World War, 1939-1945
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 115 Collections and/or Records:
Don Howard collection
Collection — Folder S0687
Identifier: S0687
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopies of clippings of articles regarding accounts from World War II, Don Howard and his family, and Santa Clara High School (California) sports ranging from 1944 to 1953. The articles were clipped from the Evansville Press (Indiana) and the Oxnard Press-Courier (California) newspapers. Included in the collection are six articles written by Ernie Pyle from Okinawa, Japan in April, 1945; a copy of the...
Dates:
1944-1953
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Don Howard collection
Donald D. Howard collection
Collection
Identifier: L076
Scope and Contents
The collection contains World War II letters of Donald D. Howard to his parents, Louise and George Howard (Evansville, Indiana), written from the South Pacific, Okinawa, China, Korea, the Philippines, California, and Ft. Benjamin Harrison during 1945-1946. The collection also includes correspondence from the Howard’s daughters Marilyn, a student at Indiana University, and Mrs. R.C. Datzman, a medical technician and wife of a physician in Detroit and Carlysle, Pennsylvania, during the same time...
Dates:
1944-1946
Donald Steffan, "440th Troop Carrier Group in WWII" manuscript
Collection — Folder S2975
Identifier: S2975
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a written manuscript from Donald Steffen in 1949, regarding his experiences serving as a pilot with the U.S. 440th Troop Carrier Group during World War II. He submitted it as a paper for an engineering class that year. The manuscript includes an additional introduction and photographs later included by Kurt W. Schlicht, Steffen's son-in-law, in 1994.
Dates:
1949, 1994
Dorothea Falls Larsen collection
Collection
Identifier: L417
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of the diaries of Letha Falls (1941-1953). Also included are family correspondence, letters written by a serviceman to Dorothea Falls from Europe during World War II, photographs, and genealogical information.
Dates:
1844-1988, undated
Drummond and Hudson family collection
Collection
Identifier: L481
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence and documents of the Drummond and Hudson families ranging from 1893 to 1966. The bulk of the correspondence consists of letters sent to David P. Drummond after his move from Janesville, Wisconsin to Indianapolis, Indiana (1939-1942) and letters sent to him by friends, family, and girlfriends while he served in the United States Navy during World War II (1942-1945). Some of the letters included photographs and newspaper clippings about acquaintances...
Dates:
1893-1966
E. Ross Adair oral history
Collection
Identifier: OH001
Scope and Contents
This collection contains 6 audio tapes of 5 interviews and a transcript of the first three interviews for an oral history with E. Ross Adair, conducted by Randall W. Jehs and F. Gerald Handfield on March 4, April 13, and June 2, 1971; September 25, 1974; and August 25, 1977. In the discussion, Adair describes his family, upbringing, World War II, his political career, life as a student, political campaigns, Vietnam, and many other topics as well as his career as a U.S. congressman and...
Dates:
1971-1974; 1977
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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E. Ross Adair oral history
Edgar C. Leisure collection
Collection
Identifier: L561
Scope and Contents
This collection largely contains letters from Captain Edgar C. Leisure to his wife, Elsie. It also has letters from Calvin Kummer to his sister, Elsie. A few letters from and to other individuals are also included. This collection also has newspaper clippings, telegrams, cards, and other various papers that were mailed between Edgar and Elsie.
Dates:
1942-1945
Edgar H. Suter manuscripts
Collection — Folder S1312
Identifier: S1312
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two typed manuscripts, "Stalin's Most Monstrous Methods" and "Most Miraculous Maniac: Abdication Mystery Solved at Last," written by Edgar H. Suter in 1949 under the pen name, Told Bold. Suffering from mental illness, Suter wrote about what he saw as the "secret-hidden phases of World Wars I and II and events leading up to both." In the second manuscript, he is the "Most Miraculous Maniac" or M.M.M.
Dates:
1949
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Edgar H. Suter manuscripts
Edwin K. Steers oral history
Collection
Identifier: OH024
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises two copies of a transcript of the January 5th interview and two audio tape reels from oral history interviews with Edwin K. Steer in Indianapolis, Indiana on January 5 and 12 1977; February 10, 1977; and March 9, 1977, regarding his childhood; family history; 1918 influenze epidemic; Indianapolis, including the Irvington neighborhood; education and law school; recreational activities; women's suffrage, politics, railroads, the Shriners, church, Prohibition; law...
Dates:
1977 January-March
Edwin K. Steers papers
Collection
Identifier: L244
Scope and Contents
This collection includes legal briefs, political campaign ribbons, newspaper clippings, periodicals, a photograph, and scrapbooks with clippings, correspondence, papers, photographs, documents, ephemera, and ribbons from Edwin K. Steers in Indiana, Illinois, and Washington, D.C., ranging from 1930 to 1964 and undated, concerning his law career, politics, freemasonry, and World War II.There are two oversize periodicals, the July 23, 1944 issue of Yank...
Dates:
1930-1964, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Edwin K. Steers papers
