| | 21 | Author: | United States. Navy. Training School (Tucson, Ariz.) | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Records of the United States Naval Training (Indoctrination) School),
1944 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1944 | | | | Abstract: | The Naval Training (Indoctrination) School, headquartered
in the Old Main Building on The University of Arizona
campus from 1942 to 1945, was responsible for training
over 10,000 men during World War II. The collection includes typescript
(carbon and mimeograph) orders, memoranda, and schedules relating to the organization,
conduct and training of the student officers. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations -- United States. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 22 | Author: | United States. Wartime Civil Control Administration. | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | United States Wartime Civil Control Administration records
1940-1942
(bulk 1942) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1940-1942 | | | | Abstract: | In 1942, to carry out Executive Order No. 9066, Lt. Gen. John L. DeWitt was designated military commander for the western half of the United States.
He created the Wartime Civil Control Administration; its mission was to evacuate and relocate people of Japanese ancestry. One portfolio of
miscellaneous reports, procedural manuals, memoranda, forms, orders, official announcements, and newspaper clippings concerning the evacuation and
relocation of Japanese Americans. Most items are from the San Francisco office of the Wartime Civil Control Administration; one report is addressed
specifically to Col. Bendetson. Most of the material is dated 1942, although a 1940 alien registration form is also enclosed. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Concentration camps -- United States. | Japanese -- United States. | Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Evacuation of civilians -- United States. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 23 | Author: | Guirey, E. L. (Ernest Lincoln), 1911-1997 | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | E. L. Guirey and H. C. Nixon Manuscript
1954 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1954 | | | | Abstract: | In this manuscript titled Laughter in Hell: Being the True Experiences of Lieutenant E. L. Guirey, U.S.N. and Technical Sergeant H. C. Nixon, U.S.M.C. and Their Comrades in the Japanese Prison Camps in Osaka and Tsuruga, Guirey and Nixon discuss their experiences as prisoners of the Japanese during World War II. They focus on their lives in Umeda Bunsho and in Tsuruga Bunsho. Among the subjects discussed are their meagre rations, prison conditions, organized theft activities, sabotage, fellow prisoners, Japanese guards and officers, and the work assigned. | | | | Repository: | Arizona State University Library. Rare Books and Manuscripts | | | | Subjects: | World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 24 | Author: | Unknown | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Military Collection
1779-1942 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1779-1942 | | | | Abstract: | The Military Collection is an artificial collection composed of short published works, transcripts, and a few original materials primarily discussing the US Civil War. Other conflicts represented in the collection are the US Revolutionary War, the Mexican American War, and World War II. | | | | Repository: | Arizona State University Library. Greater Arizona Collection | | | | Subjects: | Mexican War, 1846-1848. | World War, 1939-1945. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 27 | Author: | Lee, Kenneth Horace, 1927-2005 | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Kenneth Horace Lee letters1944-1946 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1944-1946 | | | | Abstract: | Letters written by Kenneth H. Lee, while in the U.S. Navy during
World War II, to family members back home, from 1944 to 1946. He describes training camp
in San Diego, training and work as a hospital corpsman, and life on board ship, and then
in Japan after the surrender. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 28 | Author: | Kerby family
Miller family | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Miller and Kerby Family Papers
1931-2003
1940-1992 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1931-2003 | | | | Abstract: | This collection houses business records, correspondence, photographs, military records, financial records, yearbooks, publications, and teaching materials documenting the Miller and Kerby families. Subjects represented include Joseph and Estella (Daniels) Kerby's business interests in Phoenix, George Miller Jr.'s work at Thunderbird Field during World War II and subsequent career as a pilot and educator, and Muriel (Kerby) Miller's career as a high school English teacher. This collection has not been processed in full and can be viewed only by appointment. Contact Ask an Archivist for more information. | | | | Repository: | Arizona State University Library
Greater Arizona Collection | | | | Subjects: | World War, 1939-1945 | Flight training -- Arizona | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 29 | Author: | MacKinnon, Stephen R.
MacKinnon, Janice R. | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Preliminary Inventory of the Smedley-MacKinnon Collection
1909-2001 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1909-2001 | | | | Abstract: | The Smedley-MacKinnon collection includes book manuscripts and proofs, oral history interviews conducted by Stephen and Janice MacKinnon while writing Agnes Smedley: The Life and Times of an American Radical, materials regarding the FBI's investigation of Smedley, photographs, periodicals, correspondence, road maps, a scrapbook documenting a trip to China, information regarding the China Reporting Conference, research materials, an index, and notebooks. | | | | Repository: | Arizona State University Library
University Archives | | | | Subjects: | Espionage, Communist -- United States | Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 | World War, 1939-1945 -- China | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 30 | Author: | Smedley, Agnes, 1892-1950
MacKinnon, Stephen R. | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Smedley-MacKinnon Collection
1911-1986
1920-1950 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1911-1986 | | | | Abstract: | The Smedley-Mackinnon Collection houses research source materials, notes, and correspondence documenting the life of journalist Agnes Smedley that were compiled by historian Stephen MacKinnon. Although the materials range from 1911 to 1986, the bulk of the collection consists of photocopied Smedley correspondence, publications, and espionage investigation records extending from 1920 to 1950. The collection has been arranged in four series. | | | | Repository: | Arizona State University Library. University Archives | | | | Subjects: | Espionage, Communist -- United States | Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 | World War, 1939-1945 -- China | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 31 | Author: | Johnston,
Philip, approximately 1892-1978 | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Philip Johnston Papers 1896-1982 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1896-1982 | | | | Abstract: | The Philip Johnston Papers include correspondence, stories
and articles written by Johnston, reference files, photographs, and audio recordings and
transcripts of oral histories related to Johnston's life as a non-Native American
growing up on the Navajo Nation (formerly the Navajo Indian Reservation) in the early
1900s. Topics covered include Johnston's father, Reverend William Riley Johnston, and
his missionary activities on the Navajo Nation; Philip Johnston's knowledge of issues
pertinent to the Navajo Nation among other Native American communities; Johnston's
involvement with the Navajo Code Talkers of World War II; his opinions as to problems
with the Glen Canyon Dam (near Page, Arizona); and other topics related to Arizona,
Mexico, Colorado, Nevada, and California. | | | | Repository: | Cline Library. Special Collections and
Archives | | | | Subjects: | World War, 1939-1945--Cryptography. | Navajo code talkers | Navajo language. | Dams--Arizona. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 32 | Author: | University of Arizona. Office of the
President | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | University of
Arizona Office of the President records,
1937-1947 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1937-1947 | | | | Abstract: | Correspondence and financial papers relating to the administration and
management of the university including areas such as building and grounds,
military matters, student health, land acquisitions, enrollment statistics,
student publications, fraternities and sororities, scholarships and awards, WPA
Federal Works Agency proposed projects, and other issues. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation,
1942-1945 | World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Education and the
war | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 36 | Author: | Schloss, Gerd T. | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Dr. Gerd T. Schloss papers,
1900-2007 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1900-2007 | | | | Abstract: | Dr. Gerd T. Schloss was a microbiology
professor at the University of Arizona whose research revolved around microbiology,
pathology, and cancer research. Schloss fled his German homeland during World War II, was a
refugee in Switzerland, and then emigrated to the United States with his wife, where he
would settle in Tucson as a working doctor. The collection contains Schloss' personal and
professional correspondence, diaries, personal papers and family history research,
professional papers on research, subject files on areas on interest to Gerd in his personal
life, as well as many of Schloss' publication. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Medical colleges -- Faculty | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) | World War, 1939-1945 | Physicians -- Arizona -- History | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 38 | Author: | Gold Star Wives of America. Phoenix (Ariz.) Chapter | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Preliminary Inventory of the Gold Star Wives of America, Inc. Phoenix Chapter Records
1979-2010 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1979-2010 | | | | Abstract: | This collection houses office files, board meeting minutes, brochures, a book, a flag, a VHS tape, and other materials documenting the Gold Star Wives of America, Inc. Phoenix Chapter from 1979 to 2010. This collection has not been processed in full and can be viewed only by appointment. Contact Archives and Special Collections for more information. | | | | Repository: | Arizona State University Library. Greater Arizona Collection | | | | Subjects: | Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Participation, American. | War widows -- Arizona. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, American. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
|
Arizona Archives Online