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Myer L. Feldman Letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3687

Overview Letters from Myer L. Feldman to his wife, Ida, and baby daughter, Sally Ann, while he was in the United States Navy, stationed at the Sampson Naval Training Base near Seneca, New York, and aboard the USS LSM(R)-197 amphibious ship.

Dates: 1944-1945

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Autograph Albums and Diaries

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3686

Overview Autograph albums and diaries from the 19th and 20th centuries.

Dates: 1876-1987

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Paul Ohlms collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3190

Overview One photo album, Navy yearbook, postcard, newspaper, two magazines, and several documents belonging to Paul Ohlms, a machinist in the US Navy from Newark, New Jersey.

Dates: 1942-1945

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Oliver Jack Kaneft Letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0795

Abstract A collection letters from O. Jack Kaneft to his girlfriend, Teddy Love, who later became his wife. Many of the letters were written while Kaneft was a flight instructor for WWII fighter pilots at the Alabama Institute of Aeronautics in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Dates: 1940 - 1943; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1943

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Private James Proctor Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 2014-010

Overview The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Collection consists of forty photographs of Private James Proctor during his service in the army: Yokohama base in Japan, Germany, and United States bases.

Dates: 1930 - 1960

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Redden-Lancaster Families World War II Letters

Collection

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

Roger Hertz Letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4167

Overview Almost daily letters written by Hertz and his family between 1944 and 1946 while he was serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II.

Dates: 1944 - 1946

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Schaudies-Banks-Ragland Photographs

Collection

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

Dodd Sellers Papers and Militaria

Collection

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

Shannon Family Correspondence

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3296

Overview This collection contains one letter written by Howard P. Ruff to Reverend Robert A. (R. A.) Shannon and one letter written from John (J. C.) to his aunt, Leone Shannon, wife of R.A. Shannon.

Dates: 1945

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Robert Smith Papers

Collection

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

Stone and Franklin Families Ration Books

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1787

Abstract World War Two ration books of these Tuscaloosa, Alabama, families

Dates: 1942 - 1944

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Roy and Sara Swindell Letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2926

Overview Letters from Roy Swindell and Sara Swindell to their family, who lived in Chattanooga, and later Nashville, Tennessee. The letters discuss missing home, traveling for work, and Bible verses. One letter is from Sara to their son James, an officer in the armed services during World War II.

Dates: 1918-1935

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Daniel Swist scrapbook

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2772

Overview This collection consists of a scrapbook created by Daniel J. Swist, an alumnus of the University of Alabama. The scrapbook covers the years 1937-1943 and contains many annotated photographs of friends and colleagues of Daniel Swist.

Dates: 1937-1943

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Frank Marion Taylor papers

Collection

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

Eva T. Tinnesz Papers

Collection

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

Russell F. Trask letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1993

Abstract Letters written mainly to Russell F. Trask, E.M. 1/c aboard the U.S.S. Apollo (A.S. 25) by his wife, LeElda “Lee” Trask of Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin. Some of the letters are written to Trask by his mother and other family member. Twenty-eight of the letters are written to Lee by Trask.

Dates: 1945

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

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

Collection

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

"Victory Varieties" concert program

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1756

Abstract Program for a variety show directed by Alexander Maissel and presented at Ft. Custer, Michigan, on 20 July 1943.

Dates: 1943 July 20

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Wade Hall Battle of Guadalcanal Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 2014-027

Abstract This collection depicts Battle of Guadalcanal during the World War II.

Dates: 1942 - 1943-01-01

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Wade Hall Collection of World War II Materials

Collection

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

Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection

Collection — Box: 2009001.030

Identifier: 2009-136

Overview This collection consists of four photographs depicting people in World War II uniforms.

Dates: 1944 - 1946

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Wade Hall World War Il Photographs

Collection

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

Walter Bryan Jones photographs

Collection

Identifier: 2011-004

Overview Includes personal and family photographs, as well as photographs taken in association with Jones' professional endeavors as state geologist of Alabama and during his military service in World War I and World War II.

Dates: 1915 - 1950; 1890 - 1973

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Ethel Gardiner Wiggins V-mail and Letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4123

Overview V-mail and letters to a World War II soldier from his wife back home in Florence, Alabama.

Dates: 1941-1944

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Ada Wilkins papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2447

Overview Contains one letter from Mrs. Ada Wilkins of Zanesville, Ohio, on 15 March 1945 to her son, Talen D. Wilkins, who was a prisoner of war at a stalag in Germany. There is also a telegram from the Secretary of War informing her that he was missing in action in the Northern African area on March 27 (no year given).

Dates: 1945 March 15

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

William A. Lyle Letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4164

Overview Letters written by William A. Lyle from 1943 to 1946, primarily to his mother in New York City, while he was serving in the United States Naval Reserves at the U.S. Naval bases in Maryland, California, and Hawaii, during World War II.

Dates: 1943 - 1945

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

William B. Shirdan papers

Collection

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

William S. Teeter Photographs

Collection

Identifier: 2009-191

Overview This collection consists of 126 photographs depicting Lieutenant William S. Teeter during his service during the World War II.

Dates: 1943 - 1945

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Willie T. White papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1548

Abstract Contains correspondence, photographs, financial records, and other materials, the majority of which are related to Willie T. White, who resided in Rockford, Birmingham, and Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Dates: 1860-1970

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

World War I and World War II Photographic Albums

Collection

Identifier: 2017-001

Overview This collection consists of nine photogrpahic albums from World War I and World War II.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1912 - 1947

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

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

Collection

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

World War II letters collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3688

Overview Collection of letters to and from service men and women during World War II.

Dates: 1940-1945

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

World War II Photograph Album

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4091

Overview Photograph album containing mainly 2.5" x 2.5" snapshots of an unidentified African American soldier during the 1940s

Dates: between 1941 and 1950

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

World War II Posters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4220

Overview Examples of World War II posters

Dates: 1939-1942

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

World War II Scrapbook--CLOSED FOR PROJECT

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2561

Overview A scrapbook of newspaper and magazine clippings covering World War II. Newspapers include the Dothan Eagle, the Montgomery Advertiser, the Birmingham News, the Alabama Journal, and the New York Times; the magazines include Life, ...

Dates: 1940-1985

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

George Russel and Elsie Margret Young ration books

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3492

Scope and Contents George Russel and Elsie Margret Young's ration books that were used during World War II. These particular ration books were from 1942 and were from Indiana.

Dates: 1942

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

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