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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: [Barcode: 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: [Barcode: 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: [Barcode: 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: [Barcode: 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: [Barcode: 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: [Barcode: 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
Abstract

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: [Barcode: 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: [Barcode: 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: [Barcode: 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: [Barcode: 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: [Barcode: 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: [Barcode: 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
Abstract

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

Dates: 1876-1987

Paul Ohlms collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3190
Abstract

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: [Barcode: 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 [Barcode: 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: [Barcode: 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: [Barcode: 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: [Barcode: 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
Abstract

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
Abstract

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
Abstract

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: [Barcode: 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
Abstract

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: [Barcode: 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
Abstract

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: [Barcode: 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: [Barcode: 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: [Barcode: 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: [Barcode: 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: [Barcode: 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
Abstract

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
Abstract

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: [Barcode: 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
Abstract

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: [Barcode: 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: [Barcode: 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: [Barcode: 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: [Barcode: 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: [Barcode: 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
Abstract

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
Abstract

Letters and documents to and from World War II soldiers and their families

Dates: 1940 - 1950