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Title: Frank Dorn papers
Date (inclusive): 1927-1976
Collection Number: 84007
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English
Physical Description:
11 manuscript boxes, 2 envelopes
(4.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Memoirs, correspondence, writings, memoranda, orders, and photographs relating to General Joseph W. Stilwell, United States
military operations in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II, and ethnology in the Philippines.
Creator:
Dorn, Frank
Boxes 10 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of 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 1984.
[Identification of item], Frank Dorn Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 1901, June 25 | Born, San Francisco, California |
| 1912-1915 | Studied violin |
| 1915-1918 | Student, San Francisco Insitute of Art |
| 1923 | Graduate, U.S. Military Academy, West Point |
| 1926 | Assigned to Philippine Islands |
| 1935 | Author, Forest Twilight |
| 1936-1938 | Military Attache's Office, Peking, China |
| 1939 | Promoted to Major |
| 1939-1945 | Aide and Public Information Officer for General Joseph Stilwell, 7th Division, III Corps, Headquarters China-Burma-India |
| 1942 | Promoted to Colonel |
| 1944 | Promoted to Brigadier General |
| 1946-1949 | Assistant Commandant and Acting Commandant, Army Information School and Armed Forces Information School, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania |
| 1950-1951 | Office of the Chief of Information, Department of the Army |
| 1953 | Author, <title render="italic">The Dorn Cookbook</title> |
| Retirement | |
| 1954-1957 | Exhibits of paintings of Frank Dorn in: California; Galerie Andre Weil, Paris; Instituto de Cultura Hispanica, Madrid; Instituto Mexicano-Norteamericano de Relaciones Culturales, Mexico City |
| 1958 | Author, Just A Pinch |
Memoirs, correspondence, writings, memoranda, orders, and photographs relating to General Joseph W. Stilwell, United States
military operations in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II, and ethnology in the Philippines. Includes a 200-page
section of Dorn's autobiography.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Officers
World War, 1939-1945 -- China
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Burma
Ethnology -- Philippines
United States. Army
Stilwell, Joseph Warren, 1883-1946