Title: Daniel Klapproth World War II Photographs and Letters
Inclusive Dates: 1939-1945

Creator:

• Klapproth, Daniel August, 1918-1981

Call Number: UWP Manuscript Collection 45

Quantity: 0.8 cubic feet (2 archives boxes)

Repository:

University of Wisconsin-Parkside Libraries, Archives Department

Archival Locations:

UW-Parkside Library / Parkside Area Research Ctr. (Map)

See the catalog entry for information about possible additional materials and access to the collection.

Abstract:

Personal papers of Daniel A. Klapproth, including photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings and personal belongings.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-pks-uwpksmc045

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Daniel August Klapproth was born in 1918. During World War II he served in the U.S. Army and was stationed in New York, Panama, Texas and Mississippi. Klapproth served in the U.S. Army until 1945, and left the service as a Staff Sergeant. He died in 1981 at the age of 62.

Personal papers of Daniel Klapproth, a Somers, Wisconsin, native who served in Panama and the United States during the Second World War. His photographs of the nature, people and towns in Panama provide a first-hand look into the life of a U.S. soldier in Panama in the 1940s. His letters, written to his mother, also provide insight into the mindset of a native Wisconsinite, experiencing foreign lands and people for the first time.

See the UWP Libraries' Archives Department Citation Guide for Primary Sources

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials, and the collection is open to all members of the public in accordance with state law.

Use Restrictions

The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming to the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).

Acquisition Information

Processing Information

Processed in 2018 by Thomas Grobben.

Box   1 Folder   1-9	Correspondence, 1939-1945 Note: Transcripts of correspondence in Folder 1.
Box   2 Folder   1-5	Photographs, 1940-1943
Box   2 Folder   6	Newspaper clippings, undated