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Items with subject 'Military History'

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French Anti-Kaiser Postcards

by Unknown (1914)

1 folder (0.1 linear feet)

These 39 French postcards were created in 1914 and depict the German kaiser in various cartoonish and satirical ways.

Identifier: SC2017.020
Repository: Special Collections
Attachment: No attachment

French First World War Trench Newspapers

by Abric, LouisFrench 5th Division of the WoundedSans-Rire, Pince (1916 – 1918)

1 oversize folder (0.1 linear feet)

This collection consists of two French trench newspapers from the First World War: twelve issues of Brise d'Entonnoirs (1916-1918) and seven issues of La Greffe générale Organe des blessés de la face (1918). The newspapers were written, illustrated, and edited by front-line soldiers and represent the thoughts and experiences of soldiers in the midst of warfare.

Associated Subjects: Military History • Newspapers • World War, 1914-1918
Identifier: SC2017.059
Repository: Special Collections
Attachment: No attachment

French Merci Train Gifts

by Unknown (1948 – 1949)

1 box (0.5 linear feet)

The French Merci Train gifts were sent on the French freighter Magellan inside 49 antique, narrow gauge boxcars for each of the United States (one split between Hawaii and District of Columbia) as gratitude for the American Friendship Train that toured the United States to raise $40 million worth of food and clothing for French people. In 1949, Mary Laura Francis was sent from the school, then called State Teachers College, to collect the gifts selected for Salisbury University.

Identifier: SC2016.113
Repository: Special Collections
Attachment: No attachment

George B. Nabb, Jr. papers

by Nabb, George (1942 – 1945)

2 boxes (0.75 linear feet)

The papers of George B. Nabb, Jr. document his thoughts and experiences through correspondence during World War II from 1942-1945, with the bulk of the material dating from 1943-1944, while Nabb was stationed in England and in Northern France as the Captain and Commanding Officer of Company D of the 115th Infantry Division of the National Guard. Correspondence was sent to his wife Georgia and son, George, who lived on his family’s farm in Cambridge, Maryland, and focus on his thoughts and concerns about his family back home.

Associated Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 • Military History
Identifier: 2014.053
Repository: Local History Archives
Attachment: No attachment

George J. Weide Jr. Collection

by Weide, George, Jr. (1885 – 2020)

1 carton,  1 oversize box (3 linear feet)

The George J. Weide Jr. Collection contains material from 1855 to 2020 and documents Weide’s life and the lives of his relatives in the Weide, Huneke, and Law families. There are several photo albums of family documents, a high school yearbook, a yearbook of the “Brigade’s Best” in Shihung, Korea from 1972 , as well as birth certificates, baptism records, NASA newspapers, certificates, and a diploma.

Associated Subjects: Military History • Newspapers
Identifier: SC2020.029
Repository: Special Collections
Attachment: No attachment

German and Nazi Stereoviews

by Deutsches Reich (1937 – 1946)

1 folder (0.1 linear feet)

These German and Nazi Stereoviews consist of two separate collections of stereoview photographs that were collected by a U.S. Army colonel. Included are two stereoview finders. The first collection of photographs depict the Third Reich's military might and Nazi Party ceremonial events. These 73 photographs, of which there were originally 100, are described in German on the versos, which was translated by the wife of the Colonel who collected the stereoviews. The other collection consists of 36 photographs that show the United States-occupied zone of Germany, which are identified in English.

Identifier: SC2015.017
Repository: Special Collections
Attachment: No attachment

German Campaign in Poland Stereoview Photograph Book

by Hoffmann, HeinrichRaumbild Verlag (1940)

1 folder (0.1 linear feet)

These 99 stereoview photographs were taken by Heinrich Hoffmann and published by Raumbild Verlag in 1940. The photographs depict the German campaign in Poland in 1939. The metal folding stereoviewer is included. The book contains a written description of the campaign accompanied by maps and photographs of military commanders.

Associated Subjects: Photography • World War, 1939-1945 • Military History
Identifier: SC2017.034
Repository: Special Collections
Attachment: No attachment

German Feldpost Postcards

by Deutsches Reich (1941)

1 folder (0.1 linear feet)

This postcard was distributed by the German Feldpost during the Second World War and depicts an abandoned sailboat (verlassenes segelschiff).

Associated Subjects: Postcards • World War, 1939-1945 • Graphic Arts • Military History
Identifier: SC2016.049
Repository: Special Collections
Attachment: No attachment

H. Graham Hayman Jr Collection

by Unknown (1945 – 1999)

1 box,  1 oversize folder (3 linear feet)

H. Graham Hayman Jr collection consists of a letter, magazines and artifacts documenting Hayman’s military service. It includes a letter describing his enlistment and training in the U.S. Army Air Corps in the United States and his assignment to the Office of Strategic Services in India, and periodicals offering insight into military service during the Second World War.

Associated Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 • Military History
Identifier: 1999.028
Repository: Local History Archives
Attachment: No attachment

Harold Vassar Papers

by Vassar, Harold (1917 – 1947)

1 box (0.5 linear feet)

The Harold Vassar Papers document the life and military service of a First World War pilot and architect from Ballston Spa, New York from 1917 to 1947. After graduating from Columbia University in 1913 and working as an architect in New York City, Vassar enlisted and graduated from the School of Military Aeronautics at Cornell University in 1917. In 1918 he was promoted to Lieutenant, graduated from the Army School of the Line in France, and became a certified Army Corps instructor.

Identifier: SC2017.039
Repository: Special Collections
Attachment: No attachment

Harry B. Young Letters

by Young, Harry B. (1942 – 1945)

1 folder (0.1 linear feet)

The Harry B. Young letters were written by a United States Marine to his family in Pleasantville, Iowa between 1942 to 1945. The letters detail Young's time in the marines. Young also wrote to his family on family matters. Young's promotion orders to Sargent are also included in one of his letters. Some letters have been redacted by wartime censors.

Identifier: SC2013.108
Repository: Special Collections
Attachment: No attachment

Harry O. Korff, Jr. papers

by Korff, Harry O. Jr. (1943 – 1995)

1 box,  2 oversize folders (2.5 linear feet)

The Harry O. Korff, Jr. papers document his military service in the United States Air Corps from 1943-1995 with the bulk of the materials dating to 1943-1950. Korff, a Salisbury, Maryland native and dental surgeon, was enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II and was stationed in Italy. His papers reflect his World War II service through records from various training schools he attended throughout the United States and a scrapbook showcasing his training in Texas and Florida as well as his active duty service in Italy.

Associated Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 • Lebo, Alta • Military History
Identifier: 2007.044
Repository: Local History Archives
Attachment: No attachment