World War, 1939-1945
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 115 Collections and/or Records:
Indianapolis U.S.O. Council records
Collection
Identifier: L487
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the work of the Indianapolis U.S.O. Council. Records include the correspondence of the Indianapolis U.S.O. Council, administrative records, and publicity and historical pieces, as well as materials sent by the National U.S.O. The materials date from 1941 to 1947, with the bulk dating from 1942 to 1945. The collection documents the activities of the Indianapolis U.S.O. Council, its relationships with the national and regional headquarters of the U.S.O. as well as with...
Dates:
1941-1947
Jackman collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: G-018
Scope and Contents
This collection includes genealogy research about the Jackman and related families ranging from 1893 to 1996. The collection also contains a DAR application, newspaper clippings from Indianapolis and photographs of the Zinkan, Jackman, Kidwell,and Truelove families.
Dates:
1893- 1996
Found in:
Genealogy
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Jackman collection
James F. Simpson family papers
Collection
Identifier: L355
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, real estate and insurance papers, photographs, family history, and account books from James F. and Josephine Simpson and their children, including Inez L. Terradell, in Switzerland County, Indiana, California, the United States, and France, ranging from 1810 to 1942, regarding life, business, Switzerland County, and Civil War veterans, pensions, battles, and reunions. Notable items include barbed wire from Fort Pompelle in France...
Dates:
1810-1942
James J. Crozier collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2060
Scope and Contents
This collection contains various materials pertaining to James J. Crozier's military service in World War II. The items are primarily from 1944 and 1945, including amended material after his death in 1971 and 1972. There are military orders, photographs, medals, and a list of men in the Second Engineer Special Brigade.
Dates:
1944-1972
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
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Joseph Albert Corsi papers
June Winona Snyder speech
Collection — Folder S1218
Identifier: S1218
Scope and Contents
This is an eight-page, typed speech from June Winona Snyder given to the Indiana State Federation of Poetry Clubs on October 9, 1943, in Indianapolis, Indiana, concerning the organization, its activities, and the war effort.
Dates:
1943/10/09
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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June Winona Snyder speech
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
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Kenneth Riddle collection
Kiel family papers
Collection
Identifier: L412
Scope and Contents
This collection includes letters, utility and business receipts, and tax filing documents from Edward F. and Wilhemina Kiel and family, as well as Pauline Shull, in Indianapolis, Indiana, ranging from 1918 to 1943, regarding family, church, and business affairs; Wendell Willkie's visit to Indiana in 1940; and World War II including fundraising, rationing, war work, friends and family in the military.
Dates:
1918-1943
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Kiel family papers
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
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