World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Joseph Elsleger papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 16168
Scope and Contents Note
The Joseph Elsleger papers (1944-1945; 0.4 cubic foot) document Elsleger's time spent as a prisoner of the German Army in World War II, after his plane was shot down over France on June 23, 1944. The collection includes two diaries distributed by the YMCA chapter in Geneva, Switzerland: one blank save an introductory letter and one used by Elsleger. The latter's contents include drawings of the prison camp, makeshift recipes, photographs of unidentified people (presumably from Elsleger's...
Dates:
1944 - 1945
Hilda (Nelson) Kearney scrapbook
Unprocessed Material — Box ViU-2024-0142_001: [Barcode: X032784884]
Identifier: ViU-2024-0142
William S. Kibler papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 15270
Scope and Contents
The collection contains the papers of William S. Kibler (1911-2002), a high school teacher and educator, Stanley, Virginia, ca. 1925-2002, 23,684 items (103 Hollinger boxes; 43 linear feet) including his diaries, 1936-2002 April, recording in detail Kibler's daily activities as well as his impressions of events, travel journals and manuscripts for chiefly foreign trips, slides, postcards, and photographs, chiefly concerning his trips, both high school and college papers, literary work, and...
Dates:
1925-2002
Richard J. DeMartino papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2017-02
Abstract
Interesting historical chronology related to the IMTFE. Includes many Japanese documents and photographs.
Dates:
circa 1910 - 1965