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World War II Pilot Survival Packet 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 10 items

Hardesty, David C., Jr.
World War II pilot survival packet for American pilots shot down in Europe. Includes two maps of western and eastern Europe respectively; two German Mark notes in denominations of one million and fifty million marks respectively each dated 1923; two foreign language phrase books, one for Croation, Serbo, Albanian, Greek, and Italian, and the other for French, Polish, Russian, and German; one small compass; six small sheets of blank paper; one metal bar wrapped in paper (1/2 in. x 4 in.); and waterproof carrying case (5 in. x 6 in.).
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

World War II Ration Cards and Stamps 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 14 items

World War II mileage ration cards and stamps issued by the Kingwood Rationing Board to the Preston County Coke Company of Cascade, West Virginia, as part of the Mileage Rationing Program. Includes "certificates of war necessity" (Aug. 28, 1943) to cover four coal trucks, and certificates for tire replacement.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

World War II Scrapbook, Clippings Regarding West Virginians and Others 0.25 Linear Feet Summary: 3 in. (1 flat storage box)

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.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

World War II Scrapbooks 0.5 Linear Feet Summary: 6 in. (1 small flat storage box, 3 in.); (1 scrapbook, 3 in.)

Scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings regarding West Virginia men and women serving in the armed forces during World War II. Clippings include photographs, the nature and location of service, and news of homecomings, weddings, births, awards, missing persons, injuries, and deaths.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

World War II Stereograms, Postcards, and Artifacts 0.01 Linear Foot

Keystone View Company

Stereograph cards, some printed by the Keystone View Company, of scenes from World War II, including a hospital scene, burned wreck of a Zeppelin, grave of Lieut. Quentin Roosevelt, pontoon bridge inspection, bugle call, french flower lady decorating a soldier and clothing issue at Ft. Lee, Virginia.

  1. College of William and Mary

World War II Sugar Rationing Pamphlets, 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

The World War II Sugar Rationing Pamphlets include four pamphlets published during the height of food rationing in the United States during the Second World War. The pamphlets promote rationing of sugar at the homefront and provide recipes that can be made using a substitute for sugar.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

World War II Veterans Papers 5.25 Linear Feet Summary: 5 ft. 2 1/2 in. (12 document cases, 5 in. each; 1 document case, 2 1/2 in.)

The Veterans of World War II papers were compiled by West Virginia University Professors J.C. Easton of the Department of History, C.R. Bishop of the Department of English, and West Liberty State College Professor Regier during the immediate post-war years (1946-1948). Students who had served during World War II were requested to write papers regarding their experiences in the armed services. There are approximately 1,400 reports, and they are filed in alphabetical order by author. The reports document experiences from many theaters of war, including Asia, Europe, North Africa, the Mediterranean, Panama, Alaska, Pacific islands, and the high seas. They contain descriptions of camp life, battle, and life as a prisoner or prison guard. Some accounts are illustrated with pictures, photographs, and drawings.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Worley Simmons Family Papers 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 1/4 in. (1 folder)

Correspondence, manuscript school assignments, printed material, and a receipt from Worley G. Simmons and his wife Isabel Simmons of Porterwood, West Virginia. Worley was a barber in Parsons, WV. Correspondence includes three letters and one postcard. Letters are to and from Worley's family members: Olive B. Kalar/Kalan, Annie B. Moore, and Celia M. Moore, all from Porterwood, WV (1909-1947). Correspondence topics include mathematics notes, a shoe purchase, and family life. Manuscript school assignments include essays by Porterwood resident Iva Moore and others (1901, undated). Printed material includes pages from school books (undated) and West Virginia state examination instructions (1919). The receipt shows that Mr. Simmons bought a Chautauqua Industrial Art Desk (1916).
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Worth Bailey Papers, 1939-1980 8.6 Linear Feet 6 cartons, 2 Hollinger boxes, 2 oversize boxes

Bailey, Worth, 1908-1980

The majority of this collection is made up of research files compiled by Worth Bailey while researching at Mount Vernon and other historical sites. These files contain correspondence, news clippings, images, articles, and studies. Another substantial portion of the collection contains Bailey's drawings, woodcuts, and several printing blocks.

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon

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