Mrs. Alyce Baldridge Anderson World War II collection, 1939-1945

Summary

Creator:

Anderson, A. Baldridge

Date:

1939-1945

Extent:

0.25 Linear Feet 1 box, 2 folders

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Mrs. Alyce Baldridge Anderson World War II collection, ms2728, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of pins, medals, v-mail, photographs, and photocopies of newspaper clippings from World War II. V-mail contains notes and drawings, and is from Lt. Savo Vukomanovkh to Mrs. Vira Wise of Huntsville, Alabama, and Paul Gentile to Mary Alice Wise of New York. Captioned photographs depict military personnel and aircrafts, at work and at ease. Newspaper clippings (photocopies) concern West Point graduates, the Citizen Army 'Core and West Point, and West Point graduates entering the Army on D-Day. Some miscellaneous items include a war ration book of Mary Alyce Wise, four twenty-five cent War Savings Stamps belonging to Diana Lynn Matthews, a printed prayer by Pvt. Michael S. Morton, and a Presentation of Wings program held at Battle Monument, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

V-mail.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Medals.
Soldiers -- Photographs.
World War, 1939-1945 -- History.
Clippings (information artifacts)

Preferred citation:

Mrs. Alyce Baldridge Anderson World War II collection, ms2728, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.