Frank G. Fiedler Collection, ca. 1917-1918

Scope and Contents: The Frank G. Fiedler Collection consists of one album of photographic prints, along with some postcards and newsprint images.  The album was assembled by Frank Fiedler and documents his 1917 service with Transport Materiél [Etats-] Unis (TMU) 184 (also known as the Réserve Mallet) of the American Field Service in France  and may also include some prints documenting his 1917-1918 service with the United States Field Artillery.  One quarter of the prints in the album are captioned. The images are of good quality and include landscapes, group shots and portraits of men in Fiedler’s unit, and candid images of their daily activities, including transporting supplies, working on trucks, erecting barracks, shaving, eating, and playing instruments.  The collection also contains loose material, including a photographic print of the Dartmouth Unit of the American Field Service, (TMU 184) and a newsprint reproduction of the same group portrait, both of which had been tucked inside the front cover of the album, as well as two reproductions of a professional photographic print of soldiers waving goodbye from a train on a platform, both of which had been tucked into the back page of the album.