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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Lewellyn C. Daigle Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1294
Scope and Contents A scrapbook compiled and annotated by Daigle describing his activities during World War II. The scrapbook contains photographs of fellow soldiers as well as of places Daigle was stationed during the war. The collection also contains two books: "God is my co-pilot" by Robert L. Scott and "Born in battle" by Rowan T. Thomas. The latter book contains a dedication to Daigle from Capt. Thomas.
Dates: 1941-1943
Found in: Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections / Lewellyn C. Daigle Scrapbook

Arlie Holman Letters

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1125-sc
Abstract Letters from Holman to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel H. Holman of West Peru, Me. Written between September 1945 and August 1946, the letters detail Holman's military service in the Army Air Forces and his experiences from his arrival at Camp Adair, Oregon, through his time in Okinawa Island, Japan. Miscellaneous postcards to various Holman family members are also included in the collection.
Dates: 1945-1946
Found in: Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections / Arlie Holman Letters

Frederic Coleman Murphy Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1596-sc
Abstract Papers include copies of Coleman's letters, 1929-1945, primarily to his mother and sister in which he writes of his life while teaching in Berlin, N.H., as an analyst in the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce in Washington, D.C., and while serving with the United States Army in Italy during World War II. The collection also contains letters of condolence to Coleman's wife after his death in 1945 as well as family photographs.
Dates: 1929-1945
Found in: Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections / Frederic Coleman Murphy Papers

Marie Pancoast Scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1637
Scope and Contents Scrapbooks compiled by Marie Haines Pancoast while a student at the University of Maine. They contain programs, photographs and memorabilia of campus activities and social and sorority life. Topics of particular interest within the scrapbooks include newspaper clippings about activities on campus concerning World War II and programs, souvenirs, etc. from Phi Mu sorority.
Dates: 1941-1945
Found in: Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections / Marie Pancoast Scrapbooks

Faculty Records (University Of Maine). Professor Smith (David C.)

 Record Group
Identifier: UA RG 0011-047
Scope and Contents The papers of an educator and historian at the University of Maine. Included are correspondence; periodicals; research papers; reports; town reports of Paris, Maine; newsletters; photographs; minutes of meetings; book reviews; newspaper clippings; reprints; lecture notes; interviews; and literary contributions.
Dates: undated
Found in: Raymond H. Fogler Library University Archives / Faculty Records (University Of Maine). Professor Smith (David C.)

Henrietta Thompson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0498
Abstract The papers of a student at the University of Maine. The papers include research material for her thesis for her M.A. Degree in History. Her thesis described her interviews of the members of a group of 114 men and women who were fleeing from Burma after the Japanese invasion of that country in January 1942. Included are correspondence, 32 audiotapes, notecards, research notes, and bibliographies.
Dates: 1942-1992
Found in: Raymond H. Fogler Library University Archives / Henrietta Thompson Papers

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