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The Peter R. Durland papers illustrate Captain Peter R. Durland's experiences during his time as a member of the 70th Infantry Division and 29th Infantry Division of the United States Army from 1943-1946. From 1945-1946, Durland served as Major General Leroy Watson's aide, completing various tasks for the General and accompanying him to the Nuremberg Trials. The collection includes an oral history interview transcript, photographs, and papers related to the war crime trials.

This collection relates to Peter T. Suzuki, a Japanese American scholar who spent two years in internment camps during World War II. This collection contains a series of publications, newspapers, and articles relating to Suzuki and information on the effects of Japanese relocation and prejudice during World War II. The collection also includes information on Japanese Americans' post-war experience.

Materials, 1946-1991, concerning Lucy Petree (1898-1991), educator, of Pensacola, Florida, and her work in founding the Eugene Petree Memorial School (1947-1950), Pensacola's first school for the retarded and handicapped and subsequent work with the Crippled Children's Home, the Pensacola Chapter of the Association for Retarded Citizens, and related activities concerning the education of retarded and handicapped children in Pensacola, Florida.