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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)
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
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Content Description

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).

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Use of the Collection

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.

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Administrative Information

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.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Description: My Part In This War: Helping On the Home Front
    Dates: 1943
    Container: Box 1, Folder 1
  • Description: Vanguard of Victory: A short Review of the South African Victories in East Africa
    Dates: 1940-1941
    Container: Box 1, Folder 2
  • Description: From Here On: The Charter of the United Nations With Interpretive comments and Pertinent Discussion Questions
    Dates: 1947
    Container: Box 1, Folder 3

  • Headline Books, 1942

    Container: Box 1, Folder 4

    • Description: 1: Shadows Over Asia: The Rise of Militant Japan
      Dates: 1941
      Location: Headline Books, 1942
    • Description: 2: Overseas America: Our Territorial Outposts
      Dates: 1942
      Location: Headline Books, 1942
    • Description: 3: War Atlas: 42 Maps Prepared By Experts to Help You Follow the War On All Fronts, Revised Edition
      Dates: 1942
      Location: Headline Books, 1942
    • Description: 4: Look At Latin America: 25 Maps and Charts With Accompanying Text To Help You Understand Our Close Neighbors

      (2 copies)

      Dates: 1944
      Location: Headline Books, 1942
    • Description: 5: Germany At War: Twenty Key Questions And Answers
      Dates: 1942
      Location: Headline Books, 1942
    • Description: 6: Germany Nation Or No-Man's-Land
      Dates: 1946
      Location: Headline Books, 1942
  • Description: African Challenge: The Story of the British in Tropical Africa
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 1, Folder 5
  • Description: The First Four Years
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 1, Folder 6
  • Description: Canada At War (#44)
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 1, Folder 7

  • Britain, 1943

    Container: Box 1, Folder 8

    • Description: 1: Britain (vol. 1, #6)
      Dates: 1943 April
      Location: Britain, 1943
    • Description: 2: Britain (vol. 2, #1)
      Dates: 1943 May
      Location: Britain, 1943
    • Description: 3: Britain (vol. 2, #2)
      Dates: 1943 June
      Location: Britain, 1943
    • Description: 4: Britain (vol. 2, #4)
      Dates: 1943 August
      Location: Britain, 1943
    • Description: 5: Britain (vol. 2, #6)
      Dates: 1943 October
      Location: Britain, 1943

  • Webster Publishing Company books about Asia, 1942-1944

    Container: Box 1, Folder 9

  • Description: American Local–Color Stories
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 2, Folder 1

  • America in a World Series, 1940-1941

    Container: Box 2, Folder 2

  • Description: Ships (#19)
    Dates: 1946 April
    Container: Box 2, Folder 3

  • American Council Institute of Pacific Relations booklets, 1941-1944

  • War Department and Military Training Booklets, 1941-1943

    Container: Box 2, Folder 5

  • Description: Know Your Enemies: The Jap Army
    Dates: 1942
    Container: Box 2, Folder 6
  • Description: A Book of Americans
    Dates: 1933
    Container: Box 2, Folder 7

  • United Nations Information Office Pamphlets, 1943-1944

    Container: Box 2, Folder 8

  • Description: Nine Men Against America: The Supreme Court And Its Attack On American Liberties
    Dates: 1958
    Container: Box 2, Folder 9
  • Description: This Time For Keeps: Why This War is Different
    Dates: 1943
    Container: Box 2, Folder 10
  • Description: From D-Day Through Victory In Europe: The Eye-Witness Story As Told By War Correspondents On the Air
    Dates: 1945
    Container: Box 2, Folder 11
  • Description: U.S. Foreign Policy: Shield of the Republic
    Dates: 1943
    Container: Box 3, Folder 1
  • Description: Fighting for America: An Account of Jewish Men In the Armed Forces — From Pearl Harbor to the Italian Campaign
    Dates: 1944
    Container: Box 3, Folder 2
  • Description: Divide and Conquer: the Story of Nazi Terror
    Dates: 1942
    Container: Box 3, Folder 3
  • Description: Why I Fight: Prize Winning Essays From the North African Theater of Operations
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 3, Folder 4
  • Description: Our Armed Forces: A Source Book on the Army and Navy for High School Students
    Dates: 1943
    Container: Box 3, Folder 5
  • Description: Global War: An Atlas of World Strategy
    Dates: 1944
    Container: Box 3, Folder 6
  • Description: Britain At War
    Dates: 1942
    Container: Box 3, Folder 7
  • Description: Target: Germany: The Army Air Force's Official Story of the VIII Bomber Command's First Year Over Europe
    Dates: 1942
    Container: Box 3, Folder 8
  • Description: Wings For Combat: The Story of the Army Air Force's Training Command
    Dates: 1943
    Container: Box 3, Folder 9

  • Magazine accounts, 1945

    Container: Box 3, Folder 10

  • Greece, 1941-1944

    Container: Box 3, Folder 11

  • Description: A Graphic History of the War: Till May 10, 1942
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 4, Folder 1

  • Books about Norway, 1942-1944

    Container: Box 4, Folder 2

  • Description: China
    Dates: 1944 July 27
    Container: Box 4, Folder 3
  • Description: Infantrymen: The Fighters of War
    Dates: 1944
    Container: Box 4, Folder 4
  • Description: Army Songbook
    Dates: 1941
    Container: Box 4, Folder 5
  • Description: The Official Guide To The Army Air Force's AAF
    Dates: 1944
    Container: Box 4, Folder 6
  • Description: This is Ann: She's Dying to Meet You
    Dates: 1944
    Container: Box 4, Folder 7
  • Description: Handbook on German Army Identification
    Dates: 1943
    Container: Box 4, Folder 8

  • The Pacific Islands, 1944-1945

    Container: Box 4, Folder 9

  • Description: The Battle of the Aleutians: A Graphic History, 1942-1943
    Dates: 1942-1943
    Container: Box 4, Folder 10
  • Description: Going Down (Air Force Manual #70)
    Dates: 1945 April
    Container: Box 4, Folder 11
  • Description: Army Talks: What's Wrong With The Germans?

    (2 copies)

    Dates: 1943
    Container: Box 4, Folder 12

  • Miscellaneous Publications, 1942-1945

    Container: Box 5

  • Description: Europe in Chains
    Dates: 1941
    Container: Box 6, Folder 1
  • Description: The Land of the D Study of the Deportations From Eastern Germany
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 6, Folder 2
  • Description: Preview of History: A Public Diary of Broadcasts and Speeches, Together With a New Discussion of a Post–War World. . .
    Dates: 1943
    Container: Box 6, Folder 3
  • Description: Air Sickness Causes and Prevention
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 6, Folder 4
  • Description: America Has No Enemies in Asia
    Dates: 1938
    Container: Box 6, Folder 5
  • Description: Britain and India
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 6, Folder 6
  • Description: The Supposed Enigma of Russia
    Dates: 1943 July
    Container: Box 6, Folder 7
  • Description: Wesley Social Studies, Folding Map of the Pacific Ocean battles
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 6, Folder 8
  • Description: War Talks and Miscellaneous
    Dates: 1944 January 5
    Container: Box 6, Folder 9
  • Description: War Orientation notes
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 6, Folder 10
  • Description: Thematic Cartoon Originals
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 6, Folder 11
  • Description: Photocopies of Cartoons: Pan-American Union
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 6, Folder 12
  • Description: Photocopies of Cartoons: FDR's Administration
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 6, Folder 13
  • Description: Photocopies of Cartoons: Little itchy-Itchy
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 6, Folder 14
  • Description: Photocopies of Cartoons: The Allies
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 6, Folder 15
  • Description: German Propaganda
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 6, Folder 16

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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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