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World War II Resources in the Norwich Archives: General Resources

Historical Collections at Norwich University

Norwich University Archives and Special Collections:

Sullivan Museum and History Center:

  • Museum catalog: Search the online catalog to the museum's collections

 

Tip: Try starting with searches for World War, 1939-1945 or for a specific person or event.

You can also search for documents created in a certain date range, such as between 1939 and 1945.

Norwich University Histories and World War II

Kershaw, Alex, and Gordon R. Sullivan. Citizens & Soldiers: The First 200 Years of Norwich University. Northfield, Vt.: Norwich University Press, 2018.

Norwich University Bicentennial Commemoration Committee, and Norwich University. Archives. 200 Things About Norwich. Norwich, Vt.: Norwich University Press, 2019.

Northfield Historical Society (Northfield, Vt.). Northfield at War, 1941-1945. 2nd ed. Northfield, Vt.: Northfield Historical Society, 2002.

Norwich University. Class of 1944, Robert W Christie, Isadore P Katz, Arthur F Pottle, and O. David Dillman. Norwich Then and Now : A Fiftieth Reunion Yearbook. 1st ed. Northfield, Vt.: Old Guard Press, 1994.

Guinn, Robert Darius, and William Arba Ellis. The History of Norwich University, 1912-1965. Burlington, Vt.: George Little Press, 1966.

Barber, Charles N. The Story of the Funds of Norwich University. Northfield, Vt.: Norwich University, 1952.

Previous Student Scholarship

Bashaw, Owen E. “John Finn, soldier, sheriff, senator: an account of his life and influence,” 2009.

Brown, Daryl. “Impact of World War II on Norwich University, 1943-1946,” 1994.

Claus, Tyler P. “Mountains, spaghetti and hand grenades: a history of Norwich alumni in the Italian campaign during World War II,” 2007.

Demeris, George K. “Norwich University alumni in the Battle of the Pacific,” 2010.

Liptak, Andrew J. “Norwich University and the invasion of Normandy,” 2007.

Liptak, Andrew. “Norwich University and the Battle of the Bulge,” 2011.

Lussier, Mark. “Climb to conquer: a history of the founding and evolution in the first thirty years of the Mountain and Cold Weather Company of Norwich University, 1947-1977,” 2006.

Radman, Matthew J. “From spurs to snowshoes: the creation of the Mountain Winter Warfare program at Norwich University, 1947-1957,” 2009.

Ryan, John J. “A compact survey of World War Two experiences from selected members of the Norwich University Board of Trustees,” 1993.

Stevens, Greg. “Securing a battered land: Major General Ernest Nason Harmon’s command of the U.S. Constabulary force in occupied Germany, July 1946-May 1947,” 2008.

Torres, Michael A. “Cavalry at Norwich University and the arrival of R.O.T.C., 1906-1943,” 1994.

Researching Alumni Contributions

Biographical information compiled by others about Norwich affiliates in World War II may also be found in the Norwich University Archives.

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