University of Wyoming War Activities Council Records

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: 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: 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

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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
Box	Folder
1	1	Abbreviations	1941-1946
1	2	Addresses
		Aeronautics:
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:
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:
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:
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:
Box	Folder
3	7	Blueprints	1942
		Elementary:
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:
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:
Box	Folder
7	1	43 E	1943
7	2	Army-Navy	1942-1943
		College Phase:
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:
Box	Folder
8	6	Agriculture	1942-1943
		Alumni:
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:
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:
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
12	7	Roe-Sackman
12	8	Sailors-Schmehl
12	9	Schmidt-Shaffner
12	10	Servicemen	1942-1946
13	1	Shanor-Siegel
13	2	Sikora-Smith
13	3	Smyser-Stebner
13	4	Steffen-Stouffer
13	5	Stout-Symons
13	6	Taggart-Thomson
13	7	Thornock-Tysor
13	8	Ulrich-Walker
13	9	Walkinshaw-Welch
13	10	Wenger-Williams
13	11	Willis-Yedinak
13	12	Yemington-Z
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:
Box	Folders
14	9-13	Albany
15	1-2	Big Horn
	Folder
15	3	Campbell
	Folders
15	4-5	Carbon
15	6-9	Fremont
16	1-3	Hot Springs
16	4-9	Laramie
17	1-2	More than one county
17	3-9	Natrona
17	10-11	Niobrara
18	1-2	Park
18	3-4	Platte
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
19	8-9	Washakie
	Folder
19	10	Weston
		Drives:
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:
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:
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:
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
	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:
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:
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:
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:
Box	Folder
27	10	GI Bill	1949-1951
	Folders
28	1-2	GI Bill	1949-1951
	Folder
28	3	Information Sheet
28	4	Regulations
28	5	Relations
Box	Folder
28	6	Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
		War Activities:
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
Box	Folders
29	17-18	Correspondence	1915-1922
	Folder
30	1	Clippings	1918-1919
32		Flag
		Goldstars:
Box	Folder
30	2	Artifacts
30	3	Correspondence
30	4	Photographs	1917-1922
Box	Folder
30	5	Memorial Monument List	1923
30	6	Pages of American Glory,
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.

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