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World War, 1939-1945

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 109 Collections and/or Records:

Jean Menger collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0939
Scope and Contents The collection contains various legal documents, including indentures, deeds, and land sale records from several individuals or families in Hendricks County, including Charles Aplin, Hannah Frasier, John and Thomas Devan, W.W. Irons, and Quartus and Sarah Rust, ranging from 1862 to 1920 and compiled by Jean Menger. There are also numerous letters, postcards and photographs of Fort Sill, Oklahoma from Everett C. Howard and Walter J. Kidd to Jean Hornstein (Menger) in New York, New York during...
Dates: 1862-1920

Joseph Albert Corsi papers

 Collection — Folder S3027
Identifier: S3027
Scope and Contents This collection includes photostats of letters, clippings, and copies of photographs of Joseph Albert Corsi and Commander Lorenzo Sherwood Sabin ranging from 1941 to 1955, concering their naval service during and after World War II.
Dates: 1941-1955

June Winona Snyder collection

 Collection — Folder S1218
Identifier: S1218
Scope and Contents This is an eight-page typed speech by June Winona Snyder given to the Indiana Poetry Federation on October 9, 1943. She mentions holding a convention during World War II in the face of "gas shortages, traveling limitations, long hours at war work." Ms. Snyder gives advice to poetry writers. On page 7, she wrote: "Do not be disturbed if someone criticizes you for spending your time writing poetry in these war times. You are doing a very patriotic duty when you strive to keep your vision clear so...
Dates: 1943

Kenneth Riddle collection

 Collection
Identifier: L743
Scope and Contents This collection contains correspondence sent by Kenneth Riddle from April 1943 to April 1944 to his family in Marion, Indiana while serving in the U.S. Army during World War II; a circa 1943 souvenir postcard packet from Camp Blanding, Florida; telegrams from the War Department regarding Riddle's serious wounding on April 4, 1944 and details related to the return of his remains in 1948; letters sent by family in the spring of 1944 that were returned following his death; a May 1944 letter from...
Dates: 1943-1948, undated

Kiel family papers

 Collection
Identifier: L412
Scope and Contents This collection includes letters; utility and business receipts; and tax filings from Pauline Shull, Amanda, the Kiel family and others in Indianapolis, Indiana; businesses and churches in Indianapolis; ranging from 1918 to 1943 regarding the World War II, fundraising, rationing, work, friend and family in the military, church activities, leisure activities, financial matters, and Wendell Willkie's visit to Indiana.
Dates: 1918-1943

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

Marion County, Indiana history drawing prints

 Collection — Folder S2571
Identifier: S2571
Scope and Contents This collection includes 35 undated prints of drawings put from an unknown artist depicting scenes and places in the Indianapolis and Marion County history, which are as follows:1. Two pioneer hunters where Fall Creek meets White River (1800s) 2. Four riders on horses with covered wagon on trail (mid-1800s) 3. Surveying the new state capitol (1820) 4. Four men meeting about planning of Indianapolis (1820-1821) 5. Governor Jennings and wife on horseback going to Washington, D.C....
Dates: undated