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Items with subject 'World War, 1939-1945'
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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.
Hamburg S.A. Song Booklet
by Unknown (circa 1940)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
The Hamburg S.A. Song Booklet contains a songbook of the Hamburg Division of the SA and each page has a song or chant which were used as propaganda for the Nazis.
Harold M. Sinnott papers
by Sinnott, Harold M.; Stevens-Davis Company (1942 – 1948)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
Correspondence from Harold M. Sinnott to his mother, Addie M. Sinnott of Balitmore, Maryland, while he was stationed in California during World War II, 1942-1943. Also included is a publication, "People and How to Deal with Them" from 1948.
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.
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.
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.
Hazel Beauchamp collection
by Gibson, Herbert D. (1941 – 1945)
2 folders (0.02 linear feet)
This collection contains copies of the Redlander the newspaper published in the Schofield Barracks an Army post in Hawaii, publications from the U.S Hospital Ship the Ernestine Koranda, the Valley Forge General Hospital, the 147th General Hospital, Cappers Weekly from Kansas, and various clippings from local newspapers regarding the war. The collection also contains the uniform of Hazel Beauchamp and the information for her training programs as a nurse in the Army. Also included is a removeable drive with images of Hazel as a nurse and her family members.
J. Millard Tawes Museum manuscript collections
by Crisfield Heritage Foundation (1870 – 2001)
2 boxes (2 linear feet)
This collection consists of small manuscript collections that were housed at the J. Millard Tawes Museum in Crisfield, Maryland. It contains correspondence, a scrapbook, photographs and negatives, financial records, and notes and ephemera from people in Crisfield between the 1870s and 1969 (and 2001), though primarily between 1939 and 1945.
J. Paul Crooks' WWII Photograph Collection
by Crooks, J. Paul (1946)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
The J. Paul Crooks' WWII Photograph Collection is a set of photographs that Crooks took while stationed in Okinawa, Japan and at Lowry Field, Colorado in 1946.
J.D. Blackwell Papers
by Blackwell, J.D. (1939 – 1947)
1 box (3 linear feet)
These documents are correspondence, memos, press releases, and other media belonging to Jefferson Davis Blackwell, President of the State Teachers College at Salisbury from 1935 to 1955. The bulk of matierials in this collection date from 1940-1948, and specifically the years of the Second World War. The collection documents STC correspondence to and from Blackwell, events, employment, programs, academic curriculum, construction, budgeting, supply requisitions, student lists, grades, staff lists. Also included are letters to and from the registrar and other administration copied for the president.
Japanese Military Scenes Lithographs
by Empire of Japan (1942)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
These 20 lithograph prints from 1942 depict Second World War military scenes from the Japanese perspective. Annotations were made on the verso of several prints, which explain the scene from the Japanese perspective. Scenes depicted include: the naval battle at Java with Imperial Japanese Naval Forces attacking the U.S.-Dutch combined fleet, Japanese warplanes over Singapore, Borneo Campaign and Tarakan Island, attack on Tarakan Island, Japanese destroyers firing at enemy cruisers, night operations at the Battle of Savo Island, capture of American prisoners on Wake Island, naval battle at Java Sea, Japanese submarine torpedo attack against the U.S. carrier Lexington West of Hawaii, Japanese fleet's arrival at Singapore, naval battle off Bali Island, and operations at the Singapore Naval port shortly after its capture.
Japanese Military Scenes Lithographs (2)
by Empire of Japan (circa 1941 – 1944)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
These 20 lithograph prints were created by the Empire of Japan during the Second World War to help improve morale among Japanese citizens. They depict various military victories in the Pacific including air, naval, and island battles with the Dutch, Americans, and British. The exhibition of prints was issued by the Imperial Japanese Army Arts Association and each print has a title printed in Japanese on a protective paper.