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World War, 1939-1945

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 137 Collections and/or Records:

Photographs of War-Devastated Caen

 Fonds — Volume Dk.2.1
Identifier: Coll-164
Scope and Contents

The collection of photographs and postcards shows the war devastation of Caen, June-July, 1944. The devastation is shown from different elevations, and feature not only the most prominent buildings but also the extent of the damage beyond the central area of the city. Some of the pictures show the streets and buildings of Caen before the bombings.

Dates: 1900-1945

Photos related to relief work, 1920-1945

 File
Identifier: Coll-705/6/3
Scope and Contents This file contains photos related to Majorie Rackstraw's relief work in Russia during 1920-1922, and her work in Germany with Displaced Persons during 1944-1945. The top photo is a group photo of 7 people in uniform, Marjorie Rackstraw is in the top row on the far left. The next photo is a group of women surrounding a woman in white in a wheelchair. The back of this photo reads "Polish bride with no legs. (As written by Meg!) UNRRA Germany, probably at Greven DP Camp where MR was welfare...
Dates: 1920-1945

Plans: Reconstruction areas in Stepney / Poplar, 1946-1947

 File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.4.1
Scope and Contents 6 printed plans (50cm x 89cm) by the Town Planning Division of London County Council Architect's Department showing the planned reconstruction areas in Stepney and Poplar in London. The plans are overprinted on Ordnance Survey base plan at 6 inches to 1 mile scale and comprise: a boundary plan "Declaratory order plan" - areas subject to Compulsory Purchase Order "Zoning...
Dates: 1946-1947

Policy and record: Service Arts and Technical Organization, 1942-1945

 File
Identifier: PJM/SATO/A/11
Scope and Contents

Articles and papers about the history of the Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO) - some manuscript and some typescript in Percy Johnson-Marshall's hand. Includes a draft and final paper on SATO and the Burma Plan and some personal development notes by Percy Johnson-Marshall.

Dates: 1942-1945

Press cuttings, 1944-1945

 Series
Identifier: BAI 2/9
Scope and Contents

Mixture of press cuttings covering many subjects including articles on Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Reinhold Niebuhr, Second World War, housekeeping tips and matters of general interest to Florence Jewel Baillie.

Dates: 1944-1945

Proposals as submitted to GHQ: Service Arts and Technical Organization, 1944

 File
Identifier: PJM/SATO/C/3
Scope and Contents

Paper concerning the "Proposed faculties of planning, design and technics" for India which was submitted to General Headquarters by the Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO). The file also contains correspondence concerning the procurement of books.

Dates: 1944

Quetta Group: Service Arts and Technical Organization, 1944-1945

 File
Identifier: PJM/SATO/B/8
Scope and Contents

Correspondence with members of the Quetta Group of the Service Arts and Technical Organization, concerning their activities, and requests for support.

Dates: 1944-1945

Ranchi Group: Service Arts and Technical Organization, 1945

 File
Identifier: PJM/SATO/B/23
Scope and Contents

Administration and correspondence concerning the Ranchi Services Arts Club which was affiliated to the Service Arts and Technical Organization. The file includes a copy of the newsletter All informed, Vol 3 No 18 ( Friday 21 September 1945)

Dates: 1945

Reconstruction: Service Arts and Technical Organization, 1943-1944

 File
Identifier: PJM/SATO/A/3
Scope and Contents

File containing an article by Percy Johnson-Marshall entitled "Reconstruction and the Services" submitted to the editor of the United Services Institute Journal 22 November 1943, a copy of Association for Planning and Regional Reconstruction Progress Sheet no 145, drawing of a spider and press clippings relating to reconstruction.

Dates: 1943-1944

Redevelopment of Coventry - general material, 1939-1945

 Sub-Series
Identifier: PJM/CCC/A/1
Scope and Contents

Redevelopment of Coventry - general material consists of:


  1. general papers, c1945
  2. general photographs, 1939
  3. press clippings and articles, 1940-1944
  4. plans,c1941-1943
Dates: 1939-1945