World War, 1939-1945
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Atomic Bomb Board Game
Collection — MSSP Game CC-0001
Identifier: MSSP 10105
Scope and Contents
American-made manual dexterity board game depicting the atomic bombing of Japan in 1945. The object of the game is to maneuver two plastic capsules containing a weighted metal ball into holes in a map of Japan representing Hisoshima and Nagasaki, the two cities destroyed by atomic bombs dropped by the United States. Tokyo is also labeled on the map without any corresponding target hole. The black and yellow cardboard surface of the game features a map of Japan and an oversized bomb labeled...
Dates:
c. 1946
Frederick Kenkel Papers
Fonds
Identifier: KNA
Scope and Content
Correspondence, speeches, reports, and other papers; with material on the Kenkel family, clippings, maps, notebooks, a reel of microfilm containing letters from Kenkel to Joseph Matt (1906-1913), photographs of Kenkel and members of his family and books from Kenkel's library. Correspondents include Woodrow Wilson, Herbert Hoover, John A. Ryan, Congressman John J. Cochran, and Brother Joseph Dutton. Extensive family correspondence includes letters from those serving in World War...
Dates:
1871-1952.
Found in:
University of Notre Dame Archives
Ivan Mestrovic Papers
Fonds
Identifier: MST
Scope and Content
Correspondence and photocopies of correspondence with other artists, museums and galleries, admirers of his work, Yugoslav emigrants, clients who have commissioned work, and friends and family; contracts, reports, and architectural plans relating to his commissions; his unpublished manuscripts of poetry, a novel, a play, and two books on Michelangelo; articles on and interviews with Mestrovic; and contracts and inventories relating to the disposition of his homes, artwork, and other...
Dates:
1924-1962.
Found in:
University of Notre Dame Archives
John Lukacs Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSN/MN 10033
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the professional papers of historian John Lukacs. Lukacs’ professional materials include samples from each stage of his writing process, including research files; article, essay, and poetry drafts; proofs; and published pieces in periodicals and clippings. The collection also contains contracts, financial records and lecture notes from his various teaching positions. Also included is Lukacs’ correspondence. Significant topics include 20th century American history,...
Dates:
1799 - 2019; Majority of material found within 1950 - 2019
World War II Correspondence of David MacGillivray
Collection
Identifier: MSN/MN 5025
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence written by Private First Class (Pfc.) David MacGillivray to his fiance, Eleanor Gamber, during World War II. Pfc. David MacGillivray was assigned to the 102nd Infantry Division and was initially stationed at Fort Dix, New Jersey. The letters offer a first-hand account of the actions of the 102nd Infantry Division in the European Theater of Operations during World War II with notable locations that include the Cherbourg Peninsula in France and the Rhine...
Dates:
1944-08-1945-11