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A generous donation by the association of musical artists Tonkünstlerverband Augsburg-Schwaben e. V. expands the music-historical holdings of the State and City Library Augsburg by a versatile collection of music materials by numerous musicians and composers from Augsburg and Swabia from four centuries.

The Daily Reports of the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) constitute a history documentation of importance for the USA, covering more than half a century (1941 – 1996). They are considered as a first-class collection of sources on decades of eventful world history.

Starting with the refugee streams during the Second World War, the database covers all crises up to 1996. It contains news reports and transcripts from television and radio broadcasts from all over the world, which were selected by the Foreign Broadcast Information Service.