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World War, 1939-1945

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 81 Collections and/or Records:

201st National Guard, Regiment Histories

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1297
Overview

Histories of the 201st National Guard Regiment. This regiment dates back to colonial times, beginning as Captain Morgan Morgan's company of militia, and has served with merit in nearly every war in which the United States has engaged. Specific details of this unit's deployment are included in an index.

Dates: 1949-1991

Albert M. Reese Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0929
Scope and Contents

Certificates of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, 1922, and the War Production Board, 1945, awarded to A.M. Reese; also a program of the Flag Day services held in Morgantown, June 18, 1944.

Dates: 1922; 1944-1945

American Phytopathological Society Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1586
Overview

Correspondence of the society's president, Julian G. Leach, professor of plant pathology at West Virginia University, and papers of the society's War Emergency Committee.

Dates: 1941-1944

Ancella Bickley, Historian, Photographic Portraits of African-American Soldiers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4190
Overview

Photographic portraits of African-American soldiers from the WWII era (black and white, averaging 2 in. x 3 in.). Some of the portraits have names recorded to their backs in pencil. These soldiers were stationed at Fort Knox, Kentucky.

Dates: circa 1942-1945

Andrew Edmiston Jr. (1892-1966) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1994
Overview Correspondence, deeds, financial and military records, newspaper clippings, and photographs of a Democratic politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1933-1942, newspaper editor, and businessman from Weston, Lewis County. Subjects covered include the Civil War, World Wars I and II, and the coal and glass industries. Correspondents include David Goff, Charles E. Hodges, Charles Lively, Alfred E. Smith, Harold L. Ickes, Joe L. Smith, Jennings Randolph, Clarence W. Meadows, James...
Dates: 1916-1948

Berlin B. Chapman, Compiler, Scrapbook

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2229
Overview

Microfilmed copy of a scrapbook outlining the history of college debating in West Virginia, 1933-1941. The scrapbook was prepared by Dr. Chapman and the Fairmont State College debate teams. Original is in the Fairmont State College Library.

Dates: 1933-1941

Brown Family World War II Ration Books and Coupons.

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3146
Overview

World War II ration books and coupons which belonged to the Brown family of Farmington, Marion Co.

Dates: 1942-1944

Charles McCamic (1874-1956) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0939
Overview The office files of Charles McCamic of the law firm of McCamic and Clarke, Wheeling, West Virginia. McCamic was president of the Interstate Bridge Company; president and director of the Northeast Mississippi Oil Company; director of the Sehon-Stevenson Company; president and director of the American Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Company; and a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates in 1905. The files contain correspondence, case papers, and business reports of clients; also papers of...
Dates: 1919-1956

Charlotte Muzichuck, Collector, Papers of Anna Santore DeLancy

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3563
Overview Papers of Mrs. Anna Santore DeLancy, social worker and resident of Uniontown, Pennsylvania; Morgantown, West Virginia; and Detroit, Michigan. Includes personal scrapbooks, correspondence, Jackson's Mill scrapbook, Bethany College seminar scrapbook, autograph books, a recipe book, photographs, church programs, playbills, musical programs, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, maps, diplomas, certificates, and ticket stubs. Subjects include World War II and Detroit, Michigan. World War II materials...
Dates: 1926-1945

Chestnut Ridge Camp Scrapbook

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2241
Overview

A scrapbook kept by Agnes Peebles, a counselor at a summer camp for underprivileged children, many from Scotts Run. Although run by the Presbyterian Church, the camp was secular in nature and open to youth of all faiths. Includes photographs, sheet music, letters, and reports; also includes reference to a lecture by a visiting German Jew on conditions in Germany.

Dates: 1940-41