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

Person

Staff Only

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

Teacher

Found in 363 Collections and/or Records:

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

Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections

Zwei Arbeiter für Deutschland reichen sich die Hand.

Item — Box 11; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865853], Folder: 124

Identifier: Item 1

Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #157, 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 124

Zweiter Parteitag, Weimar 1926. Schon sind viele Tausende gekommen. Austria Tabakwerke A.G. vormal Österreich Tabakregie, 1926

Item — Box 10: Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865788], Folder: 3

Identifier: Item 12

Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #79; Second anniversary celebrations of the Party, in Weimar. Size: 5cm x 6.5cm (donated by Edwin W. Polk)

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1926

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)

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