WWII POW Letters 1942-1944 Library of Congress

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    Came across this yesterday whilst looking for another title.


    ARCHIVAL MANUSCRIPT/MIXED FORMATS (COLLECTION)
    World War II prisoners of war letters, 1942-1944
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    Main title
    World War II prisoners of war letters, 1942-1944.
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    Links
    Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms016001
    Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms016001.3
    More Information
    LCCN Permalink
    https://lccn.loc.gov/mm79046516
    Description
    1,000 items.
    7 containers.
    2.6 linear feet.
    Access advisory
    Open to research.
    Finding aids
    Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms016001
    Local shelving no.
    MMC-3469
    Organized/Arranged
    Letters arranged in the order in which they were received and do not follow any chronological or other sequence.
    Summary
    Photostatic reproductions of letters written by U.S. military personnel interned in German and Japanese prisoner-of-war camps during World War II. Chiefly from prisoners of war held in Stalag Luft II and Stalag Luft III located in wartime Germany and prisoners interned in Timiș, Romania. Japanese camps include internment sites at Mukden and Shanghai, China; Fukuoka, Kawasaki-shi, Kōbe-shi, Ōmori (Tokyo), Osaka, Tokyo, and Zentsūji-shi, Japan; Los Baños Internment Camp and Santo Tomas Internment Camp in the Philippines; and prisoner-of-war camps in Taiwan. Letters contain descriptions and illustrations of the prisoner-of-war camps.
    LC Subjects
    Los Baños Internment Camp.
    Mukden (Prisoner of war camp)
    Santo Tomas Internment Camp (Manila, Philippines)
    Stalag Luft II.
    Stalag Luft III.
    Prisoner-of-war camps.
    Prisoner-of-war camps--China.
    Prisoner-of-war camps--China--Mukden.
    Prisoner-of-war camps--China--Shanghai.
    Prisoner-of-war camps--Germany.
    Prisoner-of-war camps--Japan.
    Prisoner-of-war camps--Japan--Fukuoka.
    Prisoner-of-war camps--Japan--Kawasaki-shi.
    Prisoner-of-war camps--Japan--Kōbe-shi.
    Prisoner-of-war camps--Japan--Osaka.
    Prisoner-of-war camps--Japan--Tokyo.
    Prisoner-of-war camps--Japan--Zentsūji-shi.
    Prisoner-of-war camps--Philippines.
    Prisoner-of-war camps--Philippines--Los Baños.
    Prisoner-of-war camps--Philippines--Manila.
    Prisoner-of-war camps--Romania.
    Prisoner-of-war camps--Romania--Timiș.
    Prisoner-of-war camps--Taiwan.
    Prisoners of war--United States--Correspondence.
    World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German.
    World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
    United States--Armed Forces.
    Notes
    American Red Cross; Washington, D.C.
    Collection material in English.
    Additional formats
    Positive and negative photostats of originals in the holdings of the American Red Cross. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service.
    LCCN
    mm 79046516
    Other standard no.
    MSS46516
    Repository
    Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
    Type of material
    Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)
    Where to Request
    CALL NUMBER
    MMC-3469
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    Manuscript Reading Room (Madison, LM101)
    Status
    Not Charged
     
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