Repository: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts / Subject: World War, 1939-1945 - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

William B. Richard World War II letters, 1945 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.25 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:: Corporal (later Sergeant) William B. Richard was an American airman who served with the 1346th Army Air Force in eastern India during World War II. From February to November 1945 he wrote letters to his mother Mrs. Sarah Jane Richard on the uneventful day-to-day experiences of his tour of duty.

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W. McLatchie photograph album, 1942-1945 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: Photograph album kept W. McLatchie, a British soldier who was stationed in India from 1942 to 1945.

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S.A. Wheeler World War II photograph albums from India, 1942-1945 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.4 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:: S.A. Wheeler may have been a Scottish member of the British Air Force posted in India during World War II. This collection is composed of two volumes of photos taken in India between 1942 and 1945, likely by S.A. Wheeler. A majority of the photographs capture local scenes of the market, the landscape and the people, mostly in Lahore and Dehli but also on trips he took in the region. The volumes also contain some newspaper clippings, stamps, paper money and other mementos.

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Women's Auxiliary Corps (India) World War II photograph album, 1945 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.08 linear feet (1 volume)
Abstract:: This collection is composed of one volume of photos taken in India by a member of the Women's Auxiliary Corps (India), W.A.C. (I), in 1945. A majority of the photographs capture local sights, mostly in Dagshai, Delhi, and New Dehli.

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India photograph album, 1945 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.8 linear feet (1 volume and 1 folder)
Abstract:: This photograph album captures the daily life of rural Indians in 1945 as seen by either an American or British military doctor.

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Howard Myers Scull papers, 1896-2015 (inclusive) 1936-1944 (bulk)

Extent:: 1.2 linear feet (3 boxes)
Abstract:: Howard Myers Scull was a flight surgeon with the United States Army Air Corps during World War II. He died in a plane crash on July 4, 1944. This collection documents his early life and education, his World War II service, and the way in which his family mourned his death. Researchers will find photographs, correspondence, diaries, and official documents relating to Scull's education at Lafayette College and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, his military career (including training and service in England), and his death.

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Leroy Marcus Glodell papers, 1918-1986 (inclusive) 1939-1952 (bulk)

Extent:: 3 linear feet (3 boxes)
Abstract:: The Leroy Marcus Glodell papers document the wartime and post-war experience of this U.S. Army Intelligence officer and his future wife Frances Grace Knapton Consolves, during his various military assignments in the United States and Central America.

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Bob Spaugh World War II photographs, 1944-1945 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.5 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:: Bob Spaugh was an army Lieutenant from Fort Worth, Texas who was served on San Jose Island, Panama during World War II. This collection of original photographs documents an American soldier's experiences on "Test Tube Island," an American chemical weapon testing program.

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Ronald Beck scrapbook of Royal Air Force service and travel memorabilia, 1942-1969 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.3 linear feet
Abstract:: George Ronald Kinloch Beck (1907-1993) was an officer in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. This scrapbook contains about 20 pages of photographs, correspondence, clippings, and other memorabilia that documents his military service from 1942 to 1945. Another 49 pages of photographs, photographic post cards, maps, itineraries, and brochures, document trips to Switzerland, France, Italy, Spain, and Africa, from 1955 to 1969.

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Photograph album by a British soldier, 1944-1945 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.3 linear_foot (1 box)
Abstract:: Photograph album kept by an unidentified British soldier in the Royal Air Force stationed in India during World War II. The album spans from 1944-1945 and is comprised of 330 photographs.

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