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World War, 1939-1945

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Variants include: European War, 1939-1945; Second World War, 1939-1945; World War 2, 1939-1945; World War II, 1939-1945; World War Two, 1939-1945; WW II (World War, 1939-1945); WWII (World War, 1939-1945)

Found in 138 Collections and/or Records:

Axelrod, Thomas papers

 Collection — Box Assorted Collections 2: Series AC02
Identifier: Mss 51
Scope and Contents Contents: - Roster of Company K, 264th Infantry- card-size photos, German captions, Schweringen?- card-size photos, German captions, "18 Farbfotos vom Elbsandsteingebirge- Honorable dischrage document- 70th Div Trailblazer newspaper, Aug 16 1945- Army Military History Institute info submission packet, ca. 1995- promotion orders for Pollries, Anderson, Axelrod, Buol, Masters, Pendell, Pierro, Warrick, Wyre,...
Dates: 1943 - 1946; Event: Donated by Bill Bucholz. Accession 2019.033

Axelson Family Letters

 Incoming Materials
Identifier: 2018-082
Dates: 1943 - 1944

Barnhill, Warren M. collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2020.050
Scope and Contents

photos, genealogy, bracelet, dog tags, silk maps of Burma, Japan,

Dates: 1942-1951; Event: Donor by Jan Sass in 2020. Accession 2020.050

Ben Slowe Papers

 Incoming Materials — Box American World War II Propaganda
Identifier: 2003-129
Dates: 1945

Benson, Walter letters

 Collection
Identifier: 2021.020
Scope and Contents

Box 1: Correspondence. approx. 100 letters in envelopes and postcards.

Box 2:

Ein Vol ehrt seinen Fuhrer. German magazine. Filed in Manuals collection.

Rome the Eternal magazine. Filed in Manuals collection.

V-Mail. approx. 120.

Letters in envelopes. approx. 20.

Union Jack, For The British Fighting Forces newspaper. July 26, 1944.

The 12th Air Force Weekly Mission newspaper. Sept 24, 1944.

Dates: 1944-1945; Event: Donated by Helen Peltier in 2021. Accession 2021.020

Benson, William papers

 Collection — Box Assorted Collections 4: Series AC04
Identifier: Mss 073
Scope and Contents

Army personnel record

Photos of uniform

TAGS OCS Class 23. Fort Myers FL. yearbook

Newspaper spread, D-Day, Star Tribune

Fort Shafter OCS docs 1943

Station assignment orders for class

Dates: 1938 - 1943; Event: Donor unknown. Accession 1998.27

Boring, Ross and Dixie collection

 Collection — Box Assorted Collections 2: Series AC02
Identifier: Mss 52
Scope and Contents

"Interim Report on Collection of Evidence at Belsen-Bergen Camp" is an approx. 23-page photocipied report. 2 copies. Original by Capt. H.G. Sherrin, Mil Gov Legal Officer. Dated 27 April, 1945. Includes transcriptions of interviews with Jewish former prisoners.

Donation also included Stars and Stripes newspapers and WWII Yank magazines.

Dates: Report completed 27 April 1945. Start date unknown.; Event: Donated by Ross and DIxie Boring on 11 Oct 2019. Accession 2022.152

Budzinski, Leon papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 21
Content Description

Collection contains a single folder containing the induction and speration forms for Leon Budzinski. The forms are arranged chronologically.

Dates: 1942 - 1945

C. Perry Schenk Papers

 Incoming Materials — Box C Perry Schenk Papers (acc 2017.082)
Identifier: 2017-082
Dates: 2017 May 20

Carlson, Stan collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1997.004
Scope and Contents Box 1: artifacts. Uniform items stored seperately. Box 2:Capture of a Mountain Objective by Night by CarlsonIntercourse in Marriage, Columbia UniversitySpecial Publications (sic)Help Us Read The Jap Mind posterUnit Rosters/orders. Camp McCoy, Ft Lewis, 123rd Infantry Regiment, 108th Engineer BattalionNew Guinea, Philippeans information bulletinsJapan Information ProgramPR Office forms...
Dates: 1942-1945; Event: Donated by Karen Anderson on 30 March, 1997. Accession 97.4