Frankville U.S. Military Collection, 1911-1984 | Special Collections & University Archives

Collection Overview

Title: Frankville U.S. Military Collection, 1911-1984

Primary Creator: Frankville, Dr. Dominick (1917-2006)

Extent: 4.25 Linear Feet

Subjects: Frankville, Dom--Archives, United States--History, Military--20th century--Sources, World politics--20th century--Sources, World War, 1914-1918--Sources, World War, 1939-1945--Sources

Forms of Material: Personal Papers

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Frankville US Military Collection documents Dr. Dominick Frankville's career in the military and academia. The majority of the collection contains historical research pertaining to Frankville’s master's thesis, as well as materials from military classes he taught at DePaul University. The collection also includes materials from his military assignments. The majority of documents focus on US military history and Soviet relations after WWII. Highlights of the collection include several small publications about military history which relate to Frankville’s research. These materials include diaristic accounts of German and Russian officers during WWII, weapons profiles, field manuals, and detailed writings about battles fought in the Pacific and European theatres. Substantial parts of the collection concern the Cold War era, especially with regard to US and Russian foreign policy. Items of interest include materials regarding Soviet intelligence and foreign relations, Vietnamese policy, and international security in the nuclear age. Arranged chronologically, the collection is comprised of correspondence, pamphlets, reports, military documents, and books.

Biographical Note

Dr. Dominick Donati Frankville was an Army veteran, military historian, educator, and community organizer born on November 6, 1917 in Silvas, Illinois. He attended St. Ambrose College in 1938 and enlisted in the Army Reserve soon afterwards. Over the course of his twenty-five year military service, Frankville served in the Second World War and two tours in the Korean War, retiring in 1962. During his service, he earned a bachelor's degree in history from Colorado College and a Master's of Arts in history from DePaul University. Frankville's master's thesis, titled "The Lend-lease Program and US Aid to Russia from US Sources," focused on foreign relations between the United States and the USSR. From 1960 to 1962, Dr. Frankville taught military history at DePaul University and wrote a workbook/study guide for senior ROTC students. In 1969, he received a doctorate in educational leadership at the United States International University.

Later, Frankville settled in Point Loma and taught history at Dana Junior High School as well as several campuses in the San Diego Community College District. He went on to volunteer at the Veteran's Museum and Memorial Center in Balboa Park, where he became founding curator in 1991. Frankville later became the chairman of the Memorial Day Committee at Fort Rosecrans, where he planned Memorial Day ceremonies for more than a decade.

Frankville was designated San Diego County's Veteran of the Year in 1993, and also received the George Washington Medal of Honor from the Freedoms Foundation of Valley Forge. He continued to teach at Pacific Beach Middle School until his retirement. Frankville died on April 27, 2006.

Subject/Index Terms

Frankville, Dom--Archives
United States--History, Military--20th century--Sources
World politics--20th century--Sources
World War, 1914-1918--Sources
World War, 1939-1945--Sources

Administrative Information

Repository: Special Collections & University Archives

Accruals: 1988, 2001

Access Restrictions: This collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions: The copyright interests in these materials have not been transferred to San Diego State University. Copyright resides with the creators of materials contained in the collection or their heirs. The nature of historical archival and manuscript collections is such that copyright status may be difficult or even impossible to determine. Requests for permission to publish must be submitted to the Head of Special Collections, San Diego State University, Library and Information Access. When granted, permission is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained in order to publish. Materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.

Acquisition Source: Dr. Dom Frankville

Preferred Citation: Identification of item, folder title, box number, Frankville U.S. Military Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Library and Information Access, San Diego State University.

Box and Folder Listing

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Box 1

Folder 1

Item 1: British Information Services, "Parachute Corps"
Item 2: Division I & E Office, "G.I. Bill of Rights"
Item 3: Kornfield, Joseph S., "Judaism and International Peace"
Item 4: Troop Information and Education Section, "Military Words with Pictures," parts I and II
Item 5: War Department, "Combat Lessons"
Item 6: Minimanual of Urban Guerrilla

Folder 2

Item 1: Sumner, Charles, "The Duel Between France and Germany", 1911
Item 2: Sumner, Charles, "The Truth Grandeur of Nations", 1911

Folder 3

Item 1: Lichnowsky, Prince, "My Mission to London", 1914
Item 2: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, "The European War", 1914

Folder 4

Item 1: Balfour, A.J., "The Navy and the War", 1915
Item 2: Committee on Alleged German Outrages, "Alleged German Outrages", 1915
Item 3: Namier, Lewis, "Germany and Eastern Europe", 1915
Item 4: Struycken, A.H., "The German White Book on the War in Belgium", 1915

Folder 5

Item 1: Adams, J.E. (ed), "Their Crimes", 1917
Item 2: Archer, William, "Shirking the Issue", 1917
Item 3: Borsa, Mario, "England and Her Critics", 1917
Item 4: Doran, George H., Company, "A War of Liberation", 1917
Item 5: Grey, Viscount, "The Conflict for Human Liberty", 1917
Item 6: Johnson, Douglas W., "The Peril of Prussianism", 1917
Item 7: Kowalczyk, Jan. J., "Prussian Poland", 1917
Item 8: Merz, Charles, "The First Session of the was Congress", 1917

Folder 6

Item 1: Muir, Ramsay, "Mare Liberum", 1917
Item 2: Muir, Ramsay, "The Character of the British Empire", 1917
Item 3: Murray, Gilbert, "Great Britain's Sea Policy", 1917
Item 4: Passeleoq, Fernand, "The 'Sincere Chancellor'", 1917
Item 5: Towne, Charles H., "The Balfour Visit", 1917
Item 6: Unwin, Fisher T. Ltd publishing, "The Was on Hospital Ships", 1917
Item 7: Von Bissing, General, "General Von Bissing's Testament", 1917
Item 8: Wilson, President Woodrow, "The War Message and Facts Behind It"

Folder 7

Item 1: Atschul, Charles, "German Militarism and its German Critics", 1918
Item 2: Bevan, Edwyn, "German War Aims", 1918
Item 3: Bevan, Edwyn, "The Pan - German Program", 1918
Item 4: Ehrhardt, Paul, "Disclosures of a German Staff Officer", 1918
Item 5: George, David Lloyd, "British War Aims", 1918
Item 6: Girey, Viscount, "The League of Nations, 1918
Item 7: Gore, Charles, "The League of Nations", 1918
Item 8: Grant, W.L., Colquhoun, Mr. and Mrs. A., "Our Just Cause", 1918
Item 9: Hewlett, Mrs. Maurice, "Our Flying Men", 1918
Item 10: Newbolt, Sir Henry, "A Note on the History of Submarine War", 1918
Item 11: Patterson, E.M. (ed) "Financing the War", 1918
Item 12: Zimmern, A.E., "The Economic Weapon in the War Against Germany", 1918
Item 13: Smuts, General, "General Smuts' Message to Southwales", 1918
Item 14: Sperry, Earl E., "German Plots and Intrigues", 1918
Item 15: Weston, Frank, "The Black Slaves in Prussia", 1918

Folder 8

Item 1: Kikuchi, Kan, "The Dawn of Western Science in Japan", 1924

Folder 9

Item 1: Highs, Chas E., "The Permanent Court of International Justice", 1959

Folder 10

Item 1: National Service Publishing Company, "Map Reconnaissance", 1930

Folder 11

Item 1: Vendome Press, "Gold and Armageddon", 1934

Folder 12

Item 1: Belegarde, Dantes, "Haiti and Her Problems", 1936

Folder 13

Item 1: Hayes, Carlton, "Patriotism, Nationalism and the Brotherhood of Man", 1937
Item 2: National Peace Conference, "Conference on World Economic Cooperation", 1938
Item 3: Stately, Eugene, "War Losses to Neutral", 1937

Folder 14

Item 1: Hodson, H.V., "The British Empire", 1939
Item 2: Leacock, Stephen, "All Right, Mr. Roosevelt", 1939
Item 3: Salter, Arthur, "The Dual Policy", 1939
Item 4: Wheeler-Bennett, John W., "The Treaty of BrestLitovsk and Germany's Eastern Policy", 1939

Folder 15

Item 1: Holmes, John W. (editor), "Australia and New Zealand at War", 1940
Item 2: Manger, Wm., "Inter-American Highlights", 1940
Item 3: Williams, Rushbrook L., "India", 1940

Folder 16

Item 1: Misc. Clippings re WWII events

Folder 17

Item 1: Director of Public Information, "Canada at War", (July 1, October 1, November 1, December 1) 1941
Item 2: Ilsley, J.L., "Speaking of Money and War", 1941
Item 3: McDonald, H.F., "Veterans of the Present War", 1941
Item 4: Menzies, R.G., "Two Addresses", 1941
Item 5: Spry, Graham, "Canada", 1941
Item 6: Sun Yat-Sen, "China at War", (October 1, November 1, December 1) 1941
Item 7: Warburg, James P., "The Isolationist Illusion and World Peace", 1941

Folder 18

Item 1: American Council on Soviet Relations, "The Molotor Paper on Nazi Atrocities", 1942
Item 2: American Russian Institute, "The USSR at War", 1942
Item 3: Callender, Harold, "The Enigma of the British", 1942
Item 4: Clark, G.N., "Belgium and the War", 1942
Item 5: Director of Public Education, "Canada at War", (January 1, June 1, August 1, November 24) 1942
Item 6: Union for Democratic Action, "The People vs. the Chicago Tribune", 1942

Folder 19

Item 1: The Adjutant General's Office, "Your Job in the Army", 1943
Item 2: Director of Public Education, "Canada at War", January 11, 1943
Item 3: The Library of International Relations, "The USSR", 1943
Item 4: Ponomarov, B., "The Peoples of Europe vs. Hitler", 1943
Item 5: War Department, "Direct Fire Control for Automatic Weapons, Tracer Observation", 1943
Item 6: War Department, "To Bizerte with the II Corps", 1943
Item 7: Wilkie, Wendell, "One World", Simon and Schuster

Folder 20

Item 1: Report to Congress on Lend Lease Operations

Folder 21

Item 1: Ehrenburg, Ilya, "We Will Not Forget", 1944
Item 2: Stalin, Joseph, "For Victory and Enduring Peace", 1944
Item 3: US War Department, "Papuan Campaign", 1944

Folder 22

Item 1: US War Department, "The Admiralities", 1945

Folder 23

Item 1: Churchill, Winston, "The Sinews of Peace" (Iron Curtain Speech), 1946
Item 2: Masters, Dexter and Way; Katharine, Ed., "One World or None", 1946
Item 3: US War Department, "Guam", 1946

Folder 24

Item 1: Department of the Army, "Utah Beach to Cherbourg", 1947
Item 2: Ward, Harry F., "Soviet Democracy", 1947

Folder 25

Item 1: Statement of General Omar N. Bradley, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff before the armed services committee of the House of Representatives, 1949

Folder 26

Item 1: Social Welfare Programs for the Blind, 1950

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