Finding Aid for the Carroll Thomas Blanck Papers Biomed.1016

Finding aid prepared by Shira Peltzman, 2020.
UCLA Library Special Collections
Online finding aid last updated 2020 November 13.
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
spec-coll@library.ucla.edu


Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Carroll Thomas Blanck papers
Creator: Blanck, Carroll Thomas
Source: aGatherin'
Identifier/Call Number: Biomed.1016
Physical Description: .8 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Date (inclusive): circa 1917-1928
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

Unprocessed collection. Material is unavailable for access. Please contact Special Collections reference (spec-coll@library.ucla.edu) for more information.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Carroll Thomas Blanck Papers (Collection 1016). Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library History and Special Collections for the Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from aGatherin' from Franklin E. Murphy, M.D. Fund, 2018.

Processing Information

Collections are processed to a variety of levels depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived user interest and research value, availability of staff and resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides a standard level of preservation and access for all collections and, when time and resources permit, conducts more intensive processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards and best practices.

UCLA Catalog Record ID

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 8786746 

Biographical / Historical

Carroll Thomas Blanck served with the Signal Corps beginning in 1917. He was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal on his 35th birthday, 29 November 1921, "for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I, in connection with the control and operation of the telephone and telegraph service of the American Expeditionary Forces." ( https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/17276  accessed 5 December 2018).

Scope and Contents

Documents related to Carroll Thomas Blanck, who served with the Signal Corps beginning in 1917.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

aGatherin'