Collections

Audiovisual material, including DVDs, relating to WWII.

This collection contains materials related to the publications and works of Wyatt Blassingame. Included are: For better or worse, 1951; manuscript entitled, In another country; The golden geyser, 1961, with a section written for Reader's Digest; The golden geyser, edited typescript; Halo of spears, 1962; Live from the devil, 1959, editor's copy with layout and notes; Medical corps heroes of World War II, 1969, galley sheets; Medical corps heroes of World War II, manuscript, first draft, notebook.

This collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, research notes, and copies of newspaper clippings. The bulk of the collection dates 1964-1966. Works featured in the collection include: Combat nurses; First book of the seashore; First book on American expansion; Jack Gaither, winning coach; Juan Ponce DeLeon; Naturalists and explorers; Out-island doctor; The Boy Scout story; and U.S. frogmen of World War II.

The Wyman Daniel Martin collection contains personal artifacts and ephemera from Martin's time as a middle school student before the outbreak of war and as a dorsal gunner on a B-17 bomber before being killed in action above Holland. These objects include photographs of Martin and the crew of his bomber the "Sky Queen", his various medals which include an engraved Purple Heart, a narrative written by a surviving crewman regarding his final mission, and official documents regarding his internment in Arlington National Cemetary.

Contents of the collection include financial records, event and planning information, grant information, correspondence, publicity materials, and insurance information.

Flastacowo 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939

1955, 1956, 1957, graduation announcement 1957 and a newspaper clipping photo of someone being thrown in a fountain

The collection contains files from the Yellowback Library, including items on Children's Literature, authors, correspondence, newspaper clippings, popular culture, artists and illustrators, and some legal documents.