Guide to the World War II Scrapbook MSS.2561
- Author:
Finding aid prepared by Martha Bace
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
October 2009
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@bama.ua.edu
- Creation:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2009-10-19T10:22-0500
- Language Usage:
English
- Description Rules:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
World War II Scrapbook
- Unit ID:
MSS.2561
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
1.5 Linear feet
- Dates:
1940-1985
- Abstract:
A scrapbook of newspaper and magazine clippings covering World War II. Newspapers include the Dothan Eagle, the Montgomery Advertiser, the Birmingham News, the Alabama Journal, and the New York Times; the magazines include Life, Newsweek, The Nation and My Weekly Reader.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Unknown donor, 2009
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
World War II Scrapbook, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
Scope and Contents note
This collection contains a scrapbook of newspaper and magazine clippings covering World War II. The newspapers clippings are from across the state of Alabama but most of the clippings are not identified as to date or newspaper. The identified newspapers include the Dothan Eagle, the Montgomery Advertiser, the Birmingham News, the Alabama Journal, and the New York Times. Most of the magazines that are identified are national magazines. They include Life, Newsweek, The Nation and My Weekly Reader.
- Usage Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Use note
Somewhat fragile but still useable as long as care is taken when handling; there are lots of loose pages and clippings
Source(s)
World War, 1939-1945 (lcsh)