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World War, 1939-1945

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 109 Collections and/or Records:

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

World War I collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1535
Scope and Contents This collection contains a variety of items from World War I ranging from 1917 to 1919 and includes typewritten copies of letters sent to Oscar and Rosa Watkins of Indianapolis, Indiana from their son Osric while he served with the 94th Aero Squadron in France; two letters sent to Miss Ida Anderson of the Indianapolis News from Marie M. Burke, a nurse from Vincennes, Indiana who was serving with the Roosevelt Base Hospital Unit No. 15 in France; a letter and the...
Dates: 1917-1919, 1940

World War II clippings scrapbooks

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: L706
Scope and Contents This collection includes 24 scapbooks with newspaper clippings recording Indiana-related events and people involved with World War II during 1941-1945.
Dates: 1941-1945

World War II collection

 Collection — Folder S2125
Identifier: S2125
Scope and Contents This collection contains items related to the "Book and Author Bond Rally" held on October 7, 1943 at the Murat Theater in Indianapolis, Indiana, including two admission tickets to the event, with one stamped "Reserved Section" on the front; a flyer advertising the rally; a form to be used to exchange for a ticket; a May 28, 1946 letter sent by Eugene Pulliam, State Chairman of the U.S. Savings Bond Division, to Harold F. Brigham regarding his awarding of a War Bond Rally Medal; Brigham's War...
Dates: 1941-1946

World War II Defense Bond Rally, Indianapolis photograph collection

 Collection — Folder SP137
Identifier: SP137
Scope and Contents This collection includes black-and-white photographs taken at the Defense Bond Rally in Indianapolis, Indiana on January 15, 1942 during World War II, depicting Hoosier actress Carole Lombard, Will H. Hays, Eugene C. Pulliam, Governor Henry Schricker, Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan, Dr. Charles B. Coleman, and others. There is also a clipping featuring many photographs from the event.
Dates: 1942/01/15

World War II history student project oral histories

 Collection
Identifier: OH042
Scope and Contents This collection contains 22 oral history interview transcripts and their accompanying audiovisual tapes with people who lived during World War II, conducted by students who were often related to the interviewees, in April, 1990, regarding their experiences during the war.
Dates: 1990 April

World War II Memorial collection

 Collection
Identifier: L306
Scope and Contents This collection contains bidding documents and statistical information about the construction of the World War II Memorial in Indianapolis, Indiana, ranging from 1997 to 1998, as well as information about the soldiers and units from Indiana who fought in that war from 1941 to 1945. There is information about medal of honor winners, about men buried in Europe, and ideas which people sent for inclusion in the Memorial.The collection includes architectural drawings ranging from 1997 to...
Dates: 1997-1998