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Joseph C. Bostwick World War II Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SC-MS-363
Scope and Contents

This collection contains pamphlets, photos, maps, and correspondence from Joseph C. Bostwick's service with the 397th infantry regiment of the 100th division of the United States Army during World War II.

Dates: 1944-1994; Majority of material found within 1944-1945

Marvin Powell Jones WWII Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-251
Scope and Contents

This collection includes Confederate currency from Louisiana and two international newspapers from World War II.

Dates: 1861, 1878, 1942-1943

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)

North Carolina Shipbuilding Company Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-352
Scope and Contents

This collections contains materials related to the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, a shipyard in Wilmington, North Carolina that was created as part of the U.S. Government's Emergency Shipbuilding Program during World War II. Included in the collection is a typed manuscript documenting the history of the company, a photocopied map of the Maffit Village neighborhood, and 19 photographs and 2 printing plates illustrating the company's grounds, workers and shipbuilding activities.

Dates: 1941-1946, undated

Oscar High Business Papers and Memorabilia

 Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-178
Scope and Contents The collection contains business receipts, letters, and advertisements from three businesses operated by Oscar High of Whiteville, North Carolina, spanning more than forty years from 1916 thru the 1960s, with special emphasis on the period between 1920's through 1950's. The personal letters of Mr. High's Waccamaw cottage rental business are of particular interest, as this covers both the Great Depression and World War II years and demonstrates his highly regarded business ethics and...
Dates: Undetermined

Pearl Harbor Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-054
Scope and Contents

This collection contains thirty-six official United States Navy photographs of the attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii and two booklets, Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941 and This is . . . Pearl Harbor, both of which give brief histories of the area and chronicles the events of December 7, 1941.

Dates: 1941, undated

Rehder Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-314
Scope and Contents This collection contains papers relating to the history of the Rehder family in Wilmington, North Carolina. The collection includes original documents, photocopies of original documents, correspondence, and photographs that detail the lives and lineage of Johann and Johanna Rehder beginning in 1844.Rehder family history is represented through both oral history and visual materials including typescripts, genealogical documents, photographs and scrapbooks. Additionally, of...
Dates: 1844-1980

Robert J. Cooke Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-214
Scope and Contents This collection consists of material collected by Robert J. Cooke from various presidential elections from the late 1960s to the early 1990s, primarily at the respective Democratic Conventions. Items include copies of speeches, pamphlets, publications, press badges, ads, biographies, and campaign material. Candidates of note include Governor George C. Wallace, President Jimmy Carter, and President Bill Clinton. A selection of Cooke's research on the Rorison family of Wilmington, North...
Dates: 1967-2013, undated; Majority of material found in 1976, 1992

Roger T. Krupp Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-266
Scope and Contents Network radio and TV announcer for more than 40 years, Krupp worked for all of "The Big Three," ABC, CBS and NBC, as well as a contract announcer for many weekly radio shows. He was stationed at Schofield Barracks Post Broadcasting System as manager of the station, and interrupted a regularly scheduled program one minute after receiving a news flash from Associated Press bulletin announcing the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. A man of many interests, Krupp showed talent as an artist, a...
Dates: 1933-1978

Sherwin Lipman Football Memorabilia

 Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-325
Scope and Contents This collection contains football memorabilia, World War II memorabilia, and veteran documents. Included are game day programs from Army football games Sherwin Lipman played during World War II, as well as game day programs from football games Lipman played in the American Association immediately after World War II. The programs are dated from 1945 to 1946. The football memorabilia series also includes newspaper clippings and articles written about games Lipman was a part of during his...
Dates: 1939-2011

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Wilmington College 2
American Legion. Auxiliary 1
Bissette, Samuel D., 1921-2005 1
Block, Hannah, 1913-2009 1
Brauer, Friedrich 1
Broughton, J. Melville (Joseph Melville), 1888-1949 1
Buchenwald (Concentration camp) 1
Burney, John Jay, Jr., 1924-2010 1
Cameron, Bruce Barclay, 1890-1944 1
Cameron, Daniel David, 1921-2005 1
Cameron, Lottie Fales, 1894-1960 1
Carter, Jimmy, 1924- 1
Clinton, Bill, 1946- 1
Dukes, Bennie Edward, 1948-2001 1
Dukes, Judson Leon, 1922-2004 1
Dukes, Judson Leon, Jr., Dr., 1945-2010 1
Dukes, Mary Smith, 1926-1990 1
Eeden, Frederik van, 1860-1932 1
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 1
Ferguson, Homer L. (Homer Lenoir), 1873-1953 1
Gunn, John (John Alan) 1
Hendley, William "Bill" Martin, 1920-2019 1
Holliday, Austin Joseph, 1896-1961 1
Johnson, Alvin Saunders, 1874-1971 1
Jones, Viola Murrell 1
Jones, Wilbur D., 1934- 1
Kiker, George Franklin, 1925-1987 1
Lipman, Sherwin H., 1922-2014 1
MacRae, Hugh, 1865-1951 1
Major League Baseball (Organization) 1
Mauldin, Bill, 1921-2003 1
McGuire, Phillip, 1944- 1
Miss America Pageant 1
Moore, Joseph Alonzo, Jr., 1925-2003 1
National Catholic Community Service 1
National Collegiate Athletic Association 1
National Football League 1
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company 1
North Carolina Shipbuilding Company 1
North Carolina State Ports Authority 1
Randall, William M. (William Madison), 1899-1984 1
Rehder family 1
Rehder, Henry Burbank, 1911-2004 1
Rehder, Johanna Elizabeth, 1899-1964 1
Rehder, Katherine Engelhard, 1903-1964 1
Rorison, John C. (John Chadbourn), 1894-1970 1
Schloss Linderhof (Ettal, Germany) 1
Thomas, Cornelius (Neal) Dickinson, 1920-2005 1
United Service Organizations (U.S.) 1
United States. Air Force 1
United States. Army (General subdivision: History. Chronological subdivision: World War, 1939-1945.) 1
United States. Army. Infantry Division, 66th 1
United States. Navy (General subdivision: Personnel records.) 1
United States. Navy. Fast Carrier Task Force 1
University of North Carolina, Wilmington 1
Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998 1
Wilmington College. Board of Trustees 1
Zebulon B. Vance (Liberty ship) 1
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