Reichsarbeitsdienst Photo Diary

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Reichsarbeitsdienst Photo Diary, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
0.2 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Reichsarbeitsdienst Photo Diary, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Photo diary (36 pp.; 59 photos), of an unidentified member of the German Reichsarbeitsdienst (RDA), which was founded by the National Socialist government. Describes training, inspection, leisure activities and documents work assignments. It begins with the swearing-in of the group and ends with its dismissal at the end of the 6-months obligatory service. Common work projects for the RAD were highways, general construction and agricultural labor.

After their initial training, this particular section of the RAD was assigned to Eastern Prussia to help with farm work.

Custodial history:

This collection was formerly identified as Mss. Acc. 2012.016.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard