World War, 1939-1945
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE
Found in 133 Collections and/or Records:
Lansbury Neighbourhood: Trinity Congregational Church, 1950s
File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.2.7
Scope and Contents
Papers, plans and architectural model photographs relating to Trinity Congregational Church, constructed as as part of the Lansbury Neighbourhood of London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar. The original church at this location had been completely destroyed by bomb damage in World War II. The architects were Cecil Charles Handisyde and DR Stark
Dates:
1950s
Lantern slides, 1920
Series
Identifier: Coll-705/7
Scope and Contents
There are six bundles of lantern slides relating to Marjorie Rackstraw's war relief service in Russia. Photographer is unknown. Some slides include messages to encourage those in London to aid in the efforts, and include images of victims of the war, and places in Russia, as well as slides of text describing how and why it is Great Britain’s duty to assist in this aid. Others are images of children and families who are refugees of the famine. It may be of note that the lists Marjorie Rackstraw...
Dates:
1920
Late 1941-late 1942 file, 1941-1942
Sub-Series
Identifier: BAI 1/17/12
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, press cuttings and related items, including letters from his brother Donald Macpherson Baille, Mona Anderson, David Smith Cairns, George Freeland Barbour and Alexander Martin. Many press cuttings relate to John Baillie's work around United States involvement in the Second World War.
Dates:
1941-1942
Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Sophie Weisse, 28 August 1939
Item
Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2612
Scope and Contents
Letter, 28 August 1939, Surrey, Sophie Weisse to Mary Grierson. Expressing anxiety over the threat of a European war and over Tovey's health. Holograph signed.
Dates:
28 August 1939
Letter to Robert Calverley Trevelyan from Mabel A. Lumsden, 08 October 1939
Item
Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2277
Scope and Contents
Letter, 8 October 1939, Edinburgh, Mabel A. Lumsden to Robert Trevelyan. Concerning the props of ' The Bride of Dionysus', and a note on the war. Holograph signed.
Dates:
08 October 1939
Letter to Sophie Weisse from Karl Bluth, 12 February 1941
Item
Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2043
Scope and Contents
Letter, 12 February 1941, London, Karl Bluth to Sophie Weisse. Discussing bombings and invasions, discussing the final months of Tovey's life and his death. Typescript signed.
Dates:
12 February 1941
Letters to the General Secretary for reply: Service Arts and Technical Organization, 1945
File
Identifier: PJM/SATO/A/1
Scope and Contents
Mixed personal letters to Percy Johnson-Marshall, collected for him during an absence from the Service Arts and Technical Organization office. The letters include one from Sir Donald Evelyn Edward Gibson who at this time was Coventry City Architect.
Dates:
1945
Liaison files of the Service Arts and Technical Organization, 1943-1946
Series
Identifier: PJM/SATO/C
Scope and Contents
Liaison files of the Service Arts and Technical Organization consists of:
material concerning the Organisation of Service Architects, Ceylon, 1943-1945
support from the School of Planning and Research for Regional Development (SPRRD), 1944-1946
proposals for technical education as submitted to GHQ, 1944
liaison with the Association of Building Technicians,...
Dates:
1943-1946
Malaya and Singapore: Service Arts and Technical Organization, 1945-1946
File
Identifier: PJM/SATO/C/5
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between Percy Johnson-Marshall and Colin Graeme Lindsay Shankland concerning the development of Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO) courses in Malaya and Singapore. Includes a press clipping dated 6 December 1945 concerning the opening of the Singapore Forces' College.
Dates:
1945-1946
Mandalay and North Burma Group: Service Arts and Technical Organization, 1944-1945
File
Identifier: PJM/SATO/B/21
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to the Mandalay and North Burma Group of the Service Arts and Technical Organization, based at Meiktila, Shwebo and Maymyo. These includes a copy of the "505 District Orders" for 21 April 1945.
Dates:
1944-1945