Otto K. Venneman [RG1489.AM]

HISTORY NEBRASKA MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID

RG1489.AM:  Otto K. Venneman, 1899-1964

Scrapbook:  1917-1921

Nebraska City, Otoe County, Nebraska:  Soldier

Size:  One volume

BACKGROUND NOTE

Born at Nebraska City, Nebraska, on April 29, 1899, Otto Karl Venneman was the son of Rudolph and Bertha Venneman.  During World War I he served with Company B, 5^th Nebraska Infantry.  He trained at Fort Cody, New Mexico, and then fought in France with the 4^th Division.  Following the war, he married Helen E. Murray in Omaha on June 25, 1929.  Venneman worked as an inspector for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.  Otto C. Venneman died on August 7, 1964.  He is buried in Wyuka Cemetery at Nebraska City, next to his wife.

Note:  He later spelled his middle name as “Carl.”

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

This collection consists of one scrapbook containing clippings and ephemera on the service of Otto Venneman with Co. B, 5^th Nebraska Infantry.  The bulk of the materials dates from 1917 to 1918.  A few items in the scrapbook date between 1919 and 1921.  The first several pages of the scrapbook contain a timeline of his service written by Venneman.

INVENTORY

Box 1

Volume

1. 1. Scrapbook, 1917-1921

Subject headings:

Military service

Nebraska infantry — 5^th regiment

Nebraska — National Guard

Soldiers — Nebraska — Otoe County

Venneman, Otto K., 1899-1964

World War, 1914-1918

Revised TMM      07-25-2019