Frank George Ascherl papers, 1917-1919

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Summary

Creators:
Ascherl, Frank George
Abstract:
Frank George Ascherl served as a United States Prisoner of War Escort in 1919. The Frank George Ascherl papers consists of a WWI-era photograph album.
Extent:
1 oversize box, 1 oversize folder (5 Linear Feet)
Language:
Text in English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Frank George Ascherl papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

The Frank George Ascherl papers (1917-1919) consists of a WWI-era photograph album; includes photographs of German prisoners on kitchen duty, in billets, and playing baseball.

Biographical / historical:

Frank George Ascherl served as a United States Prisoner of War Escort in 1919 guarding German prisoners held in French and Belgian prisons such as Is-sur-Tille, Malancourt, Sampigny, Pagny-sur-Meuse, and Romagne sous Montfaucon.

Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2021.
Processing information:

An accession inventory is a basic description of an archival collection (or a part thereof) for which a detailed finding aid has yet to be created. Additionally, no attempt at intellectual arrangement has been made. The depth of description varies depending on the format of the materials and the amount of pre-existing description when the materials were acquired. An accession inventory might also be labeled as such if it is a fully digital collection, in which the digital files have yet to be processed.

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 George Ascherl 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
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