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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 363 Collections and/or Records:

Der Führer vor seinem Landhaus am Obersalzberg

 Item — Box 11; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865853], Folder: 87
Identifier: Item 2
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #58, Gruppe 66, 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 87

Der Führer weiht die Standarten auf dem Parteitage der Freiheit

 Item — Box 11; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865853], Folder: 33
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #200, 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 33

Der Königsplatz in München nach seiner Neugestaltung durch Adolf Hitler

 Item — Box 11; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865853], Folder: 171
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #109, 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 171

Der Redner Adolf Hitler vor der Jungend. Reichsparteitag, 1935, 1935

 Item — Box 11; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865853], Folder: 86
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #37, Gruppe 66, 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 86

Der Redner Adolf Hitler vor der Jungend. Reichsparteitag 1935, 1935

 Item — Box 11; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865853], Folder: 63
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #36, Gruppe 65, 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 63

Der Reichsparteitag zu Nürnberg 1935: Die Marine beim Vorbeimarsch am Tage der Wehrmacht, 1935

 Item — Box 11; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865853], Folder: 95
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #153, Gruppe 66, 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 95

Der Reichsparteitag zu Nürnberg 1935: Die Marine beim Vorbeimarsch am Tage der Wehrmacht, 1935

 Item — Box 11; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865853], Folder: 95
Identifier: Item 2
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #153, Gruppe 66, 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 95

Der Richtkreis ist das optische Hilfsmittel aller indirekt schießenden Waffen. Greiling A.G., Dresden

 Item — Box 10: Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865788], Folder: 1
Identifier: Item 12
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #66; Soldier peering through aiming circle. 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)

Der Schutz der Küste: Marineartillerie bei der Küstenverteidigung

 Item — Box 11; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865853], Folder: 180
Identifier: Item 2
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #139, 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 180

Der Schutz der Küste: Marineartillerie bei der Küstenverteidigung

 Item — Box 11; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865853], Folder: 180
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #139, 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 180

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Ephemera 2
Nazi propaganda 2
Newspapers 2
World War, 1939-1945 2
World War, 1939-1945 -- Periodicals 2
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Cigarette cards 1
German newspapers 1
Paper money -- Germany 1
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