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World War, 1939-1945

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Variants European War, 1939-1945 Second World War, 1939-1945 World War 2, 1939-1945 World War II, 1939-1945 World War Two, 1939-1945 WW II (World War, 1939-1945) WWII (World War, 1939-1945)

Found in 61 Collections and/or Records:

Abbey, Denise., 01/01/1944-05/16/1988

 File — Box 1: Series GAMMS416.1, Folder: 1
Identifier: GAMMS416.1.1
Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

Interview transcripts.

Dates: 01/01/1944-05/16/1988

Garret G. Ackerson, Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS162
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Garret G. Ackerson, Jr. Papers primarily consist of personal correspondence and are arranged in 148 folders and contained in 3 boxes. A majority of the collection consists of correspondence between Garret G. Ackerson, Jr. and his family, including his parents, Garret G. Ackerson, Sr. and Anna Ackerson, his wife Rhodita Edwards Ackerson, and his children. Of special interest are Ackerson's memoranda written during the outbreak of World War II when he was in almost daily contact with high...
Dates: 1923 - 1976; Majority of material found within 1923 - 1959

Bardos, Arthur A. -USIA., 01/01/1944-12/31/1986

 File — Box 1: Series GAMMS416.1, Folder: 27
Identifier: GAMMS416.1.27
Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

Interview transcripts.

Dates: 01/01/1944-12/31/1986

Ernesta Drinker Barlow Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-081118
Scope and Contents A collection of the personal papers of Aimee Ernesta Drinker Barlow (1892-1981). Includes autograph memoir, travel diaries (from 1916 and early 1960s), correspondence received from husbands William C. Bullitt (1891-1967), former U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union; and composer Samuel L.M. Barlow (1892-1982); as well as from admirers including the artist Rockwell Kent (1882-1971). Of note is an almost complete run of mimeographed scripts of NBC Radio broadcasts by Barlow as "Commando Mary"...
Dates: 1910 - 1962

Bauer, Robert -USIA., 01/01/1939-12/31/1967

 File — Box 1: Series GAMMS416.1, Folder: 31
Identifier: GAMMS416.1.31
Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

Interview transcripts.

Dates: 01/01/1939-12/31/1967

Alfred M. Beck collection of Friedrich von Boetticher research materials

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-171212
Content Description Research files and notes, transcriptions and translations, government documents, microfilm, photographs, and archival film footage and sound recordings compiled by Beck in the course of conducting research for his dissertation on the life of General der Artillerie [Lt. Gen.] Friedrich von Boetticher and his service as German military attaché in Washington, D.C., 1933-1941. Beck’s original dissertation, "The Ambivalent Attaché (1977, Ph.D. in History, Georgetown University) explored the...
Dates: 1900-2006; Majority of material found within 1930-1945

Francis B. Biddle Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS251
Collection-level Scope and Content Note This collection consists of the personal papers of former U.S. attorney general Francis Biddle. It is one of three portions comprising the larger collection of the Biddle Family papers that include the papers of his wife, Katherine Biddle and a series of family correspondence (see separate finding aids). Of interest are lengthy correspondence files relating to Biddle's appointments as judge of the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (1939); U.S. attorney general...
Dates: 1912 - 1968; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1966

Leon Biles, Jr. Military Service Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-20210429
Scope and Contents The collection consists of one photograph album and loose photographic prints which belonged to Leon Biles, Jr. Biles was an African American U.S. Army soldier and the photographs document his military service from 1944 to 1947. The album consists of photographs taken or collected by Biles while serving stateside during World War II.The photographs are extensively captioned and include images of Biles' family in Minnesota, friends, fellow soldiers and sailors (some of whom are...
Dates: 1944 - 1947

Thomas Blake Papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 39020030756285]
Identifier: GTM-000026
Scope and Contents Papers of Thomas Dawes Blake, a public relations specialist who served in the U.S. State Department in the 1940s. It includes typescripts documenting his time working for the U.S. government during World War II, including his role as assistant to Stephen Early, press secretary to Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the reaction to the death of FDR by White House staff. It also includes a file on the Mexico Water Treaty (1945), a file of memoranda to Col. Behn from 1947 (while Blake was employed as...
Dates: 1947 - 1976

Alonza E. Brown Military Records and Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-20220901
Scope and Contents The collection consists of military records and photographs of Alonza E. Brown, a African American who served in the U.S. Army during World War II. The collection includes his “Honorable Discharge” certificate (plus copy); “Separation Qualification Record” describing his military occupations (Engineer, Basic and Truck Driver, Heavy), training (Cooks School, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.), and civilian occupation (cook’s helper at Brown’s Restaurant in Philadelphia); and “Enlisted Record and Report...
Dates: 1943 - 1950

Anthony Cave Brown Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-930701
Scope and Contents The Anthony Cave Brown papers comprise the extensive research files of historian and author Anthony Cave Brown used for his numerous books about U.S. and British military intelligence. The collection includes correspondence, subject files, photocopied documents, internet printouts, printed matter, manuscripts of some of his books, audio cassettes, and some photographs. Documents pertaining to various figures in the intelligence field; including William Donovan, H. St. John B. Philby, and Kim...
Dates: 1930 - 2006

Carroll Club Address., 01/28/1945-01/28/1945

 File — Box 3, Folder: 185
Identifier: 70523
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The papers of Fr. Walsh throw considerable light on most aspects of his career: as founder and guiding spirit of the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service; as head of the Papal Relief Mission to Russia in the early 1920s; as president of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association; as a representative of the Catholic Church in Mexico; and as an extremely involved consultant at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials. Significant correspondents include Herbert Hoover, J. Edgar Hoover,...
Dates: 01/28/1945-01/28/1945

Civilian Exclusion Order No. 79 Broadside

 Collection — Box GTM Shared Box 22 (Oversized): [Barcode: 39020030724515], Folder: 1
Identifier: GTM-20231117
Scope and Contents Civilian Exclusion Order No. 79. San Francisco: May 15, 1942. Broadside (sheet size 56 x 35.5 cm).Broadside notice from the Western Defense Command and Fourth Army Wartime Civil Control Administration regarding the 1942 relocation of Japanese Americans, dated May 15, 1942, excluding all persons of Japanese ancestry from a portion of Military Area No. 1 within King County, Washington, with specific boundary streets provided outlining the designated area, and calling for...
Dates: 1942

Leo and Jane Codd papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-830131
Scope and Contents The Leo and Jane Codd Papers contain correspondence to the Codds, photographs, and manuscripts. Correspondence, manuscripts, and related material is arranged alphabetically within the collection. The Codds lived in the Georgetown area of Washington, D.C., and enjoyed travelling, especially to Ireland. Much of their correspondence from friends and acquaintances refers to their trips to Ireland or to their hospitality and cordiality when guests visited them in Washington.The papers...
Dates: 1914 - 1973

Crook, Ruth Walter -USIA., 01/01/1939-12/31/1968

 File — Box 1: Series GAMMS416.1, Folder: 115
Identifier: GAMMS416.1.115
Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

Interview transcripts.

Dates: 01/01/1939-12/31/1968

De Luca Family Papers and Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-190709
Scope and Contents This collection is currently unprocessed and access to it may therefore be limited. Researchers are advised to contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections for more information on access to this collection.The collection contains over 1,700 photographs and 400 documents recording the history of the De Luca family over 8 decades involving the American Civil War, the unification of Italy, the Japanese invasion of China and the Siege of...
Dates: 1860 - 1945

Delong, Howard G. -USIA., 01/01/1942-12/31/1975

 File — Box 1: Series GAMMS416.1, Folder: 129
Identifier: GAMMS416.1.129
Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

Interview transcripts.

Dates: 01/01/1942-12/31/1975

End of an Epoch., 12/31/1946-12/31/1946

 File — Box 3, Folder: 162
Identifier: 70500
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The papers of Fr. Walsh throw considerable light on most aspects of his career: as founder and guiding spirit of the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service; as head of the Papal Relief Mission to Russia in the early 1920s; as president of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association; as a representative of the Catholic Church in Mexico; and as an extremely involved consultant at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials. Significant correspondents include Herbert Hoover, J. Edgar Hoover,...
Dates: 12/31/1946-12/31/1946

Feary, Robert A. -Memoir (Japan 1941-42)., 01/01/1941-12/31/1942

 File — Box 1: Series GAMMS416.1, Folder: 165
Identifier: GAMMS416.1.165
Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

Interview transcripts.

Dates: 01/01/1941-12/31/1942

Franklin D. Roosevelt., 12/22/1941-12/22/1941

 File — Box 1, Folder: 41
Identifier: 70379
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The papers of Fr. Walsh throw considerable light on most aspects of his career: as founder and guiding spirit of the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service; as head of the Papal Relief Mission to Russia in the early 1920s; as president of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association; as a representative of the Catholic Church in Mexico; and as an extremely involved consultant at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials. Significant correspondents include Herbert Hoover, J. Edgar Hoover,...
Dates: 12/22/1941-12/22/1941