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World War, 1939-1945

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Also known as World War II

Found in 38 Collections and/or Records:

Purdue World War II announcements and publications collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 252
Scope and Contents

The Purdue World War II announcements and publications collection contains several publications regarding Purdue's contributions to the United States Military during World War II. Accelerated wartime course syllabi and other class information offered to those planning on joining the military are located in the collection.

Dates: 1941 - 2006
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Mary Lou Schiltz papers on Purdue in World War Two

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 66, Placement: 09
Identifier: MSA 370
Scope and Contents The collection contains several clippings, pamphlets and announcements belonging to Mary Lou Schiltz, who was a Home Economics student at Purdue during World War Two. Of particular interest are materials relating to the experiences of women students during this time, including: program material for the Work to Win Conference that was compulsory for women students, an article about the RCA engineering cadette program that was modeled after the Curtiss-Wright Cadettes, and other articles...
Dates: 1942 - 1943
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Ralph H. Schneck Military collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 123
Scope and Contents The Ralph H. Schneck Military collection (2.2 cubic feet; 1854-1973) documents Ralph H. Schneck’s childhood, military training, and service in the United States Army Air Corps.  The collection includes personal correspondence, photo albums with detailed captions, artifacts and a DVD of Schneck giving a personal account of his childhood until his enlisting in the Army. Schneck’s correspondence and photographs in particular give a rare, detailed glimpse into the daily existence of a soldier...
Dates: 1854 - 1973; Other: Date acquired: 01/07/2013
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Frank Evar Schultz papers

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 86
Identifier: MSP 334
Scope and Contents

Includes one U.S. Department of Commerce "Pilot Rating Book for Navy", used by the Purdue Aeronautics Corp. at the Purdue University airport, belonging to Frank Evar Schultz. Also included are four postcards with handwriting from this time period, with one depicting the Purdue University airport, one depicting the Purdue Memorial Union, and two commemorating Schultz's first solo flight.

Dates: 1943
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Douglass Shortridge collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 213
Scope and Contents

The Douglass Shortridge collection contains artifacts from Shortridge's student years at Purdue, historical newspapers from the end of World War II, a newspaper obituary of Abram C. Shortridge, and other documents accumulated during Shortridge's career.

Dates: 1919 - 2003
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Steven and Clara Summers papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 94
Scope and Contents

The Steven and Clara Summers papers (1941-1945) documents the lives of Steven and Clara Summers and other family and friends during Steven’s service in the U.S. Army during World War II.  Types of materials include: correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, greeting cards, official military documents, portraits, and military artifacts.  The Papers are organized into six series.

Dates: 1941 - 1946; Other: Date acquired: 08/02/2010
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Thomas J. Sego papers

 Unprocessed Material — Communal collections box 13
Identifier: 20181001.1
Dates: 1943 - 1946
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

U.S. Naval Training School at Purdue booklet

 Unprocessed Material — Box Communal Accessions 51
Identifier: 2022-123
Dates: December 8, 1943
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

U.S. Naval Training School brochure

 Unprocessed Material — Communal accessions box 14
Identifier: 20080301
Dates: June 8, 1944
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Albert Viton papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 44
Scope and Contents The papers document the career of Albert Viton, first as a member of the World War II Combined Food Board and then as an observer to both the International Sugar Council and United Nations Sugar Council debates concerning the ratification of an International Sugar Agreement. He also was a participant at other commodity meetings of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (namely cocoa, citrus fruit, tea, and bananas) in his role as the Chief of Sugar, Beverages, and Horticulture...
Dates: 1937-1990s; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/2004
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

William Whalen papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 100
Scope and Contents

The William Whalen papers includes personal correspondence and materials created during Whalen’s service during and after World War II, as well as a small number of assorted documents related to his time as director of the Purdue University Press.

Dates: 1943 - 1991; Majority of material found within 1943 - 1947
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Women in the War, World War II poster

 Unprocessed Material — Folder 1
Identifier: 2024-131
Dates: 1942
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

World War Two and Retirement, 1924 - 1972

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 323, Series 2, Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents This subseries includes correspondence, documents, photographs, clippings, and artifacts from Cornish's service in World War Two and the years leading up to his retirement in 1958. Artifacts included are various military pins from the entirety of his military career. Other items of note are correspondence from his service as the Chief of the Flight Operations division in Washington D.C. during World War Two, his military personnel file, and newspapers from World War Two depicting the United...
Dates: 1924 - 1972
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Clarence Frank Cornish papers / Military Career