Descriptive Summary
Access
Access Restrictions
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Processing Information
Scope and Content of Collection
Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Archians Mosley photograph collection
Dates: 1951
Collection number: MS 40
Creator:
Mosley, Archians.
Collection Size:
.25 linear feet
(1 box)
Repository:
African American Museum & Library at Oakland (Oakland, Calif.)
Abstract: The Archians Mosley Photograph Collection consists of 164 photographs documenting the activities of the 184th Medical Collecting
Company while stationed in Schwäbisch Hall, Germany in the early 1950s. The photographs mostly show soldiers while on the
U.S. army base in Schwäbisch Hall performing military drills, receiving medical treatment, and socializing, though there are
also photographs of Schwäbisch Hall street scenes, St. Michael’s Church, Comburg monastery, and photographs of soldiers aboard
ship approaching New York City.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Access
No access restrictions. Collection is open to the public.
Access Restrictions
Materials are for use in-library only, non-circulating.
Publication Rights
Permission to publish from the Archians Mosley Photograph Collection must be obtained from the African American Museum and
Library at Oakland.
Preferred Citation
Archians Mosley photograph collection, MS 40, African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library. Oakland,
California.
Processing Information
Processed by Sean Heyliger, 06/27/2013.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Archians Mosley Photograph Collection consists of 164 photographs documenting the activities of the 184th Medical Collecting
Company while stationed in Schwäbisch Hall, Germany in the early 1950s. The photographs mostly show soldiers while on the
U.S. army base in Schwäbisch Hall performing military drills, receiving medical treatment, and socializing, though there are
also photographs of Schwäbisch Hall street scenes, St. Michael’s Church, Comburg monastery, and photographs of soldiers aboard
ship approaching New York City.
Arrangement
I. Photographs
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
United States. Army. Medical Collecting Company, 184th.
African Americans--Military service--1940-1960.
United States. Army--African American troops--History.
Schwäbisch Hall (Germany).