World War, 1939-1945
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE
Found in 133 Collections and/or Records:
Papers of Irene J. Young
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1657
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of school study notes and educational certificates 1929-1937, diplomas and degrees, private tutoring notes and papers, personal correspondence of Irene Young, draft material for publications and autobiography, correspondence with, and papers relating to, her late husband Reginald Sydney Brown (1919-1982).
1 x folder composed of: 5 x certificates of the Royal Drawing Society, Irene...
Dates:
1929-1969
Papers of John Baillie, 1900-1964
Sub-Fonds
Identifier: BAI 1
Scope and Contents
school and university notes; awards and achievements; lectures, addresses and broadcasts; sermons and prayers; manuscripts of published works; papers relating to the World Council of Churches, British Council of Churches, General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and other organisations; personal and professional correspondence
Dates:
1900-1964
Papers of John V. Stuart Duncan
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-2002
Content Description
This fonds consists of students records, correspondence, diaries, photographs, and training books formerly belonging to Flying Officer John V. Stuart Duncan RAFVR, killed aged 20 on active service in Weston Zoyland, Somerset, on 30 May 1943.
School and University records;
Diaries (one marked vol. 2, one small diary);
Letters during his time in the UK; while training in Florida;...
Dates:
c 1920s-c 1940s
Papers of Rev. Geoffrey R. Breed
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-550
Scope and Contents
The material includes: Edinburgh University Student Handbook for 1942-1943; several notebooks containing mathematics formulae and other notes; and, other miscellaneous notes with formulae.
Dates:
20th century
Papers, photographs and plans from Coventry City Architect's Department, 1939-1944
Series
Identifier: PJM/CCC/A
Scope and Contents
Papers, photographs and plans from Coventry City Architect's Department consists of:
- general papers, photographs, press-clippings and plans, 1939-1945
- photographs, press-clippings and plans concerning housing development in Coventry, c1940-1944
- personal material concerning Percy Johnson-Marshall's employment, 15 March 1941
Dates:
1939-1944
Passing the Turing test, 4 Jun 1999
piece
Identifier: GD61/11/2/3/108/11
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
A collection of newspaper and magazine cuttings covering issues relating to the LGBTQ+ community.
Dates:
Other: 4 Jun 1999
Photographs of Stepney / Poplar: aerial views, 1937-1951
File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.1.4c
Scope and Contents
Oblique and vertical aerial black and white photographic prints of the Stepney / Poplar area of London. The vertical photographs (20cm x 24cm) were taken between 1945-1947 and are all stamped London County Council Architect's Department Town Planning Division on the reverse. The oblique photographs (max 30cm x 38cm, min 12cm x 16cm) are by Aerofilms Ltd and show the area before and after reconstruction following the aerial bombing of the area during World War II.
Dates:
1937-1951
Found in:
University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections
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PJM, The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection
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London County Council
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London County Council: Comprehensive Development Areas
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Comprehensive Development Areas: Stepney / Poplar
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Stepney / Poplar: general papers and photographs
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General papers: photographs of Stepney / Poplar
Photographs of Stepney / Poplar: east end 1940s, 1940s
File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.1.4a
Scope and Contents
10 black and white prints (max 14.5cm x 22cm, min 11cm x 16cm) of the Poplar area in the 1940s. The location of some of the photographs is indicated on the rear. Most show individual buildings or streets, while the rest show bomb damaged and derelict sites.
Dates:
1940s
Found in:
University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections
/
PJM, The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection
/
London County Council
/
London County Council: Comprehensive Development Areas
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Comprehensive Development Areas: Stepney / Poplar
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Stepney / Poplar: general papers and photographs
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General papers: photographs of Stepney / Poplar
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
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 map" -...
Dates:
1946-1947