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 65 Collections and/or Records:
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
Harald S. Frederiksen papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS450
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The collection is composed of several short typed manuscripts by Frederiksen discussing his personal history and involvement in the OSS, as well as a variety of recommendations and reports on Frederiksen from colleagues, and one of his jailers. Additional documents include application and reference forms prepared by Frederiksen for the U.S. government, and some correspondence relating to his employment plans after leaving Vienna.
Dates:
1945-1952
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
George Washington - Nicholas Lenin., 01/01/1932-01/01/1932
File — Box 4, Folder: 305
Identifier: 70643
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:
01/01/1932-01/01/1932
Georgetown Commencement Address., 06/07/1936-06/07/1936
File — Box 3, Folder: 231
Identifier: 70569
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:
06/07/1936-06/07/1936
Georgetown Public Lectures 1940., 01/01/1940-01/01/1940
File — Box 5, Folder: 324
Identifier: 70662
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:
01/01/1940-01/01/1940
Harman Grisewood papers 3
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS338
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
This collection comprises the third accession of the papers of Harman Grisewood (1906-1997), and contains primarily correspondence from family members. Of particular interest is the series of letters from Grisewood's father, Lt. Col. Harman Grisewood, written from 1936 through 1946, from Nicosia, Cyprus, where the family owned a farm in the mid- to late 1920s until the end of the Second World War. Grisewood recalls life with his family in Cyprus during the earlier of these years in chapter 3...
Dates:
1898-1991; Majority of material found within 1936-1981
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Martin F. Herz Papers 1
Collection
Identifier: GTM-840201
Scope and Contents
The Martin F. Herz Papers, comprising nine linear feet of manuscript material, span the period from 1941 to 1983. The earliest material concerns his work in psychological warfare during the Second World War. Included are memoranda and reports on the theory, application, and effectiveness of American propaganda techniques, as well as actual examples of American, German, Russian, British and Japanese propaganda. Also included are subsequent correspondence files on collecting in the field of...
Dates:
1941-1983
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Stefan F. Horn-Nuremberg Trials Collection
Collection — Box GTM Shared Box 51: [Barcode: 39020031368999], Folder: 1-7
Identifier: GTM-0094
Scope and Contents
The collection contains general instructions for interpreters employed at the Nuremberg military tribunals, as well as typed transcripts from several sessions. It also includes a report on Dresdner Bank and a newspaper clipping on denazification in German.
Dates:
1946 - 1947
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
William Harding Jackson Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-101014
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of the personal papers of William Harding Jackson. Correspondents include President Eisenhower, Constantine FitzGibbon, Arthur Gardner, Gordon Gray, and Richard M. Nixon, among others. A run of letters regarding Wendell Willkie's 1940 presidential campaign is also included among the documents. Some typed manuscripts by Jackson, a few photographs of him, and a series of printed materials round out the collection.
Dates:
1938 - 1971
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Japanese-American Internment Poster
Collection — Box GTM Shared Box 22 (Oversized): [Barcode: 39020030724515], Folder: 8
Identifier: GTM-20241106
Scope and Contents
Printed poster instructing persons of Japanese ancestry in San Francisco to report to the Civil Control Station at 1530 Buchanan Street. Author: DeWitt, Lt. Gen. J.LPlace Published: San FranciscoPublisher: U.S. ArmyDate Published: May 5, 1942Printed broadside announcement regarding Japanese Internment, 1942. 56x35.5 cm (22x14")."Instructions to All Persons of Japanese Ancestry" in "that portion of the City and County San...
Dates:
1942
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Jan Karski Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-000011
Collection-level scope and contents note
The Jan Karski Collection comprises three distinct groups of documents: Karski's collection of serials and pamphlets produced by various organizations of the Polish underground during World War II; records and addresses pertaining to Karski's travel and work in 1966-67, including miscellaneous articles translated and transcribed; and two distinct states of Karski's draft for his book "Great Powers and Poland, 1919-1945".
Dates:
1939 - 1985
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Ernest A. Keller Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-860903
Scope and Contents
The collection documents the career of Ernest A. Keller as a journalist, editor, and as a U.S. government official working for the United States Information Agency in the mid-20th century.
Materials related to the Alliance for Progress Cartoon Book Program in Latin America have been digitized and are available online via DigitalGeorgetown.
Dates:
1939 - 1967
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Julie and Thomas Kernan papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS181
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Julie and Thomas Kernan papers are organized into 7 series: correspondence by notable individuals and friends who were frequent correspondents; files on Jacques and Raissa Maritain; correspondence by Julie and Thomas Kernan; subject files which include correspondence and material about the various organizations and miscellaneous business that the Kernans were involved with; manuscripts and published works by Julie and Thomas Kernan; a large collection of information and...
Dates:
1765-1988; Majority of material found within 1940-1975
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
"Meet the Refugees" Pamphlet
Collection — Box GTM Shared Box 30: [Barcode: 39020030756301], Folder: 10
Identifier: GTM-0043
Scope and Contents
One pamphlet titled "Meet the Refugees" that was authored by the National Industrial Assembly of the Young Women's Christian Associations and published by the Women's Press (New York) in 1940. The pamphlet addresses concerns over accepting refugees who were fleeing from the Nazi regime in Europe into the United States. It argues that refugees are not a threat to U.S. labor and do not represent a "Fifth Column."
Dates:
1940
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Lawrence J. Mehren Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-100218a
Scope and Contents
Created by Lawrence J. Mehren (1911-1983), this collection holds early to mid twentieth century materials documenting Mehren's experience at Georgetown in the early 1930s and his service during World War II. The collection holds newspaper clippings, correspondence, academic records, and event programs from Georgetown between 1930 to 1933. The collection also includes a small number of photographs from the 1930s and a large scrapbook with newspaper clippings from the HOYA and various other...
Dates:
1921 - 1960
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Arthur Michaelis Holocaust Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-180619
Scope and Contents
The collection contains correspondence (letters, postcards, telegrams), printed material (books, magazines, pamphlets), photographs, artwork, material culture, and other evidence documenting the Jewish experience during the Holocaust and in the years pre- and post-World War II. The collection was assembled by Arthur Michaelis and it includes extensive documentation of his family's experiences during this time period, including their imprisonment in concentration camps and their escape to the...
Dates:
1910s-1980s
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Miscellaneous Manuscript Fragments., 01/01/1935-12/31/1952
File — Box 5, Folder: 361
Identifier: 70699
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:
01/01/1935-12/31/1952
Miscellaneous Manuscripts., 11/04/1932-12/31/1944
File — Box 3, Folder: 204
Identifier: 70542
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:
11/04/1932-12/31/1944
Miscellaneous Manuscripts., 01/01/1946-12/31/1952
File — Box 5, Folder: 366
Identifier: 70704
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:
01/01/1946-12/31/1952
Leland B. Morris Papers
Collection — Box GTM Shared Box 30: [Barcode: 39020030756301]
Identifier: GTM-150928
Scope and Contents
The Leland B. Morris Papers include correspondence, a State Department questionnaire, a receipt dating from 1941-1942, and a letter to Leland B. Morris' wife, Marie, dated 1952. Morris' correspondence primarily concerns Germany in 1941. Highlights include Morris' account of Joachim von Ribbentrop declaring a state of war between Germany and the United States on December 11th, 1941, and a copy of Ribbentrop's declaration. The collection also includes a long, completed questionnaire...
Dates:
1941 - 1952; Majority of material found within 1941 - 1942
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts