World War, 1939-1945
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
C. L. Marquette World War II Correspondence, 1944-1945
Chippewa River Valley (Wis.) World War II Collection, 1943-1945
World War II era ration books, programs, brochures, and ephemera collected by residents of the Eau Claire area, 1943-1945.
Eleanor Jones Papers, 1921-2023
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.
Mahoney Family Papers, 1919-2021
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.
Norman “Kee” Hahn Papers, 1940-1968, 2011 (bulk 1940-1944)
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.
World War II Interviews, 1983
World War II Materials, 1941-1947
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.