World War, 1939-1945
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: https://lccn.loc.gov/sh85148273
Found in 173 Collections and/or Records:
Equipment at a porcellanite quarry in Darwin, photo 1, 1944 April 22
Item — Box 5939: [1006235675], Folder: 6
Identifier: 2011.004.005425
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
112 photographs depicting geological reports; portraits of Walter Jones; airport and aerial views of New Guinea; boats in New Guinea; World War II; military campsite in New Guinea; construction work in New Guinea; landscape, vegetation, and huts in New Guinea; houses and headquarters in Darwin, Australia; flying boats at Port Darwin; quarry and rocks in Darwin; vegetation and landscape of Darwin, Australia; and Manton Dam and reservoir near Darwin.
Dates:
1944 April 22
Equipment at a porcellanite quarry in Darwin, photo 2, 1944 April 22
Item — Box 5939: [1006235675], Folder: 6
Identifier: 2011.004.005426
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
112 photographs depicting geological reports; portraits of Walter Jones; airport and aerial views of New Guinea; boats in New Guinea; World War II; military campsite in New Guinea; construction work in New Guinea; landscape, vegetation, and huts in New Guinea; houses and headquarters in Darwin, Australia; flying boats at Port Darwin; quarry and rocks in Darwin; vegetation and landscape of Darwin, Australia; and Manton Dam and reservoir near Darwin.
Dates:
1944 April 22
Evelyn Fleming Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2255
Overview
Personal papers of Evelyn Fleming, a New Jersey native, who served in the American Red Cross during World War II.
Dates:
1929 - 1947
Everett B. Andrews Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4170
Overview
Letters describing camp life written by Everett B. Andrews to his sister Lillian in St. Albans, Vermont, while he was stationed on the Island of Tinian in the Marianas after Allied forces captured it in 1944.
Dates:
1945
Fighting French Relief Arm band and poem
Collection
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
Flag poles and military vehicles in Germany, photo 1, 1945
Item — Box 2: [1006063503], Folder: 155
Identifier: 2008.034.000155
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists of 534 photographs from World War I, a drawing, and a short narrative.
Dates:
1945
Flag poles and military vehicles in Germany, photo 2, 1945
Item — Box 2: [1006063503], Folder: 156
Identifier: 2008.034.000156
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists of 534 photographs from World War I, a drawing, and a short narrative.
Dates:
1945
Edith Floyd Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2768
Overview
This collection contains one letter from Edith Floyd to Eloise Jackson, possibly her sister. The letter concerns Charles Floyd, Edith's husband, who is missing following the fall of the Philippines in 1942.
Dates:
1942 May 13
Flying boats in the water at Port Darwin, Australia, 1944 April 16
Item — Box 5939: [1006235675], Folder: 6
Identifier: 2011.004.005415
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
112 photographs depicting geological reports; portraits of Walter Jones; airport and aerial views of New Guinea; boats in New Guinea; World War II; military campsite in New Guinea; construction work in New Guinea; landscape, vegetation, and huts in New Guinea; houses and headquarters in Darwin, Australia; flying boats at Port Darwin; quarry and rocks in Darwin; vegetation and landscape of Darwin, Australia; and Manton Dam and reservoir near Darwin.
Dates:
1944 April 16
Frances Glisson World War II Photographs
Collection
Identifier: 2013-008
Abstract
Two photographs of Company D, 167th Infantry Regiment, Thirty-first Division at Camp Blanding, Florida, on April 24, 1941.
Dates:
1941
G.I. stories of the Ground, Air and Service Forces in the European Theater of Operations
Collection
Identifier: PM-016
Overview
A collection of pamphlet guidebooks featured on the stories and how-to's during WWII.
Dates:
1944-1945
Gordy Brule Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4166
Overview
Letters written by and to Gordon "Gordy" Brule who served in the 447th Bomb Squad World War II.
Dates:
1943 - 1949
Grant Gordon Collection
Collection
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
Grass and trees in front of the American forces headquarters, 1944 April 22
Item — Box 5939: [1006235675], Folder: 6
Identifier: 2011.004.005435
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
112 photographs depicting geological reports; portraits of Walter Jones; airport and aerial views of New Guinea; boats in New Guinea; World War II; military campsite in New Guinea; construction work in New Guinea; landscape, vegetation, and huts in New Guinea; houses and headquarters in Darwin, Australia; flying boats at Port Darwin; quarry and rocks in Darwin; vegetation and landscape of Darwin, Australia; and Manton Dam and reservoir near Darwin.
Dates:
1944 April 22
Grass and trees near the American forces headquarters, 1944 April 22
Item — Box 5939: [1006235675], Folder: 6
Identifier: 2011.004.005434
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
112 photographs depicting geological reports; portraits of Walter Jones; airport and aerial views of New Guinea; boats in New Guinea; World War II; military campsite in New Guinea; construction work in New Guinea; landscape, vegetation, and huts in New Guinea; houses and headquarters in Darwin, Australia; flying boats at Port Darwin; quarry and rocks in Darwin; vegetation and landscape of Darwin, Australia; and Manton Dam and reservoir near Darwin.
Dates:
1944 April 22
Harold Bank papers
Collection
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
Ralph Murray Havens papers
Collection
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
Head shot of Lieutenant Colonel Walter Bryan Jones, circa 1942
Item — Box 8: [1006235696], Folder: 2011.004.000817
Identifier: 2011.004.000817
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
100 photographs depicting Civilian Conservation Corps Camp; Walter Jones’s family; Jones family camping; Quad and Denny Chimes at The University of Alabama; Great Smoky Mountains at Newfound Gap; John Edward Jenkins in uniform in Panama Canal Zone; fishing in Alabama; Walter Jones at March Field; Gandrud family; Mobile Delta; boating; Camp Livingston, Louisiana; snow at Pyramid Mountain, Alaska; and New Guinea.
Dates:
circa 1942
Thomas Wade Herren Papers
Collection
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
John C. Higgins postcard
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2438
Overview
Contains one postcard from Private First Class John C. Higgins thanking the Attleboro War Chest of Attleboro, Massachusetts for a Christmas package. The date posted on the card is 28 October 1943.
Dates:
1943
Hillside of porcellanite rock in Darwin, Northern Territory, 1944 April 22
Item — Box 5939: [1006235675], Folder: 6
Identifier: 2011.004.005427
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
112 photographs depicting geological reports; portraits of Walter Jones; airport and aerial views of New Guinea; boats in New Guinea; World War II; military campsite in New Guinea; construction work in New Guinea; landscape, vegetation, and huts in New Guinea; houses and headquarters in Darwin, Australia; flying boats at Port Darwin; quarry and rocks in Darwin; vegetation and landscape of Darwin, Australia; and Manton Dam and reservoir near Darwin.
Dates:
1944 April 22
Ann Hollis letters
Collection
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
House in Darwin, Australia, 1944 April 16
Item — Box 5939: [1006235675], Folder: 6
Identifier: 2011.004.005411
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
112 photographs depicting geological reports; portraits of Walter Jones; airport and aerial views of New Guinea; boats in New Guinea; World War II; military campsite in New Guinea; construction work in New Guinea; landscape, vegetation, and huts in New Guinea; houses and headquarters in Darwin, Australia; flying boats at Port Darwin; quarry and rocks in Darwin; vegetation and landscape of Darwin, Australia; and Manton Dam and reservoir near Darwin.
Dates:
1944 April 16
Howard Watts Photographs
Collection
Identifier: 2014-009
Overview
Collection consists of thirty-nine photographs of Howard Watts with his army friends, wife and his child. Also, collection contains images of his funeral.
Dates:
1940 - 1949
James S. Zinner Memorandum
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1838
Abstract
One memorandum from James S. Zinner of the Adjutant General's Department at Bowman Field, Kentucky, containing instructions relative to the Officer's and Warrant Officer's Qualification Card, no date.
Dates:
1942 - 1945
Jeep in front of the headquarters building in Darwin, photo 1, 1944 April 16
Item — Box 5939: [1006235675], Folder: 6
Identifier: 2011.004.005413
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
112 photographs depicting geological reports; portraits of Walter Jones; airport and aerial views of New Guinea; boats in New Guinea; World War II; military campsite in New Guinea; construction work in New Guinea; landscape, vegetation, and huts in New Guinea; houses and headquarters in Darwin, Australia; flying boats at Port Darwin; quarry and rocks in Darwin; vegetation and landscape of Darwin, Australia; and Manton Dam and reservoir near Darwin.
Dates:
1944 April 16
Jeep in front of the headquarters building in Darwin, photo 2, 1944 April 16
Item — Box 5939: [1006235675], Folder: 6
Identifier: 2011.004.005414
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
112 photographs depicting geological reports; portraits of Walter Jones; airport and aerial views of New Guinea; boats in New Guinea; World War II; military campsite in New Guinea; construction work in New Guinea; landscape, vegetation, and huts in New Guinea; houses and headquarters in Darwin, Australia; flying boats at Port Darwin; quarry and rocks in Darwin; vegetation and landscape of Darwin, Australia; and Manton Dam and reservoir near Darwin.
Dates:
1944 April 16
John Edward Jenkins in uniform in Panama Canal Zone, photo 1, 1939
Item — Box 8: [1006235696], Folder: 2011.004.000733
Identifier: 2011.004.000733
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
100 photographs depicting Civilian Conservation Corps Camp; Walter Jones’s family; Jones family camping; Quad and Denny Chimes at The University of Alabama; Great Smoky Mountains at Newfound Gap; John Edward Jenkins in uniform in Panama Canal Zone; fishing in Alabama; Walter Jones at March Field; Gandrud family; Mobile Delta; boating; Camp Livingston, Louisiana; snow at Pyramid Mountain, Alaska; and New Guinea.
Dates:
1939
John Edward Jenkins in uniform in Panama Canal Zone, photo 2, 1939
Item — Box 8: [1006235696], Folder: 2011.004.000734
Identifier: 2011.004.000734
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
100 photographs depicting Civilian Conservation Corps Camp; Walter Jones’s family; Jones family camping; Quad and Denny Chimes at The University of Alabama; Great Smoky Mountains at Newfound Gap; John Edward Jenkins in uniform in Panama Canal Zone; fishing in Alabama; Walter Jones at March Field; Gandrud family; Mobile Delta; boating; Camp Livingston, Louisiana; snow at Pyramid Mountain, Alaska; and New Guinea.
Dates:
1939
John J. Sparkman Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1319
Overview
Democratic congressman John J. Sparkman (1899-1985) represented the state of Alabama in the House of Representatives from 1937-1946 and in the Senate from 1946-January 3, 1979. He was known for his support of the Tennessee Valley Authority, military personnel, and space exploration, and served on the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, the Small Business Committee, and the Banking Committee. Materials in this collection include correspondence, legislation, newsletters, press releases,...
Dates:
1917-2001, bulk 1937-1978
John R. Hodge Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0685
Abstract
Paper titled "An Editor Spends a Day with the Army,” [presented to the?] American Society of Newspaper Editors, April 13, 1942. Includes annotated photographs of editors visiting Governors Island, New York, HQ of Eastern Defense Command and First Army and photographs of defense drills somewhere on the East Coast.
Dates:
1942
Robert Johnson papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2284
Overview
Materials related to naval history, including manuscripts, research notes, and photographs
Dates:
circa 1950-2008
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
Margaret Kennedy letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2769
Overview
This collection contains letters to Margaret Kennedy from two airmen, Homer Hendon and Harold Wallace. The letters discuss life in military service at Maxwell airfield in Alabama.
Dates:
1944 June-August
Leslie Porch Kerlin Photographs
Collection
Identifier: WP-005
Overview
Approximately 2,500 black-and-white photographs taken by Leslie Porch Kerlin in Alabama and the Southeast United States, depicting well-known landmarks and natural settings.
Dates:
1915 - 1974
Lieutenant Colonel Walter B. Jones and Colonel E. S. Bres, 1944 April 26
Item — Box 5939: [1006235675], Folder: 7
Identifier: 2011.004.005457
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
112 photographs depicting geological reports; portraits of Walter Jones; airport and aerial views of New Guinea; boats in New Guinea; World War II; military campsite in New Guinea; construction work in New Guinea; landscape, vegetation, and huts in New Guinea; houses and headquarters in Darwin, Australia; flying boats at Port Darwin; quarry and rocks in Darwin; vegetation and landscape of Darwin, Australia; and Manton Dam and reservoir near Darwin.
Dates:
1944 April 26
Lieutenant Colonel Walter B. Jones in uniform outside a building, circa 1942
Item — Box 8: [1006235696], Folder: 2011.004.000834
Identifier: 2011.004.000834
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
100 photographs depicting Civilian Conservation Corps Camp; Walter Jones’s family; Jones family camping; Quad and Denny Chimes at The University of Alabama; Great Smoky Mountains at Newfound Gap; John Edward Jenkins in uniform in Panama Canal Zone; fishing in Alabama; Walter Jones at March Field; Gandrud family; Mobile Delta; boating; Camp Livingston, Louisiana; snow at Pyramid Mountain, Alaska; and New Guinea.
Dates:
circa 1942
Lieutenant Colonel Walter B. Jones wearing a garrison cap, photo 1, circa 1942
Item — Box 8: [1006235696], Folder: 2011.004.000818
Identifier: 2011.004.000818
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
100 photographs depicting Civilian Conservation Corps Camp; Walter Jones’s family; Jones family camping; Quad and Denny Chimes at The University of Alabama; Great Smoky Mountains at Newfound Gap; John Edward Jenkins in uniform in Panama Canal Zone; fishing in Alabama; Walter Jones at March Field; Gandrud family; Mobile Delta; boating; Camp Livingston, Louisiana; snow at Pyramid Mountain, Alaska; and New Guinea.
Dates:
circa 1942
Lieutenant Colonel Walter B. Jones wearing a garrison cap, photo 2, circa 1942
Item — Box 8: [1006235696], Folder: 2011.004.000819
Identifier: 2011.004.000819
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
100 photographs depicting Civilian Conservation Corps Camp; Walter Jones’s family; Jones family camping; Quad and Denny Chimes at The University of Alabama; Great Smoky Mountains at Newfound Gap; John Edward Jenkins in uniform in Panama Canal Zone; fishing in Alabama; Walter Jones at March Field; Gandrud family; Mobile Delta; boating; Camp Livingston, Louisiana; snow at Pyramid Mountain, Alaska; and New Guinea.
Dates:
circa 1942
Lieutenant Colonel Walter B. Jones wearing a garrison cap, photo 3, circa 1942
Item — Box 8: [1006235696], Folder: 2011.004.000831
Identifier: 2011.004.000831
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
100 photographs depicting Civilian Conservation Corps Camp; Walter Jones’s family; Jones family camping; Quad and Denny Chimes at The University of Alabama; Great Smoky Mountains at Newfound Gap; John Edward Jenkins in uniform in Panama Canal Zone; fishing in Alabama; Walter Jones at March Field; Gandrud family; Mobile Delta; boating; Camp Livingston, Louisiana; snow at Pyramid Mountain, Alaska; and New Guinea.
Dates:
circa 1942
Lieutenant Colonel Walter B. Jones with nameplate, photo 1, circa 1942
Item — Box 8: [1006235696], Folder: 2011.004.000827
Identifier: 2011.004.000827
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
100 photographs depicting Civilian Conservation Corps Camp; Walter Jones’s family; Jones family camping; Quad and Denny Chimes at The University of Alabama; Great Smoky Mountains at Newfound Gap; John Edward Jenkins in uniform in Panama Canal Zone; fishing in Alabama; Walter Jones at March Field; Gandrud family; Mobile Delta; boating; Camp Livingston, Louisiana; snow at Pyramid Mountain, Alaska; and New Guinea.
Dates:
circa 1942
Lieutenant Colonel Walter B. Jones with nameplate, photo 2, circa 1942
Item — Box 8: [1006235696], Folder: 2011.004.000828
Identifier: 2011.004.000828
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
100 photographs depicting Civilian Conservation Corps Camp; Walter Jones’s family; Jones family camping; Quad and Denny Chimes at The University of Alabama; Great Smoky Mountains at Newfound Gap; John Edward Jenkins in uniform in Panama Canal Zone; fishing in Alabama; Walter Jones at March Field; Gandrud family; Mobile Delta; boating; Camp Livingston, Louisiana; snow at Pyramid Mountain, Alaska; and New Guinea.
Dates:
circa 1942
Lieutenant W. A. Melville Photographs
Collection
Identifier: 2009-190
Overview
This collection consists of twenty-one photographs depicting Lieutenant W. A. Melville, United States Navy Aviation, during World War II and after the war.
Dates:
1940 - 1949
Lister Hill papers
Collection
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
John Kerr Little papers
Collection
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
Living and dinning area of the commandant's residence in Darwin, 1944 April 26
Item — Box 5939: [1006235675], Folder: 7
Identifier: 2011.004.005455
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
112 photographs depicting geological reports; portraits of Walter Jones; airport and aerial views of New Guinea; boats in New Guinea; World War II; military campsite in New Guinea; construction work in New Guinea; landscape, vegetation, and huts in New Guinea; houses and headquarters in Darwin, Australia; flying boats at Port Darwin; quarry and rocks in Darwin; vegetation and landscape of Darwin, Australia; and Manton Dam and reservoir near Darwin.
Dates:
1944 April 26
Loren Thorla and Chadderton by German jet planes, 1945
Item — Box 2: [1006063503], Folder: 157
Identifier: 2008.034.000157
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists of 534 photographs from World War I, a drawing, and a short narrative.
Dates:
1945
Loren Thorla in uniform in Germany during World War II, 1945
Item — Box 2: [1006063503], Folder: 153
Identifier: 2008.034.000153
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists of 534 photographs from World War I, a drawing, and a short narrative.
Dates:
1945
Man in military uniform and a native boy in a New Guinea village, circa 1942
Item — Box 8: [1006235696], Folder: 2011.004.000806
Identifier: 2011.004.000806
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
100 photographs depicting Civilian Conservation Corps Camp; Walter Jones’s family; Jones family camping; Quad and Denny Chimes at The University of Alabama; Great Smoky Mountains at Newfound Gap; John Edward Jenkins in uniform in Panama Canal Zone; fishing in Alabama; Walter Jones at March Field; Gandrud family; Mobile Delta; boating; Camp Livingston, Louisiana; snow at Pyramid Mountain, Alaska; and New Guinea.
Dates:
circa 1942