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McGuire Collection of Letters from Black Soldiers
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-051
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of 109 photocopies of letters from black soldiers during World War II. They were used in Dr. Phillip McGuire’s book, Taps for a Jim Crow Army, published in 1983.
Dates:
1941-1946 (photocopies), 1983; Majority of material found within 1941-1946 (photocopies)
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
Stanley Rehder Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-373
Scope and Contents
This collection contains papers and audiovisual materials relating to Stanley Rehder's World War II experience and work as a Venus flytrap enthusiast. The World War II series of this collection includes newspaper clippings and research pertaining to the 1944 Christmas Eve sinking of the S.S. Leopoldville. Rehder was a lieutenant aboard the ship at the time, and this collection includes the writings Rehder created to memorialize the event as well as documents of Rehder's veteran organization....
Dates:
1946-2012
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
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- African American soldiers -- Correspondence 1
- African American veterans 1
- Botany--North Carolina--New Hanover County 1
- Carnivorous plants 1
- Racism -- United States -- History -- 20th century 1
- United States -- Armed Forces -- African Americans 1
- United States. Army -- African American troops -- History -- Sources 1
- Venus's flytrap 1
- World War, 1939-1945 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, African American 1
- photocopies 1 ∧ less
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- McGuire, Phillip, 1944- 1
- Rehder, Jessie 1
- Rehder, Stanley (George Stanley), 1922-2012 1
- United States. Army. Infantry Division, 66th 1
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