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A. Frederick Gerstell Collection of Military Materials
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Held at: Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers [Contact Us]
This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
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A. Frederick Gerstell is a member of the Princeton University Class of 1960.
The collection is composed of mostly World War II-era correspondence, photographs, and ephemera collected by A. Frederick Gerstell. Much of the collection includes materials created by well-known U.S. military officials such as Mark W. Clark, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Douglas MacArthur, George Marshall, Chester W. Nimitz, George S. Patton, and others. There are also materials created by British officers and by Nazi Party leader Heinrich Himmler.
The order in which these materials came to Princeton has been maintained.
This collection was donated by A. Frederick Gerstell in 2016. The accession number associated with this donation is ML.2016.010.
For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.
This collection was processed by Rachel Van Unen in 2016 at the time of accessioning. Materials were placed into archival housing and described in a finding aid.
No materials were separated from this collection.
People
- Clark, Mark W. (Mark Wayne), 1896-1984
- Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
- MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964.
- Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959
- Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945
- Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
Subject
- Publisher
- Public Policy Papers
- Finding Aid Date
- 2016
- Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research use.
- Use Restrictions
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Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. For instances beyond Fair Use, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections, nor does it require researchers to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the Ask Us! form.
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