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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & University Archives
Title: Kramer J. Rohfleisch Papers
Creator:
Rohfleisch, Kramer Jesse
Identifier/Call Number: MS-0274
Physical Description:
2.50 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1935-1945
Language of Material:
English
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This collection consists of research materials used by Kramer Rohfleisch in his work on the history of the Army Air Forces
in World War II. The collection includes articles, pamphlets, clippings, training and field handbooks and manuals, ephemera,
miscellaneous materials, and declassified commanders' reports, memos, and letters. Also included are Rohfleisch's personal
training notes and curriculum from the Army Officer Candidate School.
The largest part of the collection consists of declassified, original reports, letters, and memos (both typed and handwritten)
sent between operating generals in the Pacific Theater during World War II. These materials cover a huge number of topics
related to military involvement in that area, and are annotated in his hand as part of Rohfleisch's extensive research.
The collection is divided into two series:
I. Printed Materials and Ephemera
II. Commanders' Materials
This collection is open for research
The copyright interests in these materials have not been transferred to San Diego State University. Copyright resides with
the creators of materials contained in the collection or their heirs. The nature of historical archival and manuscript collections
is such that copyright status may be difficult or even impossible to determine. Requests for permission to publish must be
submitted to the Head of Special Collections, San Diego State University, Library and Information Access. When granted, permission
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission
of the copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained in order to publish. Materials from our collections are made available
for use in research, teaching, and private study. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including
but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.
Kramer Rohfleisch
The Army Air Forces in World War II; prepared under the editorship of Wesley Frank Draven and James Lea Cate; v. 4, part I of this publication was written with
research materials in this collection.
AAF in the South Pacific to October 1942; and
The 13th Air Force; both written by Kramer Rohfleisch and published by the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
Identification of item, folder title, box number, Kramer J. Rohfleisch Papers, Special Collections and University Archives,
San Diego State University Library.
This collection was formerly known as the World War I and World War II Manuscript Collection. Series One of that collection
(a former pamphlet file dealing with World War I) was separated and relevant materials were cataloged in 2010. The remaining
materials became the current collection according to their original provenance.
Kramer Rohfleisch studied at the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Chicago. After serving in Intelligence
Operations during World War II, he wrote several histories of the Army Air Forces in the War, concentrating on operations
in the South Pacific. He taught history at San Diego State College from 1947 to 1974.
1989-020
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Personal Papers
World War, 1939-1945--Sources
United States. Army Air Forces--History--World War, 1939-1945