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Title: Harry Roswell Hill papers
Date (bulk): 1942-1946
Collection Number: 97018
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: English, Persian, French, and other languages
Physical Description:
1 manuscript box, 1 oversize box
(1.3 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Personnel records, orders, letters, manuals, servicemen's newspapers, clippings, other printed matter, photographs, and miscellany
relating to American military railway service operations in Iran and elsewhere in the Persian Gulf Command during World War
II.
Creator:
Hill, Harry Roswell, 1899-
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1997.
[Identification of item], Harry Roswell Hill papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Captain, United States Army Transportation Corps; member, 762nd Railway Shop Battalion, 1942-1946.
Scope and Content of Collection
Personnel records, orders, letters, manuals, servicemen's newspapers, clippings, other printed matter, photographs, and miscellany
relating to American military railway service operations in Iran and elsewhere in the Persian Gulf Command during World War
II.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- Transportation
World War, 1939-1945 -- Middle East
Railroads -- Iran
United States. Army. Railway Shop Battalion, 762nd