The G. William Gahagan Collection, [ca. 1935-1953] (bulk dates 1942-1945)

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The G. William Gahagan Collection, [ca. 1935-1953] (bulk dates 1942-1945)

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The collection consists mainly of materials relating to Gahagan's career with the U.S. Department of State. Gahagan served as public relations officer for the Office of War Information's Overseas Branch in San Francisco during the Second World War. Other material is from the 1945 United Nations Conference during which he served as a foreign press liasion officer. The bulk of the collection is in the form of publications: pamphlets, booklets, and flyers, in a number of foreign languages, used to illustrate the U.S. point of view regarding the war effort to allies, and material aimed at German and Japanese soldiers meant to illustrate the futility of continued resistance to the Allies and the rationale for peaceful surrender. There are propaganda magazines, newspapers and pamphlets in English, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, German, Scandinavian and Slavic languages. Also includes, photographs, correspondence, leaflets, newspapers, circulars.

6 linear ft. (15 document boxes)

University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7020881

University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library

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Gahagan, G. William (George William), 1912-

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Information and public relations officer, San Francisco office, United States Office of War Information, 1942-1945. From the description of G. William Gahagan papers, 1941-1998. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754870160 G. William Gahagan was born on June 22, 1912 in Toledo, Ohio. He grew up in Indianapolis and New York and attended Dartmouth College. In the 1930's, Gahagan worked as a reporter for the "Times-Herald" in Middletown N.Y. In San Francisco before the World War II...