George and Marguerite Harms Papers
Separation Report
Transferred to Photographs Division:
- World War I
- National Archives VHS videotape copy of a silent World War I film produced by the Creel Committee titled "America Goes Over." (1:09).
- World War II
- George W. Harms with Japanese children rescued from parents who were jumping off cliffs with their children, Okinawa, 1945.
- Japanese soldier's children (s. l., n. d.). Taken from a soldier whom George W. Harms, fought in hand-to-hand combat in Okinawa.
- Eighty-one prints taken in the Pacific by George W. Harms in the 4th and 6th Marine Divisions. Wonderful depictions of war ships and landing craft; soldiers and Pacific islanders and islands.
- 35mm negatives (approx. 75), taken by George W. Harms in the Pacific while in the 4th and the 6th Marine Divisions, ca. 1943-45.
- Japanese atrocities on Guam, September 1, 1944. Sent to George W. Harms' father while he was in the Pacific. A telegram included describes "the bodies are all headless or nearly headless, a demonstration of Japanese ruthlessness." Stored in original envelope.
- Baseball
- American Legion baseball players standing in front of a crowd, ca. 1930s.
- Photo album, approximately 250 snapshots primarily of American Legion National baseball championships in Michigan in 1936. Each print labeled and described by Harms.
- New York City
- Photo album with black leather cover, approx. 160 snapshots of New York city in the 1930s.
- Photograph catalog: September 1947 issue of the Snapshot Magazine with advertisement from Ivory Photo in Ann Arbor, Mich.
- William Babaian at Rockaway Beach, N.Y., ca.1935.
Transferred to Print Division (Ephemera):
- Realia:
- Black-lacquered wood hair sticks (9", 6.75") from Tokyo, Japan. Acquired in 1945 by George W. Harms, while in the USMC in Japan.
- Red, white and blue Raiders patch (2.5 x 2) from the 4th Marines. Four white stars surrounding a skull enclosed in a diamond shape.
- Beautiful paper fan (9") acquired in Tokyo, Japan with painted Japanese flag and the words to a Japanese Imperial Navy song called "Pacific March." The song is translated on a separate sheet of paper. The other side has a painted red sun. A n American-educated dentist in Japan gave the fan to George W. Harms while in Japan during World War II.
- Triangle-shaped business school medal from Tokyo Bay, Japan. Acquired in Japan by George W. Harms. Writing on both sides. A great example of a school achievement medal from Japan in the early twentieth century.
- New York
- Leather postcard of Abgar Babaian in New York City in 1909. Wonderful engraving of his profile on the verso. On the recto, the stamped postcard has lines for writing.
- Certificate stating that Marguerite Babaian was present at the World's Fair in New York City in 1939 during the visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on 10 June 1939.
- Two student ticket books for the 1939 and 1940 New York World's Fair in great shape with tickets inside.
- Native American photo-postcards, Old West Collectors Series.
- Navajo medicine woman, Toqui-Naachi. 6.25 x 4.25".
- Hinmaton Yalakit, a great tribal leader of the Nez Perce. 6.25 x 4.25".
- Blackfoot tribe members on the northwestern plains. 4.25 x 6.25".
- Indian Camp. A color reproduction of the oil painting by the Native American artist, Andrew Standing Soldier. Reprint 1949, 3.25 x 5.5".
- Christmas cards
- Little girl and reindeer. In original envelope. 1940s, 4.5 x 4.25".
- Christmas, 1944. Depicts G. I.s from the 9th Infantry Division a few days before the Battle of the Bulge. Sent by the American Historical Foundation to George W. Harms. 4.5 x 6.25".
- Postcards, 1900-1940:
- Easter card with cherub and flowers. Outlined in silver.
- Two women at the beach in color drawing. 5.5 x 3.5".
- Actress in costume. 5.5 x 3.5".
- Two angels with flowers. Inscription reads, "A Merry Christmas." 5.5 x 3.5".
- Cartoon of a boy and a girl. Inscription: "I am sure busy making hay while the SON shines." 5.5 x 3.5".
- Cartoon drawing of two men in a sinking boat, the Reliance. Inscription: "We are settling down here." 3.5 x 5.5".
- Drawing of four ladies dressed in long dresses and hats sitting on a bridge. 3.5 x 5.5".
- Drawing of two clasped hands within a wreath of flowers. Inscription reads, "Loving birthday greetings." 3.5 x 5.5".
- Glitter letters read "To my darling." 3.5 x 5.5".
- Photograph of a farm. 3.5 x 5.5".
- Drawing of Club House, Country Club, Plainfield, N.J. 3.5 x 5.5".
- Drawing of a couple walking through floral display at mall entrance, Palisade Park, N.J. 3.5 x 5.5".
- "St Cecilia playing piano with cherubs dropping flowers around her." 5.5 x 3.5".
Transferred to Book Division:
- New York World's Fair 1939
- The Coronation of our King and Queen. Given to Marguerite Babaian by an English schoolmate.
- Chrysler
- Chrysler Motors Magazine. Published by the Chrysler Industrial Association for all employees in August 1941.
- Chrysler Motors Magazine, "Helping Arm America for Defense is our Number One Job," Vol. 8, No. 9, August, 1941 (11.5 x 8.75). Home-front propaganda. George W. Harms is shown on helping a young boy with catching (p. 13).
- World War I
- The 32nd Division in the World War, 1917-1919 issued by the Joint War History Commissions of Michigan and Wisconsin, 1920.
- World War II
- Sexton, Martin J. The Marine Raiders' Historical Handbook (American Historical Foundation, 1983).
- Battle Stations!: Your Navy in Action (N.Y. : Wm. H. Wise, 1946).
- History of the Sixth Marine Division
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