LGBTQ resource and Teaching resource: Professor George Chauncey, History 460 / American Studies 353 / Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies 348, Selected Topics in Lesbian and Gay History
Subject (Geographic):
London (England)
Subject (Topic):
France combattante, Lesbians, Lesbians in literature, Women, Women refugees, Women soldiers, and World War, 1939-1945
Sidewheelers to nuclear power : a pictorial essay covering 123 years at the Mare Island Naval
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
"At least 1,000 were built on Mare Island at the beginning of World War II to provide housing for thousands of commissioned and enlisted dependents. They were called "Homoja Housing," an acronym for Admiral Horne (CNO); Admiral Moreel (Chief, Yards and D
Description:
p. 160
Publisher:
Leeward Publications
Subject (Geographic):
Mare Island Naval Shipyard--Vallejo (Calif.)--Pictorial works
The correspondence consists chiefly of letters from Stanley Pogozelski to his wife Mary C. Pogozelski. The letters were written from Yukon, Canada, and Alaska in 1943 and 1944, when Stanley worked as a laborer on the Alaska-Canadian Highway (also known as the Alaska Highway), employed by Bechtel-Price-Callahan, in order to maintain a draft deferral. The letters document the daily life of the workers on the highway, as well as Stanley Pogozelski's travel in the Yukon and Alaska. Material includes letterheads illustrated with scenes of Alaska. Also included are a few letters from Mary C. Pogozelski to Stanley Pogozelski, and correspondence with Bechtel-Price-Callahan relating to Pogozelski's draft status
Description:
Stanley Pogozelski worked as a civilian laborer on the Alaska-Canadian Highway, employed by Bechtel-Price-Callahan, during the Second World War. and In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Alaska., Yukon., Canada., United States., Alaska, Alaska Highway., and Yukon
Subject (Name):
Pogozelski, Mary C., Pogozelski, Stanley., Bechtel Corporation., H.C. Price Co., W. A. Bechtel Company., and W. E. Callahan Construction Company.
Subject (Topic):
Road construction workers, Roads, Design and construction, World War, 1939-1945, Transportation, and Description and travel
BEIN 319gmp 1942: Imperfect: Blatter 1-2 only. Stamp in upper right corner of Blatt 2: Nur für den Dienstgebraucht., Relief shown by contours, gradient tints, and spot heights; depths shown by contours and soundings., Maps individually titled and numbered, e.g. "Blatt 8 (Vorderasien).", Blätter 1-2, 4-5, 8-9, 10-11, and 12-13 are back to back on one sheet., and Includes sheet index.
Publisher:
Generalstab der Luftwaffe
Subject (Geographic):
Europe., Africa, North., Eurasia., Europe, Africa, North, Eurasia, and North Africa.
Subject (Topic):
Aeronautical charts, World War, 1939-1945, Aerial operations, German, Military operations, Aerial, and German
Robertson, Harold L. (Harold Lloyd), 1918-2012, compiler
Published / Created:
[circa 1920s-1960s]
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 351
Image Count:
168
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Photograph album compiled by Harold L. Robertson, containing over 1000 photographs, circa 1920s-1960s, most undated, many with manuscript annotations on versos. Most photographs are black and white, with a few color images, 1940s-1960s. Photographs are of Robertson; his family, friends, and military colleagues; and images made by Robertson and others documenting his experiences in the United States Army. Family photographs include portraits and informal images relating to his childhood in New York City, 1920s-1930s; Vicki Robertson and their children, many made in Harlem, New York City, 1930s-1960s; and Helena Jaroslawzewa Robertson, their wedding, and her family, in Germany, 1950s. Photographs from Robertson's military career include images of military operations and informal images of soldiers, most in the 10th Cavalry Regiment at Fort Riley Kansas, 1930s, including cavalry drill, and the 547th Engineer Combat Battalion in Darmstadt, Germany, 1950s, including bridge building and other military construction. Other photographs date from military service in Italy and Germany during World War II and postwar administrative work in Washington, D. C. Also present are photographs and documents relating to a German shepherd dog trained by Robertson in Germany, 1950s
Description:
Harold L. Robertson (1918-2012), was born in New York City and served in the United States Army, 1930s-1950s. In the 1930s Robertston enlisted in the 10th Cavalry Regiment, a segregated unit of African Americans known as Buffalo Soldiers, and he was later reassigned to the 547th Engineer Combat Battalion, which was desegregated in 1953. During the 1940s-1950s, Robertson was stationed in Germany, where he trained as a noncommissioned officer and was promoted to Master Sargeant. Robertson married Vicki Robertson, circa 1930; she lived in New York City with their children, Harold L. Robertson, Jr. (1942-), Terry Roberson (circa 1945-), and Ronald Robertson (1947-). Robertson married Helena Jaroslawzewa Robertson, a German, in 1960. They lived in Germany and later in Teaneck, New Jersey, where Robertson died in 2012., Annotations in English., Title devised by cataloger., Date of creation supplied by cataloger., Original album disbound for conservation, and album cover discarded. Accompanied by printed images of album pages, showing original arrangement of photographs., and Box 1: printed images of album pages, showing original arrangement of photographs; photographs from pages [3-55]; Box 2: photographs from pages [56-99]; Box 3: photographs from pages [100-145]; Box 4: photographs from pages [146-161].
Subject (Geographic):
Germany., Germany, United States, United States., Italy, Darmstadt (Germany), Harlem (New York, N.Y.), Kansas, New York (N.Y.), and Washington (D.C.)
Subject (Name):
Robertson, Harold L. 1918-2012. (Harold Lloyd),, Robertson, Harold L. 1918-2012 (Harold Lloyd),, Robertson, Harold L. 1942- (Harold Lloyd),, Robertson, Helena Jaroslawzewa, Robertson, Ronald, 1947-, Robertson, Terry, approximately 1945-, Robertson, Vicki, active approximately 1930-1950, United States. Army, United States. Army. Cavalry Regiment, 10th (1866-1950), and United States. Army. Engineer Combat Battalion, 547th
Subject (Topic):
African American officers, African American troops, African American soldiers, Military construction operations, Photographers, African American photographers, African Americans, Segregation, Armed Forces, Non-commissioned officers, German shepherd dog, Training, Interracial marrige, Military bases, Military bridges, Design and construction, Photography, Military, World War, 1939-1945, and History
Christopher Isherwood correspondence with John Lehmann
Container / Volume:
Port | Folder 18
Image Count:
8
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
The letters also discuss the writing, publishing, critical reception, and theatrical adaptations of Isherwood's works, critical analysis of many of Lehmann's works, and commentary on the lives and works of many important literary figures of the time, including W. H. Auden, E. M. Forster, William Plomer, Stephen Spender, Edward Upward, Berthold Viertel, Virginia Woolf and many others. Also mentioned are Isherwood's companion, the artist Don Bachardy, and two literary journals founded by Lehmann, New Writing and the London Magazine. Also included is one letter from Richard Isherwood, Christopher's brother, to Lehmann, several letters to Lehmann from third parties concerning Isherwood, and a typescript of Isherwood's poem "On His Queerness."
Subject (Topic):
Authors, English--20th century--Archives, English literature--20th century, and World War, 1939-1945
