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

WEISS, Steve (b 1925)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0099 KCLMA Weiss

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

Title: WEISS, Steve (b 1925)

Date(s): 1943-1945, 1972

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 5 files

Name of creator(s): Weiss | Steve | b 1925

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

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

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

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.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

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

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.

Physical characteristics:

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.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

2 accessions in 2002 and 2003

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

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

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Steve Weiss has retained the original photographs.

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Geoff Browell for the RSLP AIM25 Project.

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

Date(s) of descriptions: July 2003


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Armed forces | State security
War | International conflicts
World War Two (1939-1945) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)
International relations
Military organizations

Personal names
Weiss | Steve | b 1925

Corporate names
US Army

Places
Camp Blanding | Florida | USA | North America
Lyon | France | Western Europe | Europe
Naples | Italy | Western Europe | Europe
Paris | France | Western Europe | Europe
Remiremont | France | Western Europe | Europe
Valence | France | Western Europe | Europe
Viviers | France | Western Europe | Europe