Frank E. (Earl) Mason papers, 1915-1975

Printable guide [HTML]
Request items

Summary

Creators:
Mason, Frank E., 1893-1979, Bryant, Louise, Chicherin, G. (GeorgiÄ­), 1872-1936, Dryander, Ernst H., 1843-1922, Eisenhower, Milton Stover, 1899-1985, Strong, Ann L. (Ann Louise), Von Wiegand, Karl H., William, Crown Prince of Germany, 1882-1951, and Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955). Control Council
Abstract:
Correspondence, reports, journalistic dispatches, and other material, relating to German and Soviet politics and diplomacy in the interwar period, and to Allied military administration of Germany at the end of World War II. Includes a copy of the logbook of the submarine that sank the Lusitania, 1915, and correspondence with Georgii Chicherin and Karl von Wiegand.
Extent:
4 manuscript boxes, 7 envelopes (2.0 Linear Feet)
Language:
In English and German
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Frank Earl Mason Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1893
Born, Milwaukee, Wis.
1918
Intelligence officer, 9th Infantry, U.S. Army
Instructor, Army Intelligence School, Langres, France
1919
Assistant military attaché, American Legation, The Hague; American Embassy, Berlin
Military observer, Berlin (March-July)
Chief censor advocate, G.H.Q., Gen. Staff, German occupied area
1920-1921
Berlin correspondent, International News Service
1921
London manager
1922-1926
Paris manager
1927
New York, business manager
1928ff.
General manager and president
1931-1945
Vice-president of NBC
1941-1944
Special assistant to secretary of the Navy
1946
Member of the Food Emergency Mission
Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1971.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

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.

Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Frank Earl Mason Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
Website