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Title: Charles Burton Burdick papers
Date (inclusive): 1917-1987
Collection Number: 67037
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1 manuscript box
(0.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: The Charles B. Burdick collection includes writings and research materials relating to Austrian mobilization and alleged espionage
in World War I; Germany and expatriated Germans in World War II; and Ralph H. Lutz, director of the Hoover Institution.
Creator:
Burdick, Charles Burton, 1927-
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1967.
[Identification of item], Charles Burton Burdick papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
American historian.
| 1927 May 12 | Born in San Jose, California, USA |
| 1940-1944 | Attended Lincoln High School in San Jose, CA |
| 1945 June 5- 1946 November 23 | Served in the United States Military during World War II |
| 1946-1949 | Attended San Jose State University (SJSU). Graduated with a B.A. from History |
| 1954 | Obtained Ph.D from Stanford University |
| 1988 | Retired from SJSU faculty |
| 1976 | Became History Department Chair at SJSU |
| 1957 | Joined SJSU History Department |
| 1998 June 6 | Died in Los Gatos, CA |
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection includes writings and research materials relating to the American academic and historian Charles B. Burdick.
Included are a manuscript on Austrian mobilization in 1914, immigration and military records concerning alleged Austrian espionage
in World War II, and a biography of Ralph H. Lutz, director of the Hoover Institution. Also included is research concerning
the S.S.
Marine Jumper for an article Burdick wrote entitled "The Expulsion of Germans from Japan, 1947-1948."
The collection is organized into 3 series: Writings; Visser family file; and S.S.
Marine Jumper file
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1914-1918 -- Austria
World War, 1914-1918 -- United States
World War, 1914-1918 -- Secret service
Espionage, Austrian -- United States
Secret service -- Austria
Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace
Lutz, Ralph Haswell, 1886-1968