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Collection Overview
Title: Third Armored Division Association Records, 1941-
ID: 26/20/76
Primary Creator: 3rd Armored Division, United States Army (1941-1945, 1947-1992)
Extent: 29.7 cubic feet
Arrangement: by type of material and alphabetical or chronological thereunder
Subjects: Belgium - History and Geography, Eisenhower, Dwight D, France - History and Geography, Germany - History and Geography, Germany - Politics and Government, Laskowski, Clem T., Tanks, Third Armored Division, World War II, World War II - Intelligence, Morale and Propaganda, World War II - Military Operations, World War II - Service and Training
Formats/Genres: Papers
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Third Armored Division Association Records (1941-) document the history of the United States Army's 3rd Armored Division during its service in World War II (1941-45), and its veterans who were Association members (1946-). The records include Association Annual meeting programs (1948-); books and published histories about the Third Armored Division and the units that comprised it (1942- ); correspondence and diaries (1941-); Division and Association newsletters (1942-); magazines concerning World War II (1940-); maps and oversize items (1941-48); military organization records and after action reports (1941-45); newspaper clippings of the war (1941-48); Photographs (1941-); propaganda material and travel literature (1942-45); scrapbooks (1941-45); and videotapes and films of combat during the war and postwar travels to Germany (1940-).
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
University of Illinois Archives
Accruals:
11/5/1981
Access Restrictions:
None. Collection is open to the public.
Box and Folder Listing
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Series 1: Donor Correspondence, Diaries, Mementos and Recollections],
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Series 2: Allied and Axis Records, Reports, Orders, Citations, and Logs],
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Series 3: Photographs and Scrapbooks],
[Series 4: Newspapers and Clippings],
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Series 5: Articles and Books],
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Series 6: Association Events, Newsletters, Programs and Exhibits File],
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Series 7: Artifacts],
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Series 8: Audiovisual Materials],
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Series 9: Oversize Photographs and Maps],
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- Series 4: Newspapers and Clippings
- Box 19: The Stars and Stripes, Feb 28-Dec 28, 1944
- Box 20: The Stars and Stripes, Jan 4-Aug 14, 1945
- Box 21: The Stars and Stripes, Aug 15-Jan 24, 1945-46
- Box 22: Misc newspaper and magazine clips, 1943-47
- Folder 1: Chicago Tribune, 1947
- Folder 2: General, 1944-45
- Folder 3: News extracts for troops, 1944-45
- Folder 4: Newspaper clippings - 36th AIR, Oct 2-July, 1944-45
- Folder 5: London Daily Mail - Allied troops edition, Dec 10, 1944
- Folder 6: News magazines - Time, Life, Newsweek, 1942, 1944-45
- Folder 7: Baltimore News-Post and San Antonio Light, 1944, 1945
- Baltimore (Nov 8, 1944); San Antonio (March 6, 1945)
- Folder 8: Chicago Times - Aug, March, 1944, 1945
- Folder 9: New York Sun and New York Times, 1944-45
- Folder 10: Shreveport (LA) Times & Journal, 1941, 1944
- 1 of 5
- Folder 11: Shreveport (LA) Times & Journal - Sept 8 - April 1, 1944-45
- 2 of 5
- Folder 12: Shreveport (LA) Times & Journal - Dec and Feb-April, 1944, 1945
- 3 of 5
- Folder 13: Shreveport (LA) Times & Journal, 1945
- 4 of 5
- Folder 14: Shreveport (LA) Times & Journal, 1945
- 5 of 5
- Folder 15: The Stars and Stripes - clippings, Oct 18-April 12, 1944-45
- Folder 16: Donald Mahr clippings, 1942, 1944-45
- Folder 17: La Province de Jendi (Battle of Mons) Sept 5, 1946
- From M. Mischnick, Oct 1995
- Folder 18: Le Libre Belgique (reprint), Dec 15, 1944
- Folder 19: Chicago Herald American, Nov, 1948
- Folder 20: Armed Forces News (Covington, GA) - May 10 and 31, 1943
- Folder 21: Armed Forces News (Covington, GA) - May 24, 1943
- Folder 22: Armed Forces News (Covington, GA) - June 7 and 14, 1943
- Folder 23: Armed Forces News (Covington, GA) - June 21 and 28, 1943
- Folder 24: The Informer (3AD) - April 16, 23, 30 and May 7, 1943
- Folder 25: The Weekly Howl (3AD) - May 14, 21 and June 18, 25, 1943
- Folder 26: The Bugler (36 AIR) - Oct, 1941
- Folder 27: The Spearhead (36th AIR) - Jan 19, March 28, April 24, 1942
- Folder 28: Oriole News (32nd AR) - July 10, 1945
- Folder 29: Le Tomahawk - Corps/Normandy, 1944
- Frank Sanders, 9/6/94 (note on orig folder)
- Folder 30: The Spearhead Doughboy (36th AIR) - July 17-Sept 16, 1945
- Folder 31: Ozark Red Grapevine (1st Bn - 36th AIR) #s1-3, 5, 8 - May 19-July 7, 1945
- Folder 32: Beachhead News - VI Corps, Nov 13, 1945
- Folder 33: 7th Army newsletter: What's Doing, Heerlen Recreational Center - July 15, 1945
- Box 23: Magazines, 1939-1940, 1944-46, 1948, 1953, 1958, 1964
Collier's Jan 3 1953
Life Sept 25, 1939; Apr 29, 1940; Dec 8, 1941; Oct 2, 1944; Nov 13, 1944; Jan 15, 1945; Apr 16, 1945; Sept 17, 1945; Apr 19, 1948
Look Feb 4, 1958
Purnell's History of the Second World War number 24 (n.d.)
Saturday Evening Post Oct 19, 1946; Dec 12, 1964
Time May 14, 1945
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Series 1: Donor Correspondence, Diaries, Mementos and Recollections],
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Series 2: Allied and Axis Records, Reports, Orders, Citations, and Logs],
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Series 3: Photographs and Scrapbooks],
[Series 4: Newspapers and Clippings],
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Series 5: Articles and Books],
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Series 6: Association Events, Newsletters, Programs and Exhibits File],
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Series 7: Artifacts],
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Series 8: Audiovisual Materials],
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Series 9: Oversize Photographs and Maps],
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