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Items with subject 'World War, 1939-1945'
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Fortune Magazine Posters
by Binder, Joseph; Giusti, George (1941)
1 drawer (0.1 linear feet)
These two posters were featured in Fortune magazine in 1941. One poster by Geroge Giusti depicts a gas mask with an advertisement for air raid precautions. The second poster was created by Joseph Binder as an advertisement for men to join the armed forces.
Frank Dunbaugh Papers
by Dunbaugh, Frank (1919, 1945)
5 folders (0.5 linear feet)
The Frank Dunbaugh Papers document the activity of a Major in the United States Army immediately following the Second World War. Dunbaugh commanded the Allied Military Government (AMG) in the Hersbruck district of post-war Germany. He discussed how his unit identified former Nazi party members, the interrogation of S.S. officers at a castle, a riot in a Polish refugee camp, the mistreatment of civilians and rape of women, American soldiers being ambushed, American G.I.'s mistreating local civilians and German police, encounters with Russian officers, and meeting concentration and labor camp survivors.
Frank Lane Holland Papers
by Holland, Frank L. (1940 – 1970)
13 folders (0.02 linear feet)
This collection contains materials relating to Lieutenant Colonel Frank Lane Holland and his military service during World War II. The materials include newspaper clippings, war correspondence, telegrams, Japan POW correspondence,two photographs of William Pease and Louise Pease, military service medals and a black leather zippered pouch.
Fred Arnolt Letters
by Arnolt, Fred; Mitscher, Joe (1932 – 1966)
2 boxes (1 linear feet)
The Fred Arnolt Letters were written primarily between 1933 and 1945 from Arnolt, who was a merchant marine in the Isthmian Lines and later served in the Navy Construction Battalion "Seabees," to his parents in Metuchen, New Jersey. From 1942 to 1943, he worked as a technician and engineer for Spencer, White, and Prentis Incorporated in Sierra Leone, South Africa, Iran, and other government-censored locations. Also included are several letters from Joe Mitscher to his wife that are dated 1966; Mitscher wrote about being bloodthirsty and his love for his wife. The attached letters are transcribed.
Freeny Family papers
by Freeny, Lula Belle; Freeny, Susan "Addie" W. (1889 – 1970)
1 box (0.5 linear feet)
The Freeny family papers document the life of Lula Belle Freeny and the life accomplishments of her many family members and friends including Susan “Addie” Freeny, Munsey White, and Bessie Luffman in Hebron, Wicomico County, Maryland, 1889-1970 with the bulk of the material dating from 1908-1948. Personal and professional activities of their lives are documented through a series correspondences, military documents, education materials, photographs, and various other booklets that the family had acquired over the years.
French Anti-Communist Leaflet
by Unknown (circa 1940)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This French leaflet from 1940 depicts a hand with the Star of David holding a communist flag in 1944 that had evolved from the French flag in 1941. The text roughly states, "It's with your own blood that your flag will be blushed."
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.
French World War II Postcards
by Bernard, Jean (circa 1939 – 1945)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This set of 12 World War II postcards are written in French and date from circa 1939 to 1945. The art on the postcards were drawn by Jean Bernard and portray soldiers from both sides of the war.
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.
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.
German Campaign in Poland Stereoview Photograph Book
by Hoffmann, Heinrich; Raumbild 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.
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).