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World War, 1939-1945

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 82 Collections and/or Records:

West Virginia University, War Dead Honor Roll

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3198
Overview

A roll of honor containing a listing of those students of West Virginia University who were killed during U.S. involved conflicts in the twentieth century. There are listings for World War I, World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. There is also a biographical insert for Joseph P. Bongiorni, the lone University fatal casualty of Operation Desert Storm.

Dates: 1917-1991
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia War History Commission, Papers of Festus P. Summers, Chairman, World War II Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1705
Scope and Contents Records of Festus P. Summers regarding his activities as chairman of the West Virginia War History Commission. Contains a speech, newsletter, war records collecting manuals, lists of Office of Civilian Defense directors, lists of potential and confirmed war records collectors, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and a traveling expense account.Items within this collection include: drafts for a speech entitled "Let History Arm the Mind". The some pages are handwritten, others are...
Dates: 1942-1945
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia War History Commission, World War II Maps from Office of Civilian Defense

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0103
Scope and Contents Maps of West Virginia prepared or used by the Office of Civilian Defense during World War II and preserved by the West Virginia War History Commission.Contains the following maps:1. Base Map State of West Virginia (2 copies)2. City of Fairmont, West Virginia3. Road Map of Marion County West Virginia4. Map of West Virginia showing county boundaries (2 copies)5. Map of West Virginia showing primary state roads...
Dates: 1928-1946
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia War History Commission, World War II Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0109
Scope and Contents Records of the West Virginia War History Commission and the state, local, and national branches of the Office of Civilian Defense. Material within this collection documents civilian activities on the homefront during World War II in the state of West Virginia. The collection contains correspondence, publications, pamphlets, maps, posters, newspapers and clippings, radio scripts, and other material. The collection also contains 19 reels of microfilm regarding the Monongalia Office of Civil...
Dates: 1928-1946; Majority of material found within 1941-1945
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

William A. Moreland, Political Papers, World War II Records, and Other Material

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2032
Overview Papers of a Morgantown lawyer and state legislator. Includes political correspondence of William Moreland addressing issues ranging from abortion to coal mining with a majority of the papers regarding the operation of state bureaucracy and the importance of organized labor in West Virginia. Addendum of 2010/10/29 includes Moreland's World War II (WWII) service records, family genealogy, and family photographs. Addenda of 2011/03/21 and 2011/06/20 include papers of William Moreland, and...
Dates: 1824-2008
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

William B. Spitzer, Compiler, Research Papers Regarding World War II Airman Kingsley Spitzer

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4145
Overview

Research papers compiled by William B. Spitzer of Berkeley Springs, West Virginia regarding the service and death of his brother Technical Sergeant Kingsley Spitzer, crew member of the B-17 Flying Fortress "Situation Normal", during World War II. Includes photographs, correspondence, clippings, books, and other material.

Dates: 1942-2000
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

William E. Chilton Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3020
Scope and Contents Scrapbooks, correspondence, business papers, and memorabilia of a prominent Charleston family that were long time owners of the Charleston Gazette. There are papers of W. E. Chilton, Sr., and for his son and grandson, W. E. Chilton, Jr. and W. E. Chilton, III. The papers of Chilton senior include some correspondence, but mostly land papers documenting the coal mining district in Webster and Braxton Counties. There are also scrapbooks, and contracts pertaining to the family newspaper...
Dates: 1884-1978
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

William Rice Research Papers regarding West Virginia Genealogy and Other Topics

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4317
Overview Historical research material collected by William Rice from ca. 1975-2015, mostly relating to the history of western Virginia and southeastern West Virginia, the Upper Potomac River basin, and particularly Elkins and Randolph County. There are three record series including subject files (boxes 1-4), miscellaneous research files (boxes 4-5), and family histories (boxes 5-16). Subject files are arranged alphabetically and cover many topics ranging from early settlement, the formation of cities...
Dates: ca. 1975-2015
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

World War II Era Motion Picture Films regarding the European Theater

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4014
Overview

56 reels of 16mm motion picture film. Much of the film seems to be newsreels from German organizations. Most films have no sound. Subjects include battles and other events of World War II, as well as a few reels of film that predate the war.

Dates: 1934-1948 and undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

World War II Scrapbook, Clippings Regarding West Virginians and Others

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4062
Overview

Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings regarding mostly West Virginia men and women serving in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II. Clippings include photographs, the nature and location of service, news of homecomings, weddings, births, awards, missing persons, injuries, and deaths.

Dates: ca. 1942-1945
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center