World War I German Soldiers Album Collection
Scope and Contents
Collection contains three photograph albums and a scrapbook. Two photograph albums belonged to unidentified German soldiers in World War I, and contain images from approximately 1911-1918. Photograph album of Paul Hohendorn, a medical officer on the Eastern Front in World War I, with label naming Albert Borowski and a handwritten note, "Onkel, Paul im Kriegseinsatz Ost 1914/18". Accordion spine scrapbook, "Meine Stationer als Soldat im Weltkrieg 1914-1918." Scrapbook belonged to Paul Pommer, a resident of Hesse, Germany, and documents his time as a German soldier in the first World War through his correspondence with family and friends. Contents include photographs, postcards, clippings, letters and telegrams.
Dates
- Creation: 1911-1918
Creator
- Hohendorn, Paul (Person)
- Pommer, Paul (Correspondent, Person)
Extent
4 Volumes
Language of Materials
German
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased by WMU Special Collections in February 2015 from F.A. Bernett Books of Boston.
- Title
- Inventory of the World War I German Soldiers Album Collection Finding Aid
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Marianne Swierenga
- Date
- 2018-02-21
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Western Michigan University Special Collections Repository
Western Michigan University Libraries, Special Collections
Zhang Legacy Collections Center
1650 Oakland Drive
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5307 US
(269) 387-8490
lib_rbr@wmich.edu