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to Estelle Spero
18 August 1942
Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945
Diamond mentions that he is now sharing a tent with some veterans of the "Pearl Harbor affair", and speaks about the need to prevent "such barbaric gangsterism".
GLC09120.092
Morris Weiner archive of WWII letters [Decimalized .0001- .1710]
1941-1945
Weiner, Sylvia and Morris, fl. 1941-1945
This collection contains 1710 letters between Sylvia Greenfield Weiner, her husband Morris "Moe" Weiner, and Alvin Greenfield, her brother. Moe Weiner served in the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps from February 26, 1943-1946. Moe had attended...
GLC09414
Twice a Patriot!
1943
United States. Government Printing Office
Poster reads, "Twice a patriot! ex-private Obie Bartlett lost left arm -- Pearl Harbor -- released Dec., 1941 -- now at work welding in a west coast shipyard." Shows a photograph of Obie Bartlett holding a welding torch and wearing an uplifted welder...
GLC09646
We have just begun to fight!
U.S. Government Printing Office
One poster entitled, "We have just begun to fight!" printed by the U.S. Government Printing Office, dated 1943. Poster features a soldier charging forward with his left hand raised up and looking behind him urging others forward. He holds a gun...
GLC09654.06
Thanks Buddy!
1944
United States Government Printing Office
One poster entitled, "Thanks Buddy!" printed by the United States Government Printing Office, dated 1944. Poster features a soldier shaking hands with a paper boy who is carrying papers under his arm. The poster reads, "Thanks Buddy! Newspaper Boys...
GLC09654.49
US and Japanese photos of the attack on Pearl Harbor [Decimalized .01- .17]
1941 - 1943
Various
GLC09547
Log album US Navy Air Station Pearl Harbor [empty]
The album has a decorated suede upper cover and card lower cover, 5 printed leaves ("memory leaves," "my log and diary"), 28 blank leaves.
GLC09547.01
[Hickam Field]
Inscription on back of photograph: "Hickam Field"
GLC09547.03
Battleship Oklahoma's Deck Breaks Water
24 May 1943
United States. Navy
Label on front of photograph reads: (WX1) PEARL HARBOR, May 24-- BATTLESHIP OKLAHOMA'S DECK BREAKS WATER---Barnacled deck of the U.S. Battleship Oklahoma breaks water during salvage operations which returned to service 16 of 19 ships sunk by Japs in...
GLC09547.04
[Ship damaged in Pearl Harbor attack]
GLC09547.05
[Ships at Pearl Harbor]
GLC09547.14
Attack on Pearl Harbor: Japanese photographs, with naval strategy map and propagana material [Decimalized .01- .11]
Circa 1941
GLC09552
[Japanese report on the attack at Pearl Harbor]
1941
Printed Japanese text with illustrations detailing bombing strategy of Pearl Harbor.
GLC09552.01
[Burning aircraft carrier flying American flag]
circa 1941
Color image of a burning aircraft carrier flying American flag. Additional American vessel in foreground. Japanese text in caption on right hand side.
GLC09552.09
[Vessel under attack with Japanese planes flying overhead]
Color image of a vessel under attack with Japanese planes flying overhead. Japanese text in caption on right hand side.
GLC09552.10
General Map of Greater East Asian Co-prosperity Sphere and Pacific Ocean
30 April 1941
Japan Cabinet Printing Bureau
Map of territories included in the Japanese propaganda concept, the "Greater East Asian Co-prosperity Sphere." The concept promoted the cultural and economic unity of the region by a self-sufficient bloc of Asian nations led by the Japanese and free...
GLC09552.11
The Pathway to Peace as Told by Franklin Delano Roosevelt more than a year ago in His Message to Congress on December 8th 1941 and His Radio Address to the People of the United States of American on December 9th 1941.
1942
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
One book titled "The Pathway to Peace" published by The Maple Press Company, dated 1942. The book contains reprintings of two addresses by President Franklin Roosevelt. The first is his address to Congress on December 8, 1941, the day following the...
GLC09702
[Group of fifty-nine posters, circa 1940s] [Decimalized .01-.59]
1940-1949
Collection of fifty-nine posters, dated circa 1940s concerning World War II. Posters were printed in the United States, England and Canada. The subjects are related to buying war bonds, war stamps, rationing, salvage, recycling and possible espionage...
GLC09654
[Letters belonging to Warren Schwartz, 1941-1945][Decimalized .001-.712]
Schwartz, Warren Harold, 1914-1992
Collection of letters belonging to Warren Harold Schwartz dated 1941-1945. Consists of 712 letters, a pamphlet, diplomas and photo album. Addressed to primarily Naomi Horowitz, his girlfriend at the time whom he would marry. Other letters are also...
GLC09662
to Leonard Eugene Graeff
14 December 1943
Walter, June, fl. 1943-1945
One letter from June Walter to Leonard Eugene Graeff dated December 14, 1943. June apologizes for not writing but she has been sick. She mentions Pearl Harbor, "Dec. 7, 1941. I sure do remember that day. You being here, our listening to the radio...
GLC09611.175
[World War II letters of Leonard Eugene Graeff of Harrisburg Pennsylvania] [Decimalized .001-.602]
1937-1963
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...
GLC09611
to Jacob Stone, Beatrice Stone, Don Stone, Jim Stone, Ken Marks, and Barry Marks
13 July 1944
Stone, Robert L., 1921-2009
Addressed to "All." He finally arrived in the "beautiful Hawaiian Islands." He stayed aboard the ship the first night and they were taken to base by trucks the following morning. The base is a small landing strip surrounded by mountains and jungles...
GLC09620.116
Legacy of Letters
8 November 2015
Smith, Jenn, fl. 1982
An article from the Lifestyles section of the Berkshire Eagle newspaper describes how the "Letters in a Box" project began. Mentions that Sheila Stone was going to give the collection to the World War II Museum in New Orleans.
This copy is the same...
GLC09620.248.01
GLC09620.248.02
Congressional Record, Proceedings and Debates of the 77th Congress, Second Session
December 8, 1942
United States. Congress
One printing of a congressional record dated December 8, 1942. Contains remarks by Jeannette Rankin on the attacks of Pearl Harbor.
GLC10088
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