Mary Dickinson photograph collection

Identifier
irn515211
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1990.166
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn515211

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Mary Dickinson donated the Mary Dickinson photograph collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990.

Scope and Content

The Mary Dickinson photograph collection consists of 39 black and white photographs of Buchenwald, Weimar, Hergenhein, Nuremberg, Ohrdruf, Schwartenxenfield, Wetterfield, and other unidentified German concentration camps after liberation. Most are stamped on the back with the seal of the U.S. Army Examiner. Thirty-one of the photographs have captions in English attached to the bottom.

System of Arrangement

The Mary Dickinson photograph collection is arranged in a single series.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Dead persons--Germany--1940-1950.
  • Prisoners--Germany--1940-1950.
  • Gravedigging--Germany--1940-1950.
  • Barracks--Germany--1940-1950.
  • Mass burials--Germany--1940-1950.
  • Crematoriums--Germany--1940-1950.
  • Germany.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Germany.
  • Soldiers--American--Germany--1940-1950.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.