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World War, 1939-1945 -- Tennessee.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Army Specialized Training Program Records

 Collection
Identifier: AR-0738
Abstract

This collection houses student records, correspondence, course descriptions, curricula, and other materials documenting the Army Specialized Training Program at the University of Tennessee between 1943 and 1945. Each of the student records are entered on Form No. 831 and show the student's full name, army serial number, home address, date of birth, classes taken, and grades earned.

Dates: 1943-1945 January 2

Brenda Sue Hutchison Ration Book

 Collection
Identifier: CSWS-0234
Overview

This collection is a single ration book issued to Brenda Sue Hutchison on May 11, 1945 in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Dates: 1945 May 11

Camp Tyson Booklets

 Collection
Identifier: MS-3970
Overview

This collection contains two copies of a booklet about the Tennessee Barrage Training Center at Camp Tyson. The booklet includes images of the training center as well as short descriptions about the history of Camp Tyson and barrage balloons.

Dates: circa 1941

Camp Tyson Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-3090
Abstract

This collection houses papers documenting Camp Tyson, a military base located near Paris, Tennessee during World War II. It contains photographs, documents, forms, and manuals relating to camp operations.

Dates: 1941-1942

Earlene Aytes Tennessee POW Camps Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CSWS-0114
Abstract

This collection features resources about the Prisoner of War camps in Crossville and Tullahoma, Tennessee. Including personal narratives, documents, and later recounts and analyses, these materials present information and understanding of these two camps during WWII.

Dates: 1943-1946, 1981, 1992-1993, undated

Elliot Gatner Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CSWS-0303
Overview

This material documents World War II soldier Elliot Gatner's time on maneuvers in Tennessee during the summer of 1941. Included are photocopied diary excerpts from June to July 1941 while Gatner traveled through middle Tennessee in places like Bell Buckle, Haley, Shelbyville, Tullahoma, and Murfreesboro. Also included are Gatner's photographs of the maneuvers which include campsites, fellow soldiers, poker games, and more.

Dates: 1941 June-July

Forrest O. Shoup "Tennesseeans at War" Manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: CSWS-0289
Overview

This collection is a printed manuscript for “Tennesseans at War: World War II” written in November 1985 largely by Forrest Shoup. The publication was compiled as an effort by the Education Department of the Tennessee State Museum and was used in conjunction with their traveling exhibits program. As stated in the document's introduction: "Written for educators and their students, this manual will serve to acquaint readers with the contributions of the Volunteer State in World War II."

Dates: 1985 November

Jasper Blue Friday Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2790
Abstract

This collection contains some personal effects of Jasper Blue Friday of Jonesboro, Tenn. Included in the collection are orders instructing Friday to report for duty, documents pertaining to his life insurance policy, photographs, and some miscellaneous writings. Additionally, the collection contains a letter from the Veterans Administration pertaining to a disability claim for the disorder neurasthenia.

Dates: 1935-1946

Jeanne Barkley Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CSWS-0231
Overview

This collection includes 10 ration books issued during World War II to Jeanne Alice Barkley, her sister Elizabeth George Barkley, and their mother Blanche Joella Barkley. Also included are four issues of Yank magazine.

Dates: 1942-1945

Jeanne Barkley Papers

 Collection
Identifier: AR-0053
Abstract This collection documents Jeanne Barkley's work with the University of Tennessee's Office of Alumni Affairs, including correspondence with alumni and such UT officials as Andy Holt, Herman Spivey, and Jack Reese, press releases, Hill-O-Grams, brochures, a Board of Trustees Resolution, a ROTC petition, a report that James Hoskins made to the legislature in 1935, and other materials. It also contains correspondence written to and from Victor M. Davis (of the Bureau of Appointments Office) and...
Dates: 1934-1985

Knoxville Community Planning Council Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0417
Abstract

This collection houses minutes, plans, reports, correspondence, and publications documenting the Knoxville Community Planning Council's work between 1943 and 1946. The bulk of the material focuses on the Master Planning Committee.

Dates: 1943-1946

Luttrell, McClure, and Goehring Families Ration Books

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1778
Abstract

This collection houses ration books issued to the Luttrell, Walling, McClure, Dunwoody, Aucker, Johnston, and Goehring families of Knoxville, Tennessee and to the Bucklew family of West Virginia during World War II. Ration books one through four are represented in addition to ration tokens and wallets to hold these materials.

Dates: 1942-1943

N. E. Fitzgerald Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0302
Abstract

This collection contains letters both addressed to and written by N. E. Fitzgerald, a professor and Dean at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The letters are correspondence between N. E. Fitzgerald and former students, then serving in all theatres of operation during World War II. The correspondence dates from 1943 to 1946.

Dates: 1943 January 4-1946 November 21

Richard Eckert Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CSWS-0096
Abstract

This collection features various documents and special orders, letters, and newspaper articles describing Richard Eckert's service as an Engineer in Oak Ridge, Tennessee during World War II.

Dates: 1943-1946, undated