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 2 Collections and/or Records:
Polk Mowen Publications
Series
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents
Contains WWII-era German, American, and French newspapers and magazines collected by Polk and Mowen.
Dates:
1904-1964; bulk 1918-1945; Other: Date acquired: 1986, 1988, 2010
WWII Propaganda and Print Collections
Collection
Identifier: 04-exws_wwii
Abstract
Nazi-period German serials, photos and ephemera, as well as American and some North African serials, as well as ephemera. This collection also contains books (the books are cataloged individually and searchable through the WMU Libraries catalog: Library Search).
Dates:
1904-1964; bulk 1918-1945; Other: Date acquired: 1986, 1988, 2010
Filtered By
- Subject: Newspapers X
Additional filters:
- Type
- Archival Object 1
- Collection 1
- Subject
- Cigarette cards 1
- Ephemera 1
- German newspapers 1
- Nazi propaganda 1
- Paper money -- Germany 1