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== Biography ==

~~The following documents are about~~ Ritchie Boy ~~Edwin Wolf II~~. He was ~~being recommended~~ to ~~join the Second Roberts Commission~~.

Edwin II Wolf (1911?1991) was a rare-book bibliographer and a Ritchie Boy. Before entering the Army, he spent 13 years with the A. S. Rosenbach Company, where he worked with rare books and produced two bibliographical volumes and articles on rare books and archives. He was invited to teach bibliography at Bryn Mawr College in 1941?42 and was considered for curatorial work involving rare-book collections. He spoke French and German.

~~His Wikipedia page can be found at The second Roberts Commission~~, ~~which was presidential-appointed is known after its chairman~~, ~~then Supreme Court Justice Owen Roberts. It was created to help the US~~ Army ~~protect works of cultural value~~ in ~~Allied-occupied areas of~~ Europe. ~~Its formal name was the American Commission~~ for the ~~Protection and Salvage~~ of ~~Artistic~~ and ~~Historic Monuments in War Areas~~.

Wolf enlisted early in 1943, completed basic training in Louisiana, and took an Army Specialized Training Program course in Columbia, Missouri, specializing in Central and Southern Europe. Camp Ritchie records identify him as a corporal in Company G, 2nd Training Battalion, Section 7D. The gallery also includes a 4 January 1945 memorandum recommending Sergeant Wolf for consideration by the Civil Affairs Division because of his knowledge of books and manuscripts.

The ~~commission also developed inventories of Nazi-appropriated property. Along with~~ the ~~US Military program known as Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives (MFAA),~~ the ~~commission worked to rescue~~ and ~~preserve items~~ of ~~cultural significance. The commission took place from 1943 to 1946.~~

The related correspondence shows that the American Commission for the Protection and Salvage of Artistic and Historic Monuments in War Areas considered whether his skills might be useful, but also records that the Army would not act on recommendations of noncommissioned men for that work. These documents therefore establish that Wolf was recommended for possible cultural-property work, not that he served with the commission. He was married and had three children.

~~The~~ Monuments~~, Fine Arts, and Archives program (MFAA) under the Civil Affairs and Military Government Sections of the Allied armies was established~~ in ~~1943 to help protect cultural property in war areas during and after World~~ War ~~II. The group of approximately 400 service members and civilians worked with military forces to safeguard historic and cultural monuments from war damage~~, ~~and as~~ the ~~conflict came to a close, to find and return works~~ of ~~art and other items of cultural importance~~ that ~~had been stolen by the Nazis or hidden for safekeeping~~.

~~Some of them are portrayed and honored in the 2014 film The Monuments Men. You can read more about the commission here:~~

~~A 4 January 1945 memorandum recommends Sergeant~~ Wolf for ~~consideration by the Civil Affairs Division in connection with postwar~~ cultural-property work.

== Research notes ==

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* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)

* Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2023-01-22 (1 post)

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Wolf_II Wikipedia]

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monuments,_Fine_Arts,_and_Archives_program Wikipedia]

* [[:File:6070697312952139.jpg|OCR-reviewed Facebook gallery document: 6070697312952139.jpg]]

* [[:File:6070697292952141.jpg|OCR-reviewed Facebook gallery document: 6070697292952141.jpg]]

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* [[:File:6070697332952137.jpg|OCR-reviewed Facebook gallery document: 6070697332952137.jpg]]

* [[:File:6070697319618805.jpg|OCR-reviewed Facebook gallery document: 6070697319618805.jpg]]

* [[:File:6070697292952141.jpg|Camp Ritchie information sheet on Edwin Wolf II]]

* [[:File:6070697302952140.jpg|Edwin Wolf II personal-history sheet]]

* [[:File:6070697299618807.jpg|Summary of Wolf?s qualifications and Camp Ritchie assignment]]

* [[:File:6070697319618805.jpg|Camp Ritchie information memorandum on Wolf?s rare-book work and training]]

* [[:File:6070697312952139.jpg|Rosenwald recommendation for Wolf?s possible Roberts Commission work, 21 December 1944]]

* [[:File:6070697332952137.jpg|Commission memorandum concerning recommendation of Wolf, 4 January 1945]]

* [[:File:6070697309618806.jpg|Commission letter inviting Wolf to submit qualifications, 5 May 1944]]

* [[:File:6070697326285471.jpg|Folger Shakespeare Library recommendation for Wolf, 13 January 1945]]

* [[:File:6070697329618804.jpg|Commission letter regarding Wolf?s recommendation]]

* [[:File:6070697336285470.jpg|Commission response regarding noncommissioned recommendations, 22 January 1945]]

* [[:File:6070697306285473.jpg|Commission memorandum seeking a recommendation for Wolf, 28 December 1944]]

* [[:File:6070697296285474.jpg|Commission correspondence concerning Wolf?s possible research-assistant work, 29 December 1944]]

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 == Biography ==
-The following documents are about Ritchie Boy Edwin Wolf II. He was being recommended to join the Second Roberts Commission.
+Edwin II Wolf (1911?1991) was a rare-book bibliographer and a Ritchie Boy. Before entering the Army, he spent 13 years with the A. S. Rosenbach Company, where he worked with rare books and produced two bibliographical volumes and articles on rare books and archives. He was invited to teach bibliography at Bryn Mawr College in 1941?42 and was considered for curatorial work involving rare-book collections. He spoke French and German.
-His Wikipedia page can be found at The second Roberts Commission, which was presidential-appointed is known after its chairman, then Supreme Court Justice Owen Roberts. It was created to help the US Army protect works of cultural value in Allied-occupied areas of Europe. Its formal name was the American Commission for the Protection and Salvage of Artistic and Historic Monuments in War Areas.
+Wolf enlisted early in 1943, completed basic training in Louisiana, and took an Army Specialized Training Program course in Columbia, Missouri, specializing in Central and Southern Europe. Camp Ritchie records identify him as a corporal in Company G, 2nd Training Battalion, Section 7D. The gallery also includes a 4 January 1945 memorandum recommending Sergeant Wolf for consideration by the Civil Affairs Division because of his knowledge of books and manuscripts.
-The commission also developed inventories of Nazi-appropriated property. Along with the US Military program known as Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives (MFAA), the commission worked to rescue and preserve items of cultural significance. The commission took place from 1943 to 1946.
+The related correspondence shows that the American Commission for the Protection and Salvage of Artistic and Historic Monuments in War Areas considered whether his skills might be useful, but also records that the Army would not act on recommendations of noncommissioned men for that work. These documents therefore establish that Wolf was recommended for possible cultural-property work, not that he served with the commission. He was married and had three children.
-The Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program (MFAA) under the Civil Affairs and Military Government Sections of the Allied armies was established in 1943 to help protect cultural property in war areas during and after World War II. The group of approximately 400 service members and civilians worked with military forces to safeguard historic and cultural monuments from war damage, and as the conflict came to a close, to find and return works of art and other items of cultural importance that had been stolen by the Nazis or hidden for safekeeping.
-Some of them are portrayed and honored in the 2014 film The Monuments Men. You can read more about the commission here:
-A 4 January 1945 memorandum recommends Sergeant Wolf for consideration by the Civil Affairs Division in connection with postwar cultural-property work.
 == Research notes ==
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 * 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
 * Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2023-01-22 (1 post)
-* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Wolf_II Wikipedia]
-* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monuments,_Fine_Arts,_and_Archives_program Wikipedia]
 * [[:File:6070697312952139.jpg|OCR-reviewed Facebook gallery document: 6070697312952139.jpg]]
 * [[:File:6070697292952141.jpg|OCR-reviewed Facebook gallery document: 6070697292952141.jpg]]
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 * [[:File:6070697332952137.jpg|OCR-reviewed Facebook gallery document: 6070697332952137.jpg]]
 * [[:File:6070697319618805.jpg|OCR-reviewed Facebook gallery document: 6070697319618805.jpg]]
+* [[:File:6070697292952141.jpg|Camp Ritchie information sheet on Edwin Wolf II]]
+* [[:File:6070697302952140.jpg|Edwin Wolf II personal-history sheet]]
+* [[:File:6070697299618807.jpg|Summary of Wolf?s qualifications and Camp Ritchie assignment]]
+* [[:File:6070697319618805.jpg|Camp Ritchie information memorandum on Wolf?s rare-book work and training]]
+* [[:File:6070697312952139.jpg|Rosenwald recommendation for Wolf?s possible Roberts Commission work, 21 December 1944]]
+* [[:File:6070697332952137.jpg|Commission memorandum concerning recommendation of Wolf, 4 January 1945]]
+* [[:File:6070697309618806.jpg|Commission letter inviting Wolf to submit qualifications, 5 May 1944]]
+* [[:File:6070697326285471.jpg|Folger Shakespeare Library recommendation for Wolf, 13 January 1945]]
+* [[:File:6070697329618804.jpg|Commission letter regarding Wolf?s recommendation]]
+* [[:File:6070697336285470.jpg|Commission response regarding noncommissioned recommendations, 22 January 1945]]
+* [[:File:6070697306285473.jpg|Commission memorandum seeking a recommendation for Wolf, 28 December 1944]]
+* [[:File:6070697296285474.jpg|Commission correspondence concerning Wolf?s possible research-assistant work, 29 December 1944]]