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

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

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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.

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

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas. Oral History Collection.

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World War II Home front Oral History Project.

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Pearsall, William Harold, 1891-1964

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Pearsall was educated at the University of Manchester, was Chair of Botany at the University of Sheffield (1938-1944) and Quain Professor of Botany at the University of London, 1944- He was known for his botanical work on the Lake District of England and elsewhere and for his book: Mountains and moorlands. From the description of [Letters] 1930, Elf Hall, Broughton-in-Furness [to] Mr. Thompson / W.H. Pearsall. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 317962718 ...

Jackson, Sarah, 1924-

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