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Title: Frank E. (Earl) Mason papers
Date (inclusive): 1915-1975
Collection Number: XX007
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English and German
Physical Description:
4 manuscript boxes, 7 envelopes
(2.0 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, reports, journalistic dispatches, and other material, relating to German and Soviet politics and diplomacy
in the interwar period, and to Allied military administration of Germany at the end of World War II. Includes a copy of the
logbook of the submarine that sank the Lusitania, 1915, and correspondence with Georgii Chicherin and Karl von Wiegand.
Creator:
Mason, Frank E., 1893-1979
Creator:
Bryant, Louise
Creator:
Chicherin, G. (Georgiĭ), 1872-1936
Creator:
Dryander, Ernst H., 1843-1922
Creator:
Eisenhower, Milton Stover, 1899-1985
Creator:
Strong, Ann L. (Ann Louise)
Creator:
Von Wiegand, Karl H.
Creator:
William, Crown Prince of Germany, 1882-1951
Creator:
Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955). Control Council
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 1971.
[Identification of item], Frank Earl Mason Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 1893 | Born, Milwaukee, Wis. |
| 1918 | Intelligence officer, 9th Infantry, U.S. Army
Instructor, Army Intelligence School, Langres, France |
| 1919 | Assistant military attaché, American Legation, The Hague; American Embassy, Berlin |
| Military observer, Berlin (March-July) | |
| Chief censor advocate, G.H.Q., Gen. Staff, German occupied area | |
| 1920-1921 | Berlin correspondent, International News Service |
| 1921 | London manager |
| 1922-1926 | Paris manager |
| 1927 | New York, business manager |
| 1928ff. | General manager and president |
| 1931-1945 | Vice-president of NBC |
| 1941-1944 | Special assistant to secretary of the Navy |
| 1946 | Member of the Food Emergency Mission |
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Journalists
Prisoners of war
Germany -- History -- 1945-1955
Denazification
World politics
World War, 1914-1918 -- Peace
World War, 1914-1918 -- Prisoners and prisons
Germany -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations
Lusitania (Steamship)
William, German Emperor, II, 1859-1941