John Van Ellis collection

John Van Ellis collection 

Collection of John B. Vanellis, later Van Ellis, pertaining to his years of service with the U.S. Army Signal Corps. Collection is comprised of 2 albums/scrapbooks, unit histories, military commendations, photographs, unit patches, undeveloped film, publications, correspondence, shell fragment, and other original materials. Among these items are period copies of original arrest records of high ranking Nazi officials prepared in Camp Ashcan (Central Continental Prisoner of War Enclosure No. 32) prior to their transfer to Nuremberg for prosecution by Allied authorities.