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John H. Jones Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4104
Overview Letters from John H. Jones to his parents, his girlfriend Jeffie McCoy, as well as letters from her to him, along with a good sized collection of photographs, many of which were taken during his tour of duty in India and China during World War II.
Dates: 1922-1958
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Elise Ayers Sanguinetti Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0098
Abstract This collection consists of the correspondence, manuscripts, and galley proofs, as well as reviews and notices of Elise Ayers Sanguinetti, the Alabama author of The Last of the Whitfields (1962), The New Girl (1964), The Dowager (1968), and McBee's Station (1972).
Dates: 1929 - 2003
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Mrs. Arthur Comstock WWII Air Warning Service Certificates

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4061
Overview Two World War II U. S. Army Air Forces Air Warning Service certificates awarded to Mrs. Arthur Comstock (Mae) for serving in the Ground Observer Corps.
Dates: 1943-1944
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

William Jason Ashenfelter World War II Artifacts and Photographs

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Identifier: MSS-4007
Overview World War II memorabilia collected and photographs taken during Ashenfelter's tour of duty in Europe .
Dates: 1942-1945
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Dalton Lee Driver World War II Photographs and Postcards

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4019
Overview Photographs (including rolled unit photograph), postcards, German marks, French francs, and Special TDY Orders of this west Alabama native.
Dates: 1944-1945
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Robert Smith Papers

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Identifier: MSS-4096
Overview The Robert Smith papers contain correspondence between Robert Smith and his family during his military training in 1942 and his deployment to England and France in 1944 during World War II.
Dates: 1942-1956
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Eva T. Tinnesz Papers

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Identifier: MSS-4139
Overview Papers and memorabilia of a United States Coast Guard Women's Reservist during World War II
Dates: 1918-1945
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Thomas Wade Herren Papers

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Identifier: MSS-4154
Overview Papers, correspondence, and photographs documenting the life and military career of Lieutenant General Thomas W. Herren of Dadeville, Alabama
Dates: 1942-1985
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Dodd Sellers Papers and Militaria

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Identifier: MSS-4159
Overview The militaria of this Alabama native who was a Master Sergeant in the Marine Corps during World War II.
Dates: 1942-2010
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

G.I. stories of the Ground, Air and Service Forces in the European Theater of Operations

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Identifier: PM-016
Overview A collection of pamphlet guidebooks featured on the stories and how-to's during WWII.
Dates: 1944-1945
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

World War II - U.S. military language guides and phrase books

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Identifier: PM-017
Overview Contains foreign language phrase and guide books for the use of the military.
Dates: 1943-1944
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Armed Forces pocket guides

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Identifier: PM-018
Overview Contains foreign language and travel pocket guides for the United States Armed Forces.
Dates: 1946-1967
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

World War II Posters

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Identifier: MSS-4220
Overview Examples of World War II posters
Dates: 1939-1942
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Jefferson Carroll Davis Papers

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Identifier: MSS-4232
Overview World War II letters, scrapbook, and genealogical materials
Dates: 1884-1945
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Carl S. Auerbach World War II letters

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Identifier: MSS-4202
Overview Letters from this WWII sailor to his wife and family.
Dates: 1936-1945
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Ann Hollis letters

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Identifier: MSS-1789
Abstract Letters, postcards, and telegrams from World War II pen pals to this former Montreat College student and resident of Headland, Henry County, Alabama.
Dates: 1943-1946
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Army Specialized Training Program papers

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Identifier: MSS-3602
Overview Panoramic photo and files of an Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP) group
Dates: Between 1942 and 1944
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Collective Protection documents

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Identifier: MSS-0344
Abstract Documents on Collective Protection probably produced by authorities in Birmingham, Alabama, and Montgomery, Alabama, shortly after the United States entered World War II. They cover all areas of collective protection such as home protection, lighting restrictions, espionage and sabotage, war gases and shelters.
Dates: 1941-1945
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Fighting French Relief Arm band and poem

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Identifier: MSS-0541
Overview A Free French Relief arm band, featuring a swastika and the words "Sous la Botte Nazie (Under the Nazi Boot)," and a printed poem in English by Marie C. Benney entitled "France," about the Nazi suppression of freedom in France.
Dates: between 1939 and 1945
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Ralph Murray Havens papers

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Identifier: MSS-0650
Overview Diaries, letters, and other papers related to Havens's service in the European Theater of Operations, 1944-1945.
Dates: 1943-1946
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

John Kerr Little papers

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Identifier: MSS-0866
Abstract The John K. Little collection contains papers and memorabilia of John K. Little - a member of a Tuscaloosa, Alabama, pioneer family, and himself a long time resident of Tuscaloosa.
Dates: 1937 - 1947
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Frank Marion Taylor papers

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Identifier: MSS-1386
Abstract A collection of correspondence, memos and documents related to the military service of this Birmingham resident, including a scrapbook containing newspaper headlines and clippings about World War II, and personal mementos.
Dates: 1941-1949
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

William B. Shirdan papers

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Identifier: MSS-1266
Abstract Letters from this African American soldier who served in the 310th Quartermaster Railhead Company during World War II to his family in Montgomery, Alabama.
Dates: 1944 - 1947; Majority of material found within 1944 - 1945
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

John C. Duckworth papers

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Identifier: MSS-1395
Abstract Signed copies of the 35th Japanese Army's declaration of surrender to US Amry forces in the southern Philippines at the end of World War II.
Dates: 1945 September 8
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

U.S.S. Tuscaloosa (CA 37) History and Newspaper Clippings

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Identifier: MSS-1458
Overview History of and newspaper clippings about the U.S.S. Tuscaloosa (CA 37)
Dates: 1944-1998
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Robert Johnson papers

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Identifier: MSS-2284
Overview Materials related to naval history, including manuscripts, research notes, and photographs
Dates: circa 1950-2008
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Jack S. Butler papers

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Identifier: MSS-2485
Overview Letters written to and from Lt. Jack S. Butler and his wife, Maxine, in 1945, while he was stationed in Italy, and she was in Notasulga and Auburn, AL
Dates: 1945
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Lister Hill papers

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Identifier: MSS-0670
Abstract Subject files, correspondence, reports, and other materials by, to, and about this Alabama senator who served in the U. S. House of Representatives from 1923- 1938 and the U. S. Senate from 1938-1969.
Dates: 1921-1968
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Harold Bank papers

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Identifier: MSS-0108
Abstract A Battalion log of the 3rd Battalion, 167th Infantry, 31st Infantry Division while stationed in Mindanao, Philippine Islands, from 15 July 1944, until 10 October 1945, and the front portion of the Chicago Daily Tribune, from Tuesday, 8 May 1945. The headline reads “V. E. Day – Today”.
Dates: 1944-1945
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Grant Gordon Collection

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Identifier: MSS-4309
Overview Family documents, military documents, and approximately forty-seven photographs depicting Grant Gordon's family and military life in the 1940s. Of particular interest are Mr. Gordon's military records and photographs from his time serving as a squad leader in the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion, the only African American combat unit included in the first assault forces to land on Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944.
Dates: 1944 - 2003
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

China Marine: An Infantryman's Life after World War II : typescript

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Identifier: W-0120
Overview Unbound typescript of China Marine, written by Eugene Bondurant Sledge. The manuscript is 107 pages long and contains typed publisher's notations about formatting.
Dates: 2002
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Emmett A. Parrish Photographic Album of Panama and Native Populations in World War II

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Identifier: 2020-008
Overview One photographic album containing 137 black-and-white photographs depicting Emmett A. Parrish's life in Panama working as military radar technician.
Dates: 1943 - 1944
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Redden-Lancaster Families World War II Letters

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Identifier: MSS-4163
Overview Letters from Lloyd D. (Don) and Sergeant Glen C. Redden, and Robert Lancaster to the Redden's sister and brother-in-law and Lancaster's brother and sister-in-law, Barbara and James Lancaster. The letters illustrate the similar and differing experiences the men had during the war and depict a soldier's life from basic training to deployment.
Dates: 1941 - 1945
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Wade Hall World War Il Photographs

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Identifier: 2009-189
Overview This collection consists of photographs depicting scenes from World War II, portraits of the soldiers, and scenes with their families.
Dates: 1939 - 1960
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Schaudies-Banks-Ragland Photographs

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Identifier: 2014-021
Scope and Contents Thirty seven framed photographs of African Americans in military uniforms, Border War, WWI, and WWII including portraits of Duncan Fields and Rubin Fields; portraits of women and families; large plaque with two photos of military men (Willie L. E. Means and James E. Means, date of their enlistment in the army).
Dates: 1898 - 1959
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Wade Hall Collection of World War II Materials

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Identifier: MSS-4253
Overview Letters and documents to and from World War II soldiers and their families
Dates: 1940 - 1950
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Ralph Hammond Papers

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Identifier: MSS-0614
Abstract Ralph Hammond was the author of numerous books, press secretary to Alabama governor James ("Big Jim") Folsom, and poet laureate of Alabama from 1992 to 1995. This collection contains clippings, correspondence, legislative documents, recordings, photographs, negatives, poetry, memorabilia, and other items related to his activities, including a large number of materials about the Folsom administration and about antebellum mansions in Alabama.
Dates: 1815-2008
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

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