Inventory
World War II Indiana Scrapbooks
Dates: 1942-1953
Accession Number: 20040530
Description: Seven document cases, one flat storage box,
Map Case; includes photographs
History
During World War II the staff of the Emeline Fairbanks Memorial Library compiled scrapbooks of material documenting the contributions of Terre Haute, Vigo County and the Wabash Valley to the American war effort. In 2004, these scrapbooks were transferred from the Special Collections Department to the Community Archives.
The material was originally glued into Scrapbooks numbered from 1 to 15. Some of the Scrapbooks were further divided into additional scrapbooks (5A, 5B, 9A, 9B, 10A, 10B, 10C, 15A, 15B). A "Scrapbook 14" was not found when this collection was initially inventoried in the 1980s by staff in the Special Collections Department. An article in the Terre Haute Tribune of December 3, 1944 indicates that one of the scrap-books contained newspaper maps describing the progress of the war. It is possible that Scrapbook 14 may have been the map scrapbook.
For preservation purposes, the contents have been removed from their original scrapbooks and placed in acid-free folders.
Content and Scope of Collection
This collection consists of War Department publications, newspaper clippings from the Terre Haute Star and the Terre Haute Tribune and photographs. Most of the scrapbooks are made up of several sections which are indicated at the top left corner. Page numbers have been written in on the top right side of the page.
The scrapbooks seem to have been filled according to optimum use of space rather than on a chronological basis. Therefore, there is a great deal of overlap in dates from one scrapbook section to another.
There is a small amount of material concerning five soldiers who died in the Korean War and one soldier who died in Formosa (Taiwan) in Scrapbook 15B.
Immediately following is a general description of each scrapbook followed by a folder-level description.
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Scrapbook 1 |
Government reports of war
casualties |
Doc. Case 1 |
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Scrapbook 2 |
Government reports of war
casualties |
Doc. Case 2 |
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Scrapbook 3 |
Government reports of war
casualties |
Doc. Case 2 |
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Scrapbook 4 |
Government reports of war
casualties |
Doc. Case 3 |
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Scrapbook 1M |
War history (newspaper
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Doc. Case 3 |
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Scrapbook 5 |
Government reports of
liberated |
Doc. Case 3 |
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Scrapbook 5A |
Boats and destroyers - Civilian
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Doc. Case 3 |
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Scrapbook 6 |
Defense in schools - Army
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Doc. Case 4 |
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Scrapbook 7 |
Women in Service |
Doc. Case 4 |
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Scrapbook 8 |
Weddings |
Doc. Case 4 |
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Scrapbook 9 |
War-related pictures in the
Sunday |
Doc. Case 5 |
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Scrapbook 9A |
Pictures in Gray (newspaper
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Doc. Case 5 |
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Scrapbook 9B |
Official Photographs |
Flat Storage Box |
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Scrapbook 10 |
Service men from Vigo County |
Doc. Case 6, 7 |
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Scrapbook 11 |
War letters |
Doc. Case 7 |
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Scrapbook 12 |
Bravery citations - Military
draft - |
Doc. Case 7 |
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Scrapbook 13 |
Prisoners of war |
Doc..Case 7 |
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Scrapbook 15 |
Dead and wounded |
Doc. Case 7 |
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Scrapbook 15A |
Dead and wounded |
Doc. Case 7 |
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Scrapbook 15B |
Dead and wounded |
Flat Storage Box |
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USO Publicity |
Flat Storage Box |
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USO Photographs |
Flat Storage Box |
Here follows a folder-level description of the scrapbooks.
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Scrapbook 1: Government
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Pages 1-28 |
Dec. 14, 1943- |
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Pages 29-56 |
March 7, 1944- |
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Pages 57-80 |
May 6, 1944- |
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Pages 81-106 |
July 11, 1944- |
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Pages 107-134 |
Aug. 17, 1944- |
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Pages 135-158 |
Sept. 23, 1944- |
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Pages 159-180 |
Oct. 18,1944- |
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Pages 181-200 |
Nov. 13, 1944- |
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Scrapbook 2: Government
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Folder 1 |
Pages 1-20 |
Dec. 2, 1944- |
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Folder 2 |
Pages 21-36 |
Dec. 19, 1944- |
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Folder 3 |
Pages 37-54 |
Jan. 7, 1945- |
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Folder 4 |
Pages 55-72 |
Jan. 20, 1945- |
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Folder 5 |
Pages 73-88 |
Feb. 4,1945- |
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Folder 6 |
Pages 89-100 |
Feb. 17, 1945- |
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Scrapbook 3: Government
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Folder 7 |
Pages 1-18 |
Feb. 24, 1945- |
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Folder 8 |
Pages 19-42 |
March 3, 1945- |
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Folder 9 |
Pages 43-68 |
March 13, 1945- |
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Folder 10 |
Pages 69-90 |
March 28, 1945- |
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Folder 11 |
Pages 91-100 |
April 9, 1945- |
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Scrapbook 4: Government
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Folder 1 |
Pages 1-24 |
April 16,1945- |
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Folder 2 |
Pages 25-42 |
April 30, 1945- |
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Folder 3 |
Pages 43-62 |
May 11, 1945- |
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Folder 4 |
Pages 63-88 |
June 7, 1945- |
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Casualty list totals for each
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May 8, 1946 |
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Scrapbook 1M: War History (newspaper articles pertaining to the war) |
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Folder 5 |
Pages 1-14 |
Dec. 12, 1941- |
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Folder 6 |
Pages 15-32 |
Feb. 1, 1942- |
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Folder 7 |
Pages 33-44 |
March 1942 |
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Folder 8 |
Pages 45-56 |
March 1942- |
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Scrapbook 5: Boats and
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Folder 9 |
Boats and destroyers Pages 1-32 "Report of the Civilian
Protection Corps Pages 33-48 |
1943-1945 |
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Folder 10 |
Indiana State Guard Pages 49-74 (Pages 58-74 are blank) |
April 1941- |
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Ordnance - Clinton, Indiana |
March 1942- |
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Ordnance - Vigo County |
April 1942- |
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Folder 11 |
Cox and Hulman Field Airports |
June 1943- |
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Scrapbook 5A: Liberated prisoners of war |
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Folder 12 |
Pages 1-19 |
Feb. 1945 |
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Scrapbook 6: Defense in the
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Folder 1 |
Defense in schools
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Folder 2 |
Section 3 |
July 1943-
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Army Mothers |
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Folder 3 |
Navy Mothers |
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Red Cross |
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Folder 4 |
Section 8 |
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U.S.O. |
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Scrapbook 7: Women in Service |
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Folder 5 |
Nurses |
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Non-nurses |
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Folder 6 |
Section 2 Section 3 |
July 1943- Sept. 1943- |
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Scrapbook 8: Weddings |
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Folder 7 |
Section 1 Section 2 |
July 1942- May 1943- |
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Folder 8 |
Section 3 Section 4 |
June 1943- |
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Folder 9 |
Section 5 Section 6 |
April 1945- |
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Scrapbook 9: Rotogravure War Pictures |
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Folder 1 |
Section 1 Section 3 |
May 1942- |
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Folder 2 |
Section 4 Section 5 |
Dec. 1942- |
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Folder 3 |
Section 6 Section 7 |
Sept. 1943- July 1944 |
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Folder 4 |
Section 8 Section 9 |
June 1944- |
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Folder 5 |
Section 10 Section 11 |
April 1945- |
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Scrapbook 9A: Pictures in Gray |
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Folder 6 |
Section 1
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Oct. 1942- |
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Folder 7 |
Section 3 |
Dec. 1943- |
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Folder 8 |
Section 4
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April 1944- |
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Folder 9 |
Section 6 |
March 1945- |
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Scrapbook 10: Service Men of Vigo County |
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Folder 1 |
Section 1 |
March 1942- |
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Folder 2 |
Section 3 |
Sept. 1942- |
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Folder 3 |
Section 5 |
Nov. 1942- |
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Folder 4 |
Section 6 |
Nov. 1942- Dec. 1942- |
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Folder 5 |
Section 8 |
Nov. 1942- Jan. 1943- |
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Folder 6 |
Section 10 |
Oct. 1944- |
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Folder 7 |
Section 11
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Nov. 1944-
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Folder 8 |
Section 13 |
March 1945- |
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Scrapbook 10 (cont'd) |
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Folder 1 |
Section 15 |
Aug. 1945-
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Scrapbook 11: War Letters (as printed in newspapers) |
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Folder 2 |
Section 1 |
Feb. 1941- |
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Scrapbook 12: Bravery
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Folder 3 |
Citations |
Dec. 1944- |
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Folder 4 |
Draft/Selective Service |
July 1945- |
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Folder 5 |
Soldiers and sailors
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Folder 6 |
Section 3 |
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Scrapbook 13: Prisoners of war |
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Folder 7 |
Section 1, Pages 1-24 |
Dec. 1944- |
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Scrapbook 15: Death announcements |
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Folder 8 |
Section 1 |
June 1942- |
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Folder 9 |
Section 3 |
Nov. 1944- |
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Scrapbook 15A: Wounded |
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Folder 10 |
Section 1 |
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Flat Storage |
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Scrapbook 9B: Official Photographs of Terre Haute Servicemen |
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Folder 1 |
Official Photographs (ten
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Scrapbook 15B: Terre Haute Heroes (Dead and Wounded Soldiers) |
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Terre Haute Heroes |
1942-1952 |
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U. S. O. (United Service Organization) |
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Folder 3 |
USO Publicity clippings |
Nov. 1944- |
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Folder 4 |
USO Publicity clippings |
July 11, 1945- |
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Folder 5 |
USO Photographs |
n.d. |
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Map Case |
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Proclamation: "The War Department and the Navy Department express to the United Service Organizations their appreciation for patriotic service" |
May 1, 1946 |
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