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World War, 1939-1945

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 68 Collections and/or Records:

Fannie Hardy Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 945
Scope and Content Note

The papers consist of personal correspondence of Fannie and her sister, Era Hardy; national and Arkansas state records of the Business and Professional Women's Clubs; papers pertaining to the career of Sarah Frances (Fannie) Hardy; and some papers of the Hardy family. Also included are papers concerning the military career of Era Hardy, much of which concerns service during World War II. The collection has been reproduced on microfilm.

Dates: 1907-1984

Hiroshima University Tiles

 Collection
Identifier: MC 2569
Content Description

Collection consists of six roof tile samples collected from a river bed near Hiroshima University and corresponding documentation. Warning: The collection contains photocopies of photographs and descriptions of a graphic nature depicting the aftermath of August 6, 1945.

Dates: 1951 - 2012

Richard L. Holt, Sr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 2177
Scope and Content Note

The collection is comprised primarily of WWII-era correspondence from Richard L. Holt, Sr. to his wife and family. At the time, Mr. Holt was deployed in North Africa and Italy, and his wife and children were living in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Other items in the collection include a comic strip, a magazine clipping, and an event program. Correspondence is between Richard and his wife, unless stated otherwise.

Dates: 1941-1945

Richard C. Huber Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1689
Scope and Content Note All the correspondence in the collection is addressed to Robert West in Cincinnati, Ohio, an undetermined relation of Richard Huber. One letter, dated December 21, 1942, was written by Private Elmer Floyd Kroger, stationed with the 684th BFTS at Walnut Ridge, Arkansas. The...
Dates: 1942-1945

Robert H. Hunt War Publicity Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MC 466
Scope and Content Note The papers include printed material collected by Hunt pertaining to World Wars I and II. There are twelve color posters issued by the U.S. War Department between 1942 and 1945, two hundred and nineteen black and white picture collages, Illustrated Current News, Dec 7, 1942-May 11, 1945, published by the Illustrated Current News, Inc., New Haven, Connecticut, and a picture scrapbook containing magazine clippings from the wartime period. The papers also contain Hunt's four typewritten...
Dates: ca 1918-1945

Jerome Relocation Center Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MC 629
Scope and Content Note This collection contains U.S. governmental records related to the Jerome Relocation Center, including correspondence and memoranda from the War Relocation Authority (WRA)'s Solicitor in Washington, D.C., Phillip M. Glick, to the regional and project attorneys. Several letters and memoranda refer to Robert Leflar, who acted as Assistant Solicitor and legal consultant until he accepted the Dean of Law position at the University of Arkansas. Other papers include censuses of Japanese-Americans...
Dates: 1942-1946

Mitsuko Kellam Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 2308
Scope and Content Note The collection consists of materials regarding the educational and volunteer work of Mitsuko (Mitsy) Kellam, including a series of newsletters she produced regarding Japanese language and culture, Konnichiwa Kodomotachi (KOKO); personal materials of her first husband, Owen Barnes; and Air Force service and personal materials of her second husband, Ray Kellam; as well as memorabilia, campaign materials, press coverage, and other materials reflecting the...
Dates: ca 1939-2017

Leonard Larsen Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1572
Scope and Content Note

Collection consists of correspondence from Leonard Larsen to his wife Helen during the period February through November 1943.

Dates: 1943-1945

Walter John Lemke Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS L541
Scope and Content Note Correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, maps, bulletins, newspapers and other material created, received or collected by journalist-columnist- collector Lemke, University of Arkansas professor of journalism 1928-1956. Material, most of which dates from 1928 to 1968, pertains to Lemke's professional and academic career and interests, especially as regards his newspaper columns and publications; the Arkansas press; the journalism of World War II; the publications of "Uncle Walt's...
Dates: 1821-1969

William Richard Leslie Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1063
Scope and Content Note The papers contain letters written by William Richard to his mother (most of these letters are from the war period), letters which William Richard received from the French and Belgian families where he was stationed while in Europe, and other family and official correspondence; twenty New Mexico color postcards; ten Diamond Cave, Jasper, Arkansas, black and white postcards; greeting cards; school records; certificates; diplomas; awards; newspaper clippings; brochures; pamphlets;...
Dates: ca 1920-1979

Delia May Mattison Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1066
Scope and Content Note The papers contain family correspondence; greeting cards; a diary by Mary Amelia Pengra of Green County, Wisconsin, that documents her life on a farm from 1873-1874 and 1881; handwritten poem; Civil War discharge certificate, 1865; marriage and teaching licenses; school records and diplomas; a commencement program; childhood biography book; travelogue; two family picture albums; tintypes; publications; and genealogy material and other papers pertaining to the Pengra, Fessenden, and Mattison...
Dates: ca 1860-1940

A. D. McAllister, Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 2072
Scope and Contents The collection contains the personal, professional, and family papers of lawyer and World War II veteran A. D. McAllister, Jr.Included are materials related to McAllister's childhood; his time as a student at Fayetteville High School and at the University of Arkansas; his legal career; his service during World War II and his involvement with veterans' organizations; and his involvement with Fayetteville clubs and organizations, including the Forty Club and the Lions Club....
Dates: circa 1837-2015

Marguerite McAllister Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1977
Content Description The collection primarily contains correspondence written to Marguerite McAllister of Gravette, Arkansas, including courtship letters and pen pal correspondence. Letters from the 1920s often discuss campus life, while those from the 1940s often discuss World War II, in which several correspondents served. Correspondents include Howard Dunbar, a Yale Divinity School student; Homer B. Matthews, a garage employee; Doke Laughlin, a student at UC-Berkeley; Wade Boggs, a funeral home...
Dates: 1925-1945

Max McAllister Materials

 Collection
Identifier: MC 2477
Content Description

Materials (clipping, photographs, and letter) pertaining to or created by Lt. Col. Max McAllister during his service in World War II.

Dates: circa 1942-1943

Fred and Madge McCuistion Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1582
Scope and Contents The collection contains the personal and professional papers of Fred and Madge McCuistion of Prairie Grove, Arkansas, including materials related to their involvement with organizations supporting the Prairie Grove Battlefield Park. Other materials relate to Fred McCuistion's military service during World War I; his work as a scholar and educator; and to his travels throughout Europe, Mexico, and the United States. Additional materials relate to family members of the McCuistions, including...
Dates: 1903-2004

Willoughby Fountain McGehee Materials

 Collection
Identifier: MC 2206
Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of materials relating to Willoughby McGehee and his family, and particularly to McGehee's service in the United States Navy during World War II. A notable inclusion is McGehee's personal diary of his experiences on the USS Miantonomah in 1942.

Dates: ca 1895-1968

Sidney S. McMath Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 899
Scope and Content Note

This collection contains correspondence, law material, speeches, papers, photographs, tape recordings, awards, certificates, and clippings from McMath's political and military careers, as well as his personal life. The papers also contained broadsides, which have been removed to the broadside collection.

Dates: circa 1880-1989

Sidney S. McMath Papers Addendum

 Collection
Identifier: MC 899a
Scope and Content Note Materials include correspondence and other personal papers; photographs and negatives; artifacts; scrapbooks; and oversize materials. Correspondence and personal papers include materials related to the political career and personal life of Sid McMath, as well as Anne McMath materials. Among the Anne McMath materials are notes related to her research on the first ladies of Arkansas. Photographs include items from Sid McMath's service in World...
Dates: 1912-2003

Percy Lafayette Morris, Jr., Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 2232
Scope and Content Note

The collection primarily consists of letters from Percy Lafayette Morris, Jr., to his mother and stepfather, then living in Winchester, Arkansas, while Morris was serving during World War II. Also included is Morris' sugar ration booklet, and a family quilt honoring those who served in the U.S. military.

Dates: 1944-1945, undated

Jefferson Forrest Mullins Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1461
Scope and Content Note

Copies of letters and photographs collected by Jefferson Forrest Mullins of Wilson, Arkansas, were donated to the University of Arkansas Libraries by his daughter, Carolyn Moffitt, of Memphis. The letters were written to Mullins in 1946 and 1948 by two German prisoners of war who had been incarcerated at Wilson, Arkansas, during World War II.

Dates: circa 1940-1949

Larry Obsitnik Photo Archives

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1280
Scope and Content Note Materials in this collection include almost 700 prints and more than 10,000 negatives. They include items spanning the entire length of Obsitnik's career as a photographer. One series features photographs taken while he was stationed in the Aleutian Islands. The collection includes approximately one hundred prints of prominent persons, including American presidents, Arkansas politicians, and celebrities; it contains a substantially larger number of negatives depicting these subjects. Several...
Dates: 1918-1984

Oren Harris Supplementary Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 138C
Scope and Content Note This supplement to the Oren Harris Papers complements the gift to the University of Arkansas Libraries by Judge Harris in 1966 and a second increment received in 1972 and 1973. The present collection consists of materials in a variety of formats documenting a considerable span of Harris's life and career. Series 1, Speeches and Reports, reflects Congressman Harris's role as chairman of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, as well as other national and Arkansas issues. ...
Dates: ca 1940s-1980s

Pacts of World War II Axis Nations Facsimiles

 Collection
Identifier: MS P12
Scope and Content Note

Two binders containing facsimile reproductions of diplomatic instruments of Axis nations during World War II, 1937, 1939-1940.

Dates: 1937, 1939-1940

Leroy Pond Materials

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1721
Scope and Content Note

The collection contains a letter written on his death bed to two fellow commanders, as well as a 1997 article on Pond.

Dates: ca 1944-1997

Proft Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 2551
Content Description

The collection consists of records relating to the Proft family, and particularly to Paul Otto Proft and his wife, Florence Ellenor Beers Proft. Many Proft family members lived in Mena, Arkansas and Polk County; the collection particularly includes materials related to Mena's Trinity Lutheran Church. Materials include scrapbooks, correspondence, photographs, vital records, memoirs, and genealogical research. Much of the genealogical research was compiled by Helena Beers Buechner.

Dates: circa 1870-2020