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JACKSON, SARAH, 1924-. Franklin Furnace artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material.

Title: Franklin Furnace artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81120729 View

Pearsall, Burton S., 1922-. Oral history interview with Burton S. Pearsall, 1997 April 20 and 21.

Title: Oral history interview with Burton S. Pearsall, 1997 April 20 and 21.

Interview with Burton S. Pearsall, a Marine Corps veteran, concerning his experiences as a dive-bomber pilot in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Childhood and adolescence in Elgin, Illinois; enrollment at Iowa State University, 1940; enlistment in Naval Aviation Cadet Program, 1942; basic flight training, Wheaton, College, 1942; pre-flight school, Ottumwa, Iowa, 1943; advanced training, Corpus Christi Naval Air Station, 1943; decision to become a Marine Corps pilot; Cherry Point Marine Air Station; dive-bomber training, Camp Lejeune; assignment as an SBD pilot; additional SBD training, Newport, Arkansas; assignment to 1st Marine Aircraft Group (Squadron 143, 1st Marine Aircraft Group) at Mangaldan, Luzon, during the Philippines Campaign, February, 1945; comments about General Douglas MacArthur; ground-support operations; comments about his love for combat; operations on Mindanao; Battle for Manila, Corregidor; thoughts about the Japanese; the Japanese surrender and the end of the war; postwar readjustment; changing attitudes toward Japanese as a result of service in Japan during the Korean War.

ArchivalResource: 194, [9] leaves ; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/307619357 View

Canby, Louise Pearsall, 1920-. Oral history interview with Louise Pearsall Canby, 1997 March 17.

Title: Oral history interview with Louise Pearsall Canby, 1997 March 17.

Interview with Louise Pearsall Canby, Navy veteran, concerning her experiences as a member of the WAVES during World War II. Youth and education in Elgin Illinois; effects of Great Depression on Elgin and her family; community attitudes toward the role of women; high school education in Elgin Academy; brief college career at Bradley University and the University of Iowa; actuarial work in Chicago; bookkeeping work in Fresno, California, 1942; family debate concerning internationalism versus the America First Committee; shock of Pearl Harbor attack; decision to join the WAVES and process of enlisting, September, 1942; radio school in Madison, Wisconsin; assignment to Naval Intelligence, Washington, D.C., 1943; breaking German submarine codes; working with Enigma; dealing with permutations and mathematical equations; lodging and eating arrangements; social life; transfer to Dayton, Ohio, and security arrangements; German Bund; continuation of work with Enigma in Dayton at the National Cash Register plant; construction of code-breaking computers; moving the computers from Dayton to Washington; using the new computers in breaking codes; Officer Candidate School, Northampton, Massachusetts, January, 1944; transfer back to Naval Intelligence in Washington, 1944; job-related stress; her sense of accomplishments and her contributions to the war effort; adjustments to civilian life; lasting effects of her experience in the WAVES. Includes appendix that consists of various photographs and two documents, [5] leaves.

ArchivalResource: 128, [5] leaves ; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/259710018 View

Jackson, Sarah, 1924-. Artist file.

Title: Artist file.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/260531434 View

Jackson, Sarah : [miscellaneous ephemeral material].

Title: Jackson, Sarah : [miscellaneous ephemeral material].

The folder may include clippings, announcements, small exhibition catalogs, and other ephemeral items.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/199298200 View

Pearsall, William W., 1929-. Oral history interview with William W. Pearsall, 1997 June 18.

Title: Oral history interview with William W. Pearsall, 1997 June 18.

Interview with William W. Pearsall concerning his experiences on the homefront as a teenager in Elgin, Illinois, during World War II. Education and childhood in Elgin; local reaction to the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; air raid drills and blackouts; attempts to make people war conscious; spy hysteria; censorship of mail; harassment of German Americans; gasoline rationing; scrap drives; war bond drives; Victory Gardens; rationing of tires; scarcity of automobile parts; black market activities; clothing shortages; Boy Scout activities; effects of having a brother and sister in the military; wartime entertainment for teenagers; high school war bond dances; V-E Day celebrations; V-J Day celebrations; attitudes toward Japanese; adjustment of brother and sister to civilian life. [3] leaves.

ArchivalResource: 105, [3] leaves : facsim. ; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313832179 View