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World War, 1939-1945

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 185 Collections and/or Records:

Charles H. Price papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 5952
Scope and Contents

Contains personal, military, and church papers of Charles Hampton Price including: letters, journals, photographs, scrapbooks, maps, pamphlets, newspapers, magazines, notebooks, military records, lecture notes/reports, debt notes, locomotive passes, ticket bills to plays, coins, and stamps; 1924-1982. Collection focuses heavily on Germany and German-American relations.

Dates: 1924-1982

Publicity papers on Merian C. Cooper, 1929-1977

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2008 Series 1 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains articles, clippings and biographical sketches developed for publicity purposes. Articles and sketches are both drafts and published clippings and articles. Materials date from 1929 to 1977.

Dates: 1929-1977

Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima

 Collection — Oversize-folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232573698]
Identifier: MSS 8379
Scope and Contents

Material is a print from the original negative of Joe Rosenthal's Pulitzer Prize winning photograph of five Marines and one Navy corpsman raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi during the battle of Iwo Jima during World War II on February 23, 1945.

Dates: 1945 February 23

Arvil Reid papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6794
Abstract

The Arvil Reid papers includes a scrapbook including a written life history with photographs and other ephemera. Loose ephemera also comprises the collection. The collection mostly pertains to World War II, engineering, and family issues.

Dates: 1922-2007

Ida Boyd Reid collection on the Boyd family

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3212
Abstract

Ida Boyd Reid collection of John Boyd Sr. family papers contains papers, photographs, clippings, and scrapbooks related to the Boyd family. Much of the collection is regarding John Boyd Jr., a colorful Provo sheriff known as "scourge of the bootlegger."

Dates: 1839-1996; 1839-1996

Richard E. and Mary Agnes Hissrich correspondence, 1942-1945

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3189 Series 1
Scope and Contents Includes correspondence between Richard E. Hissrich and Mary Agnes (Gall) Hissrich, from August 16, 1942 to July 7, 1945, while he is serving in the military during World War II. The letters are written almost daily about life and how they feel for each other. There are also several letters written between Mary Agnes and Richard and their parents during a time after they were married and Mary Agnes was living near where her husband was stationed. The later letters tell of their first child...
Dates: Other: 1942-1945

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