World War, 1939-1945
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 109 Collections and/or Records:
Aletha Grace Hawk collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0612
Scope and Contents
The collection consists principally of Aletha Grace Hawk's letters to her family in Indianapolis, Indiana from Washington, D.C. and Europe ranging from 1918 to 1919, describing her work with the American Red Cross and as a volunteer working with wounded servicemen at Walter Reed Hospital, as well as her travels through France, Switzerland, Belgium, and Germany. The collection also includes Hawk's 1921 letter describing the visit of Marshall Ferdinand Foch to Indianapolis, two letters sent to...
Dates:
1918-1941
Anderson, Indiana World War II postcards
Collection — Folder S3059
Identifier: S3059
Scope and Contents
This collection contains two postcards dated in 1943 from Mason E. Pritchard in Texas to Eunice Pritchard and Roy Brown in Illinois to Alice Kuhn, both women lived in Anderson, Indiana.
Dates:
1943
Anne Hudspeth papers
Collection — Folder S697
Identifier: S0697
Scope and Contents
This collection includes typed and autographed poems from Anne Hudspeth in Whiting, Indiana ranging from 1943-1952 and undated regarding war, home life, working, and Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Dates:
1943, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Anne Hudspeth papers
Anthony J. Lauck papers
Collection
Identifier: L088
Scope and Contents
This collection includes typed and autographed letters from family members, friends and military officers in the United States and other countries from Anthony J. Lauck; greeting and postal cards and telegrams; magazine and newspaper articles event programs; invoices; poems; exhibition catalogs; a Japanese Imperial Army war flag from World War II; and Japanese currency, ranging from 1908 to 1980 regarding art and art business, family, personal, religious, and war matters.
Dates:
1908-1973
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Anthony J. Lauck papers
Bill Ingalls Hoese collection
Collection
Identifier: L420
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, photographs, and memorabilia from Bill Ingalls Hoese, in England and Canada ranging from 1938 to 1941 regarding flying and world experiences. Also included are sympathy cards and letters, newspapers from the Hoese family and their friends regarding Bill Ingalls Hoese's death, Worthington, Indiana, and World War II. Notable items include a memorial card of Bill Ingalls Hoese's death from the Canadian government, a sympathy card from the Queen at...
Dates:
1929-1944
Bingham McHale LLP collection
Collection
Identifier: L166
Scope and Contents
This collection includes materials about the law firm of Bingham McHale, formerly Bingham, Summers Welsh and Spilman, in Indianapolis, Indiana, from 1912 to 2011. Much of the information regards Governor Matthew E. Welsh, who was a partner in the firm. This includes the tribute dinner given to him by Vincennes University in 1993 and a speech of his reminiscences. Claude M. Spilman's World War II memoirs, which he wrote while a partner at the firm, tells of his experiences in Germany and France....
Dates:
1912-2011
Brutus family papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0185
Scope and Contents
This collection includes autographed, signed letters, commercial greeting cards, checks, tax forms, ration books, post cards, and commercial invitations to and from the Brutus family in Indiana and the United States, ranging from 1839 to 1951, regarding family and business matters. There is also an oversize fragmented letter dated November 16, 1845 (OB086).
Dates:
1839-1951
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Brutus family papers
Burgess family papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: L023
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of autographed, signed and typed letters from John William Summers in Washington, D.C.; Mary C. Hill in Valeene, Indiana; John Russell and Hazel Stone in Indiana; Washington, D.C. and Dallas, Texas; George G. and Vada M. Summers and Meda Windell in Louisville, Kentucky and Miami, Florida; and Benjamin Eugene Burgess in the Philippines and Japan; ranging from circa 1902-1946 regarding family matters and military service during World War II.
Dates:
1902-1946
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Burgess family papers
Camp Atterbury World War II photograph collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: P003
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 291 black and white, 3 x 5-inch photographic prints depicting life at Camp Atterbury, Indiana in the midst of World War II. Three of the images have copies. The photographs were taken by William J. Moriarty, Sr., a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army, as part of his duties for the U.S. Signal Corps while he was stationed there in 1943. The images demonstrate the daily activities of camp life and training, as well as social events, and depict racial...
Dates:
1943
Carolyn Morgenstern collection
Collection — Folder S0985
Identifier: S0985
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of one V-mail letter from Harold Sander, stationed in England, to Carolyn Morgenstern at the Indiana State Library on August 20, 1944.
Dates:
1944
