GB 0099 KCLMA Weiss - WEISS, Steve (b 1925)

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GB 0099 KCLMA Weiss

Title

WEISS, Steve (b 1925)

Date(s)

  • 1943-1945, 1972 (Creation)

Level of description

Extent and medium

5 files

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Born, 1925; 36 Div, US Army, Florida, France and Italy, 1943-1945; one time War Studies student, King's College London.

Archival history

GB 0099 KCLMA Weiss 1943-1945, 1972 Collection (fonds) 5 files Weiss , Steve , b 1925
Born, 1925; 36 Div, US Army, Florida, France and Italy, 1943-1945; one time War Studies student, King's College London.

Presented to the Centre by Steve Weiss, 2002-2003.

Memoir of World War Two service by Steve Weiss with photographs, 1943-1945; comprising a memoir of his service in 36 Div, US Army, in Italy and France, 1943-1945. Based on his `Experience of War' lectures given in the Department of War Studies, King's College London; photocopy photographs relating to his service in 36 Div, US Army, 1943-1945. Subjects are: Steve Weiss and others at Camp Blanding, Florida, 1943; recently destroyed bridge at Viviers on the River Rhone, France, Jul 1944; Weiss and others embarking at Naples, Italy, Aug 1944; with unidentified US war correspondent, Lyon, Sep 1944; Steve Weiss and others near Remiremont, Vosges, France, Oct 1944; in Paris, France, 1945; Caserne, Jeanne d'Arc, Reims, France, 1945; Weiss and others on the stairs to the hayloft that had been his wartime hiding place, near Valence, France, Jul 1972; 2 commercial videotapes, Victory in North Africa and D Day heroes.

2 accessions in 2002 and 2003

Arranged according to the order shown above in the Scope and Content section.

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research us only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.
English

Summary guide available on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, and in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

Steve Weiss has retained the original photographs.

Entry compiled by Geoff Browell for the RSLP AIM25 Project. National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997; ISAD(G), Second Edition, 2000. July 2003 Armed forces Camp Blanding Europe Florida France International conflicts International relations Italy Lyon Military organizations Naples North America Organizations Paris Remiremont State security USA US Army Valence Viviers War Weiss , Steve , b 1925 Western Europe World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) Wars (events)

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Presented to the Centre by Steve Weiss, 2002-2003.

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Scope and content

Memoir of World War Two service by Steve Weiss with photographs, 1943-1945; comprising a memoir of his service in 36 Div, US Army, in Italy and France, 1943-1945. Based on his `Experience of War' lectures given in the Department of War Studies, King's College London; photocopy photographs relating to his service in 36 Div, US Army, 1943-1945. Subjects are: Steve Weiss and others at Camp Blanding, Florida, 1943; recently destroyed bridge at Viviers on the River Rhone, France, Jul 1944; Weiss and others embarking at Naples, Italy, Aug 1944; with unidentified US war correspondent, Lyon, Sep 1944; Steve Weiss and others near Remiremont, Vosges, France, Oct 1944; in Paris, France, 1945; Caserne, Jeanne d'Arc, Reims, France, 1945; Weiss and others on the stairs to the hayloft that had been his wartime hiding place, near Valence, France, Jul 1972; 2 commercial videotapes, Victory in North Africa and D Day heroes.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

2 accessions in 2002 and 2003

System of arrangement

Arranged according to the order shown above in the Scope and Content section.

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Conditions governing access

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research us only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

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Finding aids

Summary guide available on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, and in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

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Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London

Rules and/or conventions used

National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997; ISAD(G), Second Edition, 2000.

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Language(s)

  • English

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