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Burdick (Charles B.) Military History Collection
MSS.2010.03.01
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
SJSU Special Collections & Archives
Title: Charles B. Burdick Military History Collection
source:
Burdick, Charles B., 1927-1998
Identifier/Call Number: MSS.2010.03.01
Physical Description:
107 boxes
(111.94 linear feet)
Physical Description:
2 flat file drawers
(92 folders, 217 maps)
Date (inclusive): 1914-1984 (bulk 1939-1966)
Date (bulk): bulk
Abstract: The Charles B. Burdick Military History Collection, 1914-1984 (bulk 1939-1966), represents the research files and collections
amassed by military historian and SJSU history professor, Charles B. Burdick. The collection documents the history of World
War I and World War II.
The collection is open for research.
Copyright is assigned to the San Jose State University Special Collections & Archives. All requests for permission to publish
or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Special Collections. Permission for publication
is given on behalf of the Special Collections & Archives. Copyright restrictions may apply to digital reproductions of the
original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
Charles B. Burdick Military History Collection, MSS-2010-03-01, San José State University Library Special Collections & Archives.
Collection processed by Robert Donahue. Finding aid EAD encoded by Robert Donahue. Reviewed by Danelle Moon and Erin Louthen.
Six boxes of accruals were added to Series I, eight boxes of accruals were added to Series II, and Series IV: Personal Materials
was created in April 2019 by Fiona DuBrock.
This finding aid was created as part of the Survey and Cataloging Project, a two-year San José State University Library grant project funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. The project began in 2008. The Project Director is Danelle Moon. The Project Archivist is Erin Louthen.
Charles B. Burdick (1927-1998) grew up in San José, California where he attended Lincoln High School before enlisting in the
United States Army during World War II. After serving in the Army, Burdick enrolled at San José State College in 1946. He
graduated with a B.A. in History in 1949, and obtained his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1954. He joined SJSU's History
Department in 1957, and became department chair in 1976. Throughout his teaching career, Professor Burdick worked diligently
to create a program dedicated to military history. In addition, he donated several large private book collections on military
history to the University Library, significantly adding to the monographic holdings in this area. Professor Burdick also taught
for many years at the Sixth United Army Intelligence School located at the Presidio in Monterey, California. Over the course
of his distinguished career, Burdick published dozens of articles and book chapters, and wrote and edited over twenty books.
His research and writing on the history of the German High Command in World War II remains an important part of the historiography
of World War II. After an association with San José State University that spanned forty-five years, Professor Burdick retired
in 1988. He died in 1998.
Charles B. Burdick War Poster Collection, MSS-2010-02-02, San José State University Special Collections & Archives.
The Burdick Military History Project, San José State University History Department. http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/history/ (accessed
March 25, 2010).
Hugh T. Carlisle Collection, MSS-2011-09-16, San José State University Library, Special Collections & Archives.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Charles B. Burdick Military History Collection, 1914-1984 (bulk 1939-1966), represents the research files and collections
amassed by military historian and SJSU history professor, Charles B. Burdick. The collection documents the history of World
War I and World War II. World War I subjects covered include the Paris Peace Conference and the Treaty of Versailles, which
formally ended World War I, and military operations. World War II materials include publications originating from the German
High Command, as well as reports and statistics from countries such as Italy, Germany, Japan, and the United States. The collection
also includes print copies of the legal proceedings from the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, nautical charts,
and maps of important World War II locations. The formats represented include correspondence, ephemera, maps, nautical charts,
newspaper clippings, reports, and scrapbooks.
This collection is arranged into four series: Series I: World War I & World War II Materials, 1914-1984 (bulk 1939-1958);
Series II. International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE) Materials, 1946-1948; Series III. Nautical Charts, 1919-1966
(bulk 1950-1966); and Series IV: Personal Materials.
Roth, Jonathan.
Burdick Military History Project. Pamphlet. San José, CA: San José State University History Department, undated.
Walsh, James P., and Wheeler, Gerald E.
Charles B. Burdick and San José State. (From War, Revolution and Peace: Essays in Honor of Charles B. Burdick. Pp. 1-8. Remak, Joachim, ed. Lanham, MD: University
Press of America, Inc., 1987.)
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1914-1918
Nautical charts
War crime trials -- Japan
Tokyo Trial, Tokyo, Japan, 1946-1948
Military history, Modern -- 20th century
International Military Tribunal for the Far East
Burdick, Charles B., 1927-1998