Guide to the Kramer J. Rohfleisch Papers
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Guide to the Kramer J. Rohfleisch Papers
1935/1945
Special Collections & University Archives
Overview of the Collection
Collection Title: Kramer J. Rohfleisch Papers
Dates: 1935-1945
Identification: MS-0274
Creator:
Rohfleisch, Kramer Jesse, 1911-2000
Physical Description: 2.50 linear ft
Language of Materials:
English
Repository:
Special Collections & University Archives
5500 Campanile Dr. MC 8050
San Diego, CA, 92182-8050
URL: http://library.sdsu.edu/scua
Email: scref@rohan.sdsu.edu
Phone: 619-594-6791
Biographical Information:
Kramer Rohfleisch studied at the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Chicago. After serving in Intelligence
Operations during World War II, he wrote several histories of the Army Air Forces in the War, concentrating on operations
in the South Pacific. He taught history at San Diego State College from 1947 to 1974.
Access Terms
This collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
Genre/Form of Material:
Personal Papers
Publications
Topical Term:
United States. Army Air Forces--History--World War, 1939-1945.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Sources
Administrative Information
Processing Information:
This collection was formerly known as the World War I and World War II Manuscript Collection. Series One of that collection
(a former pamphlet file dealing with World War I) was separated and relevant materials were cataloged in 2010. The remaining
materials became the current collection according to their original provenance.
Conditions Governing Use:
The copyright interests in these materials have not been transferred to San Diego State University. Copyright resides with
the creators of materials contained in the collection or their heirs. The nature of historical archival and manuscript collections
is such that copyright status may be difficult or even impossible to determine. Requests for permission to publish must be
submitted to the Head of Special Collections, San Diego State University, Library and Information Access. When granted, permission
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission
of the copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained in order to publish. Materials from our collections are made available
for use in research, teaching, and private study. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including
but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.
Conditions Governing Access:
This collection is open for research
Preferred Citation:
Identification of item, folder title, box number, Kramer J. Rohfleisch Papers, Special Collections and University Archives,
Library and Information Access, San Diego State University.
Related Materials:
The Army Air Forces in World War II; prepared under the editorship of Wesley Frank Draven and James Lea Cate; v. 4, part I of this publication was written with
research materials in this collection.
Information about related materials is available at http://libpac.sdsu.edu/search~S0?/gd301+.82&SUBMIT2=Search/gd++301.+++82/1%2C146%2C146%2CE/frameset&FF=gd++301.+++82+%3A&1%2C1%2C
Arrangement of Materials:
The collection is divided into two series:
I. Printed Materials and Ephemera
II. Commanders' Materials
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of research materials used by Kramer Rohfleisch in his work on the history of the Army Air Forces
in World War II. The collection includes articles, pamphlets, clippings, training and field handbooks and manuals, ephemera,
miscellaneous materials, and declassified commanders' reports, memos, and letters. Also included are Rohfleisch's personal
training notes and curriculum from the Army Officer Candidate School.
The largest part of the collection consists of declassified, original reports, letters, and memos (both typed and handwritten)
sent between operating generals in the Pacific Theater during World War II. These materials cover a huge number of topics
related to military involvement in that area, and are annotated in his hand as part of Rohfleisch's extensive research.
Detailed List of Contents
Printed Materials and Ephemera
Box 1, Folder 1
War Department: Staff Officers' Field Manual
1940
Box 1, Folder 2
Identification of Aircraft
circa 1940
Box 1, Folder 3
Identification of Merchant Vessels
circa 1940
Box 1, Folder 4
War Department: Coast Artillery Field Manuals
1940
Box 1, Folder 5
Song and Service Book for Ship and Field: Army and Navy
1942
Box 1, Folder 6
War Department Technical Manual: Handbook on Japanese Military Forces
1941
Box 1, Folder 7
Basic Field Manuals
1941-42
Box 1, Folder 8
Criteria for Dispersed Airdrones
1942
Box 1, Folder 9
Armament and Fields of Fire: German Aircraft
1942
Box 1, Folder 10
Silhouette Handbook of US Army Air Forces Airplanes
1942
Box 1, Folder 11
Identification of Aircraft for Army Air Forces Ground Observer Corps
1942
Box 1, Folder 12
Aircraft Spotters' Guide
1942
Box 1, Folder 13
Aircraft Intelligence Reports
1942
Box 1, Folder 15
Camouflage for the Army Air Forces
1942
Box 1, Folder 16
Officer Candidate School: Training Methods, Student manual
1942
Box 1, Folder 17
War Department: Coast Artillery Field Manual
1942
Box 1, Folder 18
How to Get Along in the Service, by F.W. Holbein
1943
Box 1, Folder 22
Combat Intelligence Course Curriculum
1940s
Box 1, Folder 23
SAAAB: Naval Forces, Pilots
1943
Box 1, Folder 25
Headquarters Air Intelligence School: NIP Notes
1940s
Box 1, Folder 26
Map, Photos from the Military Services Publishing Company
1940s
Box 1, Folder 27
United States and British Naval Vessels
Box 1, Folder 28
Identification of Ships and Marine Activities
1943
Box 1, Folder 29
Map and Aerial Photograph Reading
1943
Box 1, Folder 30
Class Notes and Curriculum
1943
Box 1, Folder 31
Medical Compend for Commanders of Naval Vessels
1944
Box 1, Folder 32
Military Symbols: Departments of the Army and the Air Force
June 1951
Box 1, Folder 33
Soldier's Manual for Defense Against CBR Attack
April 1953
Box 1, Folder 34
Use and Installation of Boobytraps
January 1956
Box 1, Folder 35
Map Reading, Department of the Army
March 1956, October 1960
Box 1, Folder 36
Evasion and Escape, Department of the Army
December 1958
Box 1, Folder 37
Grenades and Pyrotechnics, Department of the Army
October 1959
Box 1, Folder 38
Explosives and Demolitions, Department of the Army
May 1959
Box 1, Folder 39
Infantry Replacement Training Center: I am a Doughboy
Box 1, Folder 42
Final Research Drafts and Memoranda
1942-43
Box 1, Folder 43
Journal
November - December 1943
Box 1, Folder 47
Air Intelligence Bulletins
1943-44
Box 1, Folder 51
Allocation of Aircraft Overall
1943
Box 1, Folder 54
Bouganville, Plans and Options
Box 1, Folder 63
Intelligence Summaries, General
Box 1, Folder 66
USAFISPA - Air Operations Summary
Box 1, Folder 67
Final Research Drafts, the Bouganville Campaign
