| Edwin II Wolf | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1911 |
| Died | 1991 |
| Nativity | United States |
| Religion | Jewish |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Army |
| ASN | 33619146 |
| Rank | Corporal |
| Camp Ritchie | Class 18 (13 April – 10 June 1944) |
| Section | 7D |
| Enlisted | Allentown, Pennsylvania |
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Wolf attended the William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia then enrolled at the Bedales School in Hampshire, England.
Biography
He became President of the Friends of the University of Pennsylvania Library in 1947. Wolf attended the William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia then enrolled at the Bedales School in Hampshire, England.
His training at Camp Ritchie's Military Intelligence Training Center places him among the ranks of nearly 20,000 other Ritchie Boys.
Edwin Wolf II married Margaret “Peggy” Gimbel Dannenbaum in 1934. Wolf joined the United States Army during World War II (1943–1946), and was stationed in Europe where he participated in the recovery of ancient and rare books plundered and hidden by the Nazis. The commission took place from 1943 to 1946.
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. In 1952 Wolf joined the Library Company of Philadelphia as a consultant and advisor. Rosenbach Lectures in Bibliography in 1963.
In 1965 he married Mary Paxson Matthews. He was the Lyell Lecturer in Bibliography in 1985-1986 and the augmented lectures were published as The Book Culture of a Colonial American City: Philadelphia Books, Bookmen, and Booksellers. Some of them are portrayed and honored in the 2014 film The Monuments Men.
He then returned to Philadelphia to work with A. Rosenbach, the bookseller and bibliophile who attained a worldwide reputation, at his rare book firm, the Rosenbach Company. Over the decades he was instrumental in morphing the Library Company into an active research library.
He ultimately became Chief Executive Officer and was named Librarian of the Library Company. He established a reputation as a scholar, published numerous articles and exhibition catalogues, and fostered collaborative projects with other Philadelphia historical institutions, including the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and the American Philosophical Society. Together they had three children, Ellen, Anthony and Mary.
The following documents are about Ritchie Boy Edwin Wolf II. He was being recommended to join the Second Roberts Commission. According to his Wikipedia page, he "was stationed in Europe where he participated in the recovery of ancient and rare books plundered and hidden by the Nazis." so I presume he was ultimately part of the commission.
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.
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 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.
Margaret died in a car accident in 1964. He was President of the Bibliographical Society of America from 1966-1967.
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Technical record
| Field | Imported value |
|---|---|
| Approx Age at Death | 80 |
| Nara ASN | 33619146 |
| Nara Name | WOLF EDWIN II |
| Nara State | 32 |
| Nara County | 91 |
| Nara POE | 3201 |
| Nara DOE | 90343 |
| Nara Grade Alpha | PVT |
| Nara Grade Code | 8 |
| Nara Branch Alpha | NO |
| Nara Branch Code | 2 |
| Branch | No branch assignment |
| Nara Term or Enlistment | 5 |
| Term of enlistment | Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law |
| Defer. Date | 0 |
| Nara Source | 0 |
| Nara Nativity | 39 |
| Nara Year of Birth | 11 |
| Nara Race | 1 |
| Nara Race Description | White citizen |
| Nara Education | 7 |
| Nara Civilian Occupation | 68 |
| Nara Marital Status | 2 |
| Nara Height (inches) | 43 |
| Nara Weight (lbs) | 132 |
| Class_ASN | 33619146 |
| Class_Name | WOLF, Edwin |
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