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Acc. 2008.308 was acuaired by the donor while in Germany at the end of WW II. According to information provided by him, the reels of film were taken from a house occupied by the American forces and the medals were found in the concentration camp Dachau. Acc. 2008.308 was previously part of the Manuscripts Department and was transferred to the University Archives in June 2011.
Theodore Sullivan Cox Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acc. 1999.059 was transferred from the School of Jurisprudence 10/15/1947. Acc. 2008.308 was a gift of Dr. Theodore S Cox on 5/6/1946.
Professor of Law (1930-1947) and Dean of the School of Jurisprudence. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .
Series 1 (Acc. 1999.059) contains correspondence regarding the School of Jurisprudence (now the Marshall-Wythe School of Law), the Faculty Club, the Quarterly Millennium Celebration, and notes on the teaching of law at William and Mary for the years 1931-1943.
Series 2 (Acc. 2008.308) contains material acquired by Dr. Theodore Sullivan Cox in Germany during the Allied occupation after World War II. Includes British, US American and French military bulletins, manuals and pamphlets (in part classified), a poster, three Nazi military medals and two Nazi propaganda films.
University Archives Artifact Collection (UA 13); University Archives Audiovisual Collection (UA 58).
Two films and three medals that were part of Mss. Acc. 2008.308 were pulled from this collection and added to the University Archives Audiovisual Collection and University Archives Artifact Collection on 6/20/2011.
The fragile nature of the poster (Series 2, item 3) may limit handling.
The films have recently been digitized and are currently available at http://www.youtube.com/user/swemlibrary?feature=watch
1936 release of the 1929 British Manual of Military Law, Amendments (No. 13) and Amendments (No. 12). One copy of each manual.
German election ballots and a voter registration questionnaire for different localitites in the American occupied zone. The questionnaire is bilingual, German-English.
One manual and two bulletins for use during the Occupation of Germany by the Allies. --Handbook for Unit Commanders (Germany) 1944, (English-German) --Military Government Gazette Germany, U.S. Zone, Western Military District, July 14, 1945 (English-German) --Mission Militaire Pour Les Affaires Allemandes Bulletin d'Information No. 1, 1945.
Hunt Report Digest, American Military Government of Occupied Germany, 1918-1920, published in 1946 by the Office of the Director, Office of Military Government (U.S. Zone).
Contains Military Government Regulations pamhlets, published by: Headquarters, United States Forces, European Theater, Office of Military Government (U.S. Zone).
A restricted bulletin published by the Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, G-5 Division, USFET, entitled Military Government Weekly Information Bulletin.
A restricted bulletin published by the Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, G-5 Division, USFET, entitled Military Government Weekly Information Bulletin
A restricted bulletin published by the Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, G-5 Division, USFET, entitled Military Government Weekly Information Bulletin.
Pamphlet "War-Crime Trials Nuremberg Germany, Nov. 20, 1945. Pamphlet gives the floor plan of the court room, with numbered seating arrangement for the listed participants and a list of each of the defendants with a short description of their role and positions in the German Reich.
Included are 3 military (merit) medals, issued by the Nazi government in 1939: --Kriegsverdienstmedaille --Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern --Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse ohne Schwertern The medals were still in their original packaging along with with folded ribbons which indicates that they had not been awarded. According to the donor, the medals were found in the concentration camp Dachau.
Included are two Nazi German propaganda films. NOTE: the films have recently been digitized and are currently available at http://www.youtube.com/user/swemlibrary?feature=watch --Pioniere schlagen eine Bruecke, 16mm, Black and White film, 450 ft., approx. 12 minutes, 30 seconds long. [1939] by Reichsamt fuer Film und Bild in Wissenschaft und Unterricht --Seekrieg, 1914-1918; [Naval War, 1914-1918], 16mm, Black and White film, 450 ft. approx. 12 minutes, 30 seconds long. circa 1942-43, by Reichsstelle fuer den Unterrichtsfilm. Included with this film is a two sided information sheet which was supposed to take the place of a forthcoming booklet to accompany the film.
Poster depicting a line of men walking and carrying pickaxes and similar tools with a grim reaper figure above the men. The artist's name is signed in the bottom right corner "Hainich."