Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Sammis, Frederick M.
- Abstract:
- Depicts various scenes from the German occupation of Memel; the Polish campaign; the Russo-Finnish war; the German air and rocket offensive against Great Britain; naval warfare in the Atlantic; and the European Theater during 1944-1945, including scenes of the Allied forces in combat, effects of the war on lives and property in Britain, France, Belgium, Luxemburg, and Germany, and the liberation of German concentration camps and of Allied and German prisoners of war. Includes photographs of various Allied and German military and political leaders.
- Extent:
- 35 envelopes (3.5 Linear Feet)
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Frederick M. Sammis, Jr. collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Depicts various scenes from the German occupation of Memel; the Polish campaign; the Russo-Finnish war; the German air and rocket offensive against Great Britain; naval warfare in the Atlantic; and the European Theater during 1944-1945, including scenes of the Allied forces in combat, effects of the war on lives and property in Britain, France, Belgium, Luxemburg, and Germany, and the liberation of German concentration camps and of Allied and German prisoners of war. Includes photographs of various Allied and German military and political leaders.
- Acquisition information:
- Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1946.
- Physical location:
- Hoover Institution Library & Archives
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations
World War, 1939-1945 -- Pictorial works
Prisoners of war -- Pictorial works
Russo-Finnish War, 1939-1940 -- Pictorial works
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Poland - Names:
- Sammis, Frederick M.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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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:
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For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Frederick M. Sammis, Jr. collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Location of this collection:
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Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford UniversityStanford, CA 94305-6003, US
- Contact:
- (650) 723-3563