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Edmund Craney scrapbook of U.S. Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce European Trip of Communications Inspection by Subcommittee on International Communications, 1945 May-1945 June

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Craney, Edmund B., 1905-1991
Title
Edmund Craney scrapbook of U.S. Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce European Trip of Communications Inspection by Subcommittee on International Communications
Dates
1945 May-1945 June
Quantity
2 volumes
1 box
Collection Number
2212, Collection 2212, MtBC, us (collection)
Summary
Edmund B. Craney (1905-1991) was a longtime resident of Butte and a pioneer in radio and television broadcasting in Washington and Montana. The collection consists of a two volume diary/scrapbook created as he accompanied Senator Burton K. Wheeler with the U.S. Senate Interstate Commerce Committee on a 32 day European communications inspection tour.
Repository
Montana State University Library, Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections
Montana State University-Bozeman Library
Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections
P.O. Box 173320
Bozeman, MT
59717-3320
Telephone: 4069944242
Fax: 4069942851
Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Languages
Collection materials are in English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
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Historical Note

Edmund B. Craney (1905-1991) was a longtime resident of Butte and a pioneer in radio and television broadcasting in Washington and Montana. As an active broadcaster, he was honored with a Peabody award in 1947 for his coverage of a translator network enabling television signals to reach remote areas. Craney established the Greater Montana Foundation, dedicated to the betterment of broadcasting in the state and in 1979; he was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Public Service from Montana State University.

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Content Description

In 1945, Craney accompanied Senator Burton K. Wheeler with the U.S. Senate Interstate Commerce Committee on a 32 day European communications inspection tour and kept a two volume diary/scrapbook of his experience. Included are photographs, memorabilia, and souvenirs along with detailed notes on activities and sites visited.

Volume 2 includes references to sexual assault in the entries from May 20-21 that may be harmful or difficult to experience.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[Creator Name], [Date of Creation], [Brief Description of Object], Folder [#], Box [#], [Collection Name], [Collection #], Montana State University (MSU) Library, Bozeman, MT

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Scrapbook and laid-in memorabilia pertaining to a European trip taken by Craney, Senator Burton K. Wheeler, and others were donated to Special Collections by Edmund Craney on April 25, 1989.

Processing Note

This collection was processed 2009 May 22. Laid-in material was removed to numbered folders for separate housing.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Description: Photographs of Senator Wheeler touring Anzio cemetery, inspecting ruins in Anzio and Pompeii
    Container: Volume 1
  • Description: Photo of Senator Wheeler and General Alexander
    Container: Volume 1
  • Description: Notes on trip to Rome with pictures of formal dinner given by General Brown
    Container: Volume 1
  • Description: Photographs and notes of Senator Wheeler's audience with the Pope
    Container: Volume 1
  • Description: Photographs of Malta and Athens
    Container: Volume 1
  • Description: Photographs of the Pyramids
    Container: Volume 1
  • Description: Photographs of Jerusalem
    Container: Volume 1
  • Description: Photographs of Tripoli
    Container: Volume 1
  • Description: Photographs of Azores and Bermuda
    Container: Volume 1
  • Description: Currency samples from England, France, Germany, Italy, Malta, Greece and Egypt
    Container: Volume 1
  • Description: Photograph of Interstate Commerce Commission party before boarding flight to Europe
    Container: Volume 2
  • Description: Restricted U.S. Army Signal Dispatch Service Traffic Diagrams: Teletype, Radio, Telephone. Burton K. Wheeler
    Container: Volume 2
  • Description: Itinerary of European trip
    Container: Volume 2
  • Description: Letter from James Forrestal to Senator Wheeler
    Container: Volume 2
  • Description: Edward Craney's passport and passport information
    Container: Volume 2
  • Description: Photographs - London airport
    Container: Volume 2
  • Description: Food rationing letter and list of foods
    Container: Volume 2
  • Description: Photographs at Officer's mess in London
    Container: Volume 2
  • Description: Military communications and message center photographs
    Container: Volume 2
  • Description: Photographs of London
    Container: Volume 2
  • Description: Photograph: Prime Minister Churchill meets Ambassador Winnant and Senators
    Container: Volume 2
  • Description: House of Commons Proceedings: Summary of Congressional Proceedings. USA

    (v.1:4 pp. 395-396, 408-424) Debate In The Senate: "Americas War and Foreign Policy" Burton K. Wheeler

    Dates: January 1945-March 1945
    Container: Volume 2
  • Description: Photographs of airfield at Stratford-on-Avon
    Container: Volume 2
  • Description: Restricted U.S. Army Signal Dispatch Service Traffic Diagrams: Teletype, Radio, Telephone Edward B. Craney
    Container: Volume 2
  • Description: Secret map of Allied Armies in Europe and England
    Container: Volume 2
  • Description: Senators inspect WACS (photographs)
    Container: Volume 2
  • Description: Photographs of Paris
    Container: Volume 2
  • Description: Photographs and postcards - Rheims
    Container: Volume 2
  • Description: Photographs of General Eisenhower and Senators
    Container: Volume 2
  • Description: Photographs of General Eisenhower talking with ex-POW's
    Container: Volume 2
  • Description: Photographs of Frankfort and Heidelberg
    Container: Volume 2
  • Description: Photographs of German prisoners and displaced persons
    Container: Volume 2
  • Description: Map of Itinerary for Senate Interstate Commerce Commission
    Container: Volume 2
  • Description: Description of trip to Dachau Concentration Camp
    Dates: May 25, 1945
    Container: Volume 2
  • Description: Photographs of Dachau
    Container: Volume 2
  • Description: Photographs of Munich
    Container: Volume 2
  • Description: Photograph of General Fredericks (once stationed in Helena, Montana)
    Container: Volume 2
  • Description: Maps and mementos
    Container: Volume 2
  • Description: Photographs of Berchtesgaden, Hitler's limousine, home and portrait; Goering's train, home and art museum
    Container: Volume 2
  • Description: Confidential Telecommunications - U.S. Army - Mediterranean Theater
    Container: Box 1, Folder 1
  • Description: Confidential Major telephone and teletype installations - Africa and Middle East
    Container: Box 1, Folder 2
  • Description: Secret Navigational Aid Equipment information
    Container: Box 1, Folder 3
  • Description: Secret Signal Corps Radio Stations information - Africa-Middle East Theater
    Container: Box 1, Folder 4
  • Description: Itinerary for Senate Interstate Commerce Committee; Paris, Naples, Rome, Verona
    Container: Box 1, Folder 5
  • Description: Souvenir Program, menu, tickets. Montana Standard clipping
    Dates: 1945; November 10, 1970
    Container: Box 1, Folder 6
  • Description: Souvenir postcards and booklet of Montecassino Abbey; Leaf from trees of the Garden of Gethsemane; Booklets: Gethsemane and Holy Sepulcher
    Container: Box 1, Folder 7
  • Description: Restricted U.S. Forces Paris Telephone Directory
    Container: Box 1, Folder 8
  • Description: Confidential Synopsis of U.S. Naval Forces: Northwest African Waters
    Container: Box 1, Folder 9
  • Description: History of the Ninth United States Infantry
    Container: Box 1, Folder 10
  • Description: Rifle target taken from drying room at Dachau Concentration Camp (next to gas chamber)
    Dates: May 25, 1945
    Container: Box 1, Folder 11

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Subject Terms

  • Americans
  • Americans--Europe--Diaries
  • Communication policy--United States
  • Communication, International
  • Europe
  • Travelers' writings
  • Travelers' writings, American
  • Travelers' writings, American--Europe

Personal Names

  • Wheeler, Burton K. (Burton Kendall), 1882-1975

Corporate Names

  • United States-Congress-Senate-Committee on Interstate Commerce

Geographical Names

  • Europe--Description and travel

Form or Genre Terms

  • Albums (Books)
  • Photographs
  • Photographs
  • Scrapbooks

Kim Allen Scott
2009

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