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Collection Overview
Title: World War II Pamphlets, Ephemera, and Propaganda, 1936-1945
Predominant Dates:1939-1945
ID: 01/02/MSS00109
Extent: 1.1 Cubic Feet
Arrangement: This collection consists of seven series: 1.) Propaganda, 2.) Secretary of War Information Office Pamphlets, 3.) Miscellaneous Pamphlets, 4.) "A Week of the War" Transcripts, 5.) Typescript Documents, 6.) Newspapers and other miscellaneous publications, and 7.) Oversized Materials.
Date Acquired: 00/00/2009
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945
Languages: English, French, German, Spanish;Castilian, Italian, Danish, Portuguese, Greek,Modern(1453-), Dutch;Flemish
Scope and Contents of the Materials
This collection is comprised of pamphlets, leaflets, and other documents relating to the Second World War. Box 1 consists of propaganda published in Vichy France throughout the German occupation. Box 2 contains informational pamphlets distributed in various languages by the United States Secretary of War Information Office concerning some military battles and the United States Armed Forces. Box 2 also includes miscellaneous pamphlets covering various topics related to the war. Box 3 consists of three sections: the first section contains transcripts published by the United States Office of Government Reports summarizing the events of World War 2 each week throughout 1942; the second section contains various informational typescript documents in English; the third section of Box 3 contains single sheet newspaper documents and other miscellaneous publications. Box 4 contains miscellaneous oversized materials.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Access Restrictions:
Open to researchers.
Use Restrictions:
This collection is the physical property of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Intellectual property rights, including copyright, may reside with the materials' creator(s) or their heirs. The Rare Book & Manuscript Library's reproduction and publication policies are available here. The library welcomes requests for reproductions made from works in our collections, though restrictions may apply to certain materials. Please contact the library with any questions.
Acquisition Source:
Library backlog
Finding Aid Revision History:
Created by Heather Wiegert in 2022.
Revised by Nicole Connell on January 9, 2025.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
[
Series 1: Propaganda],
[Series 2: Secretary of War Information Office Pamphlets],
[
Series 3: Miscellaneous Pamphlets],
[
Series 4: "A Week of the War" Transcripts],
[
Series 5: Typescript Documents],
[
Series 6: Newspapers and other miscellaneous publications],
[
Series 7: Oversized Materials],
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All]
- Series 2: Secretary of War Information Office Pamphlets
- Box 2
- Folder 1: A Medalha de Honra, undated
- Spanish.
- Folder 2: Agli Italiani, undated
- Italian.
- Folder 3: Alas de América, undated
- Spanish.
- Folder 4: [World Assistance: Report of the UNRRA conference on assistance and rehabilitation]
- Item 1: Assistência Mundial: Um relatório da conferência da UNRRA sôbre assistência e reabilitação, undated
- Portuguese.
- Item 2: Per l’assistenza mondiale: Rapporto dell’U.N.R.R.A., undated
- Italian.
- Folder 5: [Bombers of the United States]
- Item 1: Bombarderos i esados, undated
- Portuguese.
- Item 2: Bombarderos grandes, undated
- Spanish.
- Folder 6: Come funziona il Governo degli Stati Uniti, undated
- Italian.
- Folder 7: [How to Recognize the United States Armed Forces]
- Item 1: Come riconoscere le Forze Armate degli Stati Uniti, undated
- Italian.
- Item 2: Woran man die Streitkraefte der Vereinigten Staaten erkennt, undated
- German.
- Item 3: ΣΤΟΛΑΙ ΚΑΙ ΔΙΑΚΡΙΤΙΚΑ ΤΟΥ ΣΤΡΑΤΟΥ ΤΩΝ ΗΝΩΜ. ΠΟΛΙΤΕΙΩΝ, undated
- Greek.
- Folder 8: Hommage des Nations Unies à la France, undated
- French.
- Folder 9: La Battaille D’Afrique, undated
- French.
- Folder 10: [The Battle of the Atlantic]
- Item 1: La battaglia dell’Atlantico, undated
- Italian.
- Item 2: La Campaña del Atlántico, undated
- Spanish.
- Folder 11: Lo Strumento Della Vittoria Finale, undated
- Italian.
- Folder 12: Oplysninger om U.S.A., undated
- Danish.
- Folder 13: Tarawa
- Item 1: Tarawa, undated
- Danish.
- Item 2: Tarawa, undated
- Portuguese.
Browse by Series:
[
Series 1: Propaganda],
[Series 2: Secretary of War Information Office Pamphlets],
[
Series 3: Miscellaneous Pamphlets],
[
Series 4: "A Week of the War" Transcripts],
[
Series 5: Typescript Documents],
[
Series 6: Newspapers and other miscellaneous publications],
[
Series 7: Oversized Materials],
[
All]
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