Guide to the Paul W. Kendall Papers
SJSU Library Special Collections & Archives
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Trustees of the California State University. All rights reserved.
Paul W. Kendall Papers
Collection number: MSS-2010-08-30
SJSU Special Collections & Archives
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
San José State University
One Washington Square
San José, CA 95192-0028
Phone: (408) 808-2062
Fax: (408) 808-2063
Email: special.collections@sjsu.edu
URL: http://library.sjsu.edu/sjsu-special-collections/sjsu-special-collections-and-archives
- Date Completed:
- 2010
- Encoded by:
- Robert Donahue
© 2010 Trustees of the California State University. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Paul W. Kendall Papers
Dates: 1917-1963
Bulk Dates: 1939-1950
Collection number: MSS-2010-08-30
Collector:
San José State University
Creator:
Kendall, Paul Wilkins (1898-1983)
Collection Size:
25 boxes,
45.75 linear feet
Repository:
San José State University. Library.
San José, California 95192-0028
Abstract: The Paul W. Kendall Papers, 1917-1963 (bulk 1939-1950), documents Kendall's military service from World War II to the 1950's.
Included in the collection are scrapbooks depicting military personnel, military bases, and non-combat military activities.
The Kendall collection includes other military material such as topographical maps of Europe featuring military order of battle
and other information for European powers including Germany, Italy, and France during World War I. The collection also includes
military propaganda, publications, correspondence, newspaper articles, and military handbooks concerning Eastern Russia and
Siberia. This collection is arranged into three series; Series I: Military Maps, 1917-1918; Series II: Military Materials,
1918-1963 (bulk 1939-1945); Series III: Scrapbooks, 1937-1950.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Access
The collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has been assigned to the San José State University Library Special Collections & Archives. All requests for permission
to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Special Collections. Copyright restrictions
also apply to digital reproductions of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational
purposes.
Preferred Citation
Paul W. Kendall Papers, MSS-2010-08-30, San José State University Library Special Collections & Archives.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Robert Donahue. Finding aid EAD encoded by Robert Donahue. Reviewed by Danelle Moon.
Biographical History
Paul Wilkins Kendall was born in Baldwin City, Kansas in 1898. Kendall attended the United States Military Academy at West
Point and graduated in 1918 as a Second Lieutenant of Infantry. From 1918 to 1919 Kendall attended the Infantry School of
Arms at Fort Benning, Georgia. Kendal was assigned to the 27th Infantry Unit after graduating and was sent to Russia during
the Siberian Intervention where he received the Distinguished Service Cross in 1920. Kendal went on to several different postings
in the 1920s and 1930s in the U.S. and abroad. Kendall graduated from the Command & General Staff College in 1936 and in the
1940's served in a staff assignment at the Office of the Chief of Staff of the United States Army at Washington, D.C. At the
start of World War II Kendall was assigned as Chief of Staff for the 85th Infantry Division. He then served as Assistant Division
Commander of the 84th Infantry Division, receiving promotion to Brigadier General.
From September 1944 to July 1945 Kendall was commander of the "Blue Devils" of the 88th Infantry Division, receiving promotion
to Major General. The division's second World War II commander, he led the 88th Infantry during its assault through Italy,
including the capture of Vicenza and Verona. During the Korean War Kendall commanded I Corps and was promoted to Lieutenant
General in 1952. Kendall continued to serve in the military as Deputy Commanding General in Manila, Philippines and in 1954
as Commander of the Allied Land Forces Southeastern Europe in Izmir, Turkey. Kendall retired from the military in 1955 and
moved to Palo Alto, California where he died in 1983.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Paul W. Kendall Papers, 1917-1963 (bulk 1939-1950), documents Kendall's military service from World War II to the 1950's.
Included in the collection are scrapbooks depicting military personnel, military bases, and non-combat military activities.
The Kendall collection includes other military material such as topographical maps of Europe featuring military order of battle
and other information for European powers including Germany, Italy, and France during World War I. The collection also includes
military propaganda, publications, correspondence, newspaper articles, and military handbooks concerning Eastern Russia and
Siberia.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged into 3 series; Series I: Military Maps, 1917-1918; Series II: Military Materials, 1918-1963 (bulk
1939-1945); Series III: Scrapbooks, 1937-1950.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Kendall, Paul Wilkins (1898-1983)
Siberian Intervention -- History
Siberian Intervention, 1918-1919 -- History
World War I -- History
World War II -- History
World War, 1914-1918 -- History
World War, 1939-1945 -- History
World War, 1914-1918 -- Maps
Series I:
Military Maps
1917-1918
Physical Description: 3 boxes
Series Scope and Content Summary
The materials in this series include topographical maps depicting parts of Europe during World War I. Subjects include the
French army, the British front, the German army's order of battle, and maps of famous World War I battlefields. Famous World
War I battlefields include the South Picardy front, which was part of the "Race to the Sea" where French and German armies
moved towards the North Sea in several different flanking maneuvers. Another famous battle site found in this series is the
map of the Flanders sector. The Flanders sector included the village of Ypres which, while strategically unimportant, hosted
battles for almost the entire duration of the war and was the site of fierce trench warfare.
Arrangement
This series is arranged chronologically by date range.
Box 1
WWI German Order of Battle
1917-1918
Box 2
WWI Battle Maps, Battle of Flanders, South Picardy Front
1917-1918
Box 3
WWI Battle Maps, Situation Maps, French Army
1917-1918
Series II:
Military Materials
1918-1963
(bulk 1939-1945)
Physical Description: 11 boxes
Series Scope and Content Summary
The materials in this series include publications such as pamphlets, newspapers, war posters, and other war propaganda concerning
the U.S. military, the war in the Philippines, the Italian campaign, Europe, and U.S. Civil Defense. Much of the propaganda
concerns the effort to free the Philippine Islands from the Japanese. Other subjects for propaganda include Nazi influence
in neutral or allied nations, Italy and the Italian front, as well as propaganda material concerning the American home front.
The American propaganda includes information on civil defense such as camouflaging large installations and the "abc's of incendiaries".
Other material in the collection includes photographs of Paul W. Kendall and others in non-combat activities, such as an officer's
dinner and an inspection of an army troop. Also included in this series are materials from Kendall's post-World War II service
including a daily operations log, reports on marine operations in Korea, and a World War II Axis soldier's deposition. This
series also includes material from Kendall's service during the Siberian Intervention. The Siberian Intervention (1918-1922)
involved the Entente nations from World War I. The United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan dispatched troops to support
the White Army in Russia against the Bolshevik Red Army during the Russian Civil War. Materials from this campaign include
some military intelligence books detailing Eastern Russian and Siberian cities, transportation, clothing, services, and customs.
Arrangement
This series is arranged chronologically by date range.
Box 4
Siberia and Eastern Russia
1918
Box 5
War Propaganda - Europe, Asia
1937-1943
Box 6
Photos: Kendall, Military; Le Piton
1937-1955
Box 7
War Propaganda Concerning Italy
1939-1941
Box 8
Maps of Italy, LIFE Magazine, Operation Smack
1939-1944
Box 9
American War Posters
1939-1945
Box 10
Axis Soldier's Deposition, LA Evening Herald
1939-1952
Box 11
U.S. Civil Defense Pamphlets
1942-1944
Box 12
Free Philippines, Hiroshima Bombing, Pacific Theater Related News
1943-1945
Box 13
Diary, Military Reports, Correspondence, Orders
1950-1955
Box 14
Kennedy Assassination
1963
Series III:
Scrapbooks
1937-1950
Physical Description: 11 boxes
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series includes photosgraphs with captions and various articles and newspaper clippings concerning Paul W. Kendall, military
personnel, and non-combat military activities including pictures of amphibious practice maneuvers, Kendall's service on various
military bases, and General Eisenhower's visit to Fort Lewis. Also included in this series are scrapbooks organized by country
and include many of the European and Asian nations involved in World War II. These scrapbooks contain articles from magazines
and newspapers that document the countries war effort and internal politics during World War II.
Arrangement
This series is arranged chronologically by date range.
Boxes 15-16
Scrapbooks - European Countries
1937-1946
Box 17
Scrapbooks - Germany
1940-1946
Box 18
Scrapbooks - Asia and Oceania
1940-1946
Box 19
Scrapbooks - Africa, Americas, Antarctica, Europe
1940-1946
Box 20
Scrapbooks - War (General)
1940-1946
Box 21
Scrapbooks - U.S. Defense, Atomic Energy, Vatican
1940-1946
Box 22
Scrapbooks - Kendall and U.S. Military
1946-1947
Box 23
Scrapbooks - Kendall, Eisenhower Visit, Operation Oilskin
1946-1947
Boxes 24-25
Scrapbooks - Kendall and U.S. Military
1948
