Sidney H. Acker Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence, photographs, poems, and other items related to WWI and Sidney Acker.
Dates
- Creation: 1917 - 1925
Conditions Governing Access
The physical materials from this collection may be viewed only in the reading room of Vanderbilt’s Special Collections and University Archives. Materials should be requested two to three days in advance to facilitate easier access. Contact specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu to schedule an appointment.
Biographical / Historical
Sidney Harold Acker, 1898-1994, was born on December 12, 1898. He served in Battery A, 129th Field Artillery, 35th Division, 5th Army Corps during World War I. Acker graduated with a BS in mechanical engineering from the University of Minnesota in 1923 and then worked in the locomotive testing and dynamometer department of the Northern Pacific Railway in St. Paul, Minnesota, until December 1926. He subsequently worked as an assistant test engineer at the Frisco Railway in Springfield, Missouri, served at an officers’ training school in New York during World War II, and taught mechanical engineering at Vanderbilt University. Acker died on January 20, 1994.
Full Extent
.42 Linear Feet (1 Hollinger box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains correspondence, photographs, poems, and other items related to WWI and Sidney Acker.
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Sidney H. Acker Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives Repository
Special Collections Library
1101 19th Ave. S.
Nashville TN 37212 United States
specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu
About this Site
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