Box OS0002

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The Floyd Kelly Jr. Collection, 1938 – 2008, consists of illustrations drawn by Mr. Kelly Jr., a book, letters, pamphlets, color photographs, black-and-white photographs, postcards, poems, certificates, newspapers, and a scrapbook. This collection contains materials related to Floyd Kelly Jr.’s personal life and military service with the United States Navy and the USS Napa (APA-157).

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Elmer A. Curry collection comprises photographs, newspapers, a scrapbook, course material, and various items associated with Technical Sergeant Elmer A. Curry. A substantial portion of the collection consists of class-related material and institutional items connected to Curry’s time at Pomona College. This encompasses notes, diagrams, exams, and assignments in both English and Spanish. Additional noteworthy items related to Pomona College include a certificate of...

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Newspapers regarding the rationing of tires, the exodus of Japanese individuals from California, Burma, the atomic bombs, the announcement of the end of the war, and other WWII related news.

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Newspapers regarding the atomic bomb, declaring war post Pearl Harbor, and other WWII related news.

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This folder contains two (2) issues of the Farragut News newspaper, one issue of The Shanghai Herald, and two newspaper pages printed in Japanese.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The James Heindel Collection includes artwork, photographs, correspondence, publications, documents, and later research materials related to James Heindel’s time in postwar Japan, with a particular focus on Sugamo Prison and the Japanese War Crime Trials. A significant portion of the collection consists of original graphite drawings by Japanese prisoners, including Fumio Fujiki and Tokio Tobita, depicting daily life, prison interiors, labor, religious services, recreation, and...

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The James Heindel Collection includes artwork, photographs, correspondence, publications, documents, and later research materials related to James Heindel’s time in postwar Japan, with a particular focus on Sugamo Prison and the Japanese War Crime Trials.

Scope and Contents This folder contains published materials that include the “6,000 Years of World History: An Encyclopedia of 5,000 Events that Have Altered the World’s History”, “The United Nations War Atlas”, a collection of pages from an unidentified magazine covering the Allied attack on Iwo Jima, the cover page from the June 20, 1945 issue of the newspaper New Castle News with the headline, “Okinawa Defense Fades: Organized Jap Resistance On Island “Virtually Ended”, and a bound collection of...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Robert E. Byrns Collection documents the military career, instructional activities, and research interests of Colonel Robert E. Byrns from the 1930s through the late 1980s, with particular emphasis on his service in the Armored Force Replacement Training Center (AFRTC) and Armored School at Fort Knox, Kentucky; his work with Special Training Units during World War II; and his later involvement with the Army Field Forces Arctic Test Branch in Alaska. The materials reflect Col. Byrns’s...

Abstract The Robert E. Byrns Collection documents the military career, instructional activities, and research interests of Colonel Robert E. Byrns from the 1930s through the late 1980s, with particular emphasis on his service in the Armored Force Replacement Training Center (AFRTC) and Armored School at Fort Knox, Kentucky; his work with Special Training Units during World War II; and his later involvement with the Army Field Forces Arctic Test Branch in Alaska. The materials reflect Col. Byrns’s...