Descriptive Summary
Smith, Dott E.
Dott Smith Papers
AR129
1929-19461943-19467 boxes (2.92 linear ft.) Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington Library Materials are in English.
Biographical NoteColonel Dott E. Smith commanded the largest prisoner of war facility in the United States from May 1944 to June 1946. He held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army, and was Commanding Officer, Army Service Forces, Ninth Service Command, Prisoner of War Camp, Rupert, Idaho. The Ninth Service Command included branch camps in Alaska, Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington. The camps held German, Russian, Italian, and Japanese prisoners. Russian captives were repatriated to the Soviet Union through the camps after the war.
Scope and ContentsCorrespondence; memos; statistics; minutes; special orders; transcripts of telephone conversations, conferences, and prisoner interviews; officer personnel, camp, and prisoner lists; security, intelligence, inspection, and activity reports; manuals; handbooks; camp newspaper typescripts; and notes. Includes a copy of the "Geneva Convention," a 1945 report on U.S. prisoner of war camps, and farm-labor conference materials. Focus of collection is on branch camps in Idaho, Montana, and Oregon.
AccessOpen for research.
Literary Rights Statement
Permission to publish, reproduce, distribute, or use by any and all other current or future developed methods or procedures must be obtained in writing from Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington Library. All rights are reserved and retained regardless of current or future development or laws that may apply to fair use standards.
OrganizationThe materials are organized by document type. In the first three groups, the folders are arranged in reverse chronological order. In the fourth group, the folders are in alphabetical order. All material within the folders is in reverse chronological order.
ProvenanceGift of Mrs. Dott E. Smith, September 28, 1976.
CitationDott Smith Papers, AR129, Box Number, Folder Number, Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington Library.
Processing InformationThe material was received in good order. Original order was maintained in most cases. The majority of the material was in reverse chronological order, so the rest was changed to conform.
Index Terms
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Persons
Smith, Dott E.--Archives.
Organizations
United States. Army Service Forces. Service Command, 9th--Records and correspondence.
Subjects
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, American.Prisoners of war--United States.Prisoners of war--Soviet Union.Prisoners of war--Germany.Prisoners of war--Italy.Prisoners of war--Japan.Repatriation--Soviet Union.
Alternate TitlesHistorical Manuscripts Collection
Container List
1
1
Telephone Conversations, Transcripts,
10 June - 1 June, 1946
1
2
Telephone Conversations, Transcripts,
31 May - 14 May, 1946
1
3
Telephone Conversations, Transcripts,
13 May - 1 May, 1946
1
4
Telephone Conversations, Transcripts,
30 April - 19 April, 1946
1
5
Telephone Conversations, Transcripts,
19 April - 1 April, 1946
1
6
Telephone Conversations, Transcripts,
March and February, 1946
1
7
Telephone Conversations, Transcripts,
31 January - 1 January, 1946
1
8
Telephone Conversations, Transcripts,
31 December - 1 December, 1945
2
1
Telephone Conversations, Transcripts,
30 November - 16 Nov., 1945
2
2
Telephone Conversations, Transcripts,
15 Nov. - 1 Nov., 1945
2
3
Telephone Conversations, Transcripts,
31 Oct. - 16 Oct., 1945
2
4
Telephone Conversations, Transcripts,
15 Oct. - 1 Oct., 1945
2
5
Telephone Conversations, Transcripts,
29 September - 17 Sept., 1945
2
6
Telephone Conversations, Transcripts,
15 Sept. - 1 Sept., 1945
2
7
Telephone Conversations, Transcripts,
31 August - 16 Aug., 1945
3
1
Telephone Conversations, Transcripts,
16 Aug. - 1 Aug., 1945
3
2
Telephone Conversations, Transcripts,
31 July - 21 July, 1945
3
3
Telephone Conversations, Transcripts,
20 July - 16 July, 1945
3
4
Telephone Conversations, Transcripts,
15 July - 1 July, 1945
3
5
Telephone Conversations, Transcripts,
30 June - 16 June, 1945
3
6
Telephone Conversations, Transcripts,
15 June - 1 June, 1945
3
7
Telephone Conversations, Transcripts
31 May - 16 May, 1945
4
1
Telephone Conversations, Transcripts,
15 May - 1 May, 1945
4
2
Telephone Conversations, Transcripts,
30 April - 1 April, 1945
4
3
Telephone Conversations, Transcripts,
31 Mar. - 1 Mar., 1945
4
4
Telephone Conversations, Transcripts,
28 Feb. - 1 Feb., 1945
4
5
Telephone Conversations, Transcripts,
31 Jan. - 1 Jan., 1945
4
6
Telephone Conversations, Transcripts,
31 Dec. - 1 Dec., 1944
4
7
Telephone Conversations, Transcripts,
30 Nov. - 1 Nov., 1944
4
8
Telephone Conversations, Transcripts,
31 October - 16 Oct., 1944
4
9
Telephone Conversations, Transcripts,
15 October - 1 Oct., 1944
5
1
Telephone Conversations, Transcripts,
30 Sept. - 1 Sept., 1944
5
2
Telephone Conversations, Transcripts,
31 Aug. - 1 Aug., 1944
5
3
Telephone Conversations, Transcripts,
31 July, 1944 - 1 July, 1944
5
4
Telephone Conversations, Transcripts,
30 June through 31 May, 1944
5
5
Conferences, Transcripts,
25 May - 1 April, 1946
5
6
Conferences, Transcripts,
20 Mar., 1946 - 22 June, 1945
5
7
Conferences, Transcripts,
22 June, 1945 - 10 June, 1944
6
1
Special Orders,
10 June, 1946 - 15 November, 1945
6
2
Special Orders,
14 Nov. - 13 Oct., 1945
6
3
Special Orders,
2 Oct. - 5 Sept., 1945
6
4
Special Orders,
4 September - 2 July, 1945
6
5
Special Orders,
30 June, 1945 - 10 May, 1944
6
6
List and Statistics, Prisoner of War Camps,
1945-1946
7
1
Prisoner of War Camps - Miscellaneous Records,
22 April, 1946 - 7 Oct., 1944
List of prisoners letter, labor contracts list inspections, report, memos, correspondence, etc.
7
2
Red Cross Convention between the U.S.A. and other Powers, Geneva,
July 27, 1929
on Prisoners of War - Text
7
3
Reports from Security and Intelligence Officer,
17 Dec. through 9 April, 1945
7
4
Statistics, Prisoner of War Camps,
10 June, 1946 - 30 Oct., 1945
7
5
Statistics, Prisoner of War Camps,
29 Oct. - 20 June, 1945
7
6
U. S. Army Regional Conference, Prisoner of War Commanders,
1944 -
Handbook
7
7
U. S. Army, Technical Manual - Enemy Prisoners of War,
1945
(incomplete)
7
8
U. S. Army, Technical Manuals - Transporting Prisoners of War,
undated
7
9
U. S. Army, Technical Manual - War Dogs,
July 1, 1943