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World War, 1939-1945

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections

 Series
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains the combination of World War II ephemera, photographs and publications collected by both Mowen and Polk.

Dates: 1904-1964; bulk 1918-1945; Other: Date acquired: 1986, 1988, 2010

Miscellaneous Ephemera

 Series
Identifier: Series 4
Scope and Contents

The Miscellaneous Ephemera series includes several small donations of materials made by various donors: WWII period maps and postcards from Germany and Eastern Europe and ephemera from the post-WWII American occupation of Japan (the former donated by WMU Librarian, Maira Bundza, and the latter donated by WMU alumnus (Class of 2012), Tyler Baker.

Dates: 1904-1964; bulk 1918-1945; Other: Date acquired: 1986, 1988, 2010

Miscellaneous war artifacts

 Item — Box 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Lieutenant Colonel Edward C. Van Haaften papers, 1917-1946, include letters by Edward C. Van Haaften during his World War I Army service, as an electrician, 102nd Aero Squad, American Expeditionary Forces; French motor repair manual; a letter written after active duty in World War II; numerous photographs from both World War I and World War II.

Dates: 1917-1945