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World War, 1939-1945

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 38 Collections and/or Records:

Nazi banner

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924113903219]
Identifier: 8461
Content Description

Collection consists of a large World War II Nazi banner brought back to the United States by Clifton William Loomis, Lieutenant Colonel. The banner is red with a black swastika painted on a white circle, and measures approximately 112 inches long and 44 inches wide. Also includes a small mirrored plaque for Loomis.

Dates: 1945
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Nazi banner

New York State War Council records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1730
Scope and content Reports, bulletins, newsletters, and correspondence pertaining to the work of Cornell University in matters of civilian mobilization, particularly that of Donald A. Campbell and Robert Polson, an extension rural sociologist and deputy director of farm labor mobilization for the State of New York; concerns civil defense, civilian mobilization, and other home front activities. Includes pamphlets issued by the Red Cross, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the American Industries Salvage...
Dates: 1941-1945
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / New York State War Council records

Ornithology newsletters

 Collection — Manuscript box 23 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065307138]
Identifier: 21-18-m.921
Scope and content

Newsletters (typescript mimeo) produced during World War II for students and alumni serving in the military, with news for and about them and address lists. One Zoology Department Newsletter, No. 2, November 15, 1943. It was succeeded by Ornithology Newsletter, Vol. 1-7, 1944-1945.

Dates: 1943-1945.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Ornithology newsletters

Political Campaigns, U.S. Presidential, miscellany, 1940

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1204
Scope and content

Clippings and magazine articles on Wendell Willkie pertaining to his presidential candidacy in 1940 and to his role as a representative of the United States abroad in the early years of World War II; also included is Republican campaign literature.

Dates: 1940-1943.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Political Campaigns, U.S. Presidential, miscellany, 1940

Robert G. Damon Collection of Beattie Manufacturing Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 6862 P
Dates: 1892-1910
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / Robert G. Damon Collection of Beattie Manufacturing Photographs

Robert J. Smith papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 14-25-3175
Abstract

Correspondence, research, articles, course material and lectures pertaining to Dr. Smith's study of Japan.

Dates: 1950-2016
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Robert J. Smith papers

Robert W. Madden and Dorothy Scott papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065361317]
Identifier: 37-5-3227
Scope and content

Scrapbook documenting the wedding of Robert and Dorothy and his military service, as well as their Cornell experiences. Also, a photograph album and group photographs of Theta Xi members and their dates at Spring Day and houseparties in 1942.



Dates: 1941-1945.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Robert W. Madden and Dorothy Scott papers

Russell Manufacturing Company Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6878
Scope and Contents The bulk of the first accession of Russell Manufacturing Company records are a nearly complete set of bound financial records, ledgers, journals, cashbooks and day books. The entries are detailed until the 1860s. Additonally, the later addition includes reference and subject working files from various departments of the Russell Manufacturing Company. There is a large amount of material relating to the presenting of the Army/Navy “E” Award for production during World War II, including...
Dates: 1826-1984
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / Russell Manufacturing Company Records

S. Marian Pratt letters

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065201265]
Identifier: 3707
Scope and content Includes letters (1929-1936) in English, French, and Italian from Perry Cornell Dechert (later known as Pierre François Cornell-Dechert) to Selma Marian Urband (later Mrs. Willis W. Pratt), mainly dating before 1933 and concerning Dechert's friends and travels in France while he was studying at the Université de Delaware (Section d'Etudes a l'Etranger) and the Sorbonne and later teaching at the Collège de Normandie; two letters (1929) from Perry Cornell Dechert to Edith Cornell Dechert,...
Dates: 1929-1957.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / S. Marian Pratt letters

Servicemen's weekly news letter

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065477022]
Identifier: 4932
Scope and content

A newsletter published in Ithaca, New York and distributed to area servicemen.

Dates: 1945-1946.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Servicemen's weekly news letter

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