Third Armored Division Association Records

Overview

Scope and Contents

Subject Terms

Administrative Information

Detailed Description

Donor Correspondence, Diaries, Mementos and Recollections

Allied and Axis Records, Reports, Orders, Citations, and Logs

Photographs and Scrapbooks

Newspapers and Clippings

Articles and Books

Association Events, Newsletters, Programs and Exhibits File

Artifacts

Audiovisual Materials

Oversize Photographs and Maps



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Collection Overview

Title: Third Armored Division Association Records, 1941-Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

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

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

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 4: Newspapers and Clippings],
[Series 5: Articles and Books],
[Series 6: Association Events, Newsletters, Programs and Exhibits File],
[Series 7: Artifacts],
[Series 8: Audiovisual Materials],
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Series 4: Newspapers and ClippingsAdd to your cart.
Box 19: The Stars and Stripes, Feb 28-Dec 28, 1944Add to your cart.
Box 20: The Stars and Stripes, Jan 4-Aug 14, 1945Add to your cart.
Box 21: The Stars and Stripes, Aug 15-Jan 24, 1945-46Add to your cart.
Box 22: Misc newspaper and magazine clips, 1943-47Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Chicago Tribune, 1947Add to your cart.
Folder 2: General, 1944-45Add to your cart.
Folder 3: News extracts for troops, 1944-45Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Newspaper clippings - 36th AIR, Oct 2-July, 1944-45Add to your cart.
Folder 5: London Daily Mail - Allied troops edition, Dec 10, 1944Add to your cart.
Folder 6: News magazines - Time, Life, Newsweek, 1942, 1944-45Add to your cart.
Folder 7: Baltimore News-Post and San Antonio Light, 1944, 1945Add to your cart.
Baltimore (Nov 8, 1944); San Antonio (March 6, 1945)
Folder 8: Chicago Times - Aug, March, 1944, 1945Add to your cart.
Folder 9: New York Sun and New York Times, 1944-45Add to your cart.
Folder 10: Shreveport (LA) Times & Journal, 1941, 1944Add to your cart.
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Folder 11: Shreveport (LA) Times & Journal - Sept 8 - April 1, 1944-45Add to your cart.
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Folder 12: Shreveport (LA) Times & Journal - Dec and Feb-April, 1944, 1945Add to your cart.
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Folder 13: Shreveport (LA) Times & Journal, 1945Add to your cart.
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Folder 14: Shreveport (LA) Times & Journal, 1945Add to your cart.
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Folder 15: The Stars and Stripes - clippings, Oct 18-April 12, 1944-45Add to your cart.
Folder 16: Donald Mahr clippings, 1942, 1944-45Add to your cart.
Folder 17: La Province de Jendi (Battle of Mons) Sept 5, 1946Add to your cart.
From M. Mischnick, Oct 1995
Folder 18: Le Libre Belgique (reprint), Dec 15, 1944Add to your cart.
Folder 19: Chicago Herald American, Nov, 1948Add to your cart.
Folder 20: Armed Forces News (Covington, GA) - May 10 and 31, 1943Add to your cart.
Folder 21: Armed Forces News (Covington, GA) - May 24, 1943Add to your cart.
Folder 22: Armed Forces News (Covington, GA) - June 7 and 14, 1943Add to your cart.
Folder 23: Armed Forces News (Covington, GA) - June 21 and 28, 1943Add to your cart.
Folder 24: The Informer (3AD) - April 16, 23, 30 and May 7, 1943Add to your cart.
Folder 25: The Weekly Howl (3AD) - May 14, 21 and June 18, 25, 1943Add to your cart.
Folder 26: The Bugler (36 AIR) - Oct, 1941Add to your cart.
Folder 27: The Spearhead (36th AIR) - Jan 19, March 28, April 24, 1942Add to your cart.
Folder 28: Oriole News (32nd AR) - July 10, 1945Add to your cart.
Folder 29: Le Tomahawk - Corps/Normandy, 1944Add to your cart.
Frank Sanders, 9/6/94 (note on orig folder)
Folder 30: The Spearhead Doughboy (36th AIR) - July 17-Sept 16, 1945Add to your cart.
Folder 31: Ozark Red Grapevine (1st Bn - 36th AIR) #s1-3, 5, 8 - May 19-July 7, 1945Add to your cart.
Folder 32: Beachhead News - VI Corps, Nov 13, 1945Add to your cart.
Folder 33: 7th Army newsletter: What's Doing, Heerlen Recreational Center - July 15, 1945Add to your cart.
Box 23: Magazines, 1939-1940, 1944-46, 1948, 1953, 1958, 1964Add to your cart.

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 4: Newspapers and Clippings],
[Series 5: Articles and Books],
[Series 6: Association Events, Newsletters, Programs and Exhibits File],
[Series 7: Artifacts],
[Series 8: Audiovisual Materials],
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