In September-October last year I was able to visit The Hague (the Netherlands) and Mons (Belgium) in September/October to continue my archival research into the history of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and IFLA’s relationship with other organisations, including the International Federation for Information and Documentation (best known under its long-time initialism, FID).  This was my third visit to the archives held in the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB, the national library of the Netherlands) and my first to the archives held in the Mundaneum, in Mons, Belgium.

Atrium of the Mundaneum, Mons, Belgium

In the hope that it will be of assistance to other members of IFLA’s Library History Special Interest Group (LibHist SIG) and researchers who may want to work in these archives on projects relating to the IFLA centenary, I attach a report on what I found.