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Cartoons and comics

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Hazel Louis Bowman collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 10.0050
Content Description

This collection relates to Hazel Louis Bowman who worked for the Signal Corps and lived in India with the American Red Cross for two years. Bowman's collection contains six full boxes, one oversize box, a phono records box, and two photograph boxes. Four of the boxes include letters written to and from Hazel to her parents, family, neighbors, and friends. The collection also contains an oral history transcript, newsletters and bulletins, American Red Cross publications, her diary, a book written by Bowman, photograph albums, and ephemera.

Dates: Event: Majority of material found within 1930-1948

J. Charles "Charlie" Christensen collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 17.0021
Scope and Contents

This collection is related to J. Charles "Charlie" Christensen (Staff Sergeant) who served in the European-African-Middle Eastern Theater with Company B, 1st Battalion, 337th Infantry, 85th Infantry Division. The collection consists of scrapbooks, photographs, documents, and letters.

Dates: 1925-1989; Other: Date acquired: 09/22/2017

Robert C. and Juanita Watson papers

 Collection — Single Folder Collections - 2005 Box 4 (05.0102-05.0132), Folder: 05.0113 - Folder 1
Identifier: 05.0113
Scope and Contents

This World War II collection relates to Robert C. Watson, an African American soldier who served in the Navy during World War II. It contains a page of the roll call from the 316th Port Company with Robert C. Watson's name. There are also news articles and comics from the base. There are photographs of Robert C. Watson's unit and his Veteran's questionnaire. There is also an article he wrote about his experience as a black man who appeared white in the Navy.

Dates: 1943-2005; Other: Majority of material found within 1944; Other: Date acquired: 2005; Other: Date accessioned: 2020-05-30