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  1. Photograph of James Ford and Earl Browder

    Contains a photograph of James Ford and Earl Browder shaking hands, dated 1940. Browder was the Communist Party nominee for President of the United States in 1940, and Ford was his running mate.

  2. Earl Browder and James Ford 1940 campaign button

    1940 election campaign button with images of Earl Browder and James Ford and the words "For a Free, Happy Prosperous America/Browder for President Ford for Vice Pres./Vote Communist."

  3. Pin

    Pin, “Defend / America / First”

  4. Pin

    Pin, “America first last & always / Home Mission Board / N.B.C. Inc. / Cleveland 1941” with image of soldier in front of American flag; from “T. Theo. Lovelace / 4834 Vincennes Ave. / Chicago”

  5. Ralph C. Baas photograph collection

    Contains eight photographs, many with English descriptions on the verso, of the Ohrdruf concentration camp shortly after liberation. Taken by the donor's father, Ralph C. Baas, a U.S. serviceman who drove a tank destroyer through France, Belgium, and Germany.

  6. Leaflet

    Leaflet announcing a symposium, "The Church & Synagogue in the Next War."

  7. Block of stamps

    Block of stamps, “Keep America / Out of War” above field of crosses with “War Crushes / Democracy” at bottom

  8. Broadside

    Broadside announcing a strike of University of New Hampshire students against war, Friday, April 12.

  9. Sandra Abbott photographs

    Photographs: Palestine/Israel and the Israeli War of Independance, portrait of donor's great grandfather; digital copies of photos of the Tek and Hebron yeshivot.

  10. Pin

    Pin: “Home Mission Board / Keep home fires burning” with image of fireplace; from “T. Theo. Lovelace / 4834 Vincennes Ave. / Chicago”

  11. Pin

    Pin, “American First / Home Mission Board” with central image of map of United States; from “T. Theo. Lovelace / 4834 Vincennes Ave. / Chicago”

  12. Broadside

    Broadside, “No A.E.F. Day / November 11th” for Armistice Day Rally “Keep Out Of War”

  13. Henriette Bick Hahn papers

    The collection primarily consists of correspondence, documents, and photographs documenting the Holocaust experiences of Henriette Bick Hahn and her parents Karl and Emma Bick, originally of Munich, Germany. The bulk of the collection consists of documents and correspondence relating to Karl’s imprisonment in Stadelheim and Dachau after Kristallnacht. The last letter in the collection written by Karl while in Dachau is dated May 5, 1940. Other material in the collection includes Karl and Emma’s marriage certificate, identification cards and naturalization certificate of Henriette, and prewa...

  14. Goldmann family papers

    The Goldmann family papers consist of correspondence, biographical records, immigration documents, school notes and records, photographs, and military documents relating to Kurt Goldmann's prewar life in Germany, immigration to the United States in 1939, experience as a student at Pennsylvania State University, service in the United States Army during WWII, and his postwar life in the United States. Also included are documents related to Kurt’s parents, Paul and Hedwig (Hede) Goldmann, and their emigration from Germany to England and the United States, as well as prewar documents relating t...

  15. Weinberg family collection

    Photographs and Yiddish notes surrounding Morton Steinberg's extended family in pre-war Europe

  16. Shames family collection

    The collection consists of pre-war photographs of the Shames family in Warsaw, Poland and post-war photographs in Lwów, Poland (Lviv, Ukraine), Siberia, Berlin, Germany, Israel, and the United States. Includes two photographs of the family on a ship during their immigration to the United States. Some of the photographs are copy prints.

  18. Socio-Cultural Society of Jews in Poland Towarzystwo-Społeczno Kulturalne Żydów w Polsce (TSKŻ) (Sygn. 325)

    Selected records contain correspondence with domestic offices and international organizations; minutes and reports from meetings and events; records of the Department of Education such as curricula in schools in Hebrew or Yiddish; reports from dayrooms for pupils; personal files and correspondence of the Towarzystwo-Społeczno Kulturalne Żydów w Polsce (TSKŻ), branch in Lublin. Note: Reproduction of this collection is ongoing.

  19. Association of survivors of the Nazi Persecution in Argentina. Archive of Sherit Hapleitá of the Moskovits Archive Asociación de Sobrevivientes de la Persecución Nazi en la Argentina. Archivo de Sherit Hapleitá del Archivo Moskovits

    Records from the legal office of Mr. José Moskovits, a Holocaust survivor and attorney in Buenos Aires. Consist of the manifesto, correspondence and publications of the Sherit Hapleita in Argentina collected by José Moskovits. Includes correspondence, letters to the Minister of Defense in Cuba, Raul Castro, office files, press releases, printed material, as well as project folders related to memorial events in Argentina and other activities of Holocaust survivors.

  20. Ministry of Foreign Affairs : Martial law, arrests and internment (Group 84.A.21a-b)

    Records relating to martial law in Denmark during the WWII, including: announcements, reports from police districts and local authorities, as well as records relating to arrests of hostages, including lists of arrested Danes and releases, and seizures of buildings and property.