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    World War II Rumor Project collection, 1942-1943 Manuscript collection created by the Office of War Information in 1942-1943. Field representatives of various federal agencies in 42 states enlisted individuals who collected rumors generated in the United States during World War II. These individuals or "correspondents" included dentists, beauty shop operators, policemen, proprietors, and librarians who had access to rumors in their communities. Reports were submitted to Dr. Eugene Horowitz at the...
    • Contributor: Horowitz, Eugene
    • Date: 1942
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    Duncan Emrich manuscript collection, 1933-1977 Correspondence, research materials, book contracts, and typescripts for several of author and folklorist Duncan Emrich's published and unpublished books and articles on American folklore. There are some personal papers, including Emrich's college transcripts; course materials from classes that Emrich taught at the University of Maryland; and documents pertaining to Emrich's service with the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force during World War II, and the...
    • Contributor: Seeger, Charles - Emrich, Duncan
    • Date: 1933
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    Leonard John Kovar collection, 1922-2003 : Veterans History Project (U.S.) Interview conducted for the Veterans History Project 2003. This collection contains audio recordings, civilian papers, clippings, correspondence, creative works, a diary, military papers, mixed manuscripts, mixed periodicals, unit histories, a transcript, and photographs relating to Leonard John Kovar's service in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II. The majority of this collection consists of correspondence between Kovar and his family, some...
    • Contributor: Cross, Coy F. - Kovar, Leonard John
    • Date: 1922
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    George Silverton collection, 1908-2002 : Veterans History Project (U.S.) A colleciton of correspondence, military papers, printed matter and photographs relating to George Silverton's service as a doctor in the United States Army during World War II.
    • Contributor: Silverton, George - Silverton, Sara
    • Date: 1908
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    Katharine Louise Heuisler collection, 1937-1946 : Veterans History Project (U.S.) The Katharine Louise Heuisler Collection consists of civilian papers, clippings, correspondence, creative works, a memoir, printed matter, regimental histories, a transcript and photographs, documenting the work Heuisler did with the Red Cross in Europe and the Pacific during World War II.
    • Contributor: Heuisler, Katharine Louise
    • Date: 1937
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    Robert Frank Augur collection, 1941-2016 : Veterans History Project (U.S.) The Robert Frank Augur Collection includes biographical information, civilian papers, clippings, correspondence, a diary, military papers, printed matter, a scrapbook, photographs, and artifacts relating to Augur's service in the United States Army during World War II.
    • Contributor: Augur, Robert Frank
    • Date: 1941
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    George Washington Pearcy collection, 1915-1949 : Veterans History Project (U.S.) The collection includes biographical information, civilian papers, clippings, correspondence, diaries, maps, military papers, periodicals and photographs relating to George Washington Pearcy's service in the United States Army and Army Air Forces in the United States and the Philippines prior to and during World War II, and his subsequent capture by Japanese forces.
    • Contributor: Pearcy, George Washington
    • Date: 1915
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    Emma Delano Pettengill collection, 1942-1991 : Veterans History Project (U.S.) Collection includes clippings, correspondence, military papers, printed matter, and photographic prints.
    • Contributor: Pettengill, Claire - Pettengill, Emma Delano
    • Date: 1942
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    Personal Narratives of the Forced Removal and Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II: Veterans History Project (U.S.) Selected personal narratives relating to the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. Collected by the Veterans History Project, 2002-2018. Collection includes personal narratives in the form of audio and video oral histories, biographical information, clippings, civilian papers, creative works, maps, memoirs, military papers, printed matter and photographs.
    • Contributor: Kariya, Kiyo Jean - Namba, Kennie - Kageta, Frank - Miya, Tom S. - Ninomiya, Calvin - Ichikawa, Grant Hayao - Mizuta, Takanori - Morris, Edwin I., Jr - Tanaka, Carolyn Hisako - Morimitsu, Arthur Takashi ... Kariya, Kiyo Jean - Namba, Kennie - Kageta, Frank - Miya, Tom S. - Ninomiya, Calvin - Ichikawa, Grant Hayao - Mizuta, Takanori - Morris, Edwin I., Jr - Tanaka, Carolyn Hisako - Morimitsu, Arthur Takashi - Akune, Kenjiro - Konoshima, Akio - Hanamoto, ASA - Tsukamoto, Walter Takeo - Masaoka, Etsu Mineta - Tsujimoto, Mack F. - Becker, Edna M. - Sleath, Doris Holloway - Kono, Robert H. - Kawakami, Joe - Okamoto, George - Kobayashi, Sylvia - Satow, Susumu - Fukuoka, Ronnie Masaji - Nitta, Alfred T. - Fujimori, George Y. - Tsuneishi, Warren M. (Warren Michio) - Imoto, Shigeru Sam - Tsukamoto, Dorie Satsuki - Fukuhara, Harry K. - Gapp, Alice A. - Miho, James Noboru - Aki, George - Miyakawa, Edward - Sato, Rikio - Horikawa, Noboru Richard - Tanabe, Harry - Sugiyama, Curt Shinichi - Miyamoto, Yukio W. - Kessel, Velma Berryman - Wakiji, George Minoru - Hayano, Carl - Kunimura, Casey - Yamabe, Jack Shuzo - Yamasaki, Anne S. - Inoshita, Masaji - Sato, Kiyo - Kihara, Hayato - Oyama, Roy M. - Honda, Mike - Oune, William T. - Fujimoto, Isao - Kuroda, Julia - Hirose, Masana Jack - Furakawa, Sam S. - Masaoka, Mike - Tanaka, Taketora - Kuroda, Andrew Yoshinobu - Oyama, Hank - Ota, Peter K. - Katsu, John Junji - Imamura, Minoru S. - Hibino, Yukio A. - Kobayashi, Charles - Hayashi, Alan Yoshiaki - Kato, Haruo - Yamamoto, Frank Takaji - Ozaki, Sam S. - Tashiro, Marie H. - Shintaku, Helen Terada - Ichiuji, Joseph - Mitsumori, John - Tashiro, Jack Taoashi - Kuramoto, Rosie F. - Furlong, Lewis J. - Okamoto, Toshikazu - Taoka, George Mazumi - Teramura, Yasu - Sleath, Jack Crisp - Ikeda, John Atsumi - Omoto, William Hisao - Kamada, Norman Noboru - Lee, Katsuko Fujikado - Matsui, Victor Masao
    • Date: 1924
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    Milton McConnell Ronsheim collection : Veterans History Project (U.S.), 1942-1947 Milton Ronsheim served as an administrative clerk with the 5th Service Command during World War II. Collection includes correspondence, military papers, creative works, and photographs relating to his service.
    • Contributor: Gibson, Pamela - Ronsheim, Milton McConnell
    • Date: 1942
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    John Edward Stavast Jr. collection, 1965-2016 : Veterans History Project (U.S.) John Stavast served as a pilot in the United States Air Force for 30 years, and spent more than five years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Collection includes civilian papers, correspondence, journals, maps, military papers, printed matter, a transcript, and photographs relating to his service.
    • Contributor: Stavast, John Edward, Jr
    • Date: 1944
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    L'Aerophile collection, 1876-1949 Correspondence, blueprints and manufactures information for early French and foreign aircraft and dirigibles, reports of accidents involving flyers and balloonists, World War I aerial photographs and intelligence reports, a series of French cartoons, drawings, graphs, charts, diagrams of equipment, maps, newspapers, printed material, and photographs. The materials in the collection were evidently assembled by staff of the magazine L’Aerophile which was published by Georges...
    • Date: 1876
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    Fox Movietone newsreel collection--World War II paper records, 1922-1946 Cameramen’s dope sheets (detailed notes of stories filmed), continuity sheets (synopses of newsreels distributed to theaters), and turnovers (one sentence descriptions of each story filmed) from this major pioneer in the newsreel industry. Collection also contains other paper materials including telegrams, speeches, photographs, programs, and memoranda that provide details of the newsreels created by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. Although the entire Fox Movietone...
    • Contributor: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
    • Date: 1922
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    Arch Oboler collection, 1916-1992 Nearly the entirety of the prolific output of radio playwright and independent film maker Arch Oboler (1909-1987) in radio, motion pictures, television, theater, and print is contained in the Arch Oboler Collection. Featured are his radio plays from the 1930s and 1940s and the first three-dimensional feature film, Bwana Devil.
    • Contributor: Oboler, Arch
    • Date: 1916
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    Armed Forces Radio and Television Service Collection, 1943-1997 This collection is primarily comprised of scripts, newsletters, packing lists, and other programming information. Other materials relate to the operations of the AFRTS in America and abroad, and the organization’s efforts to document and preserve its history.
    • Contributor: Cranston, Robert - Mansfield, Andy - United States. Armed Forces Radio and Television Service - Brown, John - McAdam, Dorothy
    • Date: 1943
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    Library of Congress archives, 1800-2015 The Library of Congress Archives is a collection of records created by the Library of Congress in the course of its operations, activities, and initiatives. It includes correspondence and memoranda, ledgers and record books, photographs, imprints, recorded sound, electronic records, and documents, among other formats. The records date to 1800, when the Library of Congress was established.
    • Contributor: Hilker, Helen-Anne - Ristow, Walter W. (Walter William) - Connor, Rosalie - McFarland, Marvin Wilks - Avram, Henriette D. - Sioussat, St. George L. (St. George Leakin) - Library of Congress - Dewton, Johannes L. (Johannes Leopold) - Ashley, Frederick William - First, Edythe W. - Croxton, Fred - Hummel, Arthur W. (Arthur William), Sr - Morrisey, Marlene D. - Welsh, William J. (William Joseph) - Plumb, Milton M., Jr
    • Date: 1800
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    European Mission and Cooperative Acquisitions Project series, Library of Congress archives, 1942-1957 The European Mission and Cooperative Acquisitions Project series of the Library of Congress Archives comprises the records of the Library's European Mission (Mission to Germany) and subsequent Cooperative Acquisitions Project to collect materials in Europe in the immediate post-World War II period. The files include correspondence, lists of publications, index cards, printed matter, and other records, and memoranda used to organize the collection, shipment,...
    • Date: 1942
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    War Communications Research Unit series, Library of Congress archives, 1941-1942 Research unit for the study of wartime communications. Reports, surveys, press clippings, and publications documenting the unit's work under director Harold D. Lasswell, 1941-1942.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. War Communications Research Unit
    • Date: 1941
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    Carter Godwin Woodson papers, 1736-1974 Historian, author, and collector. Papers of prominent African Americans, research files, business records, writings, correspondence, and other material relating to Woodson's leadership of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History and to scholarship and publishing in the field of African and African-American history.
    • Contributor: Woodson, Carter Godwin
    • Date: 1736
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    Eric Sevareid papers, 1909-2008 Journalist, radio and television commentator, and author. Includes correspondence, fan mail, radio and television scripts, news analyses, lectures, speeches, writings, book and subject files, awards, newspaper clippings, printed matter, a diary, photographs, and other papers. Primarily consists of scripts for Sevareid's radio and television news broadcasts and analyses documenting his career with the Columbia Broadcasting System from World War II as a correspondent in...
    • Contributor: Sevareid, Eric
    • Date: 1909
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    Allen Varley Astin papers, 1939-1973 Physicist and director, National Bureau of Standards. Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, agenda, reports, studies, congressional testimony, writings, speeches, conference papers, university teaching and training course records, research data, printed matter, and photographs documenting Astin's career at the National Bureau of Standards, 1928-1969.
    • Contributor: Astin, Allen Varley
    • Date: 1939
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    Henry Putney Beers papers, 1910-1992 Historian, bibliographer, and archivist with the National Archives and Records Service. Correspondence, memoranda, writings, book reviews, reports, and other papers relating primarily to Beers's work as a bibliographer in American history.
    • Contributor: Beers, Henry Putney
    • Date: 1910
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    H. Kent Hewitt papers, 1903-1972 Naval officer. Correspondence, naval planning memoranda, writings, and newspaper clippings documenting Hewitt's naval career, especially as commander of United States naval forces in the Mediterranean during World War II.
    • Contributor: Hewitt, H. Kent (Henry Kent)
    • Date: 1903
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    Paul H. Nitze papers, 1922-1998 Statesman, diplomat, and entrepreneur. Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, speeches, writings, appointment books, business files, name and subject files, and other papers chiefly relating to Nitze's role in United States foreign and national security policy in the last half of the twentieth century.
    • Contributor: Nitze, Paul H.
    • Date: 1922
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    Irving R. Levine papers, 1930-2009 Journalist and news commentator. Correspondence, memoranda, notebooks and notes, transcripts of interviews, radio and television scripts, news commentaries, articles, speeches, book drafts, background and research material, and other papers documenting Levine's career as a broadcast journalist and news commentator.
    • Contributor: Levine, Irving R.
    • Date: 1930