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World War, 1939-1945

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 52 Collections and/or Records:

Paul D. Bagwell papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-1.1.6
Scope and Contents

This collection contains correspondence, speeches, records, newspaper clippings, photographs and printed material of the public and private career of Paul D. Bagwell. The collection also includes two scrapbooks.

Dates: 1938 - 1960
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Paul Honigsheim papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.150
Scope and Contents The collection is organized into two series. Series 1, Publications, consists of articles and publications by Paul Honigsheim. Topics include Max Weber, sociology, religion, anthropology. The publications are in German, English and French. In addition, there is a publication about Paul Honigsheim called “From the Rhineland to Michigan the Sociologist and Pedagogue Paul Honigsheim (1885-1963) Migrant and Mediator Between Two Cultures,” by Martha Friedenthal-Haase.Series 2,...
Dates: 1915 - 1991
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Perry M. Thomas collection

 Collection
Identifier: 00227
Scope and Contents The Perry M. Thomas collection contains a scrapbook about Operation Crossroads, a dvd of a newsreel about the tests on the Bikini Atoll, and the canvas military duffel bag the scrapbook was donated in. The Operation Crossroads scrapbook contains documents about the mission including location charts, diagrams of cameras in airplanes, data about the equipment, as photographs. There is also a history of the operation written by Perry Thomas. The photographs in the album include staff...
Dates: 1945 - 1946
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Ralph Crissman Sweeney collection

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.521
Scope and Contents This collection consists of two photo albums. The first album contains 235 photos of various sizes and covers Ralph Crissman Sweeney's life from 1910 to 1920. Included are photos of him and his family, Michigan Agricultural College's campus and buildings, railroad construction, the Michigan State Capital, Michigan Governor Woodbridge Ferris being sworn in, school football photos, and Williams Hall after it burned down. The second album contains 435 photos and 40 loose photos and...
Dates: 1910 - 1920, 1924 - 1935, 1947, 1952
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Richard J. and Helen L. Coelho papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.412
Scope and Contents The Richard J. and Helen L. Coelho papers contains correspondence from World War II, photographs and scrapbooks. The Worlf War II correspondence is mostly from Richard Coelho to his family and Helen Lindquist. There are also a few letters written by Helen. The photographs include World War II scenes and negatives related to family. There is also a scrapbook of the Coelho's time in Paris including photos and ephemera, a scrapbook with newspaper clippings and ephemera from Helen's time in...
Dates: 1942-1982, undated
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Robert Douglas Doty papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.390
Content Description

This collection consists of "My Own World War II Story" by Robert Douglas Doty.

Dates: 2000
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Robert S. Alexander papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.502
Content Description

The Robert S. Alexander collection consists of correspondence to and from Alexander dated 1942-1954, 1981, and undated. Of note are the letters and cards from his time in the military during World War II. Alexander describes his experiences and often includes drawings on the correspondence. The collection also includes a small amount of photographs and negatives with images of a soldier in uniform, early Ford cars, and family/children and a house.

Dates: 1942 - 1981
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Ruth Hauffe papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.342
Scope and Contents This collection contains items from Ruth Hauffe's life, particularly her time at Arthur Hill High School in Saginaw and at MSC. Included are photographs of Hauffe and and her friends and classmates, including her sorority, Chi Omega. Of particular note is a collection of poems that Hauffe wrote at some point in her life, with linocut prints for added detail.The Ruth Hauffe collection contains material from her time at Arthur Hill High School in Saginaw as well as Michigan State...
Dates: 1941-1946, 1967-2003, Undated
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Stanley Edwin Crowe papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.61
Scope and Contents The Stanley Edwin Crowe collection contains office files relating to his time as director and dean of the General College, coordinator of the army training program, and dean of students. This includes correspondence between Crowe and Presidents Shaw and Hannah. One subject of particular interest is the collection of comments made by Crowe on women's attire, claiming that women wearing jeans is linked to excessive drinking and partying. Many responses, both for and against this view, are...
Dates: 1933-1956, undated
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Walter G. Kirkpatrick papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.30
Scope and Contents

The bulk of the collection consists of Kirkpatrick's daily appointment books from 1939-1950. Other materials in the collection consist of one publication credited to Kirkpatrick, a report on his travels in Europe and an annual report from the Antrim County Agricultural Agent. The collection also contains five 16mm films: four related to the Muscular Dystrophy Associations of America and one related to the Antrim County [Michigan] USO War Fund Drive.

Dates: 1939 - 1951
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections