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World War, 1939-1945

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 68 Collections and/or Records:

Milton M. Rankin Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1468
Scope and Content Note The collection is comprised of 428 photographs, including many of military scenes and personnel; a 180-page diary dated January 1, 1945 to December 31, 1945, pertaining to combat missions; 113 letters Rankin wrote to his family in Springdale during WWII; school report cards from grades 1-6; and newspaper clippings. The collection also contains a notebook in which Rankin listed bombing missions, including the Nagasaki raid on August 9, 1945, and one artifact, a military issued fork....
Dates: 1944-1945
Found in: Special Collections Department / Milton M. Rankin Collection

Clyde Richmond Correspondence to Nema Wright Richmond

 Collection
Identifier: MC 2621
Content Description The collection consists primarily of correspondence from Clyde Richmond to Nema Wright Richmond; letters begin as courtship letters, and continue after their marriage. Letters from 1940 were primarily written from Civilian Conservation Corps Camp 3795 in West Fork, Arkansas; the bulk of 1941 correspondence was written from Kansas City, Missouri. In 1942, Clyde Richmond began working at the California Ship Building Company in Long Beach, California, and subsequently enlisted in the U.S. Coast...
Dates: 1940-1949
Found in: Special Collections Department / Clyde Richmond Correspondence to Nema Wright Richmond

Hardy "Spider" Rowland Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 458
Scope and Content Note Papers and scrapbooks concerning the Arkansas Gazette newspaper columnist, Hardy "Spider" Rowland. The papers consist of correspondence, scrapbooks and memorabilia, as well as notes about Rowland which his son Ray Rowland, collected while researching a biography of his father. A notable segment of the correspondence is contained in Folder 1, which includes material concerning alleged attempts by Little Rock's two leading newspapers to violate section 7a of the National Recovery...
Dates: 1934-1952
Found in: Special Collections Department / Hardy "Spider" Rowland Papers

Elsa Juhre Schmitz Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1718
Scope and Content Note The collection includes correspondence, family papers, educational and military documents, artwork, photographs, albums, and artifacts related to Elsa Juhre Schmitz, an Arkansas nurse, and to her family. Much of the collection is personal correspondence between Elsa Juhre Schmitz, her mother, Vera Smith Juhre, and her two brothers, Charles Carr Juhre, and Heston Juhre, from 1913 to 1957. Also included in the collection are materials documenting Schmitz's nursing career and her military...
Dates: 1821-2008; Majority of material found within 1930-1945
Found in: Special Collections Department / Elsa Juhre Schmitz Papers

Charles Sharum WWII P.O.W. Materials

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1715
Scope and Content Note The collection includes the diary that Sharum kept documenting his experiences as a P.O.W., correspondence, and other peripheral material relating to Sharum, including a bound, untitled collection of military service records and personalized historical research collected by William L. Beigel of WW2Research.com, which includes both American and German military records involving Sharum. The collection's images include a service photograph of Sharum and photographs...
Dates: 1944-2006
Found in: Special Collections Department / Charles Sharum WWII P.O.W. Materials

Stanley Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1929
Scope and Contents The collection contains materials related to and collected by the family of Harry Bell Stanley, including his wife, Alta Kenyon Stanley; his brother, Samuel Willard Stanley; and his son, Harry Kenyon Stanley. The bulk of the materials pertain to Harry Bell Stanley's life in Weiner, Arkansas, or to his son Harry K. Stanley's military service during World War II and career in civil aviation. The collection includes correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, military records,...
Dates: circa 1880-2011
Found in: Special Collections Department / Stanley Family Papers

Harry F. Stockley Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1416
Scope and Content Note The papers comprise correspondence, military records, newspapers, photographs, and memorabilia. Most of the correspondence contains Stockley's letters which he wrote while in the army to his mother, Mrs. Charles Stockley, living at Marion, Arkansas. Many of these letters are the "V-Mail" letter format. There are also a few letters Stockley wrote to his sister Mary and one letter to Mr. and Mrs. Stockley by Capt. David W. Parkes. An index to the correspondence, prepared by Jack East...
Dates: 1941-1946
Found in: Special Collections Department / Harry F. Stockley Papers

Steven Summers Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1857
Scope and Content Note

Materials include correspondence and a photograph. The letters describe his surroundings and events that occurred while he was in basic training at Camp Robinson.

Dates: 1942-1943
Found in: Special Collections Department / Steven Summers Correspondence

Peter Swereda Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1680
Scope and Content Note

The collection is comprised of 30 letters sent by both Peter and his wife Rose during the two months that Peter was stationed at Stuttgart. The letters date from April 24, 1944, to June 21, 1944, and reflect the experiences of this New Jersey couple living on a military base in Arkansas.

Dates: 1944
Found in: Special Collections Department / Peter Swereda Correspondence

Virginia Tidball Papers Addendum

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1457
Scope and Content Note The Virginia Tidball Papers Addendum contains the writings and journals of Virginia Tidball between the 1940s and the late-1990s. The collection also includes personal notes and correspondence relating to her involvement in the Mildred Lee Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy as well as several scrapbooks which were entrusted to Ms. Tidball after the dissolution of the chapter in the mid-1990s. In addition, the collection contains documents relating to her father, Reverend...
Dates: 1849-2001
Found in: Special Collections Department / Virginia Tidball Papers Addendum

Irma Fitch Tual Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1224
Scope and Content Note

The scrapbook documents Irma Fitch Tual's work during World War II, when she was employed by the War Food Administration to promote nutrition and wise use of food in wartime. It contains color posters, clippings, and other printed materials.

Dates: 1941-1945
Found in: Special Collections Department / Irma Fitch Tual Scrapbook

U. S. War Relocation Authority, Rohwer Relocation Center Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS G88 257
Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, memoranda; reports; bulletins; lists; budgets and other financial records: scrapbooks: camp newspapers, periodicals, and other printed titles; photographs; and other materials created, received, or collected by Nat R. Griswold while he served, 1943-1945, as Superintendent of the Community Activities Section of the Rohwer Relocation Center at McGehee, Ark., and pertaining to the operation of the center and to the life and work of its residents.

Dates: 1938-1945
Found in: Special Collections Department / U. S. War Relocation Authority, Rohwer Relocation Center Records

George D. Walker Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1802
Scope and Content Note

Materials in this collection include biographical information, World War II correspondence, counter intelligence corp manuals, financial materials, deeds, and photographs.

Dates: 1919-1989; Majority of material found within 1942-1945
Found in: Special Collections Department / George D. Walker Papers

Joseph Edward Walls Materials

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1766
Scope and Content Note

The collection includes diaries, receipt books, ledgers, newspaper clippings, and photographs.

Dates: 1898-2014
Found in: Special Collections Department / Joseph Edward Walls Materials

Royce Stewart Weisenberger Broadsides

 Collection
Identifier: qMS W45
Scope and Content Note

20 items. Primarily proclamations and orders, in English, French, and German, published and posted in France and Germany by American Military Government units of the United States Army.

Dates: 1945; undated
Found in: Special Collections Department / Royce Stewart Weisenberger Broadsides

Alpha Williams Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 2648
Content Description

The collection consists of correspondence, photographs, scrapbook pages, and other materials related to Alpha (Alphie) Williams and the Williams family of St. Paul, Arkansas. Included are materials related to the World War II service of her brothers, Earl and Mack Williams.

Dates: circa 1900-1986
Found in: Special Collections Department / Alpha Williams Papers

Pendleton Woods Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1566
Content Description The collection consists of papers related to Pendleton Woods and his family, including materials related to his father, John Powell Woods, Sr., a University of Arkansas graduate and Fort Smith-based lawyer; to his brother, John Powell Woods, Jr., a University of Arkansas graduate and Siloam-Springs-based lawyer; to his brother, Daniel H. Woods, a University of Arkansas graduate who served as Timex Corporation's human resource director and legal administrator; to his aunt, University of...
Dates: circa 1916-1996
Found in: Special Collections Department / Pendleton Woods Family Papers

World War II Prisoner of War Records

 Collection
Identifier: MC 509
Scope and Content Note

These copies concern prisoner of war camps in Arkansas during World War II, and include various kinds of inspection reports and labor reports for each camp and branch camp.

All copies are from RG 389. Box numbers were written on groups of photocopies, and these are included in the box lists.

Dates: 1943-1946
Found in: Special Collections Department / World War II Prisoner of War Records

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