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

 Person

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 362 Collections and/or Records:

Minister Darré begrüßt den Führer anläßlich des Erntedankfestes

 Item — Box 11; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865853], Folder: 61
Identifier: Item 2
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #29, Gruppe 65, Sammelwerk #15. Size: 12cm x 17cm (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 61

Ministerpräsident Göring beim Führer auf dem Obersalzberg

 Item — Box 11; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865853], Folder: 151
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #42, 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 151

Mit der D-2600 über Nürnberg Ankunft auf dem Reichsparteitag 1934, 1934

 Item — Box 11; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865853], Folder: 82
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #14, Gruppe 66, Sammelwerk #15. Size: 12cm x 17cm (donated by Edwin W. Polk)

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1934
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 82

Mitten im Wahlkampf. Der Führer bespricht seine Reiseroute mit seinem Flugkapitän Baur

 Item — Box 11; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865853], Folder: 117
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #91, Gruppe 32, Sammelwerk #8. 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 117

Motor-S.H. vor dem Führer auf dem Reichsparteitag 1935, 1935

 Item — Box 11; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865853], Folder: 57
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #194, Gruppe 63, Sammelwerk #15. Size: 12cm x 17cm (donated by Edwin W. Polk)

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1935
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 57

Motor-S.H. vor dem Führer auf dem Reichsparteitag 1935, 1935

 Item — Box 11; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865853], Folder: 57
Identifier: Item 2
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #194, Gruppe 63, Sammelwerk #15. Size: 12cm x 17cm (donated by Edwin W. Polk)

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1935
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 57

Motorisierte Aufklärungsabteilung erhält durch Flieger Nachricht über den Anmarsch des Feindes. Greiling A.G., Dresden

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

Picture: Bild #4; Soldiers are informed about the advancing enemy through a flier. Size: 6cm x 7cm (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 Schwarz Weiß Zigaretten. These cards are part of a series titled Das Deutsche Heer im Manöver (The German Army in Operation)

Motorisierte Verbände des deutschen Heeres treffen als erste in Wien ein. Austria Tabakwerke A.G. vormal Österreich Tabakregie

 Item — Box 10: Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865788], Folder: 5
Identifier: Item 15
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #182, 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)

Mutterglück

 Item — Box 11; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865853], Folder: 157
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #56, Gruppe 67, Sammelwerk #15. Size: 8cm x 12 cm (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 157

Nachdem der Führer ihr ein Autogramm gab, hat sie auch noch das Glück, mit ihm photographiert zu werden

 Item — Box 11; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865853], Folder: 29
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #172, Gruppe 62, Sammelwerk #15. Size: 12cm x 17cm (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 29

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