Overview of the Donald Abenheim collection
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Overview of the Donald Abenheim collection
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- Date Completed:
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Title: Donald Abenheim collection,
Dates: 1951-1999
Collection Number: 85013
Creator: Abenheim, Donald, collector.
Collection Size:
154 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 7 slide boxes
(62.7 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Serials, clippings, bulletins, and photocopies of speeches and reports, relating to post-World War II German military history,
and especially to the West German army. In part, used as research material for the Ph.D. dissertation of D. Abenheim, "A
Valid Heritage: The Policy on Military Tradition in the Emergence of the Bundeswehr, 1950-1965" (Stanford University, 1985).
Includes drafts of the dissertation.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
German
Boxes 36-155 and slide boxes closed until 2025 February 4.
Collection is open for research.
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[Identification of item], Donald Abenheim collection, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1985.
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.
Scope and Content of Collection
Serials, clippings, bulletins, and photocopies of speeches and reports, relating to post-World War II German military history,
and especially to the West German army. In part, used as research material for the Ph.D. dissertation of D. Abenheim, "A
Valid Heritage: The Policy on Military Tradition in the Emergence of the Bundeswehr, 1950-1965" (Stanford University, 1985).
Includes drafts of the dissertation.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Germany (West) Heer.
Germany (West)--Military policy.