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World War II U. S. Army Iceland Holiday Menus, 1943/1944 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

United States. Army. Engineer Aviation Battalion, 824th
This collection contains three holiday menus for U. S. Army soldiers stationed in Iceland during World War II. The dinner menus are for Thanksgiving and Christmas 1943 and Thanksgiving 1944. The 1943 menus are both for the 824th Engineers Aviation Battalion and list some of the personnel. The Thanksgiving 1943 menu also includes signatures of several soldiers.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

World War II Veterans Papers, 1939/1945 5.25 Linear Feet Summary: 5 ft. 2 1/2 in. (12 document cases, 5 in. each; 1 document case, 2 1/2 in.)

The Veterans of World War II papers were compiled by West Virginia University Professors J.C. Easton of the Department of History, C.R. Bishop of the Department of English, and West Liberty State College Professor Regier during the immediate post-war years (1946-1948). Students who had served during World War II were requested to write papers regarding their experiences in the armed services. There are approximately 1,400 reports, and they are filed in alphabetical order by author. The reports document experiences from many theaters of war, including Asia, Europe, North Africa, the Mediterranean, Panama, Alaska, Pacific islands, and the high seas. They contain descriptions of camp life, battle, and life as a prisoner or prison guard. Some accounts are illustrated with pictures, photographs, and drawings.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Worley Simmons Family Papers, 1890/1947 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 1/4 in. (1 folder)

Correspondence, manuscript school assignments, printed material, and a receipt from Worley G. Simmons and his wife Isabel Simmons of Porterwood, West Virginia. Worley was a barber in Parsons, WV. Correspondence includes three letters and one postcard. Letters are to and from Worley's family members: Olive B. Kalar/Kalan, Annie B. Moore, and Celia M. Moore, all from Porterwood, WV (1909-1947). Correspondence topics include mathematics notes, a shoe purchase, and family life. Manuscript school assignments include essays by Porterwood resident Iva Moore and others (1901, undated). Printed material includes pages from school books (undated) and West Virginia state examination instructions (1919). The receipt shows that Mr. Simmons bought a Chautauqua Industrial Art Desk (1916).
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Worth Bailey Papers, 1939-1980, 1939/1980 8.6 Linear Feet 6 cartons, 2 Hollinger boxes, 2 oversize boxes

Bailey, Worth, 1908-1980

The majority of this collection is made up of research files compiled by Worth Bailey while researching at Mount Vernon and other historical sites. These files contain correspondence, news clippings, images, articles, and studies. Another substantial portion of the collection contains Bailey's drawings, woodcuts, and several printing blocks.

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon

Worthington Baptist Church, Records, 1840/1997 0.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)

Worthington Baptist Church
Six ledgers of the Worthington Baptist Church of Marion County, WV. Includes financial records, meeting minutes, annual reports, church statistics, building plans, and membership lists. There is also a history of the church, which is a denominational affiliate of the American Baptist Convention, USA.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

W.R. Loar and Son, Photographer, Records, 1918/1968 14.3 Linear Feet 14 ft. 4 in. (22 document cases, 5 in. each; 3 records cartons, 15 in. each; 1 small flat storage box, 3 in.; 16 unboxed ledgers, 14 in.)

Loar, W. R. and Son
Studio registers and business records of W.R. Loar and Son, photographers of Grafton, West Virginia. The 25 volumes of studio registers cover the period 1918 to 1965. The 20 volumes of business records include cash books, 1940-1958; inventories, 1949-1955; invoices, 1939-1947; bank books, 1939-1940; and business expense accounts, 1943-1965.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Wyndham Bolling Blanton reprints collection, 1910/1957 1 Linear Feet

The collection consists of reprints from medical journals and organizational pamphlets that contain topics such as the history of medicine, psychology, psychiatry, tuberculosis, blood circulation, maternity, menstruation, histamine, in vitro, in vivo, surgeon general, allergy, laboratory observation, trichiniasis, pneumonia, medical research, pleurisy, the Mayo Clinic, Sessions of the US Congress, and clinical pathology.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

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