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World War, 1939-1945 -- Kansas

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Records:

“Origin of Names of Army and Air Corps Posts, Camps and Stations in World War II in Kansas”

 Collection — Folder 1
Call Number: RH MS P990
Overview

Mary Moore Allen (1892-1963), daughter of North Carolina Supreme Court Justice William R. Allen (1860-1921), wrote pamphlets on the origins of names for Army and Air Corps posts, camps and stations in World War II for many states in the United States. This collection includes two copies of a typewritten pamphlet listing the origins of Army and Air Corps posts, camps and stations in Kansas During World War II, in alphabetical order.

Dates: approximately 1953

Personal papers of Margaret Penny

 Collection
Call Number: PP 444
Overview

This collection primarily consists of Margaret Penny's research papers and essays on multiple subjects, several of which are related to World War II, as well as a dance card, commencement booklet, and two student identification cards from her time as a student at the Univeristy of Kansas.

Dates: approximately 1930-1949

Personal papers of R.G. Anderson

 Collection
Call Number: PP 626
Overview

This collection contains materials gathered by R.G. Anderson related to World War II, including rationing, postal stamps and currency, and articles written about the war when coming upon its 50th anniversary. The collection also includes music and still images from Anderson's memorial after his death in 2006.

Dates: 1930s, 1940s, late 1980s-early 1990s, 2006

Stephen Kellison family collection

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1471
Overview

The Stephen Kellison family collection contains correspondence, documents, and newspaper clippings from Stephen Kellison, his parents John and LaVerne (Regenold) Kellison, his uncle Louis Regenold, his aunt and uncle Louellen (Regenold) and Herman Edward Stromgren, and grandparents George and Ida Leah Regenold. Included are records from the Pythian Sisters order, of which Louellen Stromgren was a member. The collection also includes correspondence and documents from Irving Colyar.

Dates: 1865 - 2006