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Saul Alpern's oral history transcript describes in detail his experiences growing up in Romania before World War II, the beginning of the war, listening to Adolf Hitler on the radio, life in labor camps, forced marches, hiding during the war, anti-Semitism, liberation, Zionist youth organizations, and his memoir.

Jonathan Chamberlain Williams (1929-2008) was and American poet, photographer, and essayist. He was born only a few months before the Great Depression in Asheville, North Carolina to Thomas Benjamin and Georgette (Chamberlain) Williams. Williams was a student at Princeton University and dropped out after finding that academia stifled his creativity. He was the founder of a prestigious press that printed avant-garde works, known as The Jargon Society Press. In October 1962, Williams traveled to England and nearly every day during his month-long trip, he wrote a hand-written postcard to Jessie McGullie discussing his observations and comments about the many places that he visited, the people he interacted with, and the environment around him. He received numerous awards, including a Guggenheim, National Endowment Fellowships, and a Longview Foundation Grant. In 2008, Williams passed away with his longtime partner Thomas Meyer by his bedside at their home in North Carolina.

Jose M. Colon Collection (1928-2017), a Merchant Marine Veteran, this collection includes his service awards and medals, set of publications regarding the Merchant Marines. Although many of the publications memorialize fallen Marines and Merchant Marine Veterans, one publication goes into detail about the history of the Merchant Marines and their involvement in World War II. Mr. Colon served in both World War II and the Korea War.

This collection contains the official orders and other documents related to the service John F. Dunn who served as a pilot with the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II and his postwar service with Strategic Air Command and in Vietnam. The collection contains little personal correspondence, but does include photographs of Dunn's career and aerial maps of Japan from 1945. A set of maps of Japan also make up the collection along with a number of medals awarded to Dunn.