July 1, 1944

Receipt

Title: [Allotment Receipt]

One receipt made out to Dexter E. Kelpe for plan one allotments to be sent to Walda B. Kelpe dated July 1, 1944. Plan five is for as allotment of $3.75, and a $25 bond.

GLC10047.03.216.08

1912-1954

Various

Header Record

Title: Collection of WWII era Millitary documents and publications Concerning the 344th Harbor Craft Company

A collection of mostly military documents pertaining to the 344th Harbor Craft Company and their service during World War II. ost documents are related to the service of Dexter Elmer Kelpe a member of the unit. The collection consits of 420 documents, 63 newsletters and pamphlets, 37 letters, 2 diaries, 1 photograph and 10 various objects.

GLC10047.03

October 1944

Receipt

Title: [Allotment Receipt]

One receipt made out to Dexter E. Kelpe for plan five allotments to be sent to Walda B. Kelpe dated October 1944. Plan five is for as allotment of $37.50, and a $50 bond.

GLC10047.03.017

March 13, 1943

United States. Army Service Forces

Typed document

Title: [War Bond Division check notification]

One typed document from the War Bond Division of the Army Services Forces. Pertains to a check for a war bond that must be cashed with instructions.

GLC10001.201

1941-1945

unknown, fl. 1941-1945

Newspaper clipping

Title: [TAAF Civilian Worker Backs the Attack]

One undated newsclipping of a photo caption entitled, "TAAF Civilian Worker Backs the Attack." Image displays Hattie Hall, a civil service employee at the Tuskegee Army Air Field Quartermaster Department. Also in the image is 2nd Lieutenant Frank Eason handing her two $100 bonds.

GLC09645.125

31 January 1944

Hutton, Edith, fl. 1943-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Leonard Eugene Graeff

One letter from Edith Hutton to Leonard Eugene Graeff dated January 31, 1944.

GLC09611.250.01

1 February 1944

Hutton, Bertha, fl. 1943-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Leonard Eugene Graeff

One letter from Bertha Hutton to Leonard Eugene Graeff dated February 1, 1944.

GLC09611.250.02

May 1944

Dyer, Robert E., 1925-2018

Printed document

Title: Authorization for Class B Allotment For Purchase of War Savings Bonds

One Authorization for Class B Allotment For Purchase of War Savings Bonds filled out by Robert E. Dyer. The allotment will start on May 1944 and the bonds will be sent to Lulu Dyer.

GLC09996.396

September 1944

Dyer, Robert E., 1925-2018

Printed document

Title: Authorization for Class B Allotment For Purchase of War Savings Bonds

One Authorization for Class B Allotment For Purchase of War Savings Bonds filled out by Robert E. Dyer. The allotment will start on September 1944 and the bonds will be sent to Lulu Dyer.

GLC09996.420

18 December 1942

Benson, Eris B., 1922-1997

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mamma

One envelope addressed to Anna Petty Benson from Eris B. Benson dated December 18, 1942. Pertains to finances and war bonds.

GLC09954.065

1942

Ephemera

Title: Stamp Album

One stamp album printed by the U.S. Printing Government Office for $0.25 bonds.

GLC09619.001

23 May 1942

Los Angeles Times (Firm)

Newspaper clipping

Title: Alaska Transformed Into Fortress for Carrying War to Japan and Defending Pacific

One newsmap entitled, "Alaska Transformed Into Fortress for Carrying War to Japan and Defending Pacific" dated May 23, 1942. Consists of a map of the state of Alaska and a paragraph detailing funds allocating to arming Alaska as a site of defense against the Japanese army. Reverse side contains a column entitled, "New York Views" written by George Hughes and New York stock quotations and market averages.

GLC09619.019

20 October 1943

Schwartz, Warren Harold, 1914-1992

V-Mail

Title: to Mom, Dad and Grandma

One v-mail addressed to Eva and Morris Schwartz and Sarah Friedman from Warren Schwartz dated October 20, 1943. Pertains to the publicity of the Ninth Division serving overseas and amount of bonds purchased for him.

GLC09662.486

1943-1952

Dyer, Robert E., 1925-2018

Header Record

Title: Collection of Robert E. Dyer, WWII Army Air Force letters [Decimalized .001-.459]

One collection of letters both to and from Robert E. Dyer. Letters are primarily sent to John Elmer and Lula Dyer Robert's parents. Another main correspondent is Robert's girlfriend Joan Pietry, who sent him letters frequently. The letters date from 1943-1952. The collection also contains seventeen photographs and two fountain pens.

GLC09996

circa 1941

United States. Department of the Treasury

Poster

Title: For peace and security/buy bonds

WFD 67 - A. Government printing office # O-668763. Image by Linn Ball depicting the Three Wise Men (Three Kings of the Orient) in colorful garments ride camels toward the Christmas Star.

GLC09520.09

1943

Geisel, Theodor Seuss, 1904-1991

Poster

Title: Starve the squander bug/buy war bonds

WFD No. 865. Government Printing Office 16-35253-1.

GLC09524

1943

United States. Department of the Treasury

Poster

Title: Doing all you can brother?/buy war bonds

WSS No. 715. Government Printing Office O-502782. Color poster by Robert Smullyan Sloan (b. 1915) shows a close-up of a soldier with a bandaged head and a blood-stained khaki uniform. He has light-colored hair and blue eyes. In the background, a barren field lies scattered with broken or abandoned machinery.

GLC09520.32

1942

United States. War Savings Staff.

Poster

Title: Till we meet again/buy war bonds

Wss 645-A. Government Printing Office No. O-491739. Illustrated by Joseph Hirsch depicting a smiling soldier in a khaki uniform and cap waves from a porthole. Approved with a stamp on the verso for distribution to schools by the Deputy Superintendant of Schools, Seymour L. Stone.

GLC09520.18

1943

United States. Office of War Information. Division of Public Inquiries.

Poster

Title: Save freedom of speech / buy war bonds.

OWI No. 44. Government Printing Office O-510257. From the Four Freedoms series. From an painting in the Saturday Evening Post by Norman Rockwell. A man stands to speak at a town meeting. A folded document is in his pocket. He wears a worn bomber jacket and a flannel shirt; sitting all around him are men in suits.

GLC09520.21

1943

United States. War Savings Staff.

Poster

Title: For freedom's sake/buy war bonds

WSS 789-A. OWI - 35. Government Printing Office # O-514158. A small color poster by artist John Atherton (1900-1952) promoting war bonds. In the foreground is an image of the Concord Minute Man statue (a sculpture by Daniel Chester French in Concord, Massachusetts). In the background is a town landscape. Printed for Department of the Treasury.

GLC09520.28

1943

United States. Office of War Information. Division of Public Inquiries.

Poster

Title: Save freedom of worship/buy war bonds

OWI No. 43. Government Printing Office O-510256. From the Four Freedoms series. Based on a painting form the Saturday Evening Post by Norman Rockwell. Men and women of various races and faiths, including a woman with rosary beads, clasp hands together in prayer.

GLC09520.31

1943

United States. Department of the Treasury

Poster

Title: Back the attack/buy war bonds

WSS No. 829. Government Printing Office O-537864. Poster by Georges Schreiber (1904-1977 ) depicting a battle scene. A soldier lies on the ground and holds his military rifle in a ready position. Several parachutes can be seen the sky above and descending around the soldier.

GLC09520.33

1937-1963

Various

Header Record

Title: [World War II letters of Leonard Eugene Graeff of Harrisburg Pennsylvania] [Decimalized .001-.602]

672 items, primarily letters from and to Leonard Eugene Graeff. Many of the letters are between him and his parents Raymond James Graeff and Susan Prowell Graeff. The items date from 1937 to 1963 with the bulk of the material from 1942-1945. The letters contain day to day details of Leonards life and time in the service and traning. He attended Great Lakes Training Center in Illinois and was stationed in Hawaii after training. Most of the letters disscuss news from home. Of note Leonard also recieved letters from some friends who were also in the military and from their families keeping him…

GLC09611

1918

Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Liberty Loan Committee

Poster

Title: "The Message to Send to Our Soldiers In France"

One poster entitled, "The Message to Send to Our Soldiers In France." Text pertains to sending a message to soldiers abroad in the form of bonds. Communicates that investing in bonds is just comforting to them as correspondence from family. Illustration is of a soldier reading a letter in the front lines from his parents that they had invested in bonds.

GLC09807.05

1918

Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Liberty Loan Committee

Poster

Title: "Oversubscribe this Victory Liberty Loan"

One poster entitled, "Oversubscribe this Victory Liberty Loan," dated 1918. Text refers to the service rendered by Sergeant Grady Parrish at Cote de Chatillon on October 16th. Advertisement suggests how Parrish wouldn't have been able to complete an attack against Prussians without weaponry. Artwork is a portrait of Parrish painted at the frontlines by Joseph Cummings Chase.

GLC09807.06