World War II photographs and postcards

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Terms of access:

There are no restrictions

Preferred citation:

World War II Photographs, circa 1932-1946, Accession #15862, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Summary

Extent:
1.0 Cubic Feet 21 envelopes of small photographs and postcards
Language:
German
Preferred citation:

World War II Photographs, circa 1932-1946, Accession #15862, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection of photographs and postcards consists of 300 items, one document box, twenty one envelopes, and one cubic foot of chiefly World War II era photographs, both amateur and professional. Approximately one half of the photographs are unidentified. The photographs that are identified are mostly related to the 3rd Platoon, Company C, 256th Engineer Combat Battalion. Members of the platoon who are identified on photographs are: (1st Squad) Leonard Brophy, William A. Fretz, Walter M. Tierney, Sr., James R. Ussery, George J. Weiland, and, (Headquarters) Charles S. Kapanski.

Identified European places include Normandy; St. Lô; Wasselnheim; Olympic Stadium, Berlin; Frankfurt; Passionstheater, Oberammergau; Munich; ruins of the Berghof at Obersalzberg; Salach; Würzburg; and Salzburg.

Scenes identified are destroyed bridges on an Autobahn; airplanes, including a jet, hidden in trees along an Autobahn; Bailey bridges across the Saar and the Danube; Brenner Pass; Kitzbüheler Alps; and the Main River.

Of interest is a photograph of a ruined house with the caption "German girl raped here, were lined up for observance. No one found guilty." (Folder 8-10)

Acquisition information:
This collection was a gift of Aidette Charley to the Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia on February 8, 2010.
Arrangement:

Photographs are arranged by location in acid free folders

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard