This is a collection of state specific resources available, which is a work in progress. This list is by no means complete. Please contact me if you have suggestions on further resources to add. These sites contain a vast number of resources so be sure to spend some time exploring the databases and research guides. The links shown are only, in most cases, one resource out of many available on that specific site.
State Archives, State Libraries, State Historical Societies, and State Genealogical Societies are all good resources for WWII information. Google those repositories plus the state you seek to learn more.
Alabama
University of Alabama
University of South Alabama
Arizona
University of Arizona
- Photograph File
Arkansas
Arkansas State University
- Archives and Special Collections
- Aviation Safety and Security Archives – this contains information on WWII aviation. Spend some time here.
California
San Jose State University
Stanford University
- Hoover Institution WWII
- Oral History Collection
- WWII POW manuscript written in Captivity (digital resource)
University of California, Berkeley
- The Japanese American Evacuation and Resettlement: A Digital Archives
Connecticut
Connecticut State Library WWII Resource Guide
Photogrammar – Yale University Photographs 1935-1945
Florida
Florida Department of State (DOS)
Florida During WWII – Includes Lesson Plans
Florida Humanities Council – Florida Goes To War
Florida State University
Georgia
Hawaii
Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii – The Untold Story: Interment of Japanese Americans in Hawaii
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Illinois
Northwestern University
Pritzker Military Museum and Library
University of Illinois
Indiana
Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center – Our Military Heritage
Ball State University
Indiana University
- Archives of Historical and Ethnographic Yiddish Memories
- Moving Image Archive – WWII Exhibit Biography
- WWII Propaganda Films and IU
Iowa
University of Iowa Libraries – Resource Guide to Military and Wartime Service
WWII Bonus Case Files 1947-1954 (Ancestry $)
Kansas
University of Kansas
- WWII Bomber with Jayhawk Nose Art and pilot Please explore this digital archive for other photos and manuscripts. This is one example only.
Kentucky
Bowling Green University Libraries
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