Box 1
Container
Contains 26 Results:
Personnel, 1943 - 1945
File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
Reports and some correspondence, 1943-1945, on OSS personnel: salaries, transfers, commendations, biographies, and more. Reports on secret codenamed radio stations as well.
Dates:
1943 - 1945
Photographs 1, 1942, 1946, undated material
File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents
B&W photographs, 1 is 8 x 11.5 cm, 5 are 7 x 9.5 cm, and 26 are 8.5 x 13.5 cm. The single photo depicts 3 U.S. Army officers sitting at a table, is faintly stamped “May 7 1946” on back. The 5 small photographs depicts the Allied landing in Algiers in November 1942 according to writing on back. The larger photographs are unlabeled but clearly depict 4 things: Street scenes of an Italian city taken from above, rooftops of the same city, American soldiers assembling in a major square in the...
Dates:
1942, 1946, undated material
Photographs 2, June 1944
File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents
30 17.5 x 23.5 cm B&W photographs, all with typed descriptions attached to back, June 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, and 12, 1944. Almost all taken in and around Rome, the majority on June 5th or 10th, though sole June 1st picture taken at Anzio. Photographs mostly depict parades, demonstrations, memorials, and other events, many associated with the Socialist Party, after the Allied liberation of Rome.
Dates:
June 1944
Radio Stations - Northern Italy - Fall 1944
File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents
-Table of “S.I. Radio Stations in Northern Italy”, typed, 4 pages, November 1, 1944. Includes name, region, leader, and “pertinent facts” for each of 21 stations. Map included, which indicates positions of stations overall but does not label them.-[Photostatic?] copy of map included in previous document-Table, typed, 2 legal-size pages, October 27, 1944. Entitled “Radio Situation - S.I. Section, Co. ‘D’”, is an earlier form of the first document above, on better...
Dates:
1938 - 1958
Reports - Pozzi - Badoglio, 1944
File — Box: 1, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents
Reports and correspondence, at least half of which are in Italian, 1944, mainly pertaining to efforts to form an Italian government in the turbulent period following the liberation of Southern Italy, and the involvement of Pietro Badoglio in those efforts. Badoglio was an Italian general, one of several prominent officials of the Fascist government who turned against Mussolini amidst the Allied invasion and deposed him. He served as Prime Minister of partly-liberated Italy from July 1943 to...
Dates:
1944
Scamporino Sent Material - Etc., 1942 - 1945
File — Box: 1, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents
Reports and correspondence, 1942-1945, covering a wide variety of topics but mostly originating from Scamporino rather than having been received by him. Items of particular note include: -Scamporino’s May-September 1942 correspondence with the War Department originating from his efforts to obtain a position, which initially resulted in a rejection-What appears to be a modern photocopy of a 12/29/1945 letter to Scamporino from his superior Earl Brennan, thanking him...
Dates:
1942 - 1945
SIM NH Project [NA?], 1943 - 1945
File — Box: 1, Folder: 24
Scope and Contents
Note: The original title of this folder could not be clearly read, hence the uncertainty as to whether the correct letters in the folder title should be “NH” or “NA”. At present, “NH” is given priority, but “NA”, standing most likely for “North Africa”, is possible. The term also appears on a War Department envelope in the folder, again somewhat unclearly.Reports, correspondence, bills/receipts, 1943-1945, pertaining to a particular project of unclear nature, though overall the...
Dates:
1943 - 1945
Travel Orders, 1944 - 1945
File — Box: 1, Folder: 25
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, forms, tickets, and other items pertaining to the travel of Scamporino and other OSS personnel by land, air, and sea, 1944-1945. The material is overwhelmingly focused on the basic logistics of Scamporino’s travels, with almost every item related to travel and only a few related to colleagues of Scamporino rather than Scamporino himself.
Dates:
1944 - 1945
Antifascists - Algeria, 1943
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
Reports and correspondence concerning antifascists of various nationalities in Algeria, 1943, shortly after the Allied liberation of Vichy-controlled Morocco and Algeria. Majority of items in either French or Italian, some in English. Information is on both free individuals and those held in concentration camps by remaining occupying forces. Of note are several reports on antifascists in the far-inland desert cities of Béchar and nearby Kénadsa (referred to as “Colomb-Bechar” and “Kenadza”),...
Dates:
1943
Italy - Developments Dating From Armistice Negotiations | Italian Section - SI - Office of Strategic Services, 1944
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
-Correspondence: Typed, 9 pages (5 are photostatic copy), July 31, 1944. Package of documents including introduction to and translation of a July 2, 1944 letter in Italian from Italian Prime Minister Ivanoe Bonomi to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Compiled and introduced by OSS Director Earl Brennan. Letter included in photostatic copy form only. It is related to earlier communication between Marshal Pietro Badoglio (former Prime Minister) and Roosevelt. Transmission facilitated on the...
Dates:
1944