Propaganda

Scope and Contents This collection includes two postcards and 23 printed envelopes from New York City, New York, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Hartford, Connecticut during the U.S. Civil War, with illustrations of pro-Union propaganda.Manufacturers the envelopes found in this collection are: Stinson and Co., 79 Cedar Street, New York, New York; S. C. Upham, 310 Chesnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; A. S. Robinson, Hartford, Connecticut; D. Murphy's Son, 65 Fulton and 372 Pearl Street, New...

Scope and Contents This collection contains 65 envelopes created during the Civil War with unique illustrations. Most of them are blank, but three are addressed to James H. Luther and four are addressed to members of the Waymire family.

Scope and Contents This collection contains copies of transcripts made by Gerald T. Cravey during World War II of Japanese propaganda transmitted to Southeast Asia by Nampo Domei in international Morse code (1944-1945) and of the final two transmissions sent out on August 9 and 10, 1945 following the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The collection also includes a copy of an "English interpretation" of entries in a diary kept by an Japanese officer who was found dead on an island just off the east tip of...

Scope and Contents This collection contains documents collected by Louis Wien, Jr. ranging from 1832 to 1918 and undated, including an "experience song" written for Thomas Whiteside on November 28, 1832; a January 23, 1841 deed signed by John W. Whiteside and William Hardy, both of Hancock County, Indiana; documents regarding penmanship by Benjamin Nixon and Nathan Earlywine (1843 and undated); rules of conduct and attendance list for school district no. 6, Shelby County, Indiana (1853-1854); William Vansickle vs...

Scope and Contents This collection contains photocopies of propaganda publications collected by Olive B. Lewis, ranging from 1940 to 1941 and prior to the United States entering World War II. Included in the collection are copies of "What Can I Do?" by the America First Committee of Indianapolis; a Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies pamphlet with suggestions for local chapters; "Hitler Spy...or Loyal American?" by Loyal Americans of German Descent; "Facts About the Committee to Defend America by...

Scope and Contents This collection contains one printed, World War I propaganda flyer from Germany, found in the German trenches after the taking of Apremont, circa September-November 1918, which asks German soldiers to stop fighting for the benefit of the country and its people, both soldier and civilian, because Germany was sure to lose the war and the soldiers' manpower would be desperately needed in the rebuilding efforts.