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:
Manton Dam near Darwin, 1944 April 25
Item — Box 5939: [1006235675], Folder: 7
Identifier: 2011.004.005447
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 25
Manton River reservoir near Darwin, photo 1, 1944 April 25
Item — Box 5939: [1006235675], Folder: 7
Identifier: 2011.004.005448
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 25
Manton River reservoir near Darwin, photo 2, 1944 April 25
Item — Box 5939: [1006235675], Folder: 7
Identifier: 2011.004.005449
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 25
Men staking off hospital site in Darwin, 1944 April 24
Item — Box 5939: [1006235675], Folder: 7
Identifier: 2011.004.005445
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 24
Men working at a water point near Darwin, 1944 April 22
Item — Box 5939: [1006235675], Folder: 6
Identifier: 2011.004.005430
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
Men working on the foundation for a hospital in Darwin, 1944 April 24
Item — Box 5939: [1006235675], Folder: 7
Identifier: 2011.004.005444
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 24
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
National guardsmen casting nets into the water in Alaska, 1943 October 3
Item — Box 10: [1006241594], Folder: 2011.004.001042
Identifier: 2011.004.001042
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
100 photographs depicting the Jones and Phelps families; Camp A-Z in the Mobile Delta; fishing in Grand Bay, Alabama; cave near Elko, Madison County, Alabama; and Jones family at the Cedars Farm in Huntsville, Alabama.
Dates:
1943 October 3
National guardsmen on a boat with Alaskan crabs, 1943 October 3
Item — Box 10: [1006241594], Folder: 2011.004.001043
Identifier: 2011.004.001043
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
100 photographs depicting the Jones and Phelps families; Camp A-Z in the Mobile Delta; fishing in Grand Bay, Alabama; cave near Elko, Madison County, Alabama; and Jones family at the Cedars Farm in Huntsville, Alabama.
Dates:
1943 October 3
Newspaper, Chicago Daily Tribune, March 8, 1945, March 8, 1945
File — Box 2903: [1005585033], Folder: 2
Scope and Contents note
This newspaper is the front portion of the Chicago Daily Tribune, from Tuesday, May 8, 1945. There is a “V. E. Day – Today” headline at the top of the paper.
Dates:
March 8, 1945
Nils and Flora Olson Letters - Letters from Annette Johnson, 1943, 1942-1995
File — Box 4257.011: [1006214236], Folder: 37
Scope and Contents
Letters to Nils and Flora Olson of Rockford, Illinois, from Annette Johnson, Peterson's fiancée in Chicago, Illinois. The letters are newsy and focus mainly on friends and family matters.
Dates:
1942-1995
Nils and Flora Olson Letters - Letters from R. F. Atkins, 1942-1943, 1942-1995
File — Box 4257.011: [1006214236], Folder: 33
Scope and Contents
Letters to Nils and Flora Olson of Rockford, Illinois, from Robert Atkins who served in the Army Air Corps and spent time in England. His letters are newsy and focus mainly on friends and family matters.
Dates:
1942-1995
Nils and Flora Olson Letters - Letters from R. H. Peterson, 1942-1943, 1942-1995
File — Box 4257.011: [1006214236], Folder: 35
Scope and Contents
Letters to Nils and Flora Olson of Rockford, Illinois, from R. H. "Dick" Peterson, who served in the Army also and was stationed in Aftrica and Italy. His letters are newsy and focus mainly on friends and family matters.
Dates:
1942-1995
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
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
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
Palm trees by the Adelaide River, 1944 April 19
Item — Box 5939: [1006235675], Folder: 6
Identifier: 2011.004.005418
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 19
Photographs, 1940
Series — Box 1: Series 2013.010 [1006241595]
Identifier: 2013.010
Scope and Contents note
This photographic collection consists of six photographs depicting Dewey Stewart, his wife and his mother, right before Dewey went to war.
Dates:
1940
Portrait of a man in uniform during World War II, circa 1943
Item — Box 28: [1006235698], Folder: 2011.004.002853
Identifier: 2011.004.002853
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
100 photographs depicting farm fields; construction site; men working with farm equipment and other machinery; geological map of Lake Guntersville, Alabama, area; map of soy bean storage in Guntersville, Alabama; drill tower; Walter Jones; University of Alabama football game; hunting; and Walter Jones’s pipe collection.
Dates:
circa 1943
Portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Walter B. Jones, photo 6, circa 1942
Item — Box 8: [1006235696], Folder: 2011.004.000825
Identifier: 2011.004.000825
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
Portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Walter B. Jones, photo 7, circa 1942
Item — Box 8: [1006235696], Folder: 2011.004.000826
Identifier: 2011.004.000826
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
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
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
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
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
Seaplane base and boat anchorage in Darwin Bay, 1944 April 26
Item — Box 5939: [1006235675], Folder: 7
Identifier: 2011.004.005452
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
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
Several vehicles at the American forces headquarters in Darwin, 1944 April 26
Item — Box 5939: [1006235675], Folder: 7
Identifier: 2011.004.005454
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
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
Silhouette of a man in uniform during World War II, circa 1943
Item — Box 28: [1006235698], Folder: 2011.004.002854
Identifier: 2011.004.002854
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
100 photographs depicting farm fields; construction site; men working with farm equipment and other machinery; geological map of Lake Guntersville, Alabama, area; map of soy bean storage in Guntersville, Alabama; drill tower; Walter Jones; University of Alabama football game; hunting; and Walter Jones’s pipe collection.
Dates:
circa 1943
Slates and schists near Stapleton, Northern Territory, photo 1, 1944 April 19
Item — Box 5939: [1006235675], Folder: 6
Identifier: 2011.004.005420
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 19
Slates and schists near Stapleton, Northern Territory, photo 2, 1944 Apr 19
Item — Box 5939: [1006235675], Folder: 6
Identifier: 2011.004.005421
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 Apr 19
Stapleton railway bridge over the Adelaide River, 1944 April 19
Item — Box 5939: [1006235675], Folder: 6
Identifier: 2011.004.005417
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 19
Stone and Franklin Families Ration Books
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1787
Abstract
World War Two ration books of these Tuscaloosa, Alabama, families
Dates:
1942 - 1944
Swamp near Howard Springs River in Northern Territory, 1944 April 20
Item — Box 5939: [1006235675], Folder: 6
Identifier: 2011.004.005424
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 20
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
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
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
Theater under construction near the water in Darwin, 1944 April 26
Item — Box 5939: [1006235675], Folder: 7
Identifier: 2011.004.005450
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
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
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
Truck and flagpole at American headquarters in Darwin, 1944 April 20
Item — Box 5939: [1006235675], Folder: 6
Identifier: 2011.004.005423
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 20
Two men standing by a lake in New Guinea, circa 1942
Item — Box 8: [1006235696], Folder: 2011.004.000816
Identifier: 2011.004.000816
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
Typical vegetation in Darwin, Northern Territory, 1944 April 24
Item — Box 5939: [1006235675], Folder: 6
Identifier: 2011.004.005440
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 24
Unit Journal, the 3rd Battalion, 167th Infantry, 31st Infantry Division, July 15, 1944 - October 10, 1945, July 15, 1944 - October 10, 1945
File — Box 2903: [1005585033], Folder: 1
Scope and Contents note
Sgt. Harold L. Bank kept this unit journal from July 15, 1944, until October 10, 1945, from Mindanao, Philippine Islands. It is the Battalion log of the 3rd Battalion, 167th Infantry, 31st Infantry Division. The division was located in the vicinity of Mafin Bay, Dutch New Guinea, along the southeast bank of the Worske River, and then moved to Morotai Island. On December 25, 1944, the 2nd Lieutenant of the 167th Infantry, James D. Spencer, has written an additional note concerning a night...
Dates:
July 15, 1944 - October 10, 1945
U.S. military men and Miss Roloff wearing skis in Alaska, 1943 May
Item — Box 10: [1006241594], Folder: 2011.004.001032
Identifier: 2011.004.001032
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
100 photographs depicting the Jones and Phelps families; Camp A-Z in the Mobile Delta; fishing in Grand Bay, Alabama; cave near Elko, Madison County, Alabama; and Jones family at the Cedars Farm in Huntsville, Alabama.
Dates:
1943 May
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
"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
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
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