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Edwin L. Peterson World War II propaganda, 1939-1945
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Edwin L. Peterson World War II propaganda
- Dates
- 1939-1945 (inclusive)19391945
- Quantity
- 6 boxes, (3 linear feet)
- Collection Number
- UUS_COLL MSS 274
- Summary
- This collection is composed of publications pertaining to the Second World War. The material comes from a wide variety of countries and covers an array of topics.
- Repository
-
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu - Access Restrictions
-
No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
- Languages
- English
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection is composed of an eclectic mix of publications pertaining to the Second World War. The material comes from a wide variety of countries (such as the U.S., Britain, and Greece) and covers a wide variety of topics, ranging from home front activities in support of the war, to military training manuals, to the colonial history of Africa. While a substantial portion of the collection consists of government (and quasi-government) publications, it also contains material from civic organizations, commercial publishers, the news media, and political groups. Perhaps the most significant portion of the collection from a research perspective are the pre-WW II newsletters from the German Library Association, a pro-German, American-based lobby (Box 6 Fd 16). The most unique item in the collection, however, is an anti-malaria booklet illustrated by Dr. Seuss (Box 4 Fd. 7).
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Edwin L. Peterson World War II propaganda must be obtained from the Special Collections and Archives manuscript curator and/or the Special Collections and Archives department head.
Preferred Citation
Initial Citation: Edwin L. Peterson World War II propaganda USU_COLL MSS 274, Box [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.
Following Citations: USU_COLL MSS 274, USUSCA.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Processing Note
Processed in February of 2003.
Acquisition Information
The material in this collection was donated to Special Collections and Archives by Edwin Peterson, a professor of geography at Utah State University, in 1990 and 1996. Dr. Peterson was a Major in the Air Corps during WWII, where he served as an Information & Education Officer.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
My Part In This War: Helping On the Home Front, 1943Return to Top
Container(s): Box 1, Folder 1
Vanguard of Victory: A short Review of the South African Victories in East Africa, 1940-1941Return to Top
Container(s): Box 1, Folder 2
From Here On: The Charter of the United Nations With Interpretive comments and Pertinent Discussion Questions, 1947Return to Top
Container(s): Box 1, Folder 3
Headline Books, 1942Return to Top
Container(s): Box 1, Folder 4
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
1: Shadows Over Asia: The Rise of Militant Japan |
1941 | ||
2: Overseas America: Our Territorial Outposts |
1942 | ||
3: War Atlas: 42 Maps Prepared By Experts to Help You Follow the War On All Fronts, Revised Edition |
1942 | ||
4: Look At Latin America: 25 Maps and Charts With Accompanying Text To Help You Understand Our Close Neighbors
(2 copies)
|
1944 | ||
5: Germany At War: Twenty Key Questions And Answers |
1942 | ||
6: Germany Nation Or No-Man's-Land |
1946 | ||
African Challenge: The Story of the British in Tropical Africa, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 1, Folder 5
The First Four Years, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 1, Folder 6
Canada At War (#44), undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 1, Folder 7
Britain, 1943Return to Top
Container(s): Box 1, Folder 8
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
1: Britain (vol. 1, #6) |
1943 April | ||
2: Britain (vol. 2, #1) |
1943 May | ||
3: Britain (vol. 2, #2) |
1943 June | ||
4: Britain (vol. 2, #4) |
1943 August | ||
5: Britain (vol. 2, #6) |
1943 October | ||
Webster Publishing Company books about Asia, 1942-1944Return to Top
Container(s): Box 1, Folder 9
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
1: Behind the Open Door: the Story of the American Far Eastern Relations
(2 copies)
|
1944 | ||
2: Lands Down Under |
1944 | ||
3: Twentieth Century India
(2 copies)
|
1944 | ||
4: Peoples of the China Seas
(2 copies)
|
1942 | ||
5: Changing China
(2 copies)
|
1942 | ||
American Local–Color Stories, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 2, Folder 1
America in a World Series, 1940-1941Return to Top
Container(s): Box 2, Folder 2
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
1: America in a World at War: War For Power (#2) |
1940 | ||
2: America in a World at War: German Youth and the Nazi Dream (#12) |
1940 | ||
3: America in a World at War: An American Looks at the British Empire (#1) |
1941 | ||
Ships (#19), 1946 AprilReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 2, Folder 3
American Council Institute of Pacific Relations booklets, 1941-1944Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 2 | 4 | 1: Know Your Enemy: Japan |
1943 |
2: Asia's Captive Colonies |
1944 | ||
3: Speaking of India |
1944 | ||
4: Filipinos And Their Country |
1944 | ||
War Department and Military Training Booklets, 1941-1943Return to Top
Container(s): Box 2, Folder 5
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
1: Morale–Building Activities In Foreign Armies |
1943 March 15 | ||
2: Basic Field Manual of Military Training |
1941 July 16 | ||
3: Technical Manual of Army Instruction |
1943 April 19 | ||
4: Orientation Fact Sheets (nos. 1–30) |
undated | ||
5: Informal Games for Soldiers |
1943 December 13 | ||
Know Your Enemies: The Jap Army, 1942Return to Top
Container(s): Box 2, Folder 6
A Book of Americans, 1933Return to Top
Container(s): Box 2, Folder 7
United Nations Information Office Pamphlets, 1943-1944Return to Top
Container(s): Box 2, Folder 8
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
1: Germany's Record and world Security |
1944 September 29 | ||
2: Japan's Record And World Security |
1943 | ||
Nine Men Against America: The Supreme Court And Its Attack On American Liberties, 1958Return to Top
Container(s): Box 2, Folder 9
This Time For Keeps: Why This War is Different, 1943Return to Top
Container(s): Box 2, Folder 10
From D-Day Through Victory In Europe: The Eye-Witness Story As Told By War Correspondents On the Air, 1945Return to Top
Container(s): Box 2, Folder 11
U.S. Foreign Policy: Shield of the Republic, 1943Return to Top
Container(s): Box 3, Folder 1
Fighting for America: An Account of Jewish Men In the Armed Forces — From Pearl Harbor to the Italian Campaign, 1944Return to Top
Container(s): Box 3, Folder 2
Divide and Conquer: the Story of Nazi Terror, 1942Return to Top
Container(s): Box 3, Folder 3
Why I Fight: Prize Winning Essays From the North African Theater of Operations, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 3, Folder 4
Our Armed Forces: A Source Book on the Army and Navy for High School Students, 1943Return to Top
Container(s): Box 3, Folder 5
Global War: An Atlas of World Strategy, 1944Return to Top
Container(s): Box 3, Folder 6
Britain At War, 1942Return to Top
Container(s): Box 3, Folder 7
Target: Germany: The Army Air Force's Official Story of the VIII Bomber Command's First Year Over Europe, 1942Return to Top
Container(s): Box 3, Folder 8
Wings For Combat: The Story of the Army Air Force's Training Command, 1943Return to Top
Container(s): Box 3, Folder 9
Magazine accounts, 1945Return to Top
Container(s): Box 3, Folder 10
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
1:
Newsweek
|
1945 May 14 | ||
2:
Time
|
1945 August 20 | ||
3: NBC's "V" |
undated | ||
4:
Yank: the Army Weekly (VE Issue)
|
undated | ||
5:
Time
|
1945 May 7 | ||
Greece, 1941-1944Return to Top
Container(s): Box 3, Folder 11
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
1: Tribute to Greece |
undated | ||
2: Greek Armed Forces |
undated | ||
3: Ruins of Modern Greece |
1941–1944 | ||
A Graphic History of the War: Till May 10, 1942, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 4, Folder 1
Books about Norway, 1942-1944Return to Top
Container(s): Box 4, Folder 2
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
1: Norway: A Fighting Ally |
1942 | ||
2: Norway's Teachers Stand Firm |
1942 | ||
3: Norway, An Active Ally |
1943 | ||
4: The Campaign in Northern Norway |
1944 | ||
5: Hitler Attacks Norway |
1944 | ||
China, 1944 July 27Return to Top
Container(s): Box 4, Folder 3
Infantrymen: The Fighters of War, 1944Return to Top
Container(s): Box 4, Folder 4
Army Songbook, 1941Return to Top
Container(s): Box 4, Folder 5
The Official Guide To The Army Air Force's AAF, 1944Return to Top
Container(s): Box 4, Folder 6
This is Ann: She's Dying to Meet You, 1944Return to Top
Container(s): Box 4, Folder 7
Handbook on German Army Identification, 1943Return to Top
Container(s): Box 4, Folder 8
The Pacific Islands, 1944-1945Return to Top
Container(s): Box 4, Folder 9
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
1: The Islands of the Pacifics? (EM 45)
(2 copies)
|
1944 | ||
2: Can War Marriages Be Made to Work? (EM 30)
(2 copies)
|
1944 | ||
3: Guide For Discussion Leaders (EM 1) |
1944 | ||
4: Our Chinese Ally (EM 42)
(2 copies)
|
1944 | ||
5: Our British Ally (EM 41) |
1944 | ||
6: What Shall Be Done About Germany After the War? (EM 10) |
1944 | ||
7: What Shall Be Done With the War Criminals? (EM 11) |
1944 | ||
8: Can We Prevent Future Wars? (EM 12) |
1944 | ||
9: What is Propaganda? (EM 2) |
1944 | ||
10: the Balkans (EM 43)
(2 copies)
|
1944 September | ||
11: Our Russian Ally (EM 46) |
1945 | ||
12: Do You Want Your Wife to Work After the War? (EM 31) |
1944 | ||
13: Will the French Republic Live Again? (EM 40)
(2 copies)
|
1944 | ||
The Battle of the Aleutians: A Graphic History, 1942-1943, 1942-1943Return to Top
Container(s): Box 4, Folder 10
Going Down (Air Force Manual #70), 1945 AprilReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 4, Folder 11
Army Talks: What's Wrong With The Germans?, 1943Return to Top
Container(s): Box 4, Folder 12
(2 copies)
Miscellaneous Publications, 1942-1945Return to Top
Container(s): Box 5
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
1: A History of the War |
1943 | |
2: The Jap Soldier
(3 copies)
|
1943 | |
3: The German Soldier |
1944 February | |
4: Hitler's Second Army
(2 copies)
|
1943 | |
5: Psychology For the Fighting Men: What You Should Know About Yourself And Others |
1943 | |
6: Report on India |
1943 | |
7: Leadership For American Army Leaders
(2 copies)
|
1944 | |
8: We Cannot Escape History |
1944 August | |
9: 9) Report on the Army |
1939 July 1 - 1943 June 30 | |
10: The Nazi State |
1944 June | |
11: The Making of Modern China: A Short History
(2 copies)
|
1944 | |
12: Empire in the Changing World
(2 copies)
|
1943 | |
13: The Russian Army: Its men, Its Leaders and Its Battles |
1944 | |
14: Our Enemy Japan |
1942 | |
15: The War in Outline, 1939–1944: Second Edition, The War to March 31, 1944 |
1944 | |
16: The World At War, 1939–1944: A Brief History of the Origins, Military Operations, and Related Events of World War II |
1945 | |
17: Japan and the Japanese: A Military Power We Must Defeat, A Pacific Problem We Must Solve
(2 copies)
|
1944 December | |
18: The Pacific World: Its Vast Distances, Its Lands and the Life Upon Them and Its People |
1945 | |
19: War Department Pamphlet No. 21–31 "Two Down and One To Go" |
1945 | |
20: Freedom Speaks: Ideals of Democracy in Poetry and Prose |
1944 June | |
21: Report on India |
1944 May | |
22: How the Germans Got That Way |
undated |
Europe in Chains, 1941Return to Top
Container(s): Box 6, Folder 1
The Land of the D Study of the Deportations From Eastern Germany, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 6, Folder 2
Preview of History: A Public Diary of Broadcasts and Speeches, Together With a New Discussion of a Post–War World. . ., 1943Return to Top
Container(s): Box 6, Folder 3
Air Sickness Causes and Prevention, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 6, Folder 4
America Has No Enemies in Asia, 1938Return to Top
Container(s): Box 6, Folder 5
Britain and India, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 6, Folder 6
The Supposed Enigma of Russia, 1943 JulyReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 6, Folder 7
Wesley Social Studies, Folding Map of the Pacific Ocean battles, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 6, Folder 8
War Talks and Miscellaneous, 1944 January 5Return to Top
Container(s): Box 6, Folder 9
War Orientation notes, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 6, Folder 10
Thematic Cartoon Originals, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 6, Folder 11
Photocopies of Cartoons: Pan-American Union, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 6, Folder 12
Photocopies of Cartoons: FDR's Administration, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 6, Folder 13
Photocopies of Cartoons: Little itchy-Itchy, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 6, Folder 14
Photocopies of Cartoons: The Allies, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 6, Folder 15
German Propaganda, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box 6, Folder 16
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- British--Africa.
- Eastern question (Far East)
- National socialism
- Propaganda
- Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Germany
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Africa, East.
- World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects--United States.
- World War, 1939-1945--Germany.
- World War, 1939-1945--Maps
- World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda
- World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda
- World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda
- World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda
- World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda
- World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda
- World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda
- World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda
- World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda
- World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda
- World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda
- World War, 1939-1945--South Africa.
- World War, 1939-1945--War work
Geographical Names
- Great Britain--Colonies--Africa
- Japan--Foreign relations
- Japan--Politics and government
- Latin America
- Latin America--Commerce
- Latin America--Economic conditions|y1918-
- United States--Insular possessions
- United States--Territories and possessions
Finding aid/Register created by Stephen C. Sturgeon
2011
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