Overview of the Collection |
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| Title: | Coronet Magazine Military History Project Records |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1862-1959 |
| Quantity: | 2 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Correspondence from soldiers (Civil War through Korea) and miscellaneous World War II material. |
| Language: | Majority in English, one book in German |
| Repository: | Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Library 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 http://scrc.syr.edu |
Coronet Magazine was published from October 13, 1936 to March 1971 and ran for 299 issues.
The Coronet Magazine Military History Project Records consists of correspondence and World War II material.
Correspondence consists of letters, postcards and other correspondence sent home by American soldiers in five wars -- Civil War, World War I, World War II, Vietnam, and Korea. There is also a Civil War diary for the year 1892 and extensive collections of letters from a World War I private and a World War II officer.
World War II in Europe items include a Nazi flag, a Nazi history book, aerial photographs, maps and news clippings (e.g., 8 Dec 1942 with headline "JAPAN STARTS WAR.").
There is also a small number of military pamphlets relating to Nuclear war.
Correspondence is arranged chronologically by war. World War II in Europe material is arranged alphabetically by type of material.
There are no access restrictions on this material.
Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Coronet Magazine Military History Project Records
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Library
Gift of Esquire, Inc., 1961-62.
Created by: --
Date: Jan 1978
Revision history: 7 Aug 2008 - converted to EAD (MRC)
| Correspondence | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Civil War - includes one diary | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | World War I | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | World War I, Snyder letters | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | World War II, Biz letters (2 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | World War II (5 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Korea | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Viet Nam | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Viet Nam phonotapes | ||||||||||
| World War II in Europe | |||||||||||
| Box 2 | Aerial photographs | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Magazines | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Maps | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Military manuals | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | News clippings | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Scrapbooks (2 volumes) | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Book, Deutschland Erwacht (Germany Awakens) | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Memorabilia - Nazi flag, 2 framed photographs | ||||||||||
| Nuclear war | |||||||||||
| Box 2 | Pamphlets, military | ||||||||||