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Title: Hans Forchheimer papers
Date (inclusive): 1901-1919
Collection Number: 91068
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
German
Physical Description:
1 manuscript box
(0.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Letters, photographs, drawings, and woodcuts, relating to internment of German citizens in the United States during World
War I, and to family affairs. Includes letters received from relatives in Germany, 1901-1905, and illustrations of internees
and conditions in Fort Oglethorpe, 1918-1919.
Creator:
Forchheimer, Hans
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 1991.
[Identification of item], Hans Forchheimer papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
German resident of the United States; internee, Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, during World War I.
Scope and Content of Collection
Letters, photographs, drawings, and woodcuts, relating to internment of German citizens in the United States during World
War I, and to family affairs. Includes letters received from relatives in Germany, 1901-1905, and illustrations of internees
and conditions in Fort Oglethorpe, 1918-1919.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1914-1918 -- Prisoners and prisons
World War, 1914-1918 -- United States
Drawing
Germans -- United States
Fort Oglethorpe (Ga.)