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Ua94/5/6 Soldier's Guide To Italy, U.S. Army

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

U.S. Army guide written for American soldiers during the Italian campaign of World War II. This booklet was removed from Lucian Flora's scrapbook.

Ua3/2/1 Station History Of The 31st College Training Detachment, Wku President's Office - Garrett, George Updegraff

WKU Administration Documents

Report giving the history of the 31st College Training Detachment during World War II. The report contains numerous photographs of campus buildings used by the Army Air Corps while at WKU.

The Iowave [Class Magazine], December 1943, United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve.

The IOWAVE [class magazine]

The IOWAVE was a magazine focused on the activities of the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) who were being trained at the Naval Training School temporarily located on the campus of Iowa State Teachers College (later the University of Northern Iowa). The IOWAVE magazine includes many photos of the day-to-day life of the WAVES trainees.

The Iowave [Newspaper], December 17, 1943, United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve.

The IOWAVE [newspaper]

The IOWAVE was a newspaper focused on the activities of the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) who were being trained at the Naval Training School temporarily located on the campus of Iowa State Teachers College (later the University of Northern Iowa). The IOWAVE newspaper includes many articles regarding the day-to-day life of the WAVES trainees, as well as articles chronicling the ongoing progress of the war effort.

War Department Memorandum, W570-1-1942, Shipment Of Captured Materiel To The United States. 23 October 1942, J. A. Ulio, Robert Bolin

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

This memorandum is addressed to all theater commanders and the commanders of all ports of embarkation.

It provides that “arrangements be made at once to insure [sic] that samples of enemy equipment and materiel be delivered to the United States…” for study and analysis.

It instructs the chiefs of transportation in each theater to expedite shipment of captured materiel to the US.

It instructs the commanding generals of ports in the United States to notify the chiefs of the technical service “responsible for similar American equipment” to request shipping instructions. For example, an enemy tank received would be reported to …

Fm 11-35, Signal Corps Intelligence, 1942, Robert Bolin

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

This manual describes the intelligence activities of the Signal Corps. At that time, the Signal Corps was a bureau within the Headquarters, Department of the Army, as well as a branch of the Army to which soldiers were commissioned and assigned. The Signal Corps developed and supplied the army with signal and photographic equipment, trained personnel and units for service with the forces in the field, provided the army with communications and photographic services, and provided communications, signal, and technical intelligence. This manual describes the intelligence responsibilities and functions of the Signal Corps and the role of signal intelligence units …

Ordnance Department Order 327, Procedure For Handling Ordnance Materiel Received In This Country For Information, 19 August 1942, Chief Of Ordnance, Robert Bolin , Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

This order outlines the procedures for handling foreign ordnance type materiel sent to this country for evaluation. It discusses the roles of the Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, a military installation subordinate to the Chief of Ordnance, and that of the Ordnance Intelligence Unit in the Technical Division of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance.

The modern US Army vision of the technical intelligence developed during World War II. Shortly before World War II, Army Technical Services had been instructed to set up intelligence sections in the offices of their chiefs. The technical services were bureaus which supplied weapons, equipment, …

Visitors' Day Exercises Program, Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps, College Of The Holy Cross

Naval Science Department

This program lists the schedule of events for the College of the Holy Cross N.R.O.T.C. Unit Company Review performed by the Visiting Committee for Naval Science and Tactics Department. Included in the program are attendees, award recipients and a brief history of the unit.

Ua12/2/2 1942 Talisman, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

1942 Talisman yearbook.

• Foreword
• Dedication – Nelle Gooch Travelstead
• Administration / Faculty / Staff
• Campus Views
• Classes
• Western 38 Austin Peay 0 – Football
• Western 14 Morehead 0 – Football
• Western 15 Middle Tennessee 7 – Football
• Western 7 Ohio University 20 – Football
• Western 7 Marshall 34 – Football
• Western 27 Eastern 20 – Football
• Western 7 Western Michigan 21 – Football
• Western 6 Tennessee Polytechnic Institute 27 – Football
• Western 7 Howard 20 – Football
• Western 0 Murray 0 – Football
• Freshmen Make Good – Basketball
• Off to Madison Square Garden – Basketball
• Luck to You, Johnny Crowdus …

Ua12/2/64 Baronism, Alpha Tau Omega

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by Alpha Tau Omega to keep their alumni informed about their activities.

Ua12/2/64 Baronism, Alpha Tau Omega

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by Alpha Tau Omega to keep their alumni informed about their activities.

Ua12/2/64 Baronims Edition Viii, Alpha Tau Omega

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by Alpha Tau Omega to keep their alumni informed about their activities.

Ua94/5/6 Pocket Guide To Tunisia, U.S. Army

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

U.S. Army guide written for American soldiers during the North Africa campaign of World War II. This booklet was removed from Lucian Flora's scrapbook.

Ua94/5/6 North Africa, U.S. Army

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Booklet created by the U.S. Army to acquaint American soldiers with North Africa during World War II. This booklet was removed from the Lucian Flora scrapbook.

Ua94/5/6 Information Bulletin, U.S. Army

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Booklet removed from Lucian Flora's scrapbook regarding the Engineering Replacement Training Center at Fort Belvoir, Virginia during World War II.

Fm 30-15, Examination Of Enemy Personnel, Repatriates, Documents, And Materiel. July 22, 1940, Robert Bolin Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

Three-fourth of this manual deals with the treatment of enemy personnel and repatriates, one quarter with documents, and only one brief section, about 1 page, with enemy materiel.

Ua30/1/1 A New Rotc Building, Wku Planning, Design & Construction, J. M. Ingram

WKU Administration Documents

A New ROTC Building for Western Kentucky State Teachers College, J.M. Ingram, no #, no date, 4 sheets, 23 ½ x 18, Scale 1/8”=1”. Set includes a front elevation and floor plans for ground floor, first and second floors.

Ua3/1/1 Departmental Reports, Wku President's Office - Cherry

WKU Administration Documents

Reports by various WKU department heads to the president:

• Canon, E.H. Graduates 1924-1929
• Johnson, Lowe. Training School
• Pearce, W.M. Extension Department
• Diddle, E.A. & Carl Anderson. Health Education & Athletics
• Seward, R.H. College Heights Foundation
• Craig, W.J. Personnel Department [Placement Services]
• Yates, Charleen. Library
• Burton, A.C. Rural Demonstration School & Rural Education
• Smith, L.T. Industrial Arts Department
• College Heights Post Office
• College Heights Herald
• Bookstore
• Art Museum
• Kentucky Museum
• Three Hundred Thousand Dollar Campaign
• Taylor, Charles. Agriculture
• Strahm, Franz. Music
• Home Economics
• ROTC
• Hill, Will. All Star & Lecture Program & Publicity
• Woodward, R.C. Grounds
• Hines, J. Porter. Mechanical Department …

Maine Forts, Henry E. Dunnack

Maine Collection

Maine Forts by Henry E. Dunnack, State Librarian.

Foreword by Percival P. Baxter, Govenor of Maine, State Capitol, Augusta - September 1, 1924.

Sections include: Introduction, Fort Machias, Fort Knox, Fort St.George's, Fort Edgecomb, Forts Popham and Baldwin, North and South Sugar Loaf Islands, Fort McClary, Indians and Their Wars, Fortifications in Maine , List of Old Forts.

An Alphabetical Index Of Revolutionary Pensioners Living In Maine, Charles Alcott Flagg

Maine Collection

An Alphabetical Index of Revolutionary Pensioners Living in Maine

by Charles Alcott Flagg (1870-1920)

"Limited Edition of 200 Copies." Reprinted from Sprague's Journal of Maine History, Dover, Maine 1920.

Ua12/2/1 Normal Heights, Vol. 3, No. 4, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter and course catalog published bi-monthly. This issue focuses on agriculture and home economics.

The War With Germany: A Statistical Summary, Leonard P. Ayres

United States Army: Publications

Includes a statistical summary of the larger steps in the military preparation and action of the United States in the First World War (United States involvement, April 6, 1917-November 11, 1918). The data presented were compiled by the several sections of the Statistics Branch of the General Staff. In the main they set forth facts taken from the reports made by the Branch each week during the war to the President, the Secretary of War, and to the Chief of Staff. These have been supplemented by facts and figures secured from the offices of the Statistics Branch maintained during the …

Ua12/2/1 Normal Heights, Vol. 3, No. 3, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter and course catalog published bi-monthly. This issue focuses on high school graduates.

Ua12/2/1 Normal Heights, Vol. 3, No. 2, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter and course catalog published bi-monthly. This issue focuses on the Summer School and veterans of World War I.

Ua12/2/1 Normal Heights, Vol. 2, No. 6, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter and course catalog promoting Western Kentucky University. This issue focuses on the Students' Army Training Corps and students who served in World War I. There is also a biographical sketch of Henry Cherry.

Some Tendencies Of Militarism, Walter Clarke Phillips

Student and Lippitt Prize Essays

Explores the ways in which the concept of militarism has changed due to "modern warfare" during the years preceding 1899.

History Of Col. James Scamman's Thirtieth Regiment Of Foot : Eight Months' Service Men Of 1775 From York County ; With A Full Account Of Their Movements During The Battle Of Bunker Hill And Complete Muster Rolls Of The Companies, Nathan Goold

Maine Collection

History of Col. James Scamman's Thirtieth Regiment of Foot : Eight Months' Service Men of 1775 from York County ; With a Full Account of Their Movements During the Battle of Bunker Hill and Complete Muster Rolls of the Companies

by Nathan Goold

"Reprinted From the Maine Historical Society's Quarterly"

The Thurston Print, Portland, Maine, 1899.

The Journal Of Major George Washington, George Washington

Zea E-Books in American Studies

In October of 1753, George Washington, a 21-year-old major in the Virginia militia, volunteered to carry a letter from the governor of Virginia to the French commander of the forts recently built on the headwaters of the Ohio River in northwestern Pennsylvania. The French had recently expanded their military operations from the Great Lakes into the Ohio country, and had spent the summer of 1753 building forts and roads along the Allegheny River, with the design of linking their trade routes and sphere of influence down the Ohio to the Mississippi. Virginia governor Robert Dinwiddie believed them to be in …