World war, 1939-1945 -- Photographs
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Amos Ben Simmons Jr. Collection
Collection
Identifier: A-0280
Grimes-Koonce Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: A-0371
Content Description
The bulk of the collection consists of family photographs and funeral books.
Dates:
Event: Donated 10/23/2020
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
Hall Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: A-0368
Scope and Contents
There are a wide range of materials in the Hall Family Collection. In the personal and family correspondence there are court records, diary entries, holiday cards, letters, newspaper clippings, notebooks, notes, poetry, postcards, sympathy cards, and telegrams. The business records in the collection often consist of accounts, bills, ledger books, letters, memos, minutes, notes, promissory notes, receipts, and reports. Leisure and travel are most often documented with booklets, brochures,...
Dates:
Event: Donated 11/2/2019
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
Neill, Powers and Rhodes Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: A-0328
Scope and Contents
The bulk of this collection consists of family letters and photographs for Neill family of Shelby County, Texas. The collection includes scholastic records (class notes, assigments, a diploma), genealogical materials (bible pages, newspaper clippings, obituaries), and financial records (account books, receipts, checks), as well as more than a dozen short stories written by Lela (Rhodes)Neill.
Pedigree chart of frequently mentioned family members
[1] Elias Mitchel...
Dates:
Event: Donated 5/27/2016
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
Paul Overall WWII Collection
Collection
Identifier: A-0226
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of the photographs taken by Overall from the liberation of a World War II concentration camp and his honorable discharge certificate.
Dates:
1946; Event: Donated 9/21/1992
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
Ross Fountain Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: A-0331
Scope and Contents
A pair of scrapbooks, family photographs, genealogy materials, and a bomber jacket makes up the majority of this small collection. The scrapbooks have photographs, newspaper clippings, telegrams, and letters about Ross Fountain and other Nacogdoches men serving in World War 2. Researchers might find the bombing mission notes in Folder 2 interesting, as they list the date of the mission, the location targeted, the number of bombs, and their yield. Researchers may also like the rare class...
Dates:
Event: Donated 11/10/2016
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
William D. Murdy World War II Collection
Collection
Identifier: A-0160
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of photocopies of the journals Murdy numbered 4-6. He said the other journals were destroyed over the years following the war. Some of the original pictures of the Dachau Concentration Camp were given to the department and are cataloged in the Photograph Collection.
Dates:
1944-1945
Found in:
East Texas Research Center