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University of Wyoming War Activities Council Records, 1915-1946
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- University of Wyoming War Activities Council
- Title
- University of Wyoming War Activities Council Records
- Dates
- 1915-1946 (inclusive)19151946
- Quantity
- 14.82 cubic ft. (33 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 300002
- Summary
- The collection consists mainly of newsclippings organized into biographical file or by Wyoming county concerning the activities of individual soldiers and their families. The collection also contains information regarding the Civilian Pilot Training program organized by the Civil Aeronautics Authority, photographs and the impact of the war upon the University.
- Repository
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American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY
82071
Telephone: 3077663756
ahcref@uwyo.edu - Access Restrictions
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There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- The creation of the EAD-version of this finding aid was made possible through a grant from the National Historic Publications and Records Commission.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
The War Activities Council was formed in 1942 at the University of Wyoming in response to World War II. The council kept records of individuals across the state who were involved in the war. The purpose of the council was to recognize and record the efforts of the men and women from Wyoming serving in each of the four branches of the armed forces. The council also collected a small amount of materials relating to Wyoming and the University’s experience in World War I.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The War Activities Council records contain a wide range of information. The main sources are biographical files and newspaper clippings organized by county concerning the activities of individual soldiers and their families.
Information about the Civilian Pilot Training program organized by the Civil Aeronautics Authority can also be found. Many photographs are also contained within the collection.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
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Restrictions on Use
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Preferred Citation
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, University of Wyoming War Activities Council Records, 1915-1946, Collection Number 300002, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The collection has been organized into alphabetical order concerning various areas of World War I and II.
Related Materials
There are no other known archival collections created by the University of Wyoming War Activities Council at the date of processing.
Acquisition Information
The University of Wyoming War Activities Council records were donated to the University of Wyoming Archives from 1980-1984. The original collection was received in good condition and useful order.
Processing Note
The collection was processed by Emily Benson in August 2000. Original newspaper clippings were photocopied onto acid-free paper.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series I. World War II Records, 1940-1951, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
1 | 1 | Abbreviations |
1941-1946 |
1 | 2 | Addresses |
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Aeronautics: |
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Box | Folder | ||
1 | 3 | General |
|
1 | 4 | Curtis Wright |
1943-1944 |
Box | Folder | ||
1 | 5 | Agronomy Department |
1945 |
1 | 6 | American Association for State and Local History-The War Historian,
|
1945-1947 |
American Council on Education: |
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Box | Folder | ||
1 | 7 | Bulletin |
|
1 | 8 | College Women |
1943 |
1 | 9 | College Women and the War |
1942-1944 |
Folders | |||
1 | 10-11 | General |
1943-1946 |
1 | 12-13 | Miscellaneous |
1940-1944 |
1 | 14-15 | War Service Opportunities for College and University
Students |
1942-1943 |
Folder | |||
1 | 16 | Veterans |
|
Box | Folders | ||
1 | 17-18 | Armed Forces – Navy |
1942-1943 |
Armed Services: |
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Box | Folder | ||
2 | 1 | Men and Women In |
1942-1945 |
2 | 2 | Recruitment |
|
2 | 3 | Training Programs |
1941-1942 |
2 | 4 | Women in the Service |
1944 |
Army: |
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Box | Folder | ||
2 | 5 | Map Service |
1945 |
Folders | |||
2 | 6-7 | Special Orders |
1943 |
Specialized Training Program: |
|||
Box | Folder | ||
2 | 8 | Curriculum |
|
2 | 9 | Foreign Area and Language Studies |
|
Folders | |||
2 | 10-12 | General |
|
Folder | |||
3 | 1 | Instructional Materials |
|
3 | 2 | Instructors |
|
Box | Box | ||
Blake, Bruce Durwood |
|||
Folder | |||
3 | 4 | Branding Iron |
1943 |
3 | 5 | Casualty/Prisoner List |
|
3 | 6 | Christmas Cards |
1945 |
Civilian Pilot Training Program: |
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Box | Folder | ||
3 | 7 | Blueprints |
1942 |
Elementary: |
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Box | Folders | ||
3 | 8-11 | 43 C-D |
1942-1943 |
3 | 12-13 | 43 E-J |
1943 |
4 | 1-4 | 43 E-J |
1943 |
4 | 5-8 | 44 A-L |
1943-1944 |
5 | 1-8 | 44 A-L |
1943-1944 |
Folder | |||
5 | 9 | Army-Navy |
1942 |
6 | 1 | Navy |
1942 |
Intermediate: |
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Box | Folders | ||
6 | 2-3 | 43 I-J |
1943 |
6 | 4-17 | 44 A-N |
1943-1944 |
Box | Folder | ||
6 | 18 | List |
1940-1944 |
Secondary: |
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Box | Folder | ||
7 | 1 | 43 E |
1943 |
7 | 2 | Army-Navy |
1942-1943 |
College Phase: |
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Box | Folders | ||
7 | 3-9 | Primary Course |
1940-1941 |
7 | 10-13 | Secondary Course |
1940-1942 |
8 | 1-4 | Secondary Course |
1940-1942 |
Box | Folder | ||
8 | 5 | War Training Service |
1942 |
Clippings: |
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Box | Folder | ||
8 | 6 | Agriculture |
1942-1943 |
Alumni: |
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Box | Folder | ||
8 | 7 | Group Cards 1-88 |
1941-1946 |
8 | 8 | Miscellaneous |
|
8 | 9 | Other Universities |
1943 |
Box | Folder | ||
8 | 10 | American Indians |
1942-1943 |
Army: |
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Box | Folder | ||
8 | 11 | Camps |
1943 |
8 | 12 | Day |
1941-1942 |
8 | 13 | Engineers |
1943 |
Box | Folder | ||
8 | 14 | Athletics |
1942-1945 |
8 | 15 | Aviation |
1943-1945 |
8 | 16 | Awards |
|
Biographical-File: |
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Box | Folder | ||
8 | 17 | A |
1942-1946 |
8 | 18 | Ba-Bea |
1942-1946 |
8 | 19 | Bea-Bev |
|
9 | 1 | Bi-Br |
|
9 | 2 | Bu-Chi |
1942-1946 |
9 | 3 | Cb-Cy |
|
9 | 4 | Chorzelski, Horjelsky Michel |
1943-1946 |
9 | 5 | Chr-Cline |
1942-1946 |
9 | 6 | Clinger, Dallas |
|
9 | 7 | Da-De |
1942-1946 |
9 | 8 | Di-Ed |
1942-1946 |
9 | 9 | Eggensperger, Kermit A. |
1942-1946 |
10 | 1 | Ei-Ez |
1940-1946 |
10 | 2 | Faculty in Service A-Z |
1941-1946 |
10 | 3 | F-Fisher, Delbert |
1942-1946 |
10 | 4 | Fisher, Dwight A. “Bud” |
1943-1946 |
10 | 5 | Fisher, Max-Fz |
1942-1947 |
10 | 6 | Ga-Goodrich |
1942-1946 |
10 | 7 | Goodykoontz, Edward T. |
1942-1945 |
10 | 8 | Gooldy-Gr |
1942-1947 |
10 | 9 | Gu-Hamm |
1942-1947 |
10 | 10 | Hammond-Hartman |
1942-1946 |
10 | 11 | Hartman, Elmer |
1942-1946 |
10 | 12 | Hartman, Grover-Hartung |
1942-1946 |
10 | 13 | Hartwell, Norris E. |
1942-1946 |
10 | 14 | Hartzell-Hinckley |
1942-1946 |
10 | 15 | Hitchcock, Clinton Arthur “Kink” |
1942-1946 |
10 | 16 | Hitchcock, Edwin N.-Irwin, Charles D. |
1942-1946 |
11 | 1 | Irwin, Constant L. “Pete” |
1942-1946 |
11 | 2 | Irwin, D.-Iw |
1945 |
11 | 3 | J |
1942-1946 |
11 | 4 | K-Kizzire, L. |
1941-1946 |
11 | 5 | Kizzire, William Lee |
|
11 | 6 | Klahn, Dale C. “Klondike,” |
|
11 | 7 | Klahn, W.-Lam |
1941-1946 |
11 | 8 | Land, Emory Scott Admiral |
1937-1945 |
11 | 9 | Lande-Matth |
1942-1946 |
11 | 10 | Mattick, Stephen |
1943-1946 |
11 | 11 | Mau-Mc |
1942-1946 |
11 | 12 | Me-Miles |
1941-1946 |
11 | 13 | Miller-My |
1941-1946 |
12 | 1 | N |
1942-1946 |
12 | 2 | O |
1942-1946 |
12 | 3 | P-Per |
1942-1946 |
12 | 4 | Peters-Q |
1942-1946 |
12 | 5 | Ra-Richards |
|
12 | 6 | Richardson-Rockney |
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12 | 7 | Roe-Sackman |
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12 | 8 | Sailors-Schmehl |
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12 | 9 | Schmidt-Shaffner |
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12 | 10 | Servicemen |
1942-1946 |
13 | 1 | Shanor-Siegel |
|
13 | 2 | Sikora-Smith |
|
13 | 3 | Smyser-Stebner |
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13 | 4 | Steffen-Stouffer |
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13 | 5 | Stout-Symons |
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13 | 6 | Taggart-Thomson |
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13 | 7 | Thornock-Tysor |
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13 | 8 | Ulrich-Walker |
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13 | 9 | Walkinshaw-Welch |
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13 | 10 | Wenger-Williams |
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13 | 11 | Willis-Yedinak |
|
13 | 12 | Yemington-Z |
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Box | Folder | ||
14 | 1 | Blackouts |
1942-1943 |
14 | 2 | Business and Industry |
1942-1947 |
14 | 3 | Casper Army Air Field |
1942-1946 |
14 | 4 | Casualties |
1943-1946 |
14 | 5 | Civil Air Patrol |
1942-1945 |
Folders | |||
14 | 6-7 | Civilian Defense |
1942 |
Folder | |||
14 | 8 | Contract Scandal |
1940s |
Counties: |
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Box | Folders | ||
14 | 9-13 | Albany |
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15 | 1-2 | Big Horn |
|
Folder | |||
15 | 3 | Campbell |
|
Folders | |||
15 | 4-5 | Carbon |
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15 | 6-9 | Fremont |
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16 | 1-3 | Hot Springs |
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16 | 4-9 | Laramie |
|
17 | 1-2 | More than one county |
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17 | 3-9 | Natrona |
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17 | 10-11 | Niobrara |
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18 | 1-2 | Park |
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18 | 3-4 | Platte |
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18 | 5-6 | Sheridan |
|
Folder | |||
18 | 7 | Sublette |
|
Folders | |||
18 | 8-9 | Sweetwater |
|
19 | 1-3 | Sweetwater |
|
Folder | |||
19 | 4 | Teton |
|
Folders | |||
19 | 5-7 | Vinta |
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19 | 8-9 | Washakie |
|
Folder | |||
19 | 10 | Weston |
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Drives: |
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Box | Folders | ||
20 | 1-2 | Bond/War Fund Loan Community Chest |
1942-1945 |
Folder | |||
20 | 3 | Relief |
1942-1943 |
20 | 4 | Salvage |
1942 |
Box | Folder | ||
20 | 5 | Enlistments |
1942-1946 |
20 | 6 | Entertainment |
1942-1945 |
20 | 7 | Faculty in Service – Miscellaneous |
1942-1943 |
20 | 8 | Front Pages |
1941-1945 |
20 | 9 | Glider School |
1943 |
20 | 10 | Honor Rolls/ Memorials |
1942-1946 |
20 | 11 | Index |
1941-1946 |
20 | 12 | Japanese-Americans |
|
20 | 13 | Junior Service Organizations |
1937-1942 |
Folders | |||
20 | 14-20 | Miscellaneous |
1942-1946 |
21 | 1-2 | Miscellaneous |
1942-1946 |
Folder | |||
21 | 3 | Navy Day |
1942 |
Folders | |||
21 | 4-5 | Nurses |
1942-1946 |
Folder | |||
21 | 6 | Officers Candidate School |
|
21 | 7 | Pre-Introduction Training |
1942 |
Prisoners of War: |
|||
Box | Folder | ||
21 | 8 | Americans Held Overseas |
|
21 | 9 | Axis Soldiers Held in the United States |
|
Box | Folder | ||
21 | 10 | Rationing |
|
21 | 11 | Red Cross |
1937-1945 |
21 | 12 | Rest Camps |
1943 |
21 | 13 | Salvation Army |
1942 |
21 | 14 | Selective Service Draft |
|
21 | 15 | Service Clubs |
1942-1945 |
21 | 16 | Ships |
1942-1945 |
University of Wyoming: |
|||
Box | Folder | ||
21 | 17 | Curriculum |
1942-1945 |
21 | 18 | Miscellaneous |
1942-1946 |
Programs: |
|||
Box | Folder | ||
21 | 19 | Army Specialized Training Program |
1943-1945 |
21 | 20 | Cadet Nurses |
1944 |
21 | 21 | Civilian Aeronautic Administration |
1942-1943 |
21 | 22 | Enrollment |
1945 |
21 | 23 | General |
1942-1945 |
Folders | |||
21 | 24-25 | Housing |
1942-1946 |
Folder | |||
21 | 26 | Navy |
1942-1943 |
21 | 27 | Post War Planning |
1943-1945 |
21 | 28 | Reserve Training |
1942-1944 |
21 | 29 | Selection Training Assignment Reclassification
Schools |
|
Box | Folder | ||
21 | 30 | Veterans |
1943-1946 |
Victory: |
|||
Box | Folder | ||
21 | 31 | Day |
1945 |
21 | 32 | Gardens |
1942-1944 |
Box | Folder | ||
21 | 33 | War Mothers/War Fathers |
1942-1946 |
21 | 34 | War Service Record |
1942-1945 |
21 | 35 | Women in the Service |
1942-1946 |
Box | Folders | ||
22 | 1-5 | Committees: |
|
Box | Folders | ||
22 | 6-7 | Information and Moral Subcommittee |
1941-1946 |
Folder | |||
22 | 8 | Salvage |
1942-1943 |
22 | 9 | University Defense |
1942 |
22 | 10 | War Activities-Information and Morale |
|
War History: |
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Box | Folder | ||
22 | 11 | Biographical Notices |
|
22 | 12 | Citations |
|
Correspondence: |
|||
Box | Folder | ||
22 | 13 | Daley, Major B.C. |
|
22 | 14 | General |
1942-1945 |
23 | 1 | Inquiries |
1942-1946 |
Folders | |||
23 | 2-3 | Letters of Condolence |
1944-1946 |
Folder | |||
23 | 4 | Marsh, B.R. |
1944 |
23 | 5 | O’Mahoney, J.C. |
1944-1946 |
23 | 6 | Presidents |
1942-1944 |
Box | Folder | ||
23 | 7 | Gold Star Lists |
1941-1946 |
Memorial: |
|||
Box | Folder | ||
23 | 8 | Memorandums |
|
23 | 9 | Plaques |
1946 |
Box | Folder | ||
23 | 10 | Memory Monday |
1943-1945 |
War History: |
|||
Box | Folders | ||
23 | 11-12 | Minutes |
1942-1948 |
23 | 13-14 | Miscellaneous |
1942-1944 |
Folder | |||
23 | 15 | Organizations |
1942-1945 |
23 | 16 | Records |
|
24 | 1 | Red Cross Prisoners of War Bulletin |
|
24 | 2 | Reports |
1942-1944 |
24 | 3 | Summary Report of UW in WWII |
1946 |
24 | 4 | War Department Bureau of Public Relations |
|
Correspondence: |
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Box | Folder | ||
24 | 5 | Red Cross |
1944-1945 |
24 | 6 | Service Men |
1942-1944 |
Box | Folder | ||
24 | 7 | Cultural Resources |
1941-1942 |
24 | 8 | Gamma Sighs |
|
24 | 9 | Intercollegiate Bureau Press Releases |
1942 |
24 | 10 |
Joe Yardbird,
|
1943 |
33 | Maps |
1945 | |
33 | Maps - Pacific Front |
1944-1945 | |
Folders | |||
24 | 11-12 | Memorial Memorandums |
1945-1946 |
24 | 13-14 | Miscellaneous |
1940s |
Newsletters: |
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Box | Folder | ||
24 | 15 |
Higher Education and National Defense,
|
1941-1944 |
25 | 1 |
Higher Education and National Defense,
|
1941-1944 |
25 | 2 |
Oakes’ Squad,
|
1943-1945 |
25 | 3 |
Phi Delta,
|
1944 |
Box | Folder | ||
25 | 4 | Nurses |
1942-1943 |
25 | 5 | Nutrition |
|
25 | 6 | Office of the President Faculty in Service |
1943 |
25 | 7 | Orders to Active Duty |
1943 |
31 | Personalized Identification cards |
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Folder | |||
25 | 8 | Photographs |
1945 |
25 | 9 | Postwar and Rehabilitation |
|
25 | 10 | Postwar Planning |
|
25 | 11 | Ration Books |
1942-1943 |
25 | 12 | Red Cross College Programs |
1943 |
25 | 13 | Reference Requests and Information |
1942 |
Reports: |
|||
Box | Folders | ||
25 | 13-14 | Daly, Major B.C. |
1945-1946 |
Folder | |||
25 | 15 | University of Wyoming Post War Planning |
1944 |
25 | 16 | Women Defense Opportunities for … |
1942 |
25 | 17 | Women and National Defense |
1941 |
25 | 18 | Women War Training |
1943 |
Reserve Corps: |
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Box | Folders | ||
25 | 19-20 | Army/ Air Force |
1942-1943 |
Folder | |||
25 | 21 | Coast Guard |
1942 |
25 | 22 | Marines |
1940s |
Box | Folder | ||
25 | 23 | Rosetti, Louie |
|
Scrapbook: |
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Box | Folders | ||
25 | 24-25 | General |
1941-1944 |
26 | 1-5 | General |
1941-1944 |
Folder | |||
26 | 6 | WWII Materials from Major Daly’s Office |
1941-1943 |
Folders | |||
26 | 7-9 |
The Veteran,
|
1940s |
26 | 10-12 | Veteran’s |
1946-1950 |
Box | Folder | ||
26 | 13 | Sigma Alpha Epsilon |
|
Statistics: |
|||
Box | Folder | ||
26 | 14 | Duplicates |
1943-1945 |
27 | 1 | Duplicates |
1943-1945 |
Folders | |||
27 | 2-4 | General |
1944 |
Folder | |||
27 | 5 | Summaries |
1943-1945 |
Box | Folder | ||
27 | 6 | Students in Active Service |
|
27 | 7 | Tests – Mechanical Aptitude |
|
33 | Training - Physical Fitness and Education: |
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Box | |||
33 | High School Victory Corps |
1942 | |
33 | Physical Fitness Education Curriculum |
1942-1943 | |
33 | Physical Training Manual |
July 1943 | |
Folder | |||
27 | 8 | United Service Organization |
1942-1943 |
33 | University War Service |
1939-1945 | |
Folders | |||
27 | 9-10 | University of Wyoming-General |
|
Veterans: |
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Box | Folder | ||
27 | 10 | GI Bill |
1949-1951 |
Folders | |||
28 | 1-2 | GI Bill |
1949-1951 |
Folder | |||
28 | 3 | Information Sheet |
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28 | 4 | Regulations |
|
28 | 5 | Relations |
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Box | Folder | ||
28 | 6 | Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps |
|
War Activities: |
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Box | Folder | ||
28 | 7 | Assistance in Assignment |
|
28 | 8 | Blackouts |
1942 |
28 | 9 | Civil Service Junior Engineers |
1942 |
28 | 10 | Correspondence |
|
28 | 11 | Honor Roll |
|
28 | 12 | Institute of Women’s Professional Relations |
1943 |
28 | 13 | Interviews |
1942-1943 |
28 | 14 | Language School |
|
28 | 15 | Mathematics |
|
28 | 16 | Mountain Troops |
|
28 | 17 | National Defense |
|
28 | 18 | Office of Price Administration |
|
28 | 19 | Peace Conferences |
|
28 | 20 | Pre-flight |
|
28 | 21 | Pre-introduction Courses |
|
28 | 22 | RCA Engineering Cadets |
1943 |
Folders | |||
29 | 1-2 | Recruitment Surveys |
1942-1943 |
Folder | |||
29 | 3 | Red Cross |
|
29 | 4 | Secondary Skills |
|
29 | 5 | Signal Corps |
1943 |
29 | 6 | Student War Loans |
|
29 | 7 | Sub-committee on Information and Morale |
1943 |
29 | 8 | War Bonds and Stamps |
1943 |
29 | 9 | War Gardens |
1942 |
Folders | |||
29 | 10-11 | War Manpower Commission |
|
Box | Box | ||
War Information Key Center |
|||
Folders | |||
29 | 13-14 | War Service Opportunities for Women |
1942-1943 |
Folder | |||
29 | 15 | Women in Service |
1943-1945 |
29 | 16 | World Student Service |
1945-1946 |
Series II. World War I Records, 1915-1923Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folders | ||
29 | 17-18 | Correspondence |
1915-1922 |
Folder | |||
30 | 1 | Clippings |
1918-1919 |
32 | Flag |
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Goldstars: |
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Box | Folder | ||
30 | 2 | Artifacts |
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30 | 3 | Correspondence |
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30 | 4 | Photographs |
1917-1922 |
Box | Folder | ||
30 | 5 | Memorial Monument List |
1923 |
30 | 6 |
Pages of American Glory,
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30 | 7 | Photographs |
1917-1920 |
33 | Soldiers' Letters - War Period |
1918 | |
30 | 8 | War Service |
1917-1922 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- World War, 1914-1918--Wyoming.
- World War, 1939-1945--Wyoming.
Corporate Names
- University of Wyoming--History.
Geographical Names
- Wyoming--History--1889-1918.
- Wyoming--History--1919-1945.
- Laramie (Wyo.)--History.
- Wyoming--History--1946-1999.