Inventory of the Walter B. Snook collection
Finding aid prepared by Sara Ramsey
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
© 2013, 2015
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Stanford University
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Title: Walter B. Snook collection
Date (inclusive): 1914-1945
Collection Number: 67024
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
3 manuscript boxes
(0.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: The collection is comprised of photographs of military operations in France during World War I, and reports, surrender instructions,
and military newspaper issues, relating to military operations in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Includes a copy
of a telegram from Admiral Chester W. Nimitz on the capture of Iwo Jima, and a proclamation to the people of the Volcano Islands.
Creator:
Snook, Walter B.
Creator:
Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
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.
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1967.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Walter B. Snook collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical/Historical note
| circa 1898 |
Born |
| 1920 |
Graduates from Stanford University |
| circa 1917 |
Volunteers with American Expeditionary Forces, Air Services |
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection is comprised of photographs of military operations in France during World War I, and reports, surrender instructions,
and military newspaper issues, relating to military operations in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Includes a copy
of a telegram from Admiral Chester W. Nimitz on the capture of Iwo Jima, and a proclamation to the people of the Volcano Islands.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean
World War, 1914-1918 -- Medical care
Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces
United States. Army. Ambulance Service
Photographs
circa 1914-1918
box 1, folder 1
Aerial views of airplane hangers
box 1, folder 3
Ambulance corps volunteers, field hospital, ambulances, burial, wounded
box 1, folder 7
Destruction in France's rural areas
box 1, folder 8
Destruction in France's urban areas
box 1, folder 9
Military troops in France
box 1, folder 11
Pilots with their airplanes
box 1, folder 12
Ship views en route to France
box 1, folder 13
Stanford University ambulance unit, first
box 1, folder 14
Stanford University versus French troops football game
box 1, folder 16
DVD containing digital copies of World War I photographs
box 1, folder 17
Proclamation to the people of Volcano Islands by Admiral Nimitz
1945 March 14
box 1, folder 18
United States Naval Communication Service, Iwo Jima
1945 March 16
box 1, folder 19
Copy of telegram from Admiral Nimitz on the capture of Iwo Jima
1945 March 17
box 1, folder 20
Surrender instructions
1945 March 18
box 1, folder 21
Periodic reports and other documents
1944 September
Declassified U.S. government records
1945
Scope and Contents
Formerly security-classified records of the U.S. government, relased in full or in part. Arranged chronologically by date
of release by Hoover.
box 1, folder 23
2015 May release of records,
1945
Scope and Contents
Includes an intelligence bulletin, 8 June 1945, translating a document from a Japanese prisoner captured on Iwo Jima; May
1945 reports about enemy activity on Iwo Jima; and a memo, 18 March 1945, regarding the capture of Iwo Jima.
box 2
Material not yet described
box 3
Material not yet described
