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World War II Research Resources in Archives and Special Collections

Archives and Special Collections in the Ball State University Libraries preserves a wealth of information on local history. Included in these holdings are published and unpublished materials, manuscript collections, photographs, and audiovisual materials

Photographs

  • American Red Cross Photographs (P 31) - Photos of Junior Red Cross, Nurses, and local photos circa the 1940s.
     
  • Deeter Family Photograph Collection (P 252) - Photographs of Deeter family members World War II service.
     
  • Donald Rex Baker Photograph Collection (PSC 323 or EF 16) - Scanned photograph and papers related to Baker's service during World War II service, including photographs taken in Nazi concentration camps during liberation.
     
  • Lowell V. Vincent Photograph Collection (PSC 324 or EF 17) - Scanned photograph and papers related to Vincent's service during World War II service, including photographs taken in Nazi concentration camps during liberation.
     
  • Martin Schwartz World War II Photograph Collection (PSC 325) - Photographs of Schwartz's World War II service.
     
  • Other Side of Middletown Photograph Collection (EF 2 and EF 48) - Scanned photographs from an exhibit on the history of African-Americans in Muncie. These photographs are also available online in the Digital Media Repository

Additional photograph collections of interest are listed on the Manuscript page with related collections.