World War II
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:
Blacksburg - Virginia Polytechnic Institute Civilian Defense Council Records,
Records--including correspondence, reports, and printed materials--of a local civilian defense council organized in Blacksburg, Virginia during World War II.
British World War II Scrapbook
Scrapbook compiled by an unknown British World War II soldier, probably in the Royal Air Force. Scrapbook composed of cartoons and clippings from British periodicals; most are related to the air force.
Culinary Ephemera Collection
The Culinary Ephemera Collection was established in 2013. The collection consists of materials in a variety of formats (postcards, menus, children's activities, advertising pamphlets, and more) that relate to food, nutrition, and medicine, dating from the early 19th century to the present.
Esso War Map
World Map from WW II, produced by Esso. Undated, but probably c. early 1940's. Both sides of map contain voluminous information about war effort.
German Soldier's Photographic Scrapbook
Photographs taken by an unknown German soldier during World War II. Scenes of soldiers, tanks, trains, trucks, scenery, and ruins in Budapest and the Soviet Union. Found in Aachen, Germany, in 1944.
Robert E. Hord Jr. Papers,
Instrument of Surrender
Document,
This collection contains an order on behalf of the Emperor of Japan, given by the Japanese Government and Japanese Imperial General Headquarters proclaiming the surrender Japan to the Allied Powers. The document orders all Japanese Forces to surrender at once to Allied forces and is signed by signed on behalf of the Emperor of Japan and the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters, the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers, and representatives of the Allied Power nations.
Garland D. Kite Correspondence,
This collection contains letters from Garland D. Kite to Ralph Brown. The letters detail Kite's experiences as a soldier in Europe during the last two years of World War II.
Armistead M. Leggett Memoir,
A memoir written by Armistead M. Leggett to his children about his service in the Army during World War II. Leggett grew up in Norfolk, Virginia and graduated with a degree in agricultural engineering from Virginia Tech in 1951.
John F. Marshall Correspondence,
Marshall, a member of Admiral William (Bull) Halsey's Third Fleet staff, offers in a letter written to Floyd McElroy, a first-hand description of the ceremony that marked the formal surrender of Japanese forces aboard U.S.S. MIssouri in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945. The collection also includes a letter from McElroy to Ernest Bernstein less than a month later that contains information about both Marshall and the letter.