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African and African American photograph collection, 1850/1945 2.5 Linear Feet one document case, 1 folder in a shared box, 1 oversize folder

This collection contains images of both African and African American individuals. The subjects photographed include military personnel, men, women, and children. Some individuals were photographed inside of a photographer's studio. The images vary in size and format and range in date from circa 1850s-1945. Each item has a description at the file level.

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Captain Clark McRay Valentine's photograph scrapbook, 1939/1949 0.03 Linear Feet

Valentine, Clark McRay

Photograph scrapbook created by Captain Clark McRay Valentine while serving as a medical officer in the 92nd Infantry Division during World War II. He was stationed in both Italy and Germany in the tail end of the war and post-war period. There are photographs from his time in Italy, specifically Naples, and include fellow African American troops. At some point, Valentine's wife Frances and son Clark, Jr. visited him in Italy and are in some photographs. The post-war Germany photographs feature the ruins and militarized zones of Berlin. A set of photos are identified by Valentine as being captured from German POWs and depict Nazi ceremonies, Hitler Youth, military operations, Russia, equipment and leading German military figures like General Guderian. Researchers are advised that there is one photograph of a mass hanging (men and a woman) and photographs taken inside concentration camps and depict deceased individuals and a crematorium. Under one such photograph, Valentine captioned, "Can we ever trust the Germans?" Additionally, there are photographs of Hitler's Eagle's Nest and the surrounding town of Bechtesgaden and the nearby salt mines.

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Ernest Butler photograph album, 1942/1945 0.4 Cubic Feet One custom made flat box (medium)

Max Rambod

This collection contains the photograph album of Ernest Butler, a United States Army soldier who served in Germany during the Second World War. Butler was among the one million African American men and women who served during the war.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Herbert R. Davis photograph albums, 1930/1950 0.6 Cubic Feet Two custom made medium oversize flat boxes

This collection contains two photo albums of Herbert R. Davis of Richmond, Virginia that document Black pre-World War II life in Richmond; Davis's service in the South Pacific (Guam, Guadalco, and Peleliu) as a Black Marine; and Davis's family life upon his return from combat during the early 1930's to the late 1940's.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Madeleine Coleman Roach papers, 1942/1945 .58 Cubic Feet 1 legal document box, 1 Oversize Folder (Small, OS S)

Coleman, Madeleine, 1920-

This material contains references to offensive and harmful language and crimes involving racism. The purpose of this note is to give users the opportunity to decide whether they need or want to view these materials, or at least, to mentally or emotionally prepare themselves to view the materials.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

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