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21 April 1942
Schwartz, Warren Harold, 1914-1992
to Mother and Dad
One letter addressed to Eva and Morris Schwartz from Warren Schwartz dated April 21, 1942. Pertains to life on the base. Mentions training with tear gas.
GLC09662.234
30 November 1942
to Naomi
One letter addressed to Naomi Hurwitz from Warren Schwartz dated November 30, 1942. Pertains to missing her, North Carolina and Boston while he is in Washington, D.C. Mentions censorship in his letters.
GLC09662.361
January 19, 1933
Coolidge, Grace Goodhue, 1879-1957
to Mrs. Glessner
Thanks her for her sympathy note about the death of her husband, Calvin Coolidge. "Although Calvin Coolidge can no longer speak to us in his calm, clear way, I feel his influence abides and will still lead us in plain paths." Written on mourning...
GLC01522.01
1943
United States. Office of War Information. Division of Public Inquiries.
Americans will always fight for liberty
OWI No. 26. Government printing Office O-502684. By artist Bernard Perlin (1918- ). U.S. soldiers in helmets and coats march forward on snow, looking back in review at colonial militiamen with rifles, some in torn clothing or bloody bandages. A badge...
GLC09520.37
13 May 1944
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962
[One letter and one photograph related to Eleanor Roosevelt] [Decimalized .01-.02]
One letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Addie Frizielle dated May 13, 1944, and one photograph of Eleanor Roosevelt.
GLC09544
1942/05/03
Japanese internment broadside
This broadside, printed in Los Angeles, ordered "all persons of Japanese ancestry" to assemble for transport to detention camps. The document gives specific directions to families about what they could take with them-household and personal items...
GLC06360
8 May 1944
Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945
to Estelle Spero
Diamond writes that, as a result of his position as executive officer, he now gives instructions on Japanese weapons. He also comments that, having "fought and worked…side by side with the negro soldiers", he is "nauseated" by the reports of growing...
GLC09120.408
1945
United States. War Finance Division
7th war loan/now all together
Government Printing Office. Small color poster promoting the 7th War Loan. The painting by C. C. Beall is based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph taken by Associated Press photographer, Joe Rosenthal, of the second American flag raising by U.S...
GLC09520.34
9 August 1945
United States Government
[Atomic Bomb Cloud over Nagasaki]
One photograph of the result of an atomic bomb explosion. While the image is not labeled it matches other images known to be depicting the effect of the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki August 9, 1945.
GLC09595.105
1942
War Manpower Commission
Women in the War We Can't Win Without Them
GLC09543
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