waterfront 47

1 March 2025 12:00

On the Waterfront is the semi-annual magazine of the IISH. This is issue 47 (2025)

Cover of On the Waterfront 47. Black-and white photo of four boys cycling on an empty motorway during the car-free Sunday in the Netherlands, 4 November 1973.

On the Waterfront 46

1 November 2024 12:00

On the Waterfront is the semi-annual magazine of the IISH. This is issue 46 (2024)

Cover of On the Waterfront 46. Black-and white portrait photo from 1913 of suffragist Isabel Seymour, wearing a dark fur coat and hat.

On the Waterfront 45

1 August 2024 10:11

On the Waterfront is the semi-annual magazine of the IISH. This is issue 45 (2024)

Cover of On the Waterfront 45. Klaas de Jonge, portrayed on a poster announcing an exhibition of his collection of African masks in Belgium, 2019. He is sitting on a chair in front of a collection of African masks.

On the Waterfront 44

1 October 2023 12:00

On the Waterfront is the semi-annual magazine of the IISH. This is issue 44 (2023)

Cover of On the Waterfront 44. A black-and-white photograph from 1947 of the Zwanenberg meat processing plant in Oss. It shows a large number of slaughterhouse workers in white overalls standing in a line on the fire escape at the rear of the slaughterhouse.

On the Waterfront 43

20 April 2023 14:52

On the Waterfront is the semi-annual magazine of the IISH. This is issue 43 (2023)

Cover of On the Waterfront 43. A black-and-white portrait photo of Russian socialist Petr Lavrovič Lavrov, a bearded and bespectacled older man.

On the Waterfront 42

1 October 2022 12:00

On the Waterfront is the semi-annual magazine of the IISH. This is issue 42 (2022)

Cover of On the Waterfront 42. Colour drawing by Kiek Halewijn from 1932. It shows a combination of different war scenes, a bombing, victims, a hanging etc.

On the Waterfront 41

22 February 2021 12:00

On the Waterfront is the semi-annual magazine of the IISH. This is issue 41 (2021).

Cover of On the Waterfront 41. A black-and-white photograph from the 1950s showing two European men on a picnic in the Dutch East Indies, with three native servants and two horses in the background.

On the Waterfront 40

1 September 2020 00:00

On the Waterfront is the semi-annual magazine of the IISH. This is issue 40 (2020).

Cover of On the Waterfront 40. Nocturnal photo of the light projection of a historical image on the façade of the union building De Burcht in Amsterdam in December 2019.

On the Waterfront 39

13 February 2020 11:02

On the Waterfront is the semi-annual magazine of the IISH. This is issue 39 (2020)

Cover of on the Waterfront 39 showing the cover of an account book from 1760 of Vossenburg and Waijampibo plantations in Suriname. Flowers decorate the cover, with a heart in the middle that has the title in curly handwriting.

On the Waterfront 38

1 October 2019 12:00

On the Waterfront is the semi-annual magazine of the IISH. This is issue 38 (2019)

Cover of On the Waterfront 38. Cover of On the Waterfront 38. Photo of some shelves in the IISH archive containing marble busts and small sculptures.