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Freeny Family papers
by Freeny, Lula Belle; Freeny, Susan "Addie" W. (1889 – 1970)
1 box (0.5 linear feet)
The Freeny family papers document the life of Lula Belle Freeny and the life accomplishments of her many family members and friends including Susan “Addie” Freeny, Munsey White, and Bessie Luffman in Hebron, Wicomico County, Maryland, 1889-1970 with the bulk of the material dating from 1908-1948. Personal and professional activities of their lives are documented through a series correspondences, military documents, education materials, photographs, and various other booklets that the family had acquired over the years.
French Anti-Communist Leaflet
by Unknown (circa 1940)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This French leaflet from 1940 depicts a hand with the Star of David holding a communist flag in 1944 that had evolved from the French flag in 1941. The text roughly states, "It's with your own blood that your flag will be blushed."
French Anti-Kaiser Postcards
by Unknown (1914)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
These 39 French postcards were created in 1914 and depict the German kaiser in various cartoonish and satirical ways.
French First World War Trench Newspapers
by Abric, Louis; French 5th Division of the Wounded; Sans-Rire, Pince (1916 – 1918)
1 oversize folder (0.1 linear feet)
This collection consists of two French trench newspapers from the First World War: twelve issues of Brise d'Entonnoirs (1916-1918) and seven issues of La Greffe générale Organe des blessés de la face (1918). The newspapers were written, illustrated, and edited by front-line soldiers and represent the thoughts and experiences of soldiers in the midst of warfare.
French Merci Train Gifts
by Unknown (1948 – 1949)
1 box (0.5 linear feet)
The French Merci Train gifts were sent on the French freighter Magellan inside 49 antique, narrow gauge boxcars for each of the United States (one split between Hawaii and District of Columbia) as gratitude for the American Friendship Train that toured the United States to raise $40 million worth of food and clothing for French people. In 1949, Mary Laura Francis was sent from the school, then called State Teachers College, to collect the gifts selected for Salisbury University.
George B. Nabb, Jr. papers
by Nabb, George (1942 – 1945)
2 boxes (0.75 linear feet)
The papers of George B. Nabb, Jr. document his thoughts and experiences through correspondence during World War II from 1942-1945, with the bulk of the material dating from 1943-1944, while Nabb was stationed in England and in Northern France as the Captain and Commanding Officer of Company D of the 115th Infantry Division of the National Guard. Correspondence was sent to his wife Georgia and son, George, who lived on his family’s farm in Cambridge, Maryland, and focus on his thoughts and concerns about his family back home.
George J. Weide Jr. Collection
by Weide, George, Jr. (1885 – 2020)
1 carton, 1 oversize box (3 linear feet)
The George J. Weide Jr. Collection contains material from 1855 to 2020 and documents Weide’s life and the lives of his relatives in the Weide, Huneke, and Law families. There are several photo albums of family documents, a high school yearbook, a yearbook of the “Brigade’s Best” in Shihung, Korea from 1972 , as well as birth certificates, baptism records, NASA newspapers, certificates, and a diploma.
German and Nazi Stereoviews
by Deutsches Reich (1937 – 1946)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
These German and Nazi Stereoviews consist of two separate collections of stereoview photographs that were collected by a U.S. Army colonel. Included are two stereoview finders. The first collection of photographs depict the Third Reich's military might and Nazi Party ceremonial events. These 73 photographs, of which there were originally 100, are described in German on the versos, which was translated by the wife of the Colonel who collected the stereoviews. The other collection consists of 36 photographs that show the United States-occupied zone of Germany, which are identified in English.
German Campaign in Poland Stereoview Photograph Book
by Hoffmann, Heinrich; Raumbild Verlag (1940)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
These 99 stereoview photographs were taken by Heinrich Hoffmann and published by Raumbild Verlag in 1940. The photographs depict the German campaign in Poland in 1939. The metal folding stereoviewer is included. The book contains a written description of the campaign accompanied by maps and photographs of military commanders.
German Feldpost Postcards
by Deutsches Reich (1941)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This postcard was distributed by the German Feldpost during the Second World War and depicts an abandoned sailboat (verlassenes segelschiff).
H. Graham Hayman Jr Collection
by Unknown (1945 – 1999)
1 box, 1 oversize folder (3 linear feet)
H. Graham Hayman Jr collection consists of a letter, magazines and artifacts documenting Hayman’s military service. It includes a letter describing his enlistment and training in the U.S. Army Air Corps in the United States and his assignment to the Office of Strategic Services in India, and periodicals offering insight into military service during the Second World War.
Harold Vassar Papers
by Vassar, Harold (1917 – 1947)
1 box (0.5 linear feet)
The Harold Vassar Papers document the life and military service of a First World War pilot and architect from Ballston Spa, New York from 1917 to 1947. After graduating from Columbia University in 1913 and working as an architect in New York City, Vassar enlisted and graduated from the School of Military Aeronautics at Cornell University in 1917. In 1918 he was promoted to Lieutenant, graduated from the Army School of the Line in France, and became a certified Army Corps instructor.