Preliminary Inventory of the Robert Tryon Frederick papers
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Title: Robert Tryon Frederick papers
Date (inclusive): 1928-1967
Collection Number: 68009
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
9 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize folders, 1 album box, 3 envelopes, 3 motion picture film reels
(4.0 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, diaries, writings, memoranda, photographs, and motion picture film relating to operations of the First Special
Service Force in Italy and France during World War II, and to the American Military Mission to Greece in 1951.
Creator:
Frederick, Robert Tryon, 1907-1970
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
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or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
Use
Manuscript by Martin Blumenson, entitled "From Salerno to Cassino" (in Box 7) may not be reproduced without permission of
the Office of the Chief of Military History, United States Army. For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution
Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1968.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Robert Tryon Frederick papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
Major general, United States Army; commanding general, First Special Service Force, 1942-1944; head, Military Mission to Greece,
1951.
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence, diaries, writings, memoranda, photographs, and motion picture film relating to operations of the First Special
Service Force in Italy and France during World War II, and to the American Military Mission to Greece in 1951.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Motion pictures
Officers
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy
United States -- Military relations -- Greece
Greece -- Military relations -- United States
United States. Army
Allied Forces. Special Service Force, 1st
United States. Military Mission to Greece
box 1
First Special Service Force (F.S.S.F.) history
1942 July 9 - 1944 June 30
os_folder 2
First Special Service Force (F.S.S.F.) history, Map of Scandinavia
undated
box 1
Telephone conversation transcript between Colonel Frederick and others concerning F.S.S.F.
1942-1943
box 1
F.S.S.F. memoranda, manuscripts, maps, etc.
1942
box 1
Plough project with memoranda, minutes of meetings, etc.
os_folder 2
Plough project, Location of Important Norwegian Hydro-Electric Stations map
1941
box 1
Plough project diary
1942
box 2
F.S.S.F. correspondence, memoranda, orders, etc.
1942-1943
box 3
F.S.S.F. field orders, memoranda, correspondence, maps
1943-1944
box 3
F.S.S.F. - History, other matters. Correspondence
1942-1960
box 3
Maps - Rome, Nürnberg, Munich, campaigns in Central Europe, etc.
box 3
F.S.S.F. correspondence, memoranda, etc. of Plough project
1942-1943
os_folder 2
F. S.S.F., Map of Kiska
1943
box 3
179th Infantry Regiment: The Story of a Regiment
1946
box 4
First Airborne Task Force, General Frederick, France, Italy, etc., correspondence, memoranda, etc.
1944
box 4
Orders, correspondence, etc.
1928-1952
box 4
Correspondence, speech, etc.
1928-1948
box 4
45th Infantry Division
1945-1966
box 4
Photographs, citations, history, miscellany of General Frederick
box 5
General Frederick's assignment with the American Military Mission to Greece, correspondence, manuscripts, printed matter
1951
box 5
Correspondence with Prince of Monaco and other VIPs
1942-1959
box 5
Speeches by General Frederick
circa 1942-1950
Scope and Contents note
Includes photostats of maps.
box 5
Amphibious training materials
box 6
"The Devil's Brigade," film script
1967
box 6
Telephone directory, Headquarters U.S. Forces, Vienna, Austria
1948 October
box 6
Anzio Beachhead, Historical Division, Department of the Army
1947
box 6
From the Volturno to the Winter Line, Military Intelligence Division, U.S. War Department
[1944]
box 6
The Winter Line, Military Intelligence Division, U.S. War Department
[1945]
box 6
The 45th Division Artillery
box 6
The Invasion of Southern France, General Jacob L. Devers
box 6
For You, For Me, For Us, Fannie S. Wilson
box 6
German court martial order
1945 April 1
box 7
"From Salerno to Cassino," manuscript by Martin Blumenson
Conditions Governing Use note
Note: Manuscript may not be reproduced without permission of the Office of the Chief of Military History, United States Army.
box 9
"From Salerno to Cassino," manuscript by Martin Blumenson (cont.)
box 8
"The Devil's Brigade," photocopy of manuscript by Robert H. Adleman
box 8
"The First Special Service Force: A War History of the North Americans, 1942-1944," manuscript by Robert D. Burhans, with
comments by Robert T. Frederick
Declassified U.S. government records
1942-1950
Scope and Contents note
Formerly security-classified records of the U.S. government, released in full or in part. Arranged chronologically by date
of release by Hoover.
August 2011 release of records
1942-1950
box 8
F.S.S.F. correspondence, orders
1942-1950
box 8
Correspondence, orders, etc.
1942-1950
box 8
Role of Army in Future War photographs
1948
album fA
1 album of 34 photos of scenes at the German concentration camp at Dachau following its liberation by the Allies
undated
Scope and Contents note
Album includes a history of the camp.
envelope B
1 photo of U.S. soldiers at the Dachau concentration camp during its liberation
undated
envelope C
5 aerial photos of landings of the First Airborne Task Force in So. France near Le Muy
1944 August 15
envelope D
40 prints depicting the T-15 Light Cargo Carrier and U.S. military personnel in France and Germany
1945
film shelf
Unidentified motion picture film reels (3)
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