Jacob Fridsma Collection, 1942-2009 | Heritage Hall, Hekman Library

By Ed Gerritsen, May 2010

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Collection Overview

Abstract

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: [General Materials]

Box 1

Folder 1: Biographical information --- 1963-2009

Folder 2: Telegrams and correspondence received re: notification of missing in action and prisoner of war (P.O.W.) --- 1944-1945

Folder 3: Induction and discharge documents --- 1942-1945

Folder 4: Original diary kept during imprisonment in Germany --- 1944-1945

Folder 5: Typewritten copy of diary kept during imprisonment in Germany --- 1944-1945

Folder 6: Instructions for sending packages to prisoners of war --- 1944-1945

Folder 7: Correspondence to family while a prisoner of war --- 1944-1945

Folder 8: Prisoners of War Bulletin, published by the American National Red Cross for the relatives of American Prisoners of War and Civilian Internees --- 1943-1945

Folder 9: Typewritten copy of letters written to family --- May 1943-Dec. 1943

Folder 10: Typewritten copy of letters written to family --- Jan. 1944-May 1944

Folder 11: Typewritten copy of letters written to family --- June 1944-Nov. 1945

Folder 12: United States War Department publications for returning military personnel, 1943-1945 --- [undated]

Folder 13: The Men of the 69th Infantry Division: Pass in Review --- [1944?]

Folder 14: United States flag patch, "dog tag", and marksmanship badge --- [undated]

Folder 15: Church bulletins --- 1944-1946

Folder 16: Materials re: war prisoners aid information for the next of kin, YMCA --- [undated]

Folder 17: News clippings re: 82nd Airborne Division, 1945 --- [undated]

Folder 18: List and map of locations while prisoner of war --- 2009

Folder 19: Army Talk, vol. 3, no. 11 --- 31 March 1945

Folder 20: Photographs --- 1943-1946