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Carl Carlson papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1000-132
Abstract

Carl Carlson was a Wesleyan University student between 1937 and 1941 but did not graduate. He was killed in World War II.

The collection contains Wesleyan course work, prose and poetry by Carlson, and correspondence.

Dates: 1937-1941

William M. Citron papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1000-179
Abstract A lifelong Democrat, William M. Citron served as a member of the Connecticut State Assembly, Connecticut State Legislature, and had two terms in the United States Congress as a representative for Connecticut. He served in the Army in both World War I and World War II. Citron was an outspoken opponent of anti-semitism and, in 1935, wrote to the U.S. Olympic Committee to urge that American athletes boycott the Olympics scheduled to take place in Berlin in the summer of 1936. He also made...
Dates: 1918-1966

Henry C. Herge papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1000-124
Abstract

Henry Curtis Herge (1907-2003) was the Commanding Officer of the Navy College Training Program at Wesleyan University, known as the V-12. Materials include items specifically related to Wesleyan's V-12 program as well as writings, research, and published works related to naval wartime training, the Navy V-12 program, naval curricula information, and higher education during wartime in general.

Dates: 1942-1988

Jerome Long collection on World War II African American soldier court martial documents

 Collection
Identifier: 2015-021
Abstract

The collection involves research on African American soldiers who were court martialed, found guilty, and executed while they served in the U.S. Army in World War II.

Dates: 1944-2000

William Manchester papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1000-169
Abstract

Correspondence, manuscript drafts, proofs, galleys, extensive research and reference materials, photographs, and other documentation relating to Manchester's professional career, his eighteen books and dozens of articles and other writings, and personal affairs, including his college years, awards, speeches, financial and legal matters, the construction of his Middletown house, and travels. Also includes scrapbooks, audio and video tapes and computer files, and realia.

Dates: 1934-2004

Jean F. Maynard collection of Eleven Who Served: narratives and letters from World War II

 Collection
Identifier: 1000-121
Abstract

The personal narratives of 13 Wesleyan almuni during World War II.

Dates: 1995-1997

David McAllester papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2002-018
Abstract

David Park McAllester was professor of Anthropology and Music at Wesleyan University from 1947 to 1986. He studied and wrote about the rites and ceremonies of the Navajo Indians and was a co-founder of the Society for Ethnomusicology.

This collection contains drafts of published and unpublished writings, extensive correspondence, field notes and one nineteenth century family photograph album.

Dates: 1940-1996

Fred B. Millett World War II letters from students

 Collection
Identifier: 1000-130
Abstract

The Fred Millet World War II letters from students were sent from both Wesleyan and non-Wesleyan students involved in the war effort.

Dates: 1913-1948

Frederick Carl Strong V-12 photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2007-003
Abstract

Nine photographs of the V-12 Unit at Wesleyan.

Dates: 1944

Wesleyan University Navy V-5 and V-12 Training Units collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1000-125
Abstract

Wesleyan University hosted both V-5 and V-12 Naval Training Units on its campus during World War II. The Navy V-5 and V-12 Training Units collection features information about both naval training units, including information about their curricula, as well as publications used in the courses.

Dates: 1941-1944

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Navy V-12 Program (U.S.) 3
United States. Navy (General subdivision: History. Chronological subdivision: World War, 1939-1945.) 2
Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.) 2
American Education Publishing 1
Carlson, Carl, 1920-1943 1