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Polk, Edwin W. (Edwin Weiss), 1916-2002

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Dates

  • Existence: 9 January 1916 - 30 November 2002

biographical statement

Edwin W. Polk was an alumnus of Western State Teachers College (1937), now Western Michigan University. He was also a junior high teacher in the Detroit area for 40 years. Polk was a lieutenant commander in the United States Navy Reserve (12/1943 - 3/1946), and a WWII Navy veteran, having served as a PT boat officer in the South Pacific, where he received the Purple Heart.

Occupations

Found in 363 Collections and/or Records:

Hitler begrüßt die Berchtesgadener SA während des Wahlkampfes 1932, 1932

 Item — Box 11; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865853], Folder: 4
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #188, Gruppe 29, Sammelwerk #8. Size: 12cm x 17cm (donated by Edwin W. Polk)

Dates: created: 1932
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 4

Hitler-Jugend als Gast am Obersalzberg

 Item — Box 11; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865853], Folder: 187
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #168, Gruppe 67, Sammelwerk #15. Size: 8cm x 12cm (donated by Edwin W. Polk)

Dates: 1904-1964; bulk 1918-1945; Other: Date acquired: 1986, 1988, 2010
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 187

Hitler-Jugend nimmt an der Fünfjahre-Verbotsfeier in Wien tiel. Austria Tabakwerke A.G. vormal Österreich Tabakregie

 Item — Box 10: Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865788], Folder: 8
Identifier: Item 2
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #236, Size: 5cm x 6.5cm (donated by Edwin W. Polk)

Dates: 1904-1964; bulk 1918-1945; Other: Date acquired: 1986, 1988, 2010
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Cigarette trading cards from Austria Tabakwerke. These cards are part of a series titled Adolf Hitler und sein weg zu Großdeutschland (Adolf Hitler and his way to a greater Germany).

Hitler-Jugend vor dem Führer auf dem Parteitag 1936. Austria Tabakwerke A.G. vormal Österreich Tabakregie, 1936

 Item — Box 10: Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865788], Folder: 5
Identifier: Item 11
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #161, Size: 5cm x 6.5cm (donated by Edwin W. Polk)

Dates: created: 1936
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Cigarette trading cards from Austria Tabakwerke. These cards are part of a series titled Adolf Hitler und sein weg zu Großdeutschland (Adolf Hitler and his way to a greater Germany)

Hitler- Jugend wirbt in Wien. Austria Tabakwerke A.G. vormal Österreich Tabakregie

 Item — Box 10: Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865788], Folder: 8
Identifier: Item 3
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #237, Size: 5cm x 6.5cm (donated by Edwin W. Polk)

Dates: 1904-1964; bulk 1918-1945; Other: Date acquired: 1986, 1988, 2010
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Cigarette trading cards from Austria Tabakwerke. These cards are part of a series titled Adolf Hitler und sein weg zu Großdeutschland (Adolf Hitler and his way to a greater Germany).

Hitler und die Reichsregierung bei der Kundgebung der Jugend am 1. Mai 1933 im Lustgarten, 1933-05-01

 Item — Box 11; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865853], Folder: 1
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild # 128, Gruppe 29, Sammelwerk #8. Size: 12cm x 17cm (donated by Edwin W. Polk)

Dates: created: 1933-05-01
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 1

Hitler und Papen auf dem Wege zur Garnisonkirche in Potsdam am 21 März 1933, 1933-03-21

 Item — Box 11; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865853], Folder: 121
Identifier: Item 2
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild # 122, Gruppe 32, Sammelwerk #8. Size: 8cm x 12cm (donated by Edwin W. Polk)

Dates: created: 1933-03-21
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 121

Hitler und Papen auf dem Wege zur Garnisonkirche in Potsdam am 21 März 1933, 1933-03-21

 Item — Box 11; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865853], Folder: 121
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild # 122, Gruppe 32, Sammelwerk #8. Size: 8cm x 12cm (donated by Edwin W. Polk)

Dates: created: 1933-03-21
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 121

Horst Wessel an der Spitze seines Sturmes. Vierter Reichsparteitag, Nürnberg. Austria Tabakwerke A.G. vormal Österreich Tabakregie

 Item — Box 10: Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865788], Folder: 4
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #86; Size: 5cm x 6.5cm (donated by Edwin W. Polk)

Dates: 1904-1964; bulk 1918-1945; Other: Date acquired: 1986, 1988, 2010
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Cigarette trading cards from Austria Tabakwerke. These cards are part of a series titled Adolf Hitler und sein weg zu Großdeutschland (Adolf Hitler and his way to a greater Germany)

Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections

 Series
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains the combination of World War II ephemera, photographs and publications collected by both Mowen and Polk.

Dates: 1904-1964; bulk 1918-1945; Other: Date acquired: 1986, 1988, 2010
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections

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