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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
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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