Misc. WW 2
Scope and Contents
A collection photographs and along with a photocopied army announcement that warns “all members of the Army and Royal Air Force proceeding on leave to Cairo” to beware of spies when they engage in conversation with the locals. The photos depict an array of scenes with subjects including Soviet soldiers, Dwight Eisenhower, Winston Churchill, Field Marshal Montgomery, Marshal Rokossovsky, King George VI, Pastor Niemoller, Commander Fraser, Admiral Nimitz and Malay soldiers and citizens. Origin date range is c. 1940-1945.
Dates
- Collection covers ca 1960-2010
Conditions Governing Access
Access is freely available within the J.C.Beaglehole Room for research and private study. For any use beyond this, please contact the J.C.Beaglehole Room (jcbeaglehole.room@vuw.ac.nz) in the first instance.
Extent
From the Fonds: 100 linear_centimeters (Hutt Valley Independent and Upper Hutt Advertiser (2009.044) has been given a call number (DU401.1 H982) and is located on the Atlas shelving.)
Language of Materials
English
- World War, 1939-1945 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Africa, North Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Repository Details
Part of the J C Beaglehole Room, Victoria University of Wellington Library Repository
