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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:

Auf der Fahrt durch Deutschland

 Item — Box 11; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865853], Folder: 143
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #5, 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 143

Auf der G'schwandner Alm bei Garmisch

 Item — Box 11; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865853], Folder: 155
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #52, 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 155

Auf der Wartburg

 Item — Box 11; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865853], Folder: 144
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #13, 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 144

Auf einer fahrt durch OstPreußen besuchte der Führer eine Bauernfamilie

 Item — Box 11; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865853], Folder: 12
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #18, 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 12

Auf einer Tagung in der Kampfzeit. Ein Redner spricht, der Führer macht kurze Notizen

 Item — Box 11; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865853], Folder: 80
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #197, 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 80

Auf seinen Reisen durch Deutschland bevorzugt der Führer den offenen Wagen

 Item — Box 11; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865853], Folder: 58
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #4, 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 58

Austausch der Nachrichten und Weitergabe der Meldung über den Feind. Greiling A.G., Dresden

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

Picture: Bild #18; Exchange of information about the enemy. 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)

"Aviso Grille" ein neues Schiff der Kriegsmarine, das der Führer bei seinen Flottenbesuchen benutzt

 Item — Box 11; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865853], Folder: 27
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Bild #161, 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 27

Banner: For Gautag (July 8-9, 1939) NSDAP--Amt für Erzieher (NSLB). Traditionsgau München-Oberbayern „Der Wall im Westen", 1939-07-08/09

 Item — Box 14a: Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025866067], Folder: 1
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Material: Red Paper, Black ink. Size: 84cm x 59cm. Date: July 8-9, 1939

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1939-07-08/09
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 1

Banque de Algerie, Cinquante Franks

 Item — Box 12: Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865929], Folder: 2, page 2
Identifier: Item 2
Scope and Contents

Currency: in French and Arabic. Size: 11 cm x17cm. Printed value: 50 Francs

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 2, page 2

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Type
Archival Object 362
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Subject
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
Propaganda, German 1
Serial publications 1
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