Manuscript Group 1395, Droppa Family Papers, ca. 1940 – 1945

Archives Documents, Manuscripts, Maps, & Photographs

Manuscript Group 1395, Droppa Family
Papers, ca. 1940 – 1945, 1 linear foot / 2 manuscript boxes
Call Number: MG 1395


Summary:

Pamphlets, certificates, registration card, informational cards  and booklets (“Going Back to Civilian Life”), the Basic Field Manual-Soldier’s Handbook, and a prayer book used by Andrew F. Droppa during his service in World War II; family photographs; school papers, an autograph book, and a scrapbook of Phyllis Horn (Droppa), a student at Florence Avenue School and Irvington High School in Irvington, New Jersey; and correspondence between Phyllis Horn (Droppa) and Arthur and Harold Yurkutat during the war.  Also includes pamphlets and pictures of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church and a map showing the danger and defense areas of Southern New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland (located in MG map cases).

Gift of Phyllis Droppa, 1996, 1997, 1998

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