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Harold L. Frankhauser, Incoming Letters Regarding the World War II Home Front

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Collection Number: A&M 3545
Overview Letters and greeting cards received by Harold L. Frankhauser of Parkersburg, West Virginia in 1942-1946 while serving the U.S. Navy in a medical detachment on the USS Chilton (APA-38) during World War II. The letters are from family and friends in Parkersburg, friends in the armed forces, and girl friends, reflecting a diverse range of home front experiences. There is an extensive series of letters from Lillian Tosker of New York, whom Harold Frankhauser married, which include numerous...
Dates: 1942-1946
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Harvey Bowman, Soldier, World War II Scrapbook

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Collection Number: A&M 0299
Overview Air Force Captain Harvey Bowman served in the Pacific Theater during World War II as a member of the 43rd Bombardment Group and on General Douglas MacArthur's staff. One oversize scrapbook chiefly documents Bowman's military service in New Guinea and Australia from 1942 to 1945. This fragile volume consists of loose pages with photographs, orders and regulations, newspaper clippings, and other miscellaneous material tipped in. Photographs depict Bowman's unit and his surroundings in...
Dates: 1929, 1942-1945; Majority of material found within 1942-1945
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Henry R. Kelly, Collector, Scrapbook

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Collection Number: A&M 1205
Overview

Scrapbook of a Parkersburg postal clerk containing historical clippings on Wood County and World War II, and the scrapbook (1854-1921) of A.L. Collins which has statements from numerous Parkersburg mercantile houses, criminal reward notices, and a few legal papers.

Dates: 1854-1955
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

H.K. Ambler Account Books

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Collection Number: A&M 2075
Overview

Ambler's accounts with the heirs of S.W. Ambler and S.M. Keys of Jefferson County, West Virginia. Other heirs are Letty C., Lucy J. and C.E. Ambler. There are also entries concerning the estates of H. Keys, S.W. Washington, and Jacob Zinn. There is information on management of farms and residences, business firms in the area of Charles Town, tenant and owner shares, U.S. Treasury crop allotments, and labor shortages during World War II.

Dates: 1915-1952
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Hugh Ike Shott Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0908
Scope and Contents The papers of Hugh Ike Shott of Bluefield, W.Va. Mr. Shott was owner and publisher of The Blue Field Telegraph and the Sunset News. He was also owner of radio stations WHIS of Bluefield, and served as postmaster in Bluefield by appointments of Presidents T. Roosevelt and Taft. He was twice elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, 1928 and 1930, and in 1942 was elected to the U.S. Senate for the unexpired term of M. M. Neely. Mr. Shott was also a member of the W.Va. Semi-Centennial...
Dates: 1858-1954
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Hunter Family Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 3297
Overview Papers of Thomas Marshall Hunter documenting Thomas Marshall Hunter as well as the genealogy and history of the Hunter family, including descendants of John Hunter (1762-1845), a Scot-Irish immigrant and Morgan County resident who is the earliest American member of the family. There are scrapbooks regarding Thomas Hunters experiences at Shepherd College and in World War II. There is also material regarding the history of Berkeley Springs and Morgan County, and about David Hunter Strother....
Dates: 1930-1998
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Isabel L. Jones, World War II Code Girl, Oral History

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Collection Number: A&M 4433
Content Description Digital sound recording of oral history interview conducted by historian Barbara Howe with Isabel L. Jones, a code breaker, or "code girl", who worked on deciphering German and Japanese codes for the United States of America (USA) during World War II (ca. 1942-1945). The work performed by the code girls is documented in the book "Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II" by Liza Mundy. In addition to the sound recording, there are also digital...
Dates: 2019
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

James Albert Parker, Sailor, USS Maui Newspaper Announcing Japanese Surrender

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Collection Number: A&M 4373
Content Description

Souvenir newspaper announcing the end of World War II in the Pacific published for the crew of the USS Maui. The newspaper was owned by James Albert Parker, a member of the ship's crew and a native of West Virginia. In addition to a number of articles regarding the surrender of Japan, the newspaper also includes an article about West Virginia Senator Harley M. Kilgore and the post-war need for coal.

Dates: 1945 August 15
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

James E. Mann, Jr., Appointment, Diploma, and Clippings

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Collection Number: A&M 3929
Overview

Contains the appointment of James E. Mann to West Virginia's Mercer County Local Board No. 1 (draft board) during World War II (1940); diploma awarded to Lucy Austin Higginbotham (later Mrs. James E. Mann) for graduation from West Virginia University (1929); and a scrapbook of newspaper clippings, most regarding Sergeant Junior J. Spurrier (ca. 1945). Spurrier was a WWII hero from Bluefield, and a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor.

Dates: 1929-1945
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

John Edward O'Neal Papers regarding World War II Service and Other Material

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Collection Number: A&M 4302
Scope and Contents Box 1 includes military records, scrapbook pages of mostly clippings, photographs, correspondence, and more. Military records include O’Neal’s prisoner of war statement form and discharge papers. The rest of the material pertains mostly to O’Neal’s military service and his time serving overseas. Clippings are mostly from the Winchester Star newspaper.Box 2 includes 8 military medal sets (with some pieces missing, presumably because they are in the display case in box 3), a...
Dates: ca. 1940-2008
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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