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	Catalog #	Name	Description
1	00.34.1.7.22	Book	German poetry booklet written by Wilhelm Ehmer called Der Flammende Pfeil, (The Flaming Arrow). Discolored paper, with several stains on back. The front page only has the author and the title, cover most likely missing. Binding is fragile and mostly loose.
2	00.34.1.8.1	Poster	New York 136th Regiment, New York Volunteers, 1862 - 1863. Colored pictorial. Heavy paper. Color: ML
3	1965.2.6	Reward of merit	Army Air Forces Training Command Certificate of Service Award to Iowa State Teachers College. " In Recognition of the Meritorious Service Rendered the Army Air Forces Training Command During World War II, College Training (Aircrew), 1943-1944. July 1st, 1944." ISTC.
4	1965.65	Booklet	"IOWAVE: Naval Training School for Yeomen (W-R)", Iowa State Teacher's College, Cedar Falls Iowa, April, 1945.
5	1966.7	Map	Historical and Military Map of the border and Southern States. 18 Beekman St., New York, 1863. Folder includes 35-page booklet describing 100 battles of the Civil War.
6	1967.24.1	Handbill	Propaganda sheet and translation of some RVN and Free World Military Assistance and Viet Cong propaganda. a. and b.
7	1967.24.2	Handbill	Propaganda sheet and translation of some RVN and Free World Military Assistance and Viet Cong propaganda. a. and b.
8	1967.24.3	Handbill	Propaganda sheet and translation of some RVN and Free World Military Assistance and Viet Cong propaganda. a. and b.
9	1967.24.4	Handbill	Propaganda sheet and translation of some RVN and Free World Military Assistance and Viet Cong propaganda. a. and b.
10	1967.24.5	Handbill	Propaganda sheet and translation of some RVN and Free World Military Assistance and Viet Cong propaganda. a. and b.
11	1967.24.6	Handbill	Propaganda sheet and translation of some RVN and Free World Military Assistance and Viet Cong propaganda. a. and b.
12	1967.24.7	Newspaper	Viet Cong newspaper; Issued by Viet Cong during Vietnam War; entitled, "thong tin", "CO QUAN THONG TIN TINH BIEN HOA", "NnGAY 4-7-1966" translation not available; double sided. Color: BK,WHBK,WH
13	1967.24.8	Newspaper	Viet Cong, leaflet Issued by Viet Cong during Vietnam War; entitled, "HAM THUAN", "So: 21, Ngay 29-3-66"; no translation available; double sided.; no translation. Color: BK,WH
14	1969.33.0010	Memorandum	U. S. Army World War II single typed page memorandum; oversized page, concerns upcoming Luzon Campaign of 1945; paper headed, "AKA56/A3-2(1) U.S.S. ARNEB (AKA 56), 31 December 1944; COMMANDING OFFICER'S MEMORANDUM"; probably issued aboard a U. S. Navy Troop transport ship or assault boat; printed map on reverse, "WESTERN LUZON AREA", "LINGAYEN GULF"; signed, "A.R. BARTON"; paper yellowed with age, brittle. Color: WH,B
15	1969.33.0016	Certificate	"Initiation", 7th April, 1944. Paper, World War II era initiation award certificate; presented to all shipboard members of various services by U. S. Navy ship's crew, probably a transport vessel; a facetious document of a nonexistent oceanic organization; color cartoon-like drawings around borders: depicting mermaids & other sea creatures; certificate entitled, "IMPERIVM NEPTVNI REGIS"; addressed to, "TO ALL SAILORS, SOLDIERS, MARINES WHEREVER YE MAY BE: GREETINGS:"; dated. "7th Apr. 1944"; aboard, "The U. S. A. T Sea Scamp"; "Dixon L. Riggs, having been found worthy to be numbered as one of our Trusty Shellbacks has been duly initiated into the SOLEMN MYSTERIES OF THE ANCIENT ORDER OF THE DEEP"; signed, "Neptunus Rex, Ruler of the Raging Main" & "Davey Jones'. Color: ML
16	1971.41.50	Book	U. S. Army. Black imitation leather with metal spine and snap rings. First page has yellow calendar 1942-1943; remaining pages (60) refer to troop deployments, attack plans, no. of vehicles, and a record of inspections. Color: BK,WH,YL
17	1976.0034	Chart	Illustrates international alphabet flags (phonetic alphabet, Morse code and semaphore alphabet). Color: ML
18	1978.33.1.3	Letter	From George W. Rownd, a Union soldier, written to his parents during the American Civil War 1861-1865. "January 14, Benton Barracks, St. Louis, Mo." Letter written on lined paper with a picture of a gun boat embossed on it. Color: BK,WH
19	1978.33.1.6	Letter	Letter of George W. Rownd, a Union soldier, written to his parents during the American Civil War 1861-1865. "May 26, 1862, camp near Little Red River, Arkansas". Color: BK,WH
20	1978.33.1.8	Letter	From George W. Rownd, a Union soldier, written to his parents during the American Civil War 1861-1865. "June 26, 1863, in rear of Vicksburg." Color: BK,WH
21	1978.33.11.0002	Letter	Letter, no date, asking for donations to Col. Walter Williams, signed by his daughter, " Willie May Bowles, 1025 West 23 St., Houston, Texas." Concerning Walter Williams, Confederate veteran. Color: BK,WH
22	1981.11.1	Record	"Today's Army wants to Join You", 33 1/3 RPM. Mailer to get people to enlist in the US Army
23	1989.43.0815	Booklet	"Silhouette Handbook of United States Army Air Forces Airplanes." Cover has picture of an army pilot pin. 50 pp. Color: BL,RD
24	1989.43.0817	Magazine	"Infantry Journal'', September, 1942. 35 cents". Cover has a picture of a man in a tank. 111 pp. Color: BK,GY,YL
25	1989.43.661	Certificate	States that George Teal had been honorably discharged on June 7, 1865 at the close of the war. Picture of a national monument. Thick paper.
26	1992.29.5.1	Newspaper	''The Stars and Stripes''; issued during Operation Desert Storm. Color: WH,BK
27	1993.24.232	Map	World News of the Week "covering period Sept. 25 to Oct. 1". Year not given, but copyrighted 1942. Marks with numbers 1-26 the sites of the world news. Below map portion is text explaining action at numbered locations. Includes a chart on "How a War Dollar Is Spent." Color: ML
28	2021-22-11	Poster	United States WWII War Bonds Poster, From the Rural School Class Room of Gladys Holland. "Buy War Bonds". Depicts Uncle Sam underneath an American Flag emerging from the clouds pointing forward as American Soldiers with bayonets charge forward and American Planes fly overhead.
29	2021-22-13	Poster	A WWII Era Poster from the Rural School Class Room of Gladys Holland. Meant to allow students and teachers to keep track of school efforts to raise money for the war. It depicts a scene of American troops on a Ship firing their cannons at enemy ships in the distance with the phrase "Finish the Job with everybody saving". The Teacher then glued over enemy ships cut out explosions, like "20%" to show how much of their goal had been raised, the poster goes to "70%".
30	2021-22-14	Poster	This poster was from the front page of the Des Moines Sunday Register published in Section Nine on December 6, 1942, commemorating the one year anniversary of Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941). The image is titled, "America Remembers 'a Date Which Will Live in Infamy'" and features an old man (presumably Uncle Sam) carring a Navy solider through clouds and smoke, while a mass of army soldiers march beneath him. The smoke comes from a red burning sign at the bottom of the image that reads, "Pearl Harbor Dec 7" 1941" which is representative of how the US joined WWII after the bombing of Pearl Harbor by Japan.
31	2021-22-15	Poster	A WWII Era Poster from the Rural School Class Room of Gladys Holland. "U.S. Needs us Strong", "Eat Nutritional Food", "Do Your Part in the National Nutrition Program". Depicts a Blue and White Image of Uuncle Sam Eating with a Fork, with a man, woman, and little Girl imposed in white over him.
32	2021-22-16A	Paper Dolls	These paper dolls by Beth Henninger are of WAC and WAVE soldiers, and were used by rural school students. Women's Army Corps (WAC) and Women Accepted Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) were groups of women regiments who served in WWII. The WAC doll is blonde with blue eyes and the WAVE doll is a brunette with brown eyes. Each doll has a casual outfit already printed on them, along with four additional uniforms for children to cut out and use. One of the WAC uniforms has been cut out (2021-22-16B).
33	2021-22-16B	Paper Dolls	One of the WAC paper doll uniforms that have been cut out from the rest of the paper doll set (2021-22-16A). This uniform is of a trench coat and a satchel and gloves.
34	2021-22-17	Poster	A WWII Era War Bonds Poster from the Rural School Class Room of Gladys Holland. "The Present with A Future", "War Bonds". Depicts Santa Claus Driving Two Reindeer across a black and blue night sky his sack full of War Bonds and dropping them over a country road cutting through a forest with a farm house and barn on one side of the road on the other in the foreground a church, and in distance a second house. Dated 1942
35	2021-22-5	Poster	A World War II Era Poster originall hung in the Rural School Class Room of Gladys Holland. "7th Now All Together", "War Loan" Official U.S. Treasury Poster. Depicts four Marines on Iwo Jima raising the American Flag, a Copy of a painting by C.C. Beall.
36	2021-22-6	Poster	Poster of Uncle Sam holding a sign that reads "BUY U.S DEFENSE STAMPS" and "FOR VICTORY" over his head. This poster was displayed in a rural school classroom during WWII, and would have been used to encourage children to spend any spare cash on the war effort, as well as in their fundraising efforts for the war.
37	2021-22-7	Poster	United States War Bonds Poster, Depicting a Sample War Bond. From the Rural School Class Room of Gladys Holland. "The United States of America, Ten Years From the Issue Date Hereof Will Pay One Hundred Dollars" To Mr and Mrs. America Everywhere, U.S.A.
38	2021-22-8	Poster	Poster of Uncle Sam pointing to the words, "Watch your lips from day to day; be cautious of your speech be careful what you say." This defense poster was hung in a rural school classroom during WWII and would have reminded children of the war and their responsibilities to the war effort and not sharing potentially classified information that their relatives who were involved may have said at home.
39	2021-22-9	Poster	United States WWII War Bonds Poster, From the Rural School Class Room of Gladys Holland. "They Also Serve, Who Buy War Bonds", "7th War Loan". Dated to 1945. Depicts a Man in a Suit holding War Bonds and looking at the viewer, while in the background an American Soldier has emerged from a cloudbank as is firing his gun.
40	2024-1-10	Map	Map of the city of Munich, Germany. Entitled "Town Plan MUNICH" with the scale given. It has tourist locations labeled from numbers 1 to 46. These sites include places like a zoo, a garden, and multiple theatres. The map has a route marked on it in pink ink along a main thoroughfare with the text "Co. C. Area" at one end of the route. The text "C. Co Area" is repeated right next to it in pencil. The text "508 M.P. BM" is at the top of the map. This likely refers to the 508th Military Police Battalion, a division of the U.S. Army, that included Companies A, B, and C, which arrived in Munich, Germany on June 27th, 1945. The back has the key for the map, telling what the numbered locations are. Numbers 36-38 (Kamera Theatre, Regina Theatre, & Central Theatre) have "G.I." written in cursive in pencil next to them. Number 27 ("Hofbrau Keller (EM Red Cross)") says "His study" in pink cursive with an arrow pointing to the text. Number 32 ("Burgerbrau Keller (EM Red Cross)") has the text "Hitler's Been Sa_dle_" in pink cursive text. Three of the letters in the last word are indecipherable. Text written by Number 11 ("Ludwigstrasse") says "where Hitler held parades" again written in cursive with a pencil. Paper is thin from being folded but the map is still readable. A few small stains are visible on the map.
41	2024-1-11	Ledger	Sign-up sheet for the "Blue Jackets" at the Bremerhaven Navy Base, representing the U.S. Navy in Europe's post-World War II sports championships. Bremerhaven, Germany was the location of a U.S. military base during the Cold War that was removed by 1993. The front side of the sheet has spaces for the participants' number in order on the list, name, height, weight, home town, and experience. No information has been filled in. The back is entitled "This was Deutsches Museum before the war" and has pictures and descriptions of Jubilee Hall, a mural mosaic by Jubilee Hall, and an aircraft display section. The two sides appear to be unrelated to each other because they appear to have been a page torn from some booklet because the sign-up sheet side has a page number 13 in the lower right hand corner.
42	2024-1-7	Publication	Reveille service bulletin no. 12, published by Servicemen's Department, Gospel Publishing House, Springfield, MO. The Servicemen's Department was the precursor to the U.S. Chaplaincy Department (U.S. Missions, Assemblies of God). This material was published during World War II. It is designed to encourage soldiers' Christian beliefs and to promote Christian morality among soldiers. This edition addresses multiple issues, including evangelizing, marriage, morality, and includes several enjoyable anecdotes. The text is in red and blue ink. The header on the front is in red block letters with red and blue shadowing. A city can be seen in the distance under the title, a soldier is facing it with a military grave nearby. This publication is four pages in total, front and back included. Appears to have been folded to fit in an envelope sized 11 cm x 10 cm. Creases do not affect readability of the material. Edges are crinkled with very few tears.