World War, 1939-1945
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 109 Collections and/or Records:
Ernie Pyle home photographs
Collection — Folder SP086
Identifier: SP086
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographic reproductions from Mayhill Publications's Indianapolis Monthly in Indianapolis, Indiana in October 1982 regarding images of Hoosier journalist Ernie Pyle and his childhood home in Dana, Indiana.
Dates:
circa 1945; 1982
Ernie Pyle Monument, Japan dedication photographs
Collection — Folder SP117
Identifier: SP117
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 6 black-and-white photographs taken at the Ernie Pyle memorial and cemetery in Ie Shima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan in 1945. Five of the photographs were taken during a ceremony for the erection of the new concrete memorial in Juy 1945.
Dates:
1945 July, undated
Everette R. Johnson, World War II Navy memoir
Collection — Folder S2478
Identifier: S2478
Scope and Contents
This collection includes Everette R. Johnson's World War II Navy memoirs, consisting of typed descriptions of his Navy experiences during the war, the history of the USS Mizar, and several photographs of himself, shipmates, and the USS Mizar ranging from 1941 to 1945. Also included are copies of "USS Mizar and 17th Division USNR (Indianapolis)," his two-page typed history, signed and dated August 1, 1998 and his...
Dates:
1941-1945, 1998-2001
F. Faith Hatch manuscript
Collection — Folder S608
Identifier: S0608
Scope and Contents
This collection includes an eight-page, typed account of American missionary F. Faith Hatch's experiences regarding her evacuation from Burma in 1942 due to the Japanese invasion during World War II.
Dates:
1942
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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F. Faith Hatch manuscript
Florence Doty collection
Collection — Folder S2164
Identifier: S2164
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a copy of the April 23, 1942 issue of The Pellet Press (Vol. 2, no. 15), a weekly paper published by the Kingsbury Ordnance Plant that was located in LaPorte County, Indiana. The front page of the newspaper has an article regarding a “Slogan Contest” and includes a photograph of Florence Doty as one of the four winners. The collection also includes a 1939 newspaper clipping of an obituary for Mrs. A. J. (Jennie) Douglas, the mother of...
Dates:
1939-1942
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Florence Doty collection
Frank L. Hiatt "We Who Served" manuscript
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1282
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two copies of Frank L. Hiatt's manuscript, "We Who Served", in print and on a CD-R sound disc. Compiled in 2008, the family military history was created to honor and remember those of Hiatt's extended family who served the United States in all the branches of the military during the Civil War, World War I, World War II, the Iraq War, and during peace time. Hiatt's manuscript contains copies of certificates, correspondence, military documents, news articles, personal...
Dates:
2008
Fred Elwood Dillard collection
Collection
Identifier: L044
Scope and Contents
This collection contains items from Fred Dillard’s service during World War I, including a New Testament Bible given to him by the Orange County Red Cross, a copy of the songbook Songs the Soldiers and Sailors Sing , the booklet Management of the American Soldier by Major General David C. Shanks, photographs and a roster of commissioned and non-commissioned officers of the Evacuation Hospital #29, and French and German postcards...
Dates:
1868-1971
Frederick Taggart Cretors, Jr. collection
Collection
Identifier: L426
Scope and Contents
This collection includes papers, letters, photographs, newspaper clippings, and volumes from Frederick Taggart Cretors, Jr. in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana ranging from 1927 to 1989 regarding his life and World War I service.This collection contains several issues of the Shortridge Daily Echo and an issue of the Shortridge Weekly Echo ranging in date from 1928 to 1981. Also included are oversize certificates and...
Dates:
1927-1991
French Gratitude Train photographs
Collection — Folder SP139
Identifier: SP139
Scope and Contents
This collection includes black-and-white photographs of the French Gratitude Train in 1949 in New York City and the United States, depicting gifts from France and Italy to the United States including art and replicas of artwork, historical fashion, and historical artifacts, as well as scenes parades, speeches, and gifts as they were removed from a train car.
Dates:
1949
G. E. Goodwin, World War II photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P010
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs taken by a military officer, Lieutenant Colonel Goodwin during his time overseas in World War II, ranging from August 1943 until July 1945. Some of the photographs resemble sightseeing snapshots, including pictures of London and Paris. However, most of the images give a good view of what World War II did to England and the European continent. There are some before and after bombing photos of England. Also included are pictures of some of the men that Goodwin...
Dates:
1943-1945
