Finding aid for the Walter A. Klinger papers
6044
Emily Hodgkins
USC Libraries Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
213-740-5900
specol@usc.edu
Language of Material:
German
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Walter A. Klinger papers
creator:
Klinger, Walter A.
creator:
Klinger, Hertha Bley
Identifier/Call Number: 6044
Physical Description:
6.67 Linear Feet
13 boxes
Date (inclusive): c. 1631-2002
Date (bulk): bulk
Abstract: The Walter A. Klinger (1912-2003) papers consists of photographs, correspondence, clippings, and typescripts that document
the pre-war Austrian lives of Walter, his wife Hertha, and father Adolf; their emigration via Trinidad in the early 1940’s;
and from their lives in the United States. Walter A. Klinger was born May 12, 1912 in Vienna, Austria. In 1929, he began working
for Warner Bros. in Vienna, and subsequently spent his entire career working in some aspect of the film industry. He and his
family emigrated to the United States in 1940, settling in Los Angeles. He died on March 15, 2003 in Camarillo, California.
Biographical note
Walter A. Klinger was born May 12, 1912 in Vienna, Austria to Adolf Klinger and his wife Julia Bellak Klinger. He attended
the Academy of Commerce, followed by business school. From school age, he worked toward fluency in French and English in addition
to his native German, skills that would proved to be useful to him in his later work. Beginning in 1929, Klinger moved from
his job for Warner Bros. in Vienna to Berlin and worked for the American Film Industry, and later Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. On
1935 September 22, Klinger married Hertha Bley, daughter of Paul Bley and Josefine Koffler Bley, in Vienna. Hertha had attended
the Wiener Handelsakademie fuer Maedchen and graduated in 1930.
In about 1933, Klinger fled Berlin, which by then was under Nazi control. In a later short essay he composed about his life,
he claimed that a threatening phone call from a Nazi official caused him to leave; he traveled first to Switzerland and then
to Nice, France, where he was began writing anti-Nazi propaganda for the Ligue Contre L'Antisemitism. But because he worked
for M.G.M., they were able to transfer him to Vienna, where he worked until about 1937. At this time, he moved to a similar
position at Warner Bros., also in Vienna.
In 1938 March, Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany, and the Klingers fled in June, taking with them their only living relatives,
Walter's father (Adolf Klinger) and Hertha's mother (Josefine [Josephine] Bley). Stopping first in Amsterdam, the group eventually
made it to Trinidad, then a part of the British West Indies. While in Trinidad, Klinger used the time to continue to work
for Warner Bros. as well as to establish his own screen advertising company. He also began to learn Spanish, eventually becoming
nearly fluent. Walter and Hertha remained in Trinidad until about 1940; after the fall of France in 1940, they were declared
enemy aliens and placed in internment camps. Hertha and Walter were able to emigrate to the United States in 1941 and eventually
became citizens. Adolf and Josephine remained in Trinidad. Adolf was not able to emigrate to the U.S. until 1947.
Going by way of St. Louis, Missouri and Portland, Oregon, Walter and Hertha made it to Los Angeles by 1941 May 27. He soon
after found a position within the Foreign Department of Warner Bros. Studios. Walter worked there until 1943, when he was
drafted into the U.S. Army. A member of the 4th Armored Division Artillery, he started as a Private and rose to the rank of
Master Sergeant (Grade 1). He was also a part of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) headed by Dwight
Eisenhower. Within SHAEF, Walter worked under the Psychological Warfare Division, particularly in the Film Control and Distribution
Sections, serving in England, France and Germany. He was a part of the Office of Strategic Services (O.S.S.) and Office of
War Information (O.W.I.), the former of which eventually became the peacetime C.I.A.
After the German surrender, Walter was placed in charge of Arts in Bavaria. When his military service ended in 1946, Walter
was honorably discharged and returned again to Warner Bros. to work on pro-American propaganda being sent to Latin American
countries. After leaving Warner Bros. in 1949, he sold motion picture production equipment for twenty years before retiring.
He continued to be involved in the motion picture industry in some way or another before retiring in 1972; he was highly involved
in negotiations to bring the story of Austrian family singers the Von Trapps to the stage in 1963, in a production eventually
known as "The Sound of Music." Walter Klinger died on March 15, 2003 in Camarillo, California.
[Information about Walter Klinger's life was compiled partially through his own testimony in a short essay he wrote to account
for his immigrant status upon being drafted into the U.S. Army. Other sources for information were his official army file,
his resumes, and other documents, including birth and death certificates.]
Scope and Content
The Walter A. Klinger (c. 1631-2002) papers consists of photographs, correspondence, clippings, and typescripts that document
the pre-war Austrian lives of Walter, his wife Hertha, and father Adolf; their emigration via Trinidad in the early 1940’s;
and from their lives in the United States. The majority of the papers are personal, and are predominantly composed of photos
of the Klingers with family and friends from the 1920s through the early 2000s. These photos range in subject from Walter
and Hertha's travels, to documentation of their personal lives from their childhood to retirement, to distant relatives sending
snapshots to keep in touch. There are also photo slide versions of many of these photo prints. For the most part, they were
found completely mixed and loose in a flatbox, and have since been organized by year in envelopes. While some photos are unidentified,
many of them have captions written on the back, often by Hertha. There are also a few professional photos and portraits from
important points in the Klingers' lives, such as upon Walter's army enlistment and their marriage. A small number of photos
are from Warner Bros. Pictures and have been organized together; they were taken professionally by a photographer working
for the company, and those retained by Klinger are related to him or his work there.
The papers also include personal correspondence between the Klingers and their family and friends and some business correspondence.
Much of the personal correspondence that has been saved is from their time in America, starting from about World War II and
on. The business correspondence also dates from this same era, and briefly tracks Walter Klinger's own entrepreneurial work
in the United States. Much of the correspondence is regarding the political and social causes of the Klingers, which includes
the WWII movement for an independent Austria and membership in an anti-slavery society.
The papers include some typescripts written by Klinger for a class he took in the 1960s regarding adult education. They range
in subject but are often creative and brief. In addition, there are articles from and full copies of publications Klinger
worked on, often about the entertainment industry in the 1940s-1960s written in English, German and Spanish. As someone with
international film experience and fluency in a number of languages, his role in these publications was often that of representative
advocate for Warner Brothers while abroad.
Within the papers, there are also a number of artifacts, starting with Walter's army insignia and other such materials from
his army service. Also in this section is a series of cassette audio tapes sent as correspondence between Walter and Hertha
Klinger and their friends Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Wittler; this seems to have been a substitution for written correspondence. On
the other hand, there is also a series of 17th century original prints of assorted French scenic and architectural landscapes
by Israel Silvestre, an artist whose work the Klingers appear to have collected.
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All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder no. or item name], Walter A. Klinger papers, Collection no. 6044, [Repository], Special Collections, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Germany -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Archival resources
Immigrants -- America -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Immigrants -- Trinidad and Tobago -- History -- Archival resources
Motion pictures, American -- Germany -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Motion pictures and globalization -- Argentina -- Archival resources
Motion pictures -- Argentina -- Periodicals
Motion pictures -- Germany -- Periodicals
Motion pictures -- United States -- Periodicals
United States -- Armed Forces -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Clippings
Correspondence
Legal documents
Typescripts
Klinger, Walter A.
Klinger, Hertha Bley
Klinger, Walter A. -- Archives
Klinger, Hertha Bley -- Archives
Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967) -- Archives
Typescripts
ca. 1944-1969
Scope and Contents
The typescripts series contains the variety of writing that Walter Klinger did either in his free time or for a class. The
compositions range from being fictional narratives to analyses of the place of film in Europe in the post-WWII era, and there
are even a few poems that he wrote. Most of the writing is undated, but a number of the pieces may have been assigned as
homework compositions as part of the adult education class he took at the California State College L.A. (today's CSULA) in
1969.
Box 1, Folder 1
[Short story and essay typescripts]
undated
Box 1, Folder 2
A Yankee Who Did Not Go Home [typescript]
undated
Box 1, Folder 3
The Hero Problem [typescript]
Box 1, Folder 4
Deception [typescript]
undated
Box 1, Folder 5
A Nest of Chinese Boxes [typescript]
undated
Box 1, Folder 6
Virtue [typescript]
undated
Box 1, Folder 7
The Expatriate [typescript]
undated
Box 1, Folder 8
The Expatriate [typescript]
undated
Box 1, Folder 9
[Outline for The Expatriate]
undated
Box 2, Folder 1
[Untitled story by Walter Klinger, typescript]
undated
Box 2, Folder 2
Haydn [typescript]
undated
Box 2, Folder 3
The Return of Americus [typescript]
undated
Box 2, Folder 4
The Magnificent Drop-Out [typescript]
undated
Box 2, Folder 5
The Pied Piper of Chicago [typescript]
undated
Box 2, Folder 6
[Essays on Film in World War II and post-war Germany and Switzerland]
ca. 1944-1946
Box 2, Folder 7
Hollywood Nachrichtendienst [typescripts]
ca. 1948
Scope and Contents
Transcripts, written in German but from Burbank, CA, include: "Schauspieler-Sorgen" about Helen Westcott and Don Gordon, "Lebenswahr,"
"12-A" about superstitions in Hollywood, "Kein Eisberg - Kein Mann" about Alexis Smith, "Man Nehme...", "Lieber Hausfrau als
Star" about Doris Day, "Von Botenjungen zum Tanzstar" about Ray Bolger, "Profil eines Schauspielers" about Douglas Kennedy,
and "Einzelschicksaal" about I.G. Goldsmith.
Box 2, Folder 8
[Production notes for The Arch of Triumph]
1948
Box 2, Folder 9
The Count of Nowhere [typescript]
ca. 1956
Box 2, Folder 10
Der abenteuerliche Graf Rumford, oder Rumford, der Graf von Nirgendwo [typescript]
1956 April
Box 2, Folder 11
[Poetry by Walter Klinger]
ca. 1966
Box 2, Folder 12
What It Means for Me to Learn
ca. 1969
Box 2, Folder 13
[Notes from "Principles of Adult Education," a class at California State College L.A.]
1969
Newspapers and Magazines
1942-1967
1947-1949
Scope and Contents
The newspapers and magazines series is made up of both clippings and full issues/editions that were selectively compiled by
the Klingers. Most of the magazines are film related, and the newspapers are those with mentions of Walter's work or important
projects he had ties to. The division is mostly between American, German-speaking, and Argentinian publications, representing
the three different areas of interest for Walter's work at Warner Bros. Studio. The majority of the publications date from
the immediate post-WWII period (around 1947-1949), when Klinger would have been involved in the rebuilding of film culture
both in South America, where he had worked as a correspondent, but also in Germany/Switzerland/Austria, where he was stationed
directly after the war as a part of the United States forces as they brought American-influenced culture back to German-speaking
Europe.
Box 3, Folder 1
Cinelandia
1942 February-April
Box 3, Folder 2
Picturegoer Magazine
1942 July 25
Box 3, Folder 3
[Spanish- and Italian-language cinema news clippings]
1943-1947
Box 3, Folder 4
[Clippings and articles by Walter Klinger]
1943-1948
Box 3, Folder 5
[German and Swiss film publications]
1943-1951
Box 3, Folder 7
Cinelandia
1943 June and November
Box 3, Folder 8
The Evening Star: "Text of International Agreements Reached in Moscow Conference"
1943 November 1
Box 3, Folder 9
Cinelandia
1944 January and February
Box 3, Folder 10
Daily News, Los Angeles: "30-60 day wait for veteran pay banks"
1946 August 16
Box 3, Folder 11
Daily News, Los Angeles: "Concentration camp pictures being exhibited to Germans"
1946 August 21
Box 3, Folder 12
USA-Switzerland: Review of Trade, Industry, and Culture
1946-1948
Box 3, Folder 13
Schweizer Film
1947 July 15
Box 3, Folder 14
Schweizer Familien Wochenblatt
1947 July 19
Box 3, Folder 15
Schweizer Film Zeitung
1947 August-1948 January
Box 3, Folder 16
"Holidays in Switzerland (Vacances en Suisse)" by Richar Schlessinger [Sheet music and article]
ca. 1947
Box 3, Folder 17
Filmpost Magazin
1948 November-1949 January
Box 3, Folder 18
Filmpost Magazin
1949 February-May
Box 3, Folder 19
Das Magazin
1949 July-August
Box 3, Folder 20
Schweizer Illustrierte Zeitung
1949 June 29
Box 3, Folder 21
The Hollywood Reporter and The TV Reporter
1950-1954
Box 3, Folder 22
[Newspaper clippings, film and TV industry]
1950-1969
Box 3, Folder 23
Arts and Architecture, "Music" and "Cinema" sections (pages 13-14)
1951 May
Box 3, Folder 24
The Camarillo Star [newspaper profiles of Walter and Hertha Klinger]
1995-1997
Box 4, Folder 1
Argentinisches Tageblatt
1947 January 7
Box 4, Folder 2
Argentinisches Tageblatt
1947 March 17
Box 4, Folder 3
Argentinisches Tageblatt
1947 June 22
Box 4, Folder 4
Argentinisches Tageblatt
1947 July 11
Box 4, Folder 5
Argentinisches Tageblatt
1947 December 25
Box 4, Folder 6
Argentinisches Tageblatt
1948 March 4
Box 4, Folder 7
Argentinisches Tageblatt
1948 March 5
Box 4, Folder 8
Argentinisches Tageblatt
1948 March 6
Box 4, Folder 9
Argentinisches Tageblatt
1948 March 7
Box 4, Folder 10
Argentinisches Tageblatt
1948 March 9
Box 4, Folder 11
Argentinisches Tageblatt
1948 March 10
Box 4, Folder 12
Argentinisches Tageblatt
1948 March 11
Box 4, Folder 13
Argentinisches Tageblatt
1948 March 12
Box 4, Folder 14
Argentinisches Tageblatt
1948 March 13
Box 4, Folder 15
Argentinisches Tageblatt
1948 March 14
Box 4, Folder 16
Argentinisches Tageblatt
1948 March 15
Box 4, Folder 17
Argentinisches Tageblatt
1948 March 16
Box 4, Folder 18
Argentinisches Tageblatt
1948 March 21
Box 4, Folder 19
Argentinisches Tageblatt
1948 March 22
Box 4, Folder 20
Argentinisches Tageblatt
1948 April 15
Box 4, Folder 21
Argentinisches Tageblatt
1948 June 3
Box 4, Folder 22
Argentinisches Tageblatt [clippings]
1948 February 12-28
Box 4, Folder 23
Der Neue Film: Fachorgan fuer die Filmindustrie
1947 October-1948 May
Box 4, Folder 25
Elite Magazin
1949 July-August
Box 4, Folder 26
Music Picture Magazine
1948 May-June
Box 4, Folder 28
Sie und Er Magazin
undated
Box 4, Folder 29
Stern Magazin
1967 April 23
Box 4, Folder 30
Stern Magazin
1967 April 30
Correspondence
1941-2002
Scope and Contents
The correspondence series encompasses both business and personal letters, including continuing information on social issues
such as modern-day slavery as well as personal and family concerns. This series is complimentary to the Official Documents
series, as many of the items were found near each other originally.
Box 5, Folder 1
[Correspondence and materials regarding the Free Austrian Movement]
1941-1942
Box 5, Folder 2
[Correspondence, personal]
1941-1949
Scope and Contents
Includes, amongst other items of correspondence, letters to Walter Klinger from the United States Consulate in Brazil, music
critic Dr. Julius Korngold, actress Ida Lupino, a translation of a letter from actor Errol Flynn, and a theater program from
the Bayerische Staatstheater Muenchen with cards from music director Hans Knappertsbusch.
Box 5, Folder 3
[Correspondence, personal]
1943-1944
Scope and Contents
Letters from Walter to Hertha while he was in the Army and on his way to be drafted.
Box 5, Folder 4
[Concert programs]
1945 August-September
Scope and Contents
Programs include: 5. Ochester Konzert from the Salzberger Festspiele 1945, a concert from the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
at the Prinzregenten Theater, and a concert from the Bavarian State Orchestra at the Prinzregentern Theater.
Box 5, Folder 5
[Correspondence, business and employment]
1947-1951
Box 5, Folder 6
[Letter to Adolf Klinger from Herma Schwarz, Trinidad]
1951 May 12
Box 5, Folder 7
[Correspondence, personal]
1951-1980
Box 5, Folder 8
[Correspondence, business]
1953-1986
Box 5, Folder 9
[Newspaper clippings, Paul Elbogen and his book "Der dunkle Stern"/"The Dark Star"]
1959-1987
Box 5, Folder 10
[Publications, Anti-Slavery Society]
1962-1971
Box 5, Folder 11
[Correspondence with Paul Elbogen about "The Dark Star"]
1964-1966
Box 5, Folder 12
[Correspondence, Anti-Slavery Society]
1966-1978
Box 5, Folder 13
[Newspaper clippings regarding race issues]
ca. 1967
Box 5, Folder 14
The Annual Report of the Anti-Slavery Society
1967-1970
Box 5, Folder 18
[Postcard to Walter and Hertha]
1984 August 30
Box 5, Folder 15
[Correspondence, Application for German and Austrian funds]
1974-2002
Box 5, Folder 16
[Correspondence, University of Wyoming]
1981-1991
Box 5, Folder 17
[Correspondence, Hebrew Union College]
1984
Box 5, Folder 19
[Correspondence, personal]
1984-1987
Box 5, Folder 20
[Correspondence, personal]
1997-2002
Box 5, Folder 21
[Hallmark anniversary card]
undated
Box 5, Folder 22
[Donation card in honor of Walter Klinger]
undated
Box 5, Folder 23
[Correspondence between the Klingers and the University of Southern California]
1991-1992
Box 5, Folder 24
[Social security payment notice]
2003 May 27
Official Documents
1885-2002
1930-1952
Scope and Contents
The official documents series is broad, focusing mainly on items from the categories of state (passports, travel papers, marriage
certificates, report cards) and business documentation (contracts, lawsuits, personnel lists). The most prominent parts of
the collection are the identification papers and other state records for Walter, Hertha, and Adolf Klinger, encompassing the
personal side, and the details of business deals that Walter was involved in for Warner Bros. and his own companies, on the
business side.
Box 6, Folder 1
Warner Brothers Studio Office Employees Guild Constitution and By-Laws
ca. 1938-1948
Box 6, Folder 2
[Employment and business documentation, Walter Klinger]
1941-1976
Box 6, Folder 3
[Directory for the Flo Ball Pen Corporation]
ca. 1945-1949
Box 6, Folder 4
Warner Brothers Directories and Personnel Lists
1947-1948
Box 6, Folder 5
[Budget plan and screenplay for "Cricket on the Hearth"]
1951
Box 6, Folder 6
Proposed Manual for the Operations of United Television Programs
1955
Box 6, Folder 7
[Documents certifying establishment of Cineco Ltd.]
1958-1962
Box 6, Folder 8
[Documents certifying the establishment of Studio Equipment Establishment, Vaduz]
1960
Box 6, Folder 9
[Correspondence, materials, and right concerning "The Sound of Music"]
1961-1972
Box 6, Folder 10
[Court case materials regarding Klinger vs. WTC Air Freight]
1970
Box 7, Folder 13
Adolf Klinger's Hungarian identification papers
1885-1909
Scope and Contents
Includes Adolf Klinger's Hungarian birth, school, and marriage certificates (with some photocopies/duplicates).
Box 7, Folder 14
Adolf Klinger's work certifications and union documents
1903-1937
Box 7, Folder 15
Adolf Klinger's identification papers
1903-1939
Box 7, Folder 16
Hertha Bley Klinger's school, marriage, and immunization records
1913-1938
Box 7, Folder 17
Walter Klinger's identification, school, and immunization records
1916-1938
Box 7, Folder 18
Heimatscheinen (Certificates of residence)
1930-1937
Box 7, Folder 19
Hebrew marriage certificates for Walter and Hertha Klinger
1935 September 22
Box 7, Folder 20
Trauungs-Zeugnis (marriage certificate, Walter and Hertha Klinger)
1935 September 22
Box 7, Folder 21
Gebet fuer das Seelenheil der teueren hingeschiedenen
ca. 1936
Box 7, Folder 22
Totenschein (Death certificate) Julie Klinger
1936 July 3
Box 7, Folder 23
Quittungen, Julie Klinger
1936
Box 7, Folder 24
[Travel certificate (permission from Vienna to Trinidad), Adolf Klinger]
1939 January 31
Box 7, Folder 25
Hertha Klinger's Alien's Identification Card, Trinidad and Tobago
1939 September 5
Box 7, Folder 26
Walter Klinger business correspondence, Trinidad
1939-1941
Box 7, Folder 27
Adolf Klinger's identification and immigration documents
1939-1947
Box 7, Folder 28
Walter Klinger's United States identification and official documents
1941-2003
Box 7, Folder 29
Walter Klinger's U.S. Army World War II enlistment and service documentation
1943-1946
Box 7, Folder 30
United States Certificate of Naturalization, Josefine Bley
1951 April 13
Box 7, Folder 31
Viking certificate, Scandinavian Airlines System
1952 March 22
Box 7, Folder 32
Hertha Klinger's United States identification documents
1956-1985
Box 7, Folder 33
Pensionversicherungsanstalt der Angestellten
1967 August 22
Box 7, Folder 34
Arbitration Agreement (Schiedsspruch)
1968
Box 7, Folder 35
Stock certificates
1972-1974
Scope and Contents
Stock certificates include 200 shares of the Dumont Corporation (1974) and 3000 shares of the Electrospace Corporation (1972-73).
Box 7, Folder 36
[Materials from the National Reconnaissance Office Archives]
2002
Box 9, envelope 2
Bayerische Zugspitzbahn Garmisch-Partenkirchen [brochures and postcards]
1945 July 8
Box 10, envelope 10
[Assorted business cards]
undated
Photographs and Negatives
ca. 1910-2000
1940-1960
Scope and Contents
Photographs and negatives are a very important and large part of the Klinger papers, and they are predominantly photos of
family and friends coming from veritably the entirety of the 20th Century: the series goes from Walter and Hertha's childhoods,
through their friendship and dating years, then their emigration from Germany and Austria, the war and their first years in
America, to trips to Europe and then retirement, and every family photo sent to them in between. Originally found mostly
in a flatbox and without organization, the photos have been organized according to date and those without dates have been
grouped together.
Box 8, envelope 1
[Negatives with Minox photo development envelope]
undated
Box 8, envelope 2
[Negatives with Minox photo development envelope]
undated
Box 8, envelope 3
[Negatives with Minox photo development envelope]
undated
Box 8, envelope 4
[Negatives with Minox photo development envelope]
undated
Box 8, envelope 5
[Negatives with Minox photo development envelope]
undated
Box 8, envelope 6
[Negatives with Minox photo development envelope]
undated
Box 8, envelope 7
[Negatives with Minox photo development envelope]
undated
Box 8, envelope 8
[Negatives with Raheb photo development envelope]
undated
Box 8, envelope 9
[Negatives with Minox photo development envelope]
undated
Box 8, envelope 10
[Negatives with Minox photo development envelope]
undated
Box 8, envelope 11
[35mm film strips]
undated
Box 8, envelope 12
[Kodacolor envelope found with photo print and a negative]
undated
Box 8, envelope 13
[Walter and Hertha with family and friends]
undated (ca. 1940s-1990s)
Box 8, envelope 14
[Walter and Hertha with family and friends]
undated (ca. 1940s-1990s)
Box 8, envelope 15
[Walter and Hertha with family and friends]
undated (ca. 1940s-1990s)
Box 8, envelope 16
[Walter and Hertha with family and friends]
undated (ca. 1940s-1990s)
Box 8, envelope 17
[Walter and Hertha passport photos]
ca. 1952-1959
Box 8, envelope 18
[Photos from a trip to Spain (Toledo and Madrid), golfing with friends]
ca. 1950s
Box 8, envelope 19
[Portraits of Walter]
ca. 1940s-1950s
Box 8, envelope 20
[Walter and Hertha with family and friends, with negatives]
ca. 1950s
Box 8, envelope 21
[Negatives, Portraits of Walter]
ca. 1943-1945
Box 8, envelope 22
[Raheb photo service envelopes]
ca. 1940s-1950s
Box 8, envelope 23
[Negatives, Walter and Hertha with family and friends, with development envelope]
ca. 1920s-1930s
Box 8, envelope 24
[Negatives, Walter and Hertha with family and friends, with development envelope]
ca. 1920s-1930s
Box 8, Folder 25
[Photographs from Walter's army service]
1942-1945
Box 8, Folder 26
[Portraits, Walter and friends]
undated (ca. 1950s)
Box 8, Folder 27
[Photos of Walter at work]
undated (ca. 1940s-1970s)
Box 8, Folder 28
[Portraits of relatives and friends]
undated
Box 8, Folder 29
[Photos of Walter and Hertha]
undated
Box 8, Folder 30
[Photos and materials from the Klinger's wedding and 50th anniversary]
1935 and 1985
1985
Box 8, Folder 31
[Negative plate and empty photo development envelopes]
undated
Box 8, Folder 32
[Travel slides]
undated
Scope and Contents
A note on the box that originally contained the unmarked slides (which start on the third page of the preservation pockets)
said: "Europe 1954, Disneyland 1955, Arrowhead 1955."
Box 9, envelope 1
[Photo of Walter and Hertha]
ca. 1950s-1960s
Box 9, envelope 3
[Walter and Hertha's trip to America from Trinidad]
1941-1942
Box 9, envelope 4
[Walter and Hertha with family and friends]
1934-1939
Box 9, envelope 5
[Walter and Hertha with family and friends]
1933
Box 9, envelope 6
[Walter and Hertha with family and friends]
1932
Box 9, envelope 7
[Walter and Hertha with family and friends]
1931
Box 9, envelope 8
[Walter and Hertha with family and friends]
1931
Box 9, envelope 9
[Walter and Hertha with family and friends]
1930
Box 9, envelope 10
[Walter and Hertha with family and friends]
1929
Box 9, envelope 11
[Walter and Hertha with family and friends]
1924-1928
Box 9, envelope 12
[Walter and his family (his parents)]
ca. 1920s-1930s
Box 9, envelope 13
[Photos of family and friends (Bellak, Walter's mother's family)]
ca. 1920s-1940s
Box 9, envelope 14
[Walter and Hertha with family and friends]
undated (ca. 1920s-1940s?)
Box 9, envelope 15
[Empty photo development envelopes]
undated
Box 9, envelope 16
[35mm film strips with Agfa development envelope]
undated
Box 9, envelope 17
[Walter and Hertha with family and friends]
1997-2003
Box 9, envelope 18
[Walter and Hertha with family and friends]
1993-1996
Box 9, envelope 19
[Walter and Hertha with family and friends]
1991-1992
Box 9, envelope 20
[Walter and Hertha with family and friends]
1989-1990
Box 9, envelope 21
[Walter and Hertha with family and friends]
1988
Box 9, envelope 22
[Walter and Hertha with family and friends]
1986-1987
Box 9, envelope 23
[Walter and Hertha with family and friends]
1983-1985
Box 9, envelope 24
[Walter and Hertha with family and friends]
1981-1982
Box 9, envelope 25
[Walter and Hertha with family and friends]
1979-1980
Box 9, envelope 26
[Walter and Hertha with family and friends]
1976-1978
Box 9, envelope 27
[Walter and Hertha with family and friends]
1973-1975
Box 9, envelope 28
[Walter and Hertha with family and friends]
1970-1972
Box 9, envelope 29
[Walter and Hertha with family and friends]
1967-1969
Box 9, envelope 30
[Walter and Hertha with family and friends]
1948-1966
Box 9, envelope 31
[Walter and Hertha with family and friends]
1945-1947
Box 9, envelope 32
[Walter and Hertha with family and friends]
1940-1944
Box 10, envelope 1
[Unidentified photo print]
undated
Box 10, envelope 5
[Negative, Walter and Hertha Klinger]
undated
Box 10, envelope 6
[Negative, unknown female]
undated
Box 10, envelope 7
[Unknown portraits]
undated
Box 10, envelope 8
[Unidentified group photo]
undated
Box 10, envelope 11
[Tiny travel prints]
undated (ca. 1940s)
Box 10, envelope 12
[Trip to Marineland and other unknown locations]
undated
Box 10, envelope 13
[(Parpaner) Rothorn and Eislaufplatz-Lenzerheide, Switzerland]
undated
Box 10, envelope 14
[Walter and Hertha's trip]
ca. 1950s
Scope and Contents
Envelope 1 of 5.
Box 10, envelope 15
[Walter and Hertha's trip]
ca. 1950s
Scope and Contents
Envelope 2 of 5.
Box 10, envelope 16
[Walter and Hertha's trip]
ca. 1950s
Scope and Contents
Envelope 3 of 5.
Box 10, envelope 17
[Walter and Hertha's trip]
ca. 1950s
Scope and Contents
Envelope 4 of 5.
Box 10, envelope 18
[Walter and Hertha's trip]
ca. 1950s
Scope and Contents
Envelope 5 of 5.
Box 10, envelope 19
[Walter and Hertha's trip to Italy/Greece (?)]
ca. 1950s
Scope and Contents
Envelope 1 of 5.
Box 10, envelope 20
[Walter and Hertha's trip to Italy/Greece (?)]
ca. 1950s
Scope and Contents
Envelope 2 of 5.
Box 10, envelope 21
[Walter and Hertha's trip to Italy/Greece (?)]
ca. 1950s
Scope and Contents
Envelope 3 of 5.
Box 10, envelope 22
[Walter and Hertha's trip to Italy/Greece (?)]
ca. 1950s
Scope and Contents
Envelope 4 of 5.
Box 10, envelope 23
[Walter and Hertha's trip to Italy/Greece (?)]
ca. 1950s
Scope and Contents
Envelope 5 of 5.
Box 10, envelope 24
[Passport-style photographs of Walter and Hertha]
undated (ca. 1950s-1960s)
Box 10, envelope 25
[Photo book: New York]
1951
Box 10, envelope 26
[Walter and Hertha's travel]
ca. 1950s
Scope and Contents
Envelope 1 of 3.
Box 10, envelope 27
[Walter and Hertha's travel]
ca. 1950s
Scope and Contents
Envelope 2 of 3.
Box 10, envelope 30
[Hertha and Walter (at home in Los Angeles?)]
ca. 1940s-1950s
Box 10, envelope 28
[Walter and Hertha's travel]
ca. 1950s
Scope and Contents
Envelope 3 of 3.
Box 10, envelope 29
[Walter and Hertha's trip to Las Vegas, golfing]
ca. 1950s
Box 10, envelope 31
[Warner Brothers Conference in Frankfurt, Walter and friends]
ca. 1940s-1950s
Box 10, envelope 32
[Kodachrome Outdoor Guide, 35mm and Bantam]
ca. 1944
Box 10, envelope 33
[Walter's army service]
1943-1945
Box 10, envelope 34
[Walter's army service]
1943-1945
Box 10, envelope 35
[Hertha and friends at Knott's Berry Farm]
ca. 1940s
Box 10, envelope 36
[Hertha and Walter at a costume party]
ca. 1940s
Box 10, envelope 37
[Assorted photos of Hertha]
undated (ca. 1920s-1950s)
Box 10, envelope 38
[Hertha's travel photos]
ca. 1930s-1940s
Box 10, envelope 39
[Assorted photos: Hertha and Walter, friends, family, and travel]
undated (ca. 1920s-1930s)
Scope and Contents
Envelope 1 of 3.
Box 10, envelope 40
[Assorted photos: Hertha and Walter, friends, family, and travel]
undated (ca. 1920s-1930s)
Scope and Contents
Envelope 2 of 3.
Box 10, envelope 41
[Assorted photos: Hertha and Walter, friends, family, and travel]
undated (ca. 1920s-1930s)
Scope and Contents
Envelope 3 of 3.
Box 10, envelope 42
[Photos attached to compact mirror--unknown persons]
ca. 1920s
Box 10, envelope 43
[Photo attached to compact mirror--Walter Klinger and his father, Adolf]
ca. 1920s
Box 10, envelope 44
[Hertha's travel photos and landscapes]
ca. 1920s
Box 13
[Collage caricature of Walter Klinger]
undated
Box 13
[Photo of Walter Klinger in army uniform]
2 April 1946
Box 13
[Warner Brothers Christmas collage photo]
undated
Box 13
[Photo of Walter Klinger in army uniform]
2 April 1946
Box 13
[Hertha and Walter Klinger wedding portrait]
ca. 1935
Box 13
[Hertha and Walter Klinger wedding portrait]
ca. 1935
Box 13
[Hertha Klinger wedding portrait]
ca. 1935
Box 13
[Portrait of Hertha Klinger]
ca. 1940s
Photograph albums
ca. 1926-1931
Scope and Contents
These photograph albums, found together, are collections of photos from Walter and Hertha's youth. They include photos of
friends, family, and excursions in and around Germany and Austria.
Box 12
[Blue photo album]
ca. 1929-1930
Box 12
[Brown/maroon photo album labeled "Portraits"]
ca. 1928-1931
Box 12
[Purple-green-beige photo album]
ca. 1926-1929
Box 12
[Olive green photo album]
ca. 1929-1930
Artifacts
ca. 1631-1969
1941-1969
Scope and Contents
The artifacts series consists of four distinct types of items. The first is the insignia and medals that Walter Klinger acquired
as a soldier and officer in the U.S. Army during World War II. Secondly, there are a series of audio cassette tapes that
were sent seemingly as a replacement for written correspondence between Walter and Hertha Klinger and their friends Mr. and
Mrs. Kurt Wittler. The other artifacts classified under this series are prints from the 17th Century of etchings done by Israel
Silvestre, a French artist who lived from 1621-1691. It is unclear how the Klingers acquired these pieces, and there was
no description or other indicators of origin accompanying them, but they appear to be originals as there is also 17th Century
writing on the back of each print (often in Latin or German). In addition, there is also a portable and hand-held slide viewer
that accompanied the Klinger's photo slides.
Box 7, envelope 1
U.S. Army Good Conduct Medal and Ribbon
ca. 1944-1945
Box 7, envelope 2
4th Armored Division shoulder sleeve insignia (U.S. Army)
ca. 1941-1945
Box 7, envelope 3
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force insignia
ca. 1943-1945
Box 7, envelope 4
U.S. Army dog tags and keys
ca. 1943-1945
Box 7, envelope 5
Enlisted Man insignia (U.S. Army)
ca. 1941-1945
Box 7, envelope 6
Signal Corps insignia (U.S. Army)
ca. 1941-1945
Box 7, Folder 7
Veue du Village de Comice, et Paisage de Tanlai [Print of etching by Israel Silvestre]
ca. 1631-1691
Box 7, Folder 8
Veue de l'Eglise sainct Pierre de Tonnerre [Print of etching by Israel Silvestre]
ca. 1631-1691
Box 7, Folder 9
Veue de la place de Greue et de l'Eglise nostre Dame [Print of etching by Israel Silvestre]
ca. 1631-1691
Box 7, Folder 10
Veue du Parc, et du Canal de Tanlai [Print of etching by Israel Silvestre]
ca. 1631-1691
Box 7, Folder 11
Chasteau de Moulins en Bourbonnois [Print of etching by Israel Silvestre]
ca. 1631-1691
Box 7, Folder 12
Chasteau de Montbar en Bourgongne [Print of etching by Israel Silvestre]
ca. 1631-1691
Box 11
[Mansfield 202 slide viewer]
undated
Box 11
[Photo book from the Toledo Cathedral]
ca. 1950s
Scope and Contents
Labeled: "24 Fotografias Artisticas Toledo Catedral."
Box 11
[Audio cassette tape sent by Walter Klinger to Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Wittler]
ca. 1969
Box 11
[Audio cassette tape sent by Walter Klinger to Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Wittler]
ca. 1969
Box 11
[Audio cassette tape sent by Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Wittler to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Klinger]
ca. 1969
Box 11
[Audio cassette tape sent by Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Wittler to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Klinger]
ca. 1969
Box 11
[Audio cassette tape sent by Walter Klinger to Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Wittler]
ca. 1969
Box 11
[Audio cassette tape sent by Walter Klinger to Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Wittler]
ca. 1969
Box 11
[Audio cassette tape sent by Walter Klinger to Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Wittler]
ca. 1969
Box 11
Party June 12/69 [Audio cassette tape]
1969 June 12