World War, 1939-1945
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Also known as World War II
Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:
Mary Lou Schiltz papers on Purdue in World War Two
Collection — Box Communal Collections 66, Placement: 09
Identifier: MSA 370
Overview
The collection contains materials related to Purdue's campus and student body, particularly women, during World War Two.
Dates:
1942 - 1943
Ralph H. Schneck Military collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 123
Abstract
Correspondence, photographs, clippings, high school and military artifacts documenting the childhood, military training and United States Army Air Forces career of Ralph H. Schneck.
Dates:
1854 - 1973; Other: Date acquired: 01/07/2013
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
Steven and Clara Summers papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 94
Abstract
Correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, greeting cards, official military documents, portraits, and military artifacts documenting the lives of Steven and Clara Summers and other family and friends during World War II.
Dates:
1941 - 1946; Other: Date acquired: 08/02/2010
Thomas J. Sego papers
Unprocessed — Box Communal Accessions 13
Identifier: 20181001.1
Dates:
1943 - 1946
U.S. Naval Training School at Purdue booklet
Unprocessed — Box Communal Accessions 51
Identifier: 2022-123
Dates:
December 8, 1943
U.S. Naval Training School brochure
Unprocessed — Box Communal Accessions 14
Identifier: 20080301
Dates:
June 8, 1944
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:
1940 - 1995; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/2004
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
World War Two and Retirement, 1924 - 1972
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 323, Series 2, Subseries 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