United States. Army.
Organization
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Theodore Sullivan Cox Papers
Collection
Identifier: UA 6.062
Scope and Contents
Series 1 (Acc. 1999.059) contains correspondence regarding the School of Jurisprudence (now the Marshall-Wythe School of Law), the Faculty Club, the Quarterly Millennium Celebration, and notes on the teaching of law at William and Mary for the years 1931-1943. Series 2 (Acc. 2008.308) contains material acquired by Dr. Theodore Sullivan Cox in Germany during the Allied occupation after World War II. Includes British, US American and French military bulletins, manuals and pamphlets...
Dates:
1931-1946
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Virginia Howell Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2011.432
Scope and Contents
Diaries and photograph album, circa 1940s, of Virginia Howell of Richmond, Virginia. Virginia Howell was married to David Edward Howell, who was in the United States Army during World War II. Includes two volumes which contain diary entries, with photographs and letters from Edward Howell attached. Diary entries include information about Edward Howell's training at Camp Lee, Virginia, as well as information about Virginia Howell's daily activities and whether she received mail from Edward....
Dates:
1940-1949
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Ellis D. Lovern Letters
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS 00226
Content Description
Letters include one photograph, two ration books, seven V-Mail cards, two War Department postcards, a Roanoke, Virginia newspaper, a greeting card, and several handwritten letters. Letters are primarily written by Ellis David Lovern, Jr to his wife Ruby and daughter Nancy. Lovern served with the U.S. Army during World War II. His letters are sent from “somewhere in” Tennessee, England, Germany, and Belgium. Lovern frequently signs his name as “Elmer.” He addresses his wife’s concern about...
Dates:
1941-1945
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
McGilvray Family papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2008.021
Scope and Contents
Letters home to Gatesville, Texas from two brothers, Cam and Burl McGilvray who served in the Army and Marines respectively during World War II. Cam McGilvray was in the Army Officer Candidate School No. 1 in Fargo, North Dakota. Burl McGilvray was stationed overseas and returned in April 1943 to the U.S. Naval Hospital in San Diego, California due to a heat stroke complication. The collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, song lyrics and postcards.
Dates:
1942-1943
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
William Preston Letters to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Bennett
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS 00227
Content Description
Correspondence from William (Billy) Preston to his sister and brother-in-law, Ruth and Ralph Bennett, primarily mailed during World War II (1940-1945) with a few letters sent from 1946-1960. The collection includes 120 handwritten and typed letters and postcards; black and white photographs; a Western Union telegram; and newspaper clippings. It is arranged chronologically. The correspondence is detailed and legible, with description of U.S. Army experience in North America (training, duties,...
Dates:
1940-1960; Majority of material found within 1941-1945
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Ed Sanderbeck Letters
Collection
Identifier: MS 00236
Content Description
Mostly envelopes of letters Ed Sanderbeck sent to his wife Fay Weekley from 1941- 1945 while he served in the United States Air Force during World War II. The envelopes have notes written to Fay, but the letters have been removed and are not with the envelopes. Notes discuss his life in the military as he was stationed in Australia, New Guinea, the Philippines, and Korea, and his unit's success at shooting down Japanese planes. Almost 350 envelopes in total, includes some Vmail and some...
Dates:
1941-1945
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Filtered By
Additional filters:
- Subject
- World War, 1939-1945 4
- World War, 1939-1945--United States 3
- Bulletins 1
- Camp Lee (Va.)--History--20th century 1
- Clippings (information artifacts) 1
- Correspondence 1
- Diaries 1
- Gatesville (Tex.) 1
- Germany--History--Allied occupation, 1945- 1
- Law--Study and teaching--Virginia--History 1
- Letters (correspondence) 1
- Medals 1
- Motion pictures (visual work) 1
- Nuremberg War Crime Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, 1946-1949 1
- Pamphlets 1
- Photograph albums 1
- Postcards 1
- Propaganda, German--History--20th century 1
- Richmond (Va.)--History--20th century 1
- Richmond (Va.)--Social life and customs 1
- United States. Marine Corps 1
- War crimes--Germany. 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Alaska 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Canada 1
- World War, 1939-1945--Germany 1
- World War, 1939-1945--Pacific Area 1
- World War, 1939-1945--Women 1
- World War, 1939-1945--Women--United States 1 + ∧ less
∨ more