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Stanley J. Folmsbee Letters
Collection
Identifier: MS-0406
Abstract
These five letters were written to Dr. Stanley Folmsbee between 1942 and 1945. In 1942, Ed Glass discusses the USAF, some of his predictions for the war, and his work with the Office of Price Administration. In 1944, Theron Alexander writes two letters, one thanking Folmsbee for using his thesis (written at the University of Tennessee in 1939) and one describing his life in New Guinea. In 1945, Herbert B. Butcher writes two letters from the Philippines about his hopes for teaching at the...
Dates:
1942 December 27-1945 October 5
“Stateside: A Time Capsule from World War II” by Robert Bracken
Collection
Identifier: CSWS-0263
Overview
This collection is a typewritten memoir by Robert Bracken detailing his experiences serving stateside with the Third Service Command during World War II. The memoir is 95 pages and though it was printed and completed in 1991, the text is based off of Bracken’s original manuscript written just after the war in 1946.
Dates:
1991
Third Army Photographs
Collection
Identifier: MS-0762
Abstract
This collection includes photographs of the Third Army (U.S. Army) in Tennessee. Towns depicted include Shelbyville and Haley, Bedford County, Tenn. The photographs are of maneuvers, soldiers, and the Army’s camp, dated 1941.
Dates:
1941
William Hunt Scrapbooks and Other Materials
Collection
Identifier: MS-3455
Abstract
This collection consists primarily of two scrapbooks documenting William H. Hunt's service in the Army Corps of Engineers between 1942 and 1946. The larger scrapbook contains three professional portraits of Hunt in uniform, snapshots, magazine and newspaper clippings dating from 1945 and 1984, a telegraph that Hunt sent to his parents, a copy of a letter of commendation, and a propaganda leaflet that the Japanese dropped while he as stationed on Leyte. Two photographs of Hunt at a military...
Dates:
1942-2008 (Bulk 1942-1946)
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 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 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
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- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American. 18
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- United States. 13
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Europe. 9
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area. 6
- United States. Army. 4
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Africa, North. 4
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy. 4
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Tennessee. 4
- Soldiers -- Tennessee -- Correspondence. 3
- United States. Army Air Forces. 3
- United States. Navy. 3
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care. 3
- Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945. 2
- Humboldt (Tenn.) -- History. 2
- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Participation, American. 2
- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Personal narratives, American. 2
- Parachute troops -- United States. 2
- United States. Air Force -- History. 2
- United States. Army. Division, 80th. 2
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville -- History. 2
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville. 2
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Europe. 2
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female. 2
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Tennessee. 2
- Anzio Beachhead, 1944. 1
- Bedford County (Tenn.) -- History. 1
- Cerignola (Italy). 1
- College presidents -- Tennessee. 1
- Corinth (Miss.) -- History. 1
- Democracy. 1
- Education -- Tennessee -- History. 1
- Fort Jackson (S.C.) -- History -- 20th century. 1
- France -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. 1
- Göppingen (Germany) -- History. 1
- Graduation (School). 1
- Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 1918-1945. 1
- Henry County (Tenn.) -- History. 1
- Holocaust memorials -- Germany. 1
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Germany. 1
- Knoxville (Tenn.) 1
- Knoxville (Tenn.) -- History. 1
- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Medical care. 1
- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Veterans -- Tennessee. 1
- Korean War, 1950-1953. 1
- Lawyers -- Tennessee. 1
- Leyte Gulf, Battle of, Philippines, 1944. 1
- Liberty ships. 1
- Louisiana -- History. 1
- Medford (Mass.) -- History. 1
- Military training camps -- Tennessee. 1
- Operation Torch, 1942. 1
- Oral history -- United States. 1
- Paris (France) -- History -- 1940-1944. 1
- Paris (Tenn.) -- History 1
- Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941. 1
- Rationing -- United States -- History. 1
- Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Germany. 1
- Shelbyville (Tenn.) -- History. 1
- Soil surveys -- Japan. 1
- Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. 1
- United States. Army -- Airborne troops. 1
- United States. Army -- Parachute troops. 1
- United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 15th. 1
- United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 9th. 1
- United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Group (H), 455th. 1
- United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Group (Heavy), 466th. 1
- United States. Army. Airborne Division, 82nd. 1
- United States. Army. Armored Division, 10th. 1
- United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. 1
- United States. Army. Infantry Division, 30th -- History. 1
- United States. Army. Infantry Division, 78th. 1
- United States. Army. Parachute Infantry Regiment, 504th. 1
- United States. Army. Parachute Infantry Regiment, 511th. 1
- United States. Army. Women's Army Corps. 1
- United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve. 1
- Universities and colleges -- Tennessee. 1
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville -- Administration. 1
- V-mail. 1
- Veterans -- United States. 1
- Women soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence. 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American. 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France. 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Germany. 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Germany. 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Hospitals. 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Military intelligence -- United States. 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- New Caledonia. 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish. 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Pictorial works. 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, American. 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Netherlands. 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Women. 1
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