World War, 1939-1945
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 109 Collections and/or Records:
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 and tintypes 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;...
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
Olive B. Lewis papers
Collection — Folder S0833
Identifier: S0833
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopies of propaganda publications collected by Olive B. Lewis, ranging from 1940 to 1941 and prior to the United States entering World War II. Included in the collection are copies of "What Can I Do?" by the America First Committee of Indianapolis; a Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies pamphlet with suggestions for local chapters; "Hitler Spy...or Loyal American?" by Loyal Americans of German Descent; "Facts About the Committee to Defend America by...
Dates:
circa 1939-1941
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Olive B. Lewis papers
Oral history and audio collection
Collection
Identifier: L640
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises the breadth of the oral history collection at the Indiana State Library, ranging from circa 1904 to 2019. The bulk of the collection contains oral histories created during the ISL Oral History Project during the 1960s-1980s and recordings of events, meetings, recitations, and radio interviews created and acquired by library staff during that period. The remainder are oral histories created by various outside institutions and organizations, such as universities, public...
Dates:
circa 1904-2019
Paul E. Taylor clippings
Collection — Folder S1285
Identifier: S1285
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises an October 17, 1943 newspaper article from the Indianapolis Star containing a reprint of entries from Paul E. Taylor's World War II diary, ranging from December 28, 1941 to December 5, 1942, regarding his experiences in the military, travel to Camp Roberts in California, and Australia.
Dates:
1941-1942
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Paul E. Taylor clippings
Paul Garrett, "When Your Boy Gets Home" speech
Collection — Folder S2495
Identifier: S2495
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a speech given by Paul Garrett, General Motors vice president, to the Hoosier State Press Association at the Hotel Lincoln in Indianapolis, Indiana, on March 10, 1944, regarding the focus on war production until the end of World War II, especially Indiana's capacity to help, as well as journalism's role in the war.
Dates:
1944/03/10
