World War, 1939-1945
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 102 Collections and/or Records:
Leland E. Roseman collection
Collection — Folder S1810
Identifier: S1810
Scope and Contents
This collection includes Leland Roseman's World War II fuel oil and mileage ration stamps along with his mileage rationing record issued December 18, 1944. The collection also includes a program from the first Indiana Safety and Health Congress held in November 1943 at the Claypool and Lincoln hotels in Indianapolis.
Dates:
1943-1944
Leslie A. Weaver photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P029
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a variety of materials regarding Leslie A. Weaver’s life, particularly his military service, ranging from 1937 to 2005. It is arranged into three sections, photographs and slides, papers and records, and three-dimensional objects. The largest part of the collection is photographs which range from military portraits to images of Iwo Jima in 1945 to time spent in Japan after World War II to family photographs. These photographs are arranged chronologically. ...
Dates:
1937-2005
Marguerite Cravens Hughes papers
Collection — Folder S221
Identifier: S0221
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a postcard from Marguerite Cravens Hughes on July 3, 1944 regarding personal matters.
Dates:
1944/07/03
Marion College president's report
Collection — Folder S2303
Identifier: S2303
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a copy of "President's Report to the General Conference," Marion College president William F. McConn's third quadrennial report presented to the General Conference of the Wesleyan Church on June 24, 1943. In his report, he mentions the accreditation of the elementary education teaching degrees, the enlargement of the college's library, the educational advancement of faculty, and the news that the school was for the first time completely out of debt. McCann's report...
Dates:
1943/06/24
Marvin E. Coffman World War II photograph album
Collection — Folder SP160
Identifier: SP160
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a photograph with black-and-white snapshot photographs taken by Marvin E. Coffman in Japan during Fall 1945 after the Japanese surrendered at the end of World War II. The photographs concern scenes and people in Japan where Coffman was stationed, including American soldiers and military police, Japanese civilians, buildings, local sights, army checkpoints and sites, and destruction from the war. There are also a few pages of Japanese and American stamps.
Dates:
1945
Matthew Dickerson, Indianapolis Auxiliary Police Corps certificate
Collection — Folder S1851
Identifier: S1851
Scope and Contents
This collection includes Matthew Dickerson's certificate of commission into the Indianapolis Auxiliary Police Corps awarded on October 30, 1944 and signed by Chief of Police Clifford F. Beeker.
Dates:
1944/10/30
Mildred D. Harrod papers
Collection
Identifier: L284
Scope and Contents
This collection includes letters; business and financial papers; greeting cards; funeral notices; newspaper clippings; advertisements; election information; social and club announcements, programs, and homefront war information from Mildred D. Harrod and various authors in the United States ranging from 1835 to 1973 regarding business, finances, social organizations, war information, and family matters.
Dates:
1835-1973
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Mildred D. Harrod papers
Mildred Harrod photograph collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SP030
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs from Mildred Harrod and the Harrod and Dixon families in Indiana; Cincinatti, Ohio; Vancouver, Washington; and other places in the United States ranging from circa 1860 to 1950, depicting family members; Jeffersonville High School girls' basketball teams; hospitals, churches, and the neighborhood around 346 Hanson Avenue in Indianapolis in the 1940s; flooding of the Wabash River in the Vincennes area in 1950; military service during World War I; and a a...
Dates:
circa 1860-1950
National Youth Administration of Indiana incendiaries poster
Collection — Folder OBD011
Identifier: OBD011
Scope and Contents
This collection contains one poster with remarks and drawings on incendiary devices, particularly German bombs. It was created by the National Youth Administration of Indiana using drawings by Harry Sherman for the Indianapolis Fire Department circa 1935-1943.
Dates:
circa 1935-1943
Nibarger family photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P058
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs and an autograph album from the Nibarger family in Indiana ranging from circa 1880 to 1948 regarding family members, group photographs, and World War II soldiers. One photograph has a letter written on the back from Orville Nibarger to his sister and brother (possibly Ida and her husband Duke) on July 2, 1948 regarding sale of a house
Dates:
circa 1880-1948
