Experience life during the Civil War, World War I and World War II through photographs, diaries and other writings of the soldiers that were there.
Eight diaries and 29 letters written in the mid-1860s by men with connections to Michigan and the Midwest. From a musician to a prisoner of war, the writers of these items are as diverse as their military experiences.
Photographs, drawings, paintings, maps and other images from Austrian, Hungarian, Bulgarian, German and Turkish prison camps during World War I, compiled by Kenneth A. Steuer.
Photo albums, scrapbooks, postcards and letters detailing soldiers’ experiences during World War I and World War II.
Nazi German and Allied Forces publications, photographs and ephemera (collectible memorabilia).
—Also known as the N.S.D.A.P. (National Sozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter Partei) Collection
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