Frank Dorn papers, 1927-1976

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Summary

Creators:
Dorn, Frank
Abstract:
Memoirs, correspondence, writings, memoranda, orders, and photographs relating to General Joseph W. Stilwell, United States military operations in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II, and ethnology in the Philippines.
Extent:
11 manuscript boxes, 2 envelopes (4.4 Linear Feet)
Language:
In English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Frank Dorn Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

Memoirs, correspondence, writings, memoranda, orders, and photographs relating to General Joseph W. Stilwell, United States military operations in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II, and ethnology in the Philippines. Includes a 200-page section of Dorn's autobiography.

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1901, June 25
Born, San Francisco, California
1912-1915
Studied violin
1915-1918
Student, San Francisco Insitute of Art
1923
Graduate, U.S. Military Academy, West Point
1926
Assigned to Philippine Islands
1935
Author, Forest Twilight
1936-1938
Military Attache's Office, Peking, China
1939
Promoted to Major
1939-1945
Aide and Public Information Officer for General Joseph Stilwell, 7th Division, III Corps, Headquarters China-Burma-India
1942
Promoted to Colonel
1944
Promoted to Brigadier General
1946-1949
Assistant Commandant and Acting Commandant, Army Information School and Armed Forces Information School, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania
1950-1951
Office of the Chief of Information, Department of the Army
1953
Author, <title render="italic">The Dorn Cookbook</title>
Retirement
1954-1957
Exhibits of paintings of Frank Dorn in: California; Galerie Andre Weil, Paris; Instituto de Cultura Hispanica, Madrid; Instituto Mexicano-Norteamericano de Relaciones Culturales, Mexico City
1958
Author, Just A Pinch
Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1984.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Boxes 10 and FH24 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of 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:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Frank Dorn Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US