Inventory of the Louis P. Penningroth papers

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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

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1993.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Louis P. Penningroth papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical/Historical Note

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.

Arrangement Statement

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

 

Chronological file 1911-1979

box 1, folder 1

Diary 1911

box 1, folder 2

Young Men's Christian Associations, United States of America 1914-1915

box 1, folder 3

Booklets and notebooks 1914-1916

box 1, folder 4

Expense statements and correspondence 1916

box 1, folder 5

Photographs of prison camps 1916-1917

box 1, folder 6

Manuscripts 1916-1917

box 1, folder 7

Printed material 1916-1917

box 1, folder 8

Guide for Young Men's Christian Associations Secretaries 1917 February 24

 

Correspondence

box 1, folder 9

1917 January-May

box 1, folder 10

1917 June

box 1, folder 11

1917 July

box 1, folder 12

1917 August

box 1, folder 13

1917 October

box 1, folder 14

1917 November-December

box 2, folder 1

1918 January-March

box 2, folder 2

1918 April-May

box 2, folder 3

1918 June-August

box 2, folder 4

1918 September

box 2, folder 5

1918 October

box 2, folder 6

1918 November-December

box 2, folder 7

Photographs of Penningroth, prisoners, and Penningroth's time in Europe circa 1918

box 2, folder 8

Writings by Penningroth about helping Russian prisoners of war who had returned to Russia 1918 June-October

box 2, folder 9

Russian Constitution 1918 July 10

box 2, folder 10

United States prisoners of war in Camp Rastatt, Germany 1918 November

box 2, folder 11

Report of Young Men's Christian Associations work done for Allied prisoners of war passing through Denmark 1918-1919

box 2, folder 12

Russian prisoners of war in Germany and other countries 1918-1919

box 2, folder 13

Writings about Russia 1918-1920

box 2, folder 14

Proposed Young Men's Christian Associations programs 1919

box 2, folder 15

Russia 1919

box 2, folder 16

Finances 1919

box 2, folder 17

"Required Records" 1919 January 29

Scope and Contents note

Includes correspondence regarding YMCA war prisoner's aid program
 

Correspondence

box 2, folder 18

1919 January

box 2, folder 19

1919 February 1-15

box 3, folder 1

1919 February 16-28

box 3, folder 2

1919 March 1-9

box 3, folder 3

1919 March 10-31

box 3, folder 4

1919 April 1-17

box 3, folder 5

1919 April 18-30

box 3, folder 6

1919 May

box 3, folder 7

1919 June

box 3, folder 8

1919 July-December

box 3, folder 9

"Trip to Russia," writings by Penningroth of rescuing American and British prisoners of war 1919 March-April

box 3, folder 10

Records and portrait photographs of released American prisoners 1919 April

box 3, folder 11

Released British prisoners 1919 April

box 3, folder 12-13

Conditions in Russia, reports and photographs 1919

box 4, folder 1

Russian relief organizations 1921

box 4, folder 2

Correspondence 1920-1922

box 4, folder 3

Clippings about Russia 1921-1925

box 4, folder 4

Newspapers 1926

box 4, folder 5

The Russian Review 1926

box 4, folder 6

"Russian Story," typescript draft by Penningroth and related newspaper clippings 1932

box 4, folder 7

Maps undated

Scope and Contents note

Includes map of Russia and map of the main prison camps in Germany and Austria
box 4, folder 8

Correspondence undated

box 4, folder 9

Notebooks and clippings undated

box 4, folder 10

Miscellaneous 1915-1979

 

Letters to Ethel Blythe 1917-1919

Scope and Contents note

Includes original letters and typescript copies
box 4, folder 11

1917 November-December 10

box 4, folder 12

1917 December 11-31

box 4, folder 13

1918 January

box 5, folder 1

1918 February

box 5, folder 2

1918 March

box 5, folder 3

1918 April

box 5, folder 4

1918 May

box 5, folder 5

1918 June-July

box 5, folder 6

1918 August-September

box 5, folder 7

1918 October

box 5, folder 8

1918 November

box 5, folder 9

1918 December

box 5, folder 10

1919 January-February

box 5, folder 11

1919 March

box 5, folder 12

1919 April-May

box 5, folder 13

1919 June