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World War II

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

A Cappella Choir Collection, 1928-1945

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 245
Summary

This collection consists of pictures, membership lists, newspaper articles, show programs, and other materials related to the A Cappella Choir during its biggest period of success under the direction of music teacher Clara Mae Ward.

Dates: 1928-1945

C. L. Marquette World War II Correspondence, 1944-1945

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 264
Summary Correspondence addressed to Professor C. L. (Clare Leslie) Marquette by five friends and former students serving in World War II - Bill Dormady, George Easen, Philip Fuller, Merlin Matthews, and Roy Oppegard. Marquette taught history at various Wisconsin high schools from 1928-1936. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1937 and 1940 respectively. He served as Professor of American History at the University of Mississippi from 1946-1972. In the late 1940s through...
Dates: 1944-1945

Centennial Oral History Collection, 2012-2013

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 347
Summary

Oral history interviews conducted by students and staff, prior to the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire's Centennial in 2016. The interviews cover a wide range of topics related to the history of the school. Includes digital materials.

Dates: 2012-2013

Chippewa River Valley (Wis.) World War II Collection, 1943-1945

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 223
Summary

World War II era ration books, programs, brochures, and ephemera collected by residents of the Eau Claire area, 1943-1945.

Dates: 1943-1945

Clarice Chase Dunn Papers, 1942-2001

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 268
Summary

Personal papers of Clarice Chase Dunn, a 1937 Eau Claire State Teachers College graduate. Records document her time as a teacher at the Heart Mountain (Wyoming) relocation camp school for Japanese Americans during World War II, and her efforts in the 1980s to establish redress payments to those who were interned in these camps.

Dates: 1942-2001

Eleanor Jones Papers, 1921-2023

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 378
Summary

Materials collected by Eleanor Jones in her time as a musician in the Marine Corps Women Reserve Band in World War II, in the group known as the “Hormel Girls,” and her life afterwards. Collection consists of photographs, correspondence, documents, scrapbooks, and ephemera collected primarily between 1943-1952, but which also extend as late as 2017.

Dates: 1921-2023

Eugene R. McPhee Papers, 1923-1966, 2003-2004

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 249
Summary

After service in World War II, Eugene R. McPhee became director of teacher training at Eau Claire until leaving for Madison in 1948. Contains personal and professional papers of McPhee’s military career in the United States as well as while he was stationed in Italy. McPhee’s thesis and other documents from his educational career. There are early University of Wisconsin -- Eau Claire financial documents regarding scholarships, memorials and other aspects of the university.

Dates: 1923-1973, 2003-2004

Hoff Family Correspondence, 1917-2002 (bulk 1917, 1941-1945)

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 387
Summary

Correspondence, photographs, and biographical materials from the Hoff family, of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and their time in World War I and World War II. The material ranges from 1917-2002, with the bulk of the material from 1917 and 1941-1945, and details the service of Edwin Peterson (WWI), Olaf Hoff (WWI), and Glenn Sauer (WWII).

Dates: 1917-2002 (bulk 1917, 1941-1945)

Mahoney Family Papers, 1919-2021

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 384
Summary

Letters, photographs, diaries, oral histories, and ephemera associated with the Mahoney, Parker, and Peterson families from the Chippewa Valley in Wisconsin. The bulk of the materials are associated with Alexander Robert Mahoney. The materials of this collection date from approximately 1919-2021, with the majority from the 1940s.

Dates: 1919-2021

Norman “Kee” Hahn Papers, 1940-1968, 2011 (bulk 1940-1944)

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 349
Summary

Letters, news articles, photographs and artifacts relating to Norman Kee Hahn, a World War II veteran. Hahn was born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, in 1916. Hahn served in the Canadian Royal Air Force from 1940-1942, and then fought for the United States as a pilot for the U.S. Navy from 1942-1945.

Dates: 1940-1968, 2011 (bulk 1940-1944)