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World War, 1939-1945

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Arnold, Herbert (session 1), June 8, 2015

 File — Box 1
Scope and Contents In his two interviews, Herbert Arnold discusses topics including: his childhood in Bavaria (now Czech Republic); deporation during WWII; attending Germantown High School in Philadelphia through an American Field Service scholarship; attending university in Germany in Freiburg and Wurzburg; studying under Gerd Tellenbach; teaching intensive German Language at Wesleyan (1962); joining the Wesleyan faculty (1963); the Wesleyan College Plan; tenures of University presidents including Vic...
Dates: June 8, 2015

Arnold, Herbert (session 2), June 12, 2015

 File — Box 1
Scope and Contents In his two interviews, Herbert Arnold discusses topics including: his childhood in Bavaria (now Czech Republic); deporation during WWII; attending Germantown High School in Philadelphia through an American Field Service scholarship; attending university in Germany in Freiburg and Wurzburg; studying under Gerd Tellenbach; teaching intensive German Language at Wesleyan (1962); joining the Wesleyan faculty (1963); the Wesleyan College Plan; tenures of University presidents including Vic...
Dates: June 12, 2015

Barber, William (session 1), December 13, 2013

 File — Box 1
Scope and Contents In this first interview of three, William Barber discusses topics including: childhood in Depression-era Kansas; attending Harvard on scholarship; time as a soldier in WWII; attending Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar; work as Assistant Professor at Kansas State; work in Washington D.C. as an economic analyst; futher studies at Oxford (PhD); marriage to wife Sheila; working in the Economics Department at Wesleyan; work as Chairman of College of Social Studies; specialization in the History of...
Dates: December 13, 2013

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

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