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Wilson-Wade Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0741
Abstract This collection houses the military memoirs of five members of the Wilson-Wade family. Clyde Leroy Roy Wade served in the U. S. Air Force with the 334th Troop Carrier Squadron during World War II, participated in the Berlin Airlift, and returned to active duty during the Korean and Vietnam wars. He was also active in the U. S. Air Defense System and in the TEAPOT atomic tests. Hubert Neville Wilson served on the USS Providence during World War II and his wife, Dewilda Helen (Meyer) Wilson...
Dates: 1947-1991

Windrock Coal & Coke Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1612
Abstract

This collection consists of a ledger book from the Windrock Coal & Coke Company, dated 1914 to 1919, as well as several checks made out to individuals from the company between June and August 1919.

Dates: 1914-1919

Winfield B. Hale Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0521
Abstract

This collection houses documents that Winfield B. Hale accumulated during his service as a judge at the High Command Trial held in Nuremberg, Germany between 1947 and 1948. Although the majority of the material documents the High Command Case, all of the cases except the Major War Criminals Case are represented.

Dates: circa 1946-1948

Winfield Dunn Autobiography Manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: MS-3213
Abstract

This manuscript describes the political life of former Governor of Tennessee Winfield C. Dunn. The bulk of the text deals with the 1970 Republican Gubernatorial Primary and the subsequent Gubernatorial race in the State of Tennessee.

Dates: undated

Winston Churchill Letter

 Collection
Identifier: AR-0113
Abstract

In this February 6, 1946 letter, Winston Churchill declines James D. Hoskins' offer to speak at the University of Tennessee during his stay in Havana.

Dates: 1946 February 6

Winston Folk Full Many A Name Summary

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Identifier: MS-1740
Abstract

This collection consists of the original dust-cover draft of Winston Folk's summary of the book Full Many A Name (1961) by Mabel Goode Frantz which appeared on the publication.

Dates: circa 1961

Wirt Howe Autobiography

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1812
Abstract

This collection consists of four typed volumes of Wirt Howe's autobiography.

Dates: circa 1940

"With the Tennessee Valley Authority"

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1256
Abstract

This collection includes pages from Knoxville Labor News featuring the "With the Tennessee Valley Authority" article during 1936 and 1937. Also included is one copy of the April 23, 1936 issue of the Norris News.

Dates: 1936-1937

Wolf Creek Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-3858
Abstract

This collection documents the Allen family and, to a lesser degree, the Peck family of Wolf Creek, Cocke County, Tennessee. Materials consist primarily of correspondence in the form of personal letters, envelopes, telegraphs, and postcards. In addition, there are wills, legal and business papers, newspaper clippings, photocopies, photographs, negatives, a glass negative, a book, an herb/wildflower journal, several periodicals, land deeds, and surveys.

Dates: 1810-2012; Majority of material found within 1880 - 1912

Wooden Great Seal of the State of Tennessee

 Collection
Identifier: MS-3934
Overview

Collection contains a single wooden Tennessee state seal. The item measures approximately 16.5 inches in diameter, and is backed by a square wood piece. The date of creation and locations of where it may have been hung are unknown.

Dates: undated

Woods and Taylor Invoices

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0235
Abstract

This collection includes receipts of payment for the Woods and Taylor clothing store of Knoxville, Tennessee, from various manufacturers in the area from July 9 to September 11, 1902.

Dates: 1902 July 9-September 11

Woodson P. White Document

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2865
Abstract

This document, dated September 8, 1817, written by Woodson P. White, is a survey of land in White County, Tenn. for Thomas Hopkins.

Dates: 1817 September 8

Workers Petition to Andrew Jackson

 Collection
Identifier: MS-3333
Abstract Five workers in the federal navy yard in Philadelphia wrote this petition to Andrew Jackson to ask that their work day be limited to ten hours. Addressed to Jackson at the Hermitage in Tennessee, the letter recounts the workers' frustrations and appeals to Jackson’s concern for his place in history. Two days after the date of the petition's postmark, Jackson ordered ten-hour days to be granted in the Philadelphia shipyard as of September 3rd. The petition is signed by John Crossin, Wm....
Dates: 1836 August 29

World War I and World War II Posters

 Collection
Identifier: MS-3654
Abstract

This collection consists of twenty-two posters and one panoramic photograph from World War I. The collection also houses five posters from World War II depicting Norman Rockwell's Four Freedoms.

Dates: 1918 August 21-1943, undated

"World War I and World War II Veterans of the United States of America Armed Forces from Van Buren County, Tennessee"

 Collection
Identifier: CSWS-0360
Overview

This collection contains one copy of the publication "World War I and World War II Veterans of the United States of America Armed Forces from Van Buren County, Tennessee." Compiled by Landon D. Medley and Tony Bayless, this publication is approximately 88 pages and includes a photo and basic biographical information for individuals from Van Buren County who served in WWI or WWII.

Dates: circa 1990

World War I Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1498
Abstract

This collection contains nine photograph postcards featuring soldiers in World War I. The postcards are unlabeled and undated. Seven of the photographs are studio portraits. All of the photographs feature either one or two individuals.

Dates: circa 1914-1918

World War II Bombing Missions in Japan

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Identifier: MS-2558
Abstract

This report, 16 pages in length, describes in technical detail the enterprise of 15 bombing missions carried out by the 315th Bombardment Wing of the U. S. Air Force against Japan's oil refineries in June 1945.

Dates: undated

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

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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

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World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- United States. 328
Universities and colleges -- Tennessee. 294
Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. 293
University of Tennessee, Knoxville. 268
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. 247
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American. 126
Knoxville (Tenn.) -- History. 120
United States. Army. 102
World War, 1939-1945. 102
Education, Higher -- Tennessee. 88
World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Tennessee. 83
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Europe. 82
Tennessee -- History. 77
University of Tennessee, Knoxville -- History. 76
United States. Navy. 66
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. 58
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area. 57
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Correspondence. 56
Radiation -- Research. 52
Correspondence. 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
Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. 40
Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.). 39
Nashville (Tenn.) -- History. 39
World War, 1939-1945 -- Correspondence. 37
Slavery -- Tennessee 35
United States. Army Air Forces. 34
Account books -- Tennessee. 33
Soldiers -- Tennessee -- Correspondence. 33
Tennessee -- Commerce. 33
Tennessee -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950. 31
Davidson County (Tenn.) -- History. 30
World War, 1939-1945 -- Europe. 30
Authors, American -- 20th century. 29
Tennessee -- Politics and government. 29
Motion pictures -- United States. 27
United States. Air Force. 27
Photographs. 26
County courts -- Tennessee. 24
Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.) -- Pictorial works. 24
Tennessee -- Politics and government -- To 1865. 24
Tennessee, East -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. 24
University of Tennessee, Knoxville -- Alumni and alumnae. 24
Tennessee -- Genealogy. 23
Tennessee -- Religion. 23
World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care. 23
Account books. 22
Knox County (Tenn.) -- History. 22
United States. Marine Corps. 22
University of Tennessee, Knoxville -- Administration. 22
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.). 21
Knoxville (Tenn.) 21
Land tenure -- Tennessee. 21
Lawyers -- Tennessee. 21
Memphis (Tenn.) -- History. 21
Education -- Tennessee. 20
Legal documents -- United States. 20
Tennessee Volunteers (Football team). 20
Broadsides 19
Knoxville (Tenn.) -- Commerce. 19
Legal documents -- Tennessee. 19
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- United States. 19
Land grants -- Tennessee. 18
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France. 18
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy. 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
Authors, American -- Southern States. 16
Railroads -- Tennessee. 16
Screenplays 16
Tennessee -- Pictorial works. 16
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783. 16
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American. 16
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Africa, North. 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
United States. Army. Air Corps. 15
World War, 1939-1945 -- Periodicals. 15
World War, 1939-1945 -- Photography. 15
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, American. 15
American literature -- 20th century. 14
Medicine -- Tennessee. 14
Nashville (Tenn.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. 14
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Tennessee. 14
Tennessee, East -- History. 14
United States -- Description and travel. 14
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean. 14
World War, 1939-1945 -- Tennessee. 14
College presidents -- Tennessee. 13
Genealogy. 13
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