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World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-3023
Abstract

This collection houses military newspapers, veterans' newsletters, articles, letters, and official military documents showing the life of the enlisted Army soldier serving in the Pacific theater during World War II. The 106th Infantry Regiment is particularly well represented.

Dates: 1943-1948, 1978-1992

World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2590
Abstract

This collection consists of one scholarly paper, "War Crimes at Fukuoka, 1945," (1995) (author unknown); a newspaper clipping from The Palm Beach Post, dated July 23, 1998, regarding still-living survivors of the Normandy invasion; and copies of three documents (General Orders from Patton, Presidential Citation from Eisenhower, and poem by Allan W. Possel).

Dates: 1945-1998

World War II Division Newspapers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-3344
Abstract This collection consists primarily of newspapers and brief announcements published by various American front-line units stationed in the European and Pacific Theaters during World War II. These publications relate news about the unit's movement, deployment status, military successes, and camp life in addition to recounting stories about local battles and conflicts. The vast majority of the items document the later years of the war with a particular focus on the end of the war in the Pacific...
Dates: 1941-1960

“World War II Experiences of Major Arthur C. Avery”

 Collection
Identifier: CSWS-0260
Overview

A seven-page typed memoir of Arthur C. Avery’s experiences with the 12th Armored Division during World War II. His recollections include his time training and serving overseas, particularly in France.

Dates: undated

World War II Flying Bomb Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1981
Abstract This collection houses newspaper clippings documenting the German V-1 Flying Bomb attacks on Britain in June and July of 1944. Among these materials are letters to the editor debating reprisals, short anecdotes and jokes about the bombs, and articles discussing technical, psychological, and strategic matters related to the bombings. The collection also includes an envelope for official business of the Public Relations Office of the Headquarters of the United States Strategic Air Force in...
Dates: 1944 July, undated

World War II Letters of Private Clifford Edward Keenan

 Collection
Identifier: MS-3264
Abstract

The book housed in this collection is composed of transcriptions of letters written between Private Clifford E. Keenan and his immediate family from 1942 to 1944. Editor Hugh T. Keenan (Clifford E. Keenan's younger brother) has also included a brief biographical introduction and numerous photographs of the Keenan family.

Dates: 2001

World War II Newspapers and Propaganda

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2992
Abstract

This collection contains newspaper clippings and issues of Yank Magazine.

Dates: 1943-1945

World War II Oral History Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CSWS-0056
Abstract

This collection includes recorded interviews with World War II veterans. In addition to their wartime experiences, veterans are asked about their upbringing, their lives before entering the service, and their attempts to readjust to civilian life after discharge. Information regarding theatre, branch and interviewer have been included when available. Transcripts are available for some interviews.

Dates: 1984 April 22-2011 November 22, undated

World War II Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-3154
Abstract

This collection contains English grammar books and maps of Brussels-Liege and Namur-Luxembourg distributed by the United States Army during World War II.

Dates: 1940-1944

World War II Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2990
Abstract This collection consists of a number of World War II photographs depicting such subjects as WAAF Pauline Willowby, London rubble, a London pub, the US Army landing on the Attu Islands, a Lyon prison, a Saipan navy crew, Lieutenant Colonel DeWitt of the Tennessee National Guard, destroyed planes, the Mars Task Force, a medical corpsman treating the wounded, a presentation of war bonds at Grenatu, Lieutenant Colonel Richard Gleaves in Alaska, bombs dropping from a plane, the firing line and...
Dates: circa 1942-1945

World War II Photographs in Prince Rupert

 Collection
Identifier: CSWS-0157
Abstract

This collection contains 216 photographs from World War II, many of the which are from a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers station at Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada.

Dates: 1942-1944, undated

World War II Photographs of Manila, Philippines

 Collection
Identifier: MS-3009
Abstract

This collection consists of twelve photographs taken in Manila, Philippines, during World War II. There are three separate photographs, each with duplicate copies.

Dates: circa 1939-1945

World War II Publications

 Collection
Identifier: MS-3255
Abstract This collection consists of five publications documenting the end of World War Two. There are three copies of The Stars and Stripes, a U. S. Army daily newspaper publication, covering the action in the Pacific Theater and V. E. (Victory in Europe) Day. There is one copy of the weekly magazine Yank titled 1945 Victory Edition. It covers the Surrender of Rheims, which officially ended European hostilities on May 7, 1945, in pictures and written accounts. There is one copy of an United States...
Dates: 1945 March 10-1945 May 8

World War II Scrapbook from the Caribbean

 Collection
Identifier: CSWS-0310
Overview

This collection contains a scrapbook of a World War II soldier's servicedays in the Caribbean area including Trinidad, Barbados, and Puerto Rico. The scrapbook includes approximately 200 photographs. Included are scenes of soldiers on base, their barracks, and funerals alongside images of entertainment such as night clubs, sports, and variety shows.

Dates: 1942

World War II Scrapbooks and Photograph Albums

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2898
Abstract

This collection contains six photograph albums and scrapbooks compiled by various individuals during World War II. These volumes consist of such materials as photographs, newspaper clippings, letters, cards, telegraphs, and military records documenting the U. S. war effort.

Dates: 1942-1944

World War II Soldier's Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2659
Abstract

This collection contains a World War II soldier's letter written to his mom, dated July 13, 1945. Signed W. L. B. and written from Germany, the soldier talks about his feelings about the war and the upcoming occupation.

Dates: 1945 July 13

World's Columbian Exposition Photograph

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1859
Abstract

Collection contains a single mounted photograph of the Manufacturers & Liberal Arts Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. The photo is not dated, and the photographer is unknown.

Dates: 1893

Writers in the Library Posters

 Collection
Identifier: AR-0805
Abstract

This Collection is comprised of various posters from Writers in the Library, a long-running reading series that showcases the work of novelists, poets, and other authors. The University of Tennessee Libraries and UT’s Creative Writing Program in association with the John C. Hodges Better English Fund sponsor several readings each semester in the Hodges Library auditorium.

Dates: 1990-2018

Writings of Katherine Keogh White

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0750
Abstract

This collection of writings by Katherine Keogh White includes one bound typed manuscript titled “The Battle of King’s Mountain,” a published bound book with uncut pages titled The King's Mountain Men (1924), and two pages of notes on the order of pagination of the manuscripts.

Dates: circa 1924

WUOT Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR-0799
Abstract WUOT, the University of Tennessee's public radio station, first broadcasted in 1949 from the basement of Ayres Hall. This collection includes WUOT's monthly radio program information and lineups from months between April 1986 and December 2001. In total, 125 issues of WUOT's monthly programs have been preserved in this collection. Within each program all slotted WUOT broadcasts are listed on a monthly basis, as well as advertisements for musical events in Knoxville and program related...
Dates: 1986 April-2001 December; Majority of material found within 1990 - 2001

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Universities and colleges -- Tennessee. 302
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American. 107
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United States. Navy. 60
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. 58
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Correspondence. 55
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area. 52
Correspondence. 51
Radiation -- Research. 51
Knoxville (Tenn.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. 49
University of Tennessee, Knoxville -- Faculty. 49
Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. 48
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States. 47
Authors, American -- Tennessee. 45
Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.). 40
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Nashville (Tenn.) -- History. 39
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Slavery -- Tennessee 35
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United States. Air Force. 27
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County courts -- Tennessee. 24
Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.) -- Pictorial works. 24
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United States. Marine Corps. 22
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Knoxville (Tenn.) 21
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Lawyers -- Tennessee. 21
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.). 20
Legal documents -- United States. 20
Tennessee Volunteers (Football team). 20
Broadsides 19
Education -- Tennessee. 19
Knoxville (Tenn.) -- Commerce. 19
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Land grants -- Tennessee. 18
Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.) -- History. 17
Knoxville (Tenn.) -- Pictorial works. 17
Tennessee Valley Authority -- History. 17
World War, 1914-1918 -- United States. 17
World War, 1914-1918. 17
World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care. 17
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Railroads -- Tennessee. 16
Screenplays 16
Tennessee -- Pictorial works. 16
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783. 16
Court records -- Tennessee -- Knox County. 15
Governors -- Tennessee. 15
Radiobiology. 15
Sheet music. 15
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons. 15
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France. 15
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy. 15
World War, 1939-1945 -- Periodicals. 15
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- United States. 15
American literature -- 20th century. 14
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875 14
Medicine -- Tennessee. 14
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Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Tennessee. 14
Tennessee, East -- History. 14
United States -- Description and travel. 14
United States. Army. Air Corps. 14
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Sevier County (Tenn.). 13
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