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Title: Louis P. Penningroth papers
Date (inclusive): 1911-1979
Collection Number: 93043
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
5 manuscript boxes
(2.0 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, diaries, memoirs, financial records, reports, clippings, other printed matter, and photographs, relating to
Young Men's Christian Association aid to Allied prisoners of war in Austria, especially juvenile Russian prisoners; aid to
repatriated Russian prisoners at the end of World War I; release of American and British prisoners of war in Russia; and conditions
in Russia during the Russian Civil War.
Creator:
Penningroth, Louis P.
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 1993.
[Identification of item], Louis P. Penningroth papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Louis Phillip Penningroth was born in 1889. He was an American clergyman who served as a Young Men's Christian Association
worker in Europe from 1915 to 1919. He was interested in providing aid to prisoners of war, especially juvenile prisoners.
When he returned home after the war, he married Ethel Blythe, with whom he kept correspondence while in Europe. They had four
children and lived in Iowa until Penningroth's death in 1973.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection is comprised of correspondence, diaries, memoirs, financial records, reports, clippings, other printed matter,
and photographs relating to Young Men's Christian Association aid to Allied prisoners of war in Austria, especially juvenile
Russian prisoners; aid to repatriated Russian prisoners at the end of World War I; release of American and British prisoners
of war in Russia; and conditions in Russia during the Russian Civil War. Of particular note are photographs of Penningroth
working in prison camps with prisoners; a personal diary and several account notebooks; Penningroth's manusript writings of
his experiences; and personal letters to his future wife detailing his experiences in Europe.
The collection is arranged in two series: Chronological file and Letters to Ethel Blythe
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Soviet Union -- History -- Allied intervention, 1918-1920
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
Prisoners of war
World War, 1914-1918 -- Austria
World War, 1914-1918 -- Prisoners and prisons
World War, 1914-1918 -- War work
Young Men's Christian associations
World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Juvenile
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces