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World War, 1939-1945

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Richard Marsh Butler papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 8849
Scope and Contents Consists of Richard Marsh Butler's personal scrapbook (including military papers, foreign cartoons and maps, photographs, letters, notes and other small personal memorabilia, a patriarchal blessing, a lock of hair, cloth swatches, pieces of Nazi stationary, postcards, foreign currency, etc.); POW items (clippings, letters, ID cards, etc.); family history papers (a historical guardianship transfer document, Butler's flight log and war diary; assorted ephemera, including U.S. and foreign...
Dates: approximately 1888-1997; Majority of material found within approximately 1933-1953

Richard Marsh Butler post-WWII papers, 1945-2005

 Series
Identifier: MSS 8849 Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains military and flight records documenting Richard Marsh Butler's post-WWII military career in the Air Reserves, as well as correspondence with fellow prisoners of war, publications regarding Stalag Luft III, airplanes, and other military ephemera. Materials dated 1945 to 2005.

Dates: 1945-2005

Richard Marsh Butler scrapbooks and journals, 1933-1945

 Series
Identifier: MSS 8849 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains diaries and scrapbooks created by Richard Marsh Butler during and about his time serving in WWII, including his time serving in a German prisoner of war camp. Materials dated 1933-1945.

Dates: 1933-1945

Richard Marsh Butler WWII letters, 1940-1945

 Series
Identifier: MSS 8849
Scope and Contents

Contains a partial accounts of Richard's time as a prisoner of war and German POW identification cards. Materials dated 1936-1945 and 1991.

Dates: 1940-1945

Richard Marsh Butler WWII papers, 1927-1955

 Series
Identifier: MSS 8849 Series 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Consists of Richard Marsh Butler's personal scrapbook (including military papers, foreign cartoons and maps, photographs, letters, notes and other small personal memorabilia, a patriarchal blessing, a lock of hair, cloth swatches, pieces of Nazi stationary, postcards, foreign currency, etc.); POW items (clippings, letters, ID cards, etc.); family history papers (a historical guardianship transfer document, Butler's flight log and war diary; assorted ephemera, including U.S. and foreign...
Dates: 1927-1955