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Frank Ernest Hill letters, 1941-1945
1 boxLetters written to Frank E. and Ruth Nickel Hill from two paratroopers and three servicewomen who served in North Africa, Italy, and elsewhere in the various theaters during World War II.
John Alden Jamieson papers, 1940-1952
13 boxesCorrespondence, reports, lists, memoranda, photographs, and printed materials on the history of the wartime activities of the Army Library Service, compiled by Jamieson for his books EDITIONS FOR THE ARMED SERVICES, INC.; A HISTORY TOGETHER WITH THE COMPLETE LIST OF 1324 BOOKS PUBLISHED FOR AMERICAN ARMED FORCES OVERSEAS (New York, 1948), and BOOKS FOR THE ARMY; THE ARMY LIBRARY SERVICE IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR (New York, Columbia University Press, 1950). Correspondents include Robert Cutler, Melvyn Douglas, Lewis Galantière, Dashiell Hammett, and Harry Scherman.
John Pitman papers, 1865-1903
2 boxesBills and invoices for food, clothing, and other supplies which were purchased for the various military establishments.
Leo Lawrence Pollak collection of presidential autographs, 1795-1963
34 itemsA collection of documents signed by American presidents and bound together in a single volume. Every president, except Eisenhower and Nixon, is represented in the collection. The documents, which are mostly military and naval appointments, certificates of merit, etc. are routine in nature, but an autographed copy (printed) of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's second inaugural address and a signed mimeographed copy of Lyndon Baines Johnson's speech to Congress, November 27, 1963, are also included.