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World War, 1939-1945

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 116 Collections and/or Records:

Harold F. Brigham papers

 Collection
Identifier: L282
Scope and Contents This collection includes professional correspondence, speeches, notes, research, clippings, newsletters, meeting minutes, bibliographies, and other materials created and compiled by Harold F. Brigham in Louisville, Kentucky and Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1899 to 1967 regarding his work as a librarian in Kentucky and at the Indiana State Library. There are also a few materials relating to Merriwether Lewis and William Clark, which Brigham used in his talk at the Conversation Club in... Dates: 1899-1967

Harry B. Dynes collection

 Collection
Identifier: L256
Scope and Contents The collection comprises correspondence, programs, papers, clippings, periodicals, pamphlets, ribbons, broadsides, ephemera, and loose scrapbook pages from Harry B. Dynes in Indianapolis, Indiana and Washington, D.C., ranging from 1873 to 1954 and undated, regarding the Dynes family's political and social lives; club and union activities; the visit of David Lloyd-George to Indianapolis (1923); a 1927 Indianapolis trolley-truck accident; and the first and second world wars. Much of... Dates: 1873-1945

Harry D. Hartley collection

 Collection
Identifier: L273
Scope and Contents The collection includes correspondence, papers, pamphlets, clippings, photographs, publications, meeting transcripts, a master's thesis, and a scrapbook from Harry D. Hartley in Indianapolis, Indiana, ranging from 1921 to 1951, regarding Hartley's life and interests, including his family property, especially in Kokomo, his proposed book on the contriubtion of Hoosiers to the development of United States history and Western civilization; Arthur E. Morgon and his investigations into the Tennesee... Dates: 1921-1951

Hazel W. Hopper papers

 Collection — Folder S0681
Identifier: S0681
Scope and Contents This collection contains letters, receipts, and other materials from the Pickard and Hopper families, ranging from 1864 to 1975. The Pickard papers, include the correspondence, tax receipts, and bank receipts of Thomas, Henry (Bluford), and Jeff Pickard from 1864 to1931; an Encampment Week letter dated April 4th, 1893 from Evansville, Indiana; a letter to Gorman Pickard from The Home Journal magazine regarding a contest he entered in 1898; a certificate from T.A. Slocum, M.C. for... Dates: 1864-1942

Henry E. Wahl collection

 Collection
Identifier: L172
Scope and Contents The collection largely consists of letters to and from Henry E. Wahl, Jr. and his family in Bloomington, Indiana, California, Hawaii, the Philippines, and the Pacific theatre, ranging from 1936 to circa 1953, regarding family life, work after college, and experiences during and after World War II in the Pacific. There are also many letters from other family members to his parents, Maude and Henry Ethan Wahl, Sr., including those of his brother Donald Wahl, who was also serving in the U.S.... Dates: 1865-1945

Hermann and Lotte Termeer collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3272
Scope and Contents This collection contains materials regarding Hermann and Lotte Termeer ranging from 1911 to 1945. Included in this collection is timeline of personal data about Hermann Termeer, a letter and postcard to Klara Riesterer of the Lebensmittelamt from Erich Riesterer, a service award won by Hermann Termeer from the Sinclair Corp. There are also several photographs, including several portraits of the Termeers, the workers of the German Sinclair Group, and 1 photograph of soldiers in the field.... Dates: 1911-1945

Hermann and Lotte Termeer oral history

 Collection
Identifier: OH253
Scope and Contents This collection contains the materials collected by Berthold Riesterer during his oral history interview with Hermann and Lotte Termeer in May 1980 on the German island of Borkum. Included in this collection are the 8 tapes of the interview, and a transcript of their conversations. All items in this collection are in German.This interview covers various topics about life in Germany during World War II. Topics include: Crystal night, the Jews, the rise of Hitler, life on the home... Dates: 1980/05

History of the Second Engineer Special Brigade, United States Army, World War II book

 Collection — Volume V041
Identifier: V041
Scope and Contents This collection contains James J. Crozier's copy of History of the Second Engineer Special Brigade, United States Army, World War II, a book designed and produced by The Telegraph Press of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (copyright 1946). Dates: 1946

Homer E. Capehart papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: L650

Howard G. Ervin United States Navy logbook

 Collection — Folder S3262
Identifier: S3262
Scope and Contents This collection consists of a photocopy of the logbook of U.S. Navy Lieutenant Howard G. Ervin. It provides brief descriptions of his activities from March 30, 1944 to February 20, 1945. Dates: 1944-1945