World War, 1939-1945
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 116 Collections and/or Records:
Tim Morris photograph album
Collection — Folder SP009
Identifier: SP009
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a photogrpah album created by Tim Morris during the World War II. The photographs show Morris as he traveled around with the army during the war.
Dates:
circa 1910-circa 1950
Union Station Canteen history
Collection — Folder S2917
Identifier: S2917
Scope and Contents
The typed history is organized in sections which explain the various aspects of the Canteen. Under the heading Army Forces, Ms. Atkins wrote: “they talked and the volunteers listened. They left with the certain knowledge that, at the Canteen, people were interested in them, and cared about them.” Counter volunteers prepared and served orange juice, coffee, and donuts for breakfast. Because of an arrangement with the Union Station restaurant, no meals were served, just...
Dates:
1941-1946
United States military panoramic photographs
Collection — Folder OBF024
Identifier: OBF024
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 10 black-and-white panoramic photographs in the United States ranging from 1906 to 1942 regarding multiple military units from the United States Army and National Guard, including a 1906 Fort Benjamin Harrison encampment in Indianapolis; Battery C, 325th Field Artillery at Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky (November 1917); Headquarters Company, 137th Field Artillery at Camp Shelby, Mississippi (March 7, 1918); 2nd Battalion, 2nd Regiment, Indiana Liberty Guard (September 2,...
Dates:
1906-1942
Walter S. Lemmon collection
Collection — Folder S2876
Identifier: S2876
Scope and Contents
This collection includes letters and papers from Walter S. Lemmon dating from 1884 to 1945 with the bulk of the material being from Lemmon's army service during World War I. There are letters to his family from camp, discharge papers, and a souvenir booklet of Camp McArthur in Waco, Texas. There are also family and school papers, as well as World War II ration books and records.
Dates:
1884-1945
Ward F. Siegrist, World War II ration book
Collection — Folder S1951
Identifier: S1951
Scope and Contents
This collection includes Ward Siegrist's World War II ration book no. 3 and includes 4 pages of unused ration stamps. No. 3 ration books were replacement books and were distributed in 1943 by the United States of America Office of Price Adminstration.
Dates:
1943
Will H. Hays collection
Collection
Identifier: L560
Scope and Contents
The collection includes Will H. Hays' correspondence, speeches, scrapbooks, notebooks and photographs, principally from the period of 1914-1954. His political papers include correspondence and other papers regarding his work as Indiana and National Republican Party Chairman; his work with the State Council of Defense during World War I; his efforts to unite the liberal and conservative wings of the Republican Party for the 1920 election, including his correspondence with Theodore Roosevelt on...
Dates:
1857-1957
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Will H. Hays collection
William C. Birthright collection
Collection
Identifier: L328
Scope and Contents
The collection includes correspondence, invitations, greeting cards, legal papers, publications, photographs, and ephemera from William C. and William L. Birthright in Indiana and Mississippi, ranging from 1908 to 1977 and undated, regarding their personal lives, family, business, military service, and careers.
Dates:
1908-1977
William M. Chaney oral history
Collection
Identifier: OH057
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a transcript and a reel-to-reel audiotape from an oral history interview with WIlliam M. Chaney, conducted by Randall W. Jehs for the Indiana State Library on June 6, 1971. Chaney talks briefly about his family, childhood in Kentucky, and military service during World War II. For most of the interview, he discusses the history of the Ku Klux Klan, their financial structure, and the Klan and politics. Chaney also discusses his position in the organization, Klan...
Dates:
1971/06/06
William Newman personal narrative
Collection — Folder S1014
Identifier: S1014
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the manuscript, "The Experiences of Lt. William Newman as Told by Himself, Sunday Evening, August 6, 1944." The typewritten narrative was sent to Eli Lilly in September, 1944 by Lt. Newman's father, Henry L. Newman, and describes the Army Ranger's experiences in World War II after being taken prisoner by German forces during the Battle of Cisterna (January 30-February 2, 1944). After 8 or 9 days, William Newman was able to escape and traveled more than 200 kilometers by...
Dates:
1944
William W. Jones photograph album
Collection — Folder SP046
Identifier: SP046
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a photography album from William W. Jones in the United States, ranging from 1939 to 1963, regarding his training and service in World War II and the Korean War. The album contains photographs of Jones and other military personnel at various training camps including Fort Harrison, Indiana, Fort Benning, Georgia, and Fort Campbell, Kentucky. It also contains several pieces of paper ephemera including souvenirs, a medical record, ration and pay cards, a liberty pass,...
Dates:
1939-1963
