World War II
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
Pearl Robinson Papers, 1917-1978
Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 386
Summary
Photographs, letters, diplomas, books, and records of Pearl Robinson, a 1926 Eau Claire State Normal School teaching graduate. Records relate to her education, and during and after World War II her time as an instructor and organizer of Aeronautics courses in Washington D.C. high schools, Before You Fly: Essentials of Aeronautics books she co-authored, Certificate of Merit from the U.S. Navy, and the Trophy Award from the Washington Air Derby Association for...
Dates:
1917-1978
Ration Board Cards, 1941-1945
Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 243
Summary
The majority of the collection features correspondence and forms related to Certificates of War Necessity and gas rationing for the university vehicles mainly during WWII. A small amount of correspondence and forms related to the purchase of a Ford pickup truck and obtainment of a certificate of title for it by the university in 1943 and 1944.
Dates:
1941-1945
University Archives Photograph Collection, 1916-2011
Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 279
Summary
A collection of over 2000 photographs focusing on the University of Wisconsin—Eau Claire. The collection includes images of university buildings, various campus scenes, athletics, student organizations, student activities, programs and special events, ceremonies, and people (identified and unidentified students, staff, faculty, administrators, dignitaries, and campus visitors). The collection is arranged into eight series: buildings, athletics, student organizations, campus and student...
Dates:
1916-2011
University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire Office of the Chancellor Correspondence and Subject File, 1936-2014
Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 001
Summary
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Office of the Chancellor's (and previously the President's) correspondence and subject files covering all aspects of the university including instruction, Board of Regents, building program, gifts and grants, accreditation, and student affairs. Although the series dates from 1936 and is therefore incomplete, it includes material from every President's/Chancellor's administration at the University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire. Besides documenting the routine...
Dates:
1936-2014
World War II Interviews, 1983
Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 258
Summary
This collection contains interview materials of Wisconsin World War II Veterans from a UW-Eau Claire History 187 class from spring 1983. Bret Showers interviewed Elroy Huwe, who was in the 501st regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, about Operation Market Garden in Holland. Dan Johnson interviewed Orrin Grilley about jungle combat in the South Pacific. Peter L. Starke interviewed Harry R. Starke, a Captain in the CBI Theater and a hump pilot. Contains three cassette tapes of recorded...
Dates:
1983
World War II Materials, 1941-1947
Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss BO
Summary
Lists of veterans and casualties; civil defense membership cards; material pertaining to the Wisconsin and the Eau Claire County Councils of Defense; and lists of local church members serving in the war, as well as the newsletters which some of these churches published. Probably compiled by staff at the Eau Claire Public Library.
Dates:
1941-1947