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Title: Mensing family papers
Dates: 1872-1964
Collection Number: 71004
Creator: Mensing family.
Collection Size:
2 manuscript boxes
(0.8 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Diaries, logbooks, orders, correspondence, and passports, relating primarily to the journey of Franz Mensing as captain of
the S.M.S. Prinz Adalbert, to Asia, Africa, and America, 1883-1885, with the German crown prince Friedrich Carl von Preussen
on board from Genoa to Spain, 1883; and to the participation of Friedrich Carl Mensing as courier for the German Admiralstab
of the Marine in the World War I German-American negotiations in Switzerland concerning the exchange of prisoners of war.
Includes diaries of the Mensings' housekeeper, Anna Schulz, 1899-1906.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages: In
German
Collection is open for research.
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[Identification of item], Mensing family papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1971.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
Franz Mensing (1843-1911), vice-admiral, German Navy, and his sons, Friedrich Carl (1888-1975), captain, German Navy, and
Franz (1890-1918).
Scope and Content of Collection
Diaries, logbooks, orders, correspondence, and passports, relating primarily to the journey of Franz Mensing as captain of
the S.M.S. Prinz Adalbert, to Asia, Africa, and America, 1883-1885, with the German crown prince Friedrich Carl von Preussen
on board from Genoa to Spain, 1883; and to the participation of Friedrich Carl Mensing as courier for the German Admiralstab
of the Marine in the World War I German-American negotiations in Switzerland concerning the exchange of prisoners of war.
Includes diaries of the Mensings' housekeeper, Anna Schulz, 1899-1906.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Frederick III, German Emperor, 1831-1888.
Germany. Kriegsmarine--Officers.
Prinz Adalbert (Frigate)
Prisoners of war.
World War, 1914-1918--Prisoners and prisons.
Mensing, Franz, 1890-1918.
Mensing, Franz Friedrich, 1843-1911.
Mensing, Friedrich Carl, 1888-1975.
Schulz, Anna.