Guide to the Two World Wars Collection,
1918-1949

Collection Number: 6493

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
rareref@cornell.edu
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Date completed:
June 18, 2002
EAD encoding:
J.M. Nicholas, August 2003

© 2003 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Two World Wars Collection, 1918-1949.
Collection Number:
6493.
Quantity:
1.2 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Newspapers, magazines.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Abstract:
Newspapers and magazines reporting major events during World War I and II.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Newspapers and magazines reporting the Armistice being signed (Nov. 1918) and major events during World War II (1941-49), including the Washington Times Herald; Washington Post; New York Times; Baltimore News-Post; Washington Daily News; Philadelphia Inquirer; Daily Mirror; Baltimore American; Evening Star; Minneapolis Journal; Wisconsin State Journal; Madison Democrat; Yank: the Army Weekly and The Voice of Victory.
SUBJECTS

Subjects:
Press coverage.
United States--History--1918-1949--Press coverage.
World war, 1939-1945--Newspapers.
World war, 1914-1918--Newspapers.
World war, 1939-1945--Magazines.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Two World Wars Collection, #6493. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
Newspapers from World War I and II
Nov. 7, 1918
Wisconsin State Journal
Box 1
Nov. 8, 1918
Madison Democrat
Box 1
Nov. 11, 1918
Wisconsin State Journal
Box 1
Mar. 4, 1933
Minneapolis Journal
Box 1
Mar. 6, 1933
Minneapolis Journal
Box 1
Jan. 20, 1937
Baltimore News-Post
Box 1
June 8, 1939
Times Herald - Washington
Box 1
Sept. 3, 1939
Baltimore American
Box 1
Sept. 9, 1940
Baltimore News-Post
Box 1
Dec. 8, 1941
Times Herald - Washington
Box 1
Dec. 8, 1941
Washington Daily News
Box 1
Dec. 8, 1941
Washington Post
Box 1
Dec. 8, 1941
Baltimore News-Post
Box 1
Dec. 11, 1941
Baltimore News-Post
Box 1
Jan. 6, 1942
Washington Daily News
Box 1
Apr. 18, 1942
Baltimore News-Post
Box 1
Aug. 8, 1942
Washington Daily News
Box 1
Aug. 19, 1942
Washington Daily News
Box 1
Nov. 11, 1942
Washington Daily News
Box 1
Dec. 6, 1942
Times Herald - Washington
Box 1
Jan. 1943
La Voix - France
Box 1
Jan. 27, 1943
Times Herald - Washington
Box 1
July 10, 1943
Times Herald - Washington
Box 1
July 11, 1943
Philadelphia Inquirer
Box 1
July 16, 1943
Washington Daily News
Box 1
July 19, 1943
Times Herald - Washington
Box 1
July 26, 1943
Daily Mirror - Washington
Box 1
July 26, 1943
Washington Post
Box 1
July 26, 1943
Times Herald - Washington
Box 1
Aug. 17, 1943
Washington Daily News
Box 1
Sept. 3, 1943
Washington Post
Box 1
Sept. 3, 1943
Washington Daily News
Box 1
Sept. 3, 1943
Times Herald - Washington
Box 1
Sept. 3, 1943
Evening Star - Washington
Box 1
Sept. 8, 1943
Times Herald - Washington
Box 1
Sept. 8, 1943
Washington Daily News
Box 1
Sept. 9, 1943
New York Daily News
Box 2
Sept. 13, 1943
Daily Mirror
Box 2
Oct. 13, 1943
Washington Daily News
Box 2
Dec. 6, 1943
Evening Star - Washington
Box 2
June 6, 1944
Times Herald - Washington
Box 2
June 6, 1944
Washington Post
Box 2
June 6, 1944
Philadelphia Inquirer
Box 2
Apr. 13, 1945
Washington Post
Box 2
Apr. 13, 1945
Times Herald - Washington
Box 2
Apr. 14, 1945
Times Herald - Washington
Box 2
Apr. 14, 1945
Evening Star - Washington
Box 2
May 1, 1945
Times Herald - Washington
Box 2
May 7, 1945
Evening Star - Washington
Box 2
Aug. 8, 1945
Times Herald - Washington
Box 2
Aug. 14, 1945
Washington Daily News
Box 2
Aug. 14, 1945
Evening Star
Box 2
Aug. 15, 1945
Times Herald - Washington
Box 2
Jan. 20, 1949
Times Herald - Washington
Box 2
Jan. 20, 1949
Washington Daily News
Box 2
Magazines from World War II
June 6, 1943
Yank - the Army Weekly
Box 2
Jan. 30, 1944
Yank - the Army Weekly
Box 2
Feb. 6, 1944
Yank - the Army Weekly
Box 2
July 7, 1944
Yank - the Army Weekly
Box 2
Mar. 17, 1944
Yank - the Army Weekly
Box 2
July 14, 1944
Yank - the Army Weekly
Box 2
July 21, 1944
Yank - the Army Weekly
Box 2
July 28, 1944
Yank - the Army Weekly
Box 2
Aug. 4, 1944
Yank - the Army Weekly
Box 2
Aug. 11, 1944
Yank - the Army Weekly
Box 2
Aug. 18, 1944
Yank - the Army Weekly
Box 2
Aug. 25, 1944
Yank - the Army Weekly
Box 2
Sept. 1, 1944
Yank - the Army Weekly
Box 2
Sept. 8, 1944
Yank - the Army Weekly
Box 2
Sept. 15, 1944
Yank - the Army Weekly
Box 2
Sept. 22, 1944
Yank - the Army Weekly
Box 2
Sept. 29, 1944
Yank - the Army Weekly
Box 2
Nov. 3, 1944
Yank - the Army Weekly
Box 2
Nov. 10, 1944
Yank - the Army Weekly
Box 2
May 11, 1945
Yank - the Army Weekly
Box 2
June 1, 1945
Yank - the Army Weekly
Box 2
Sept. 7, 1945
Yank - the Army Weekly
Box 2
1943
The Voice of Victory: British War Office official account of the Battle of Egypt
Box 2