World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered autobiographical works relating the experiences of persons (not limited to combatants) in connection with the war.
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Esther Morris Rasmussen
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-1584
Scope and Contents
Letters exchanged between Esther Morris Rasmussen (1914-1991), her immediate family, and friends, 1930-1980. The collection includes correspondence from Leo. Brown, Jr. to Esther, 1934-1939 and letters from Esther’s five brothers, Richard, Edward, Walter G., Robert S. and Harold during their service in the armed forces during World War II. Included are letters exchanged in early 1945 in regards to Robert’s untimely death in an airplane crash, as well as Harold’s abrupt marriage later in the...
Dates:
1930-1980
Mrs. Ruth Van Haaften Collection
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-1624
Overview
The collection is composed of photographs, artifacts, and documents from Edward Clarence Van Haaften who was a Kalamazoo resident and veteran of both World Wars I and II. The collection ranges in date from 1917 to 1945.
Dates:
1917-1945
Oral history interview with Arnold Schneider, October 12, 1990
File — Box 5-OralHist, Object: 10
Oral history interview with Betty Jane Schultz Virgo, October 28 and November 24, 1993
File — Box 5-OralHist, Object: 11
Dates:
Majority of material found within October 28 and November 24, 1993
Oral history interview with Jack and Phyllis Streidl, February 6, 1998
File — Box 5-OralHist, Object: 17
Oral history interview with Marion R. Spear, 1982
File — Box 5-OralHist, Object: 6
Oral history interview with Robert H. Williams, 1989
File — Box 6-OralHist, Object: 9
Rosel Family Letters Collection
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3644
Overview
This collection contains letters from mostly 1945 within the Rosel family. These letters are mostly between Dale Rosel and his wife Helen.
Dates:
1945-1946
The Forman Family Letters
File
Identifier: RH-A-3452
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of newspaper articles, correspondence between Jack and Alta, and other miscellaneous correspondence. The items date from February 1945 to March 1946.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1945-1946
Zerbe Collection
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-2330
Scope and Contents
This collection contains letters documenting Thomas Zerbe and Walter Boylan’s service in the United States Navy during World War Two. Correspondence between Charlotte Zerbe, previously Charlotte Boylan, and her brother Walter Boylan who served in the US Navy during World War II. Walter Boyland was stationed temporarily at Western Michigan University during 1943 for training. Also includes are five other letters by Boylan.
Dates:
1939-1954