John Nau III Collection

Collection

Identifier: 000073

Scope and Contents

The John Nau III Collection consists of nine framed American propaganda posters and original and reproduction World War II-related artworks. The collection includes six original or reproduction World War II-era propaganda and war bond posters dating from circa 1942–1945, featuring themes of sacrifice, national unity, military service, and civilian support for the war effort. Titles include Buy War Bonds, A Strange Sort of Prayer, A Careless Word… Another Cross, 7th War Loan Now All Together, Don’t Let That Shadow Touch Them, Buy War Bonds, and Above and Beyond the Call of Duty.

Also included are three framed artworks connected to naval history and Texas military culture: The Pacific Lone Star by Tom Freeman; a reproduction painting depicting the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) signed by George H. W. Bush and the artist; and the original sketch of This Is Sad Sack Calling Charlie Blue by Tom Lea.

Dates

Creation: 1942
Creation: undated

Creator

Lea, Tom, 1907-2001 (Person)
Martin, David Stone, 1913-1992 (Person)
Smith, Lawrence Beall, 1909-1995 (Person)
Atherton, John, 1900-1952 (Person)
Falter, John (John Philip), 1910-1982 (Person)
Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers), 1882-1945 (Person)
Beall, C. C. (Cecil Calvert), 1892-1967 (Person)
Freeman, Tom, 1952- (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish material from this collection in any form must be obtained from the National Museum of the Pacific War, Center for Pacific War Studies.

Biographical / Historical

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John L. Nau, III is Chairman and CEO of Silver Eagle Beverages, one of the largest Anheuser-Busch distributors in the nation. Nau’s commitment to service is evident through his broad participation in civic, community, and philanthropic organizations in Texas and throughout the country. His current involvement includes Chairman of the Texas Historical Commission, National Park Foundation Board of Directors, American Battlefield Trust Board of Directors, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation Board of Directors, Baylor College of Medicine Board of Trustees, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Board of Trustees, University of Houston Board of Visitors, Honorary Trustee of the Greater Houston Convention & Visitors Bureau, Honorary Trustee of Texas Heart Institute, Honorary State Trustee for the San Antonio Parks Foundation and Advisory Council member to the Center for Big Bend Studies. He also serves as a Board Member for Friends of Vicksburg National Military Park, Houston Police Foundation, San Antonio Zoo, and The Admiral Nimitz Foundation.

He is a graduate of the University of Virginia, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in History and from 2011 through 2015 served on the Board of Visitors, a position appointed by the Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia. He is founder and President of The Nau Foundation.