Allied Forces Supreme Headquarters Psychological Warfare Division Austrian Radio Section propaganda: Contains typed transcript of Allied propaganda broadcast from Italy to Austria during 1944-45.
Great Britain Ministry of Information propaganda: British central government department responsible for publicity and propaganda in the Second World War. Collection includes a variety of materials, including pamphlets, leaflets, posters, serial issues, press releases, photographs, postcards, newspapers, and brochures discussing the current situations throughout the war; counterpropaganda materials that combat the influence of Nazi propaganda; and materials that highlight new British inventions and breakthroughs, such as improved planes, submarines, and combat tactics.
Hefron (Peter Oslin) papers: Private first class in the United States Army, serving as a member of the 90th Replacement Battalion from 1969 to 1970, and professor of political science at Troy State University, Pacific Region, and European Region. Materials relate to American military activities during the Vietnam War, including a memoir, propaganda leaflets, other printed matter, and photographs. Also includes photographs of postwar Vietnam; and photographs, postcards, guidebooks, and other printed matter relating to war monuments and other historical monuments and museums in various countries of Asia and Europe.
Romerstein (Herbert) collection: Served successively as a staff member of United States Congressional committees, House Committee on Un-American Activities, House Committee on Internal Security, and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and of the United States Information Agency. Consists of material collected by Herbert Romerstein (1931-2013) over a period of many decades, during which he served successively as a staff member of United States Congressional committees and of the United States Information Agency. The collection focuses on international communism and on communism in the United States, Soviet espionage in the United States, and psychological warfare.
United States. Army Far East Command. Psychological Warfare Branch leaflets: Propaganda aimed at North Korean and Chinese soldiers during the Korean War. Includes translations of the leaflets.
United States Army Forces, Pacific Psychological Warfare Branch issuances: Features propaganda leaflets prepared for distribution in the Pacific Theater, 1944-1945; and a report on psychological warfare against Japan during 1944-1945 in the Pacific Theater, 1946.
United States Office of War Information Psychological Warfare Division propaganda: Produced by the U.S. Office of War Information, leaflets were dropped from planes inside enemy territory and in countries invaded by the enemy. Contains propaganda leaflets distributed in Europe and in the China-Burma-India Theater of operations during World War II. Propaganda leaflets, pictorial newspapers, and "gift drops" were widely used to weaken enemy morale, encourage the resistance, and befriend the people from the occupied countries. Collection includes translations of most Asian language material.
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