Guide to the SMS Schleswig-Holstein, South America, Europe and the West Indies photograph album Wyles Mss 197
Finding aid prepared by Special Collections staff, 2014.
University of California, Santa Barbara
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May 14 2014
Title: SMS Schleswig-Holstein, South America, Europe and the West Indies photograph album
Identifier/Call Number: Wyles Mss 197
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Language of Material:
German
Physical Description:
0.92 linear feet
(1 oversize box)
Creator:
Renner, O.
Date (inclusive): 1938-1939
Abstract: Album of photographs from the pre-war voyage of German battleship SMS Schleswig-Holstein to the West Indies and South America
before returning to Germany and firing the first shots of the Second World War.
The collection is open for research.
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[Identification of Item], SMS Schleswig-Holstein, South America, Europe and the West Indies photograph album, Wyles Mss 197.
Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Library purchase, 2014.
South America, West Indies, 1938-39. Album of photographs from the pre-war voyage of German battleship SMS Schleswig-Holstein
to the West Indies and South America before returning to Germany and firing the first shots of the Second World War. Inscribed
by photographer and compiler, young German sea cadet O. Renner. Contains 390 black- and-white-photographs, some captioned
in manuscript. Also with two maps of the voyage, one showing the entire tract, one highlighting the Caribbean route, and a
photograph of the official travel orders. There is also a snapshot of Adolf Hitler and Hungarian Admiral and Regent of the
Kingdom of Hungary, Miklós Horthy de Nagybánya. Additional photos appear to be of Spain and Portugal.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
South America -- Pictorial works
Europe -- Pictorial works
West Indies -- Pictorial works
Photographs
Photograph albums
Horthy, Miklós, nagybányai, 1868-1957
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945
Renner, O. -- Archives
Flat-oversize 1
SMS Schleswig-Holstein, South America, Europe and the West Indies photograph album 1938-1939