Manuscript Group 356
DANIEL B. STRICKLER COLLECTION
1916-1919, 1943-1957, 1967, & undated
3 cubic feet
A native of Columbia, Pennsylvania, Daniel Bursk Strickler was Pennsylvania Lieutenant
Governor from 1947-1951, a Pennsylvania State Representative from 1935-1937, and
an officer in the 28th Division of the Pennsylvania National Guard from 1916-1959
where he rose to the rank of Major General. A graduate of Cornell Law School,
he was admitted as a member of the Lancaster County Bar, the Pennsylvania Bar
Association, the American Bar Association and the Blackstonian Club, Lancaster.
He served in the Mexican Border Campaign, 1916; was wounded in France, 1918; landed
at Omaha Beach, 1944; commanded the 109th and 110th Infantry at the Battle of
the Bulge and was the recipient of numerous military decorations.
The collection consists primarily of photographs collected by Strickler, both
loose and in albums, depicting his service in the 28th Division during World
War II and the Korean Conflict. One album is devoted to his tenure as Lieutenant
Governor under James Duff. Also present are correspondence (1943, 1945, 1947,
1948), military files (1950-1952), a field message book (1918), political campaign
files (1946, 1947) publications concerning the 28th Division, a collection of
maps used in World War I showing French battlefields (1911-1918), and miscellaneous
newspapers (1951, 1952).
Originally some of these materials were in MG-272, the Pennsylvania Military
Museum Collection, and were later transferred to MG-356 to consolidate material.
- Camp Atterbury Files, 1950-1952, & undated. (5 folders) {#356m.1}
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- College and University Life Files, 1910-1952. (4 folders) {#356m.2} [Description]
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- Correspondence, 1917-1955. (20 folders) {#356m.3} [Description]
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- Foreign Affairs Files, 1953-1957. (5 folders) {#356m.4} [Description]
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- Fiscal Files, 1952-1957. (11 folders) {#356m.5} [Description]
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- Labor Files, 1953-1956. (3 folders) {#356m.6} [Description]
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- Law Career Files, 1922-1949. (4 folders) {#356m.7} [Description]
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- Lieutenant Governor's Files, 1928-1957, & undated. (8 folders) {#356m.8}
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- Major Irving Peress Case Files, 1953-1957. (3 folders) {#356m.9} [Description]
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- Military Files, 1923-1957, & undated. (10 folders) {#356m.10} [Description]
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- Newspaper Clippings, 1918-1958, & undated. (27 folders) {#356m.11}
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- Orders and Citations, 1918-1957, & undated. (4 folders) {#356m.12}
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- Personal Files, 1917-1981. (10 folders) {#356m.13} [Description]
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- Photographs, 1916-1957, & undated. (38, 3 boxes){#356m.14} [Description]
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- Published Material, 1919-1974, & undated. (4 folders) {#356m.15}
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- Unit Histories and Rosters, 1917-1952, & undated. (9 folders) {#356m.16}
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