World War, 1939-1945
Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:
Jake Jenkins Papers
The Jake Jenkins Papers contain booklets, postcards, and photographs from Jenkins’s time as radio operator during World War II, where he spent time training in California, Michigan, and Texas. This collection also contains documents regarding Jenkin’s separation from the United States Army Air Force.
James W. Cockrell Collection
The James W. Cockrell Collection, 1940 – 1957, consists of black-and-white photographs, a journal, an oversized map, United States Navy documents, newsletters, a certificate, and correspondence. This collection contains materials related to James W. Cockrell’s military service onboard the USS White Plains (CVE-66).
Mabel Bryant Collection, 1922-1945
The Mabel Bryant Collection, 1922-1945, is a compilation of items collected by Mabel Bryant during World War I when her husband was serving and during World War II when her son was serving. The collection includes various materials such as letters, documents, telegrams, photographs, official documents, newspapers, newspaper clippings, and magazines.
Marion F. Baugh and Guy Longshore Collection
The Marion F. Baugh and Guy Longshore Collection contains various photos and certificates from their careers in the US Army Air Force during World War II of Baugh and those taken by Longshore. There are printed articles and a personal memoir pertaining to Guy Longshore’s life and experiences during the war.
Oliver Trechter Collection
The Oliver Trechter collection consists of documents, professional correspondence, newspaper clippings, newspapers, magazines, manuals, and memorabilia from his time in both World Wars.
Oscar Brown Jr. Collection, 1939-1946
The Oscar Brown Jr. Collection, 1939-1946, contains various materials related to Brown’s naval service on the USS Medusa. The collection includes various items such as Thanksgiving and Christmas Day menus, programs, newsletters, documents, membership cards, certificates, letters, manuals, photographs, and a scrapbook full of photos from his time serving in the war.
Philip Crosland Collection
The Philip Crosland collection contains photographs, military documents, holiday menus, Navy memorabilia, newsletters, a wooden postcard, and letters Philip Crosland sent to his mother while he was away at war in the Pacific.
Richard W. Ziegler Collection
Robert F. Foote Collection
The Robert F. Foote Collection contains scrapbooks, photographs, letters, and certificates from Foote’s service as a surgical doctor in the United States Navy during the Pacific War.
Sadd Family Papers
The Sadd Family Papers, 1944-1945; 2019, comprise over 500 letters exchanged between Edgar F. Sadd and his wife, Lois Sadd, along with other related materials. These letters offer insight into life on the homefront, training in the Navy, world events, and familial separation.