urn:taro:uh.sc.00005 Floyd Glass Navy Recruiting Literature Collection, 1941-1949 Andrea Bean Hough University of Houston Libraries 1996 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, June 2001. ENG Tue Jul 22 14:50:46 CDT 2003 urn:taro:uh.sc.00005 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (20030505). Floyd Glass Navy Recruiting Literature Collection, 1941-1949 Andrea Bean Hough University of Houston Libraries 1996 Descriptive Summary Glass, Floyd Floyd Glass Navy Recruiting Literature Collection 1941-1949 1970-002 This collection is composed entirely of U. S. Navy recruiting literature from 1941-1949. Included are booklets, pamphlets, broadsides, posters, promotional materials and some miscellaneous response cards.The collection was donated to the University of Houston Libraries by Floyd Glass, a Houston resident, book collector, and retired Naval officer. 488 items; 13 boxes Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries Biographical Note

Floyd Glass served in the United States Navy for several years. During World War II, he was stationed abroad in England for some time.

After his retirement from the Navy, Glass and his wife Marjorie moved to Houston. During this time he assembled a fine collection of books on English literature and history, as well as illustrated books and books with unusual bindings. This collection was donated to the University of Houston Libraries in the late 1960s.

 Scope and Contents

This collection is composed entirely of U. S. Navy recruiting literature from 1941-1949. Included are booklets, pamphlets, broadsides, posters, promotional materials and some miscellaneous response cards. Materials have been sorted by type of material. Materials for recruiting WAVES (the women's counterpart to the U. S. Navy) have been separated from materials recruiting men.

The 61 booklets (items with several pages), and 129 pamphlets (items made from one or two folded sheets) are arranged alphabetically by title. The miscellaneous items (108 items), which include promotional materials and response cards, are arranged alphabetically by folder heading.

Posters and other broadsheets (190 items, total) have been sorted so that all duplicate materials are together. These materials are arranged at the container level. One box of the posters includes items which were drymounted to acid-free board. These items have been kept together, as have posters and broadsheets which are geared toward recruiting WAVES.

For additional materials held in Special Collections on World War II and the U. S. Navy, see the Cruiser Houston Collection and the William A. Bernrieder Collection.

 Index Terms

Terms are either Library of Congress Subject Headings or taken from local sources.

Subjects(Persons) Glass, Floyd Subjects World War, 1939-1945 United States. Navy Recruiting. Formats Pamphlets Broadsides Posters Acquisition

The collection was given by the widow of Mr. Floyd Glass, Mrs. Marjorie Glass.

 Access Restrictions

Open for research.

 Use Restrictions

Special Collections owns the physical items in our collections, but copyright normally belongs to the creator of the materials or their heirs. The researcher has full responsibility for determining copyright status, locating copyright holders, and abiding by current copyright laws when publishing or displaying copies of Special Collections material in print or electronic form. For more information, consult the appropriate librarian.

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 Detailed Description Booklets 1 1 Facts about the submarine service. 1945 1 2 Facts and figures of naval service. 1947 8 1 Fill the fleet. 1947 1 3 Going back to civilian life. 1945 3 1 How you can win your Navy wings. 1942 3 2 How your college can help you be a naval officer. 1942 3 3 Jobs in naval aviation. undated 8 2 Joint Armed Forces prestige campaign. 1949 3 4 Life in the peacetime Navy. 1945 3 5 Life in the peacetime Navy. 1945 3 6 Life in the peacetime Navy. 1948 3 7 Men make the Navy. 1942 3 8 Music in the Navy. undated 1 4 Naval aviation. undated 1 5 Navy airman. 1948 3 9 Navy as a peacetime career. 1945 8 3 Navy educational program. 1942 1 6 Navy recruit. undated 1 7 Navy recruit. undated 3 10 Navy services to help its contractors. 1943 1 8 Officer's career in the peacetime Navy. 1945 1 9 Officer's career in the U. S. Navy. 1949 2 1 Officer's career in the U. S. Navy. 1949 3 11 Padres of the sea. undated 3 12 Peacetime Navy's recruitment policy in high schools. 1947 3 13 Presentation for civic groups: Naval recruiting. undated 2 2 Re: Officer commissions in the United States. undated 8 4 Schools and rates for Navy men. 1944 2 3 See action now with the submarine service. 1944 8 5 Task force guide. undated 8 6 U. S. Navy war photographs. 1945 2 4 Wear wings of Navy gold. undated 3 14 What about the supply corps? 1946 2 5 What kind of job can I get in the Navy? 1942 3 15 Young men needed in Navy radar. 1945 8 7 Your future in the Navy. 1947 2 6 Your Navy. 1946 3 16 Your opportunities in the submarine service. 1945 Booklets/WAVES 3 20 How to serve your country in the WAVES. 1942 3 21 Join the Waves. 1945 8 8 Mightiest Navy in the world faces an urgent need. undated 3 22 Story of you in Navy blue. 1943 8 9 WAVES wanted. 1944 Pamphlets 4 1 Announcing valuable new benefits for men enlisting or re-enlisting in the regular Navy. 1945 4 2 Blueprint for your future. 1949 4 3 Can you unzip a Navy ship? 1949 4 4 Constant vigilance assures peace. undated 4 5 Did you know. undated 4 6 Don't forget your Navy ties. 1945 4 7 Financial report to a bluejacket. 1948 4 8 Fly with the fleet. 1949 4 9 Fly with the fleet. undated 4 10 For men only. 1948 4 11 Keys to your future. 1949 4 12 Let's go Navy. undated 4 13 Let's GO NAVY. undated 4 14 Let's GO NAVY for travel and adventure. undated 4 15 Let's keep in touch in the Naval Air Reserve. 1949 3 17 Memo to stenographers typists and clerks. 1944 5 1 Naval Reserve offers you retirement benefits. 1949 5 2 Navy athletics. 1947 5 3 Navy offers you a $5000 education in electronics...free. 1946 5 4 Peacetime Navy is a great life. 1946 3 18 See Pearl Harbor work in Hawaii. 1945 5 5 Stay in school. undated 5 6 Submarine service in the Naval Reserve. 1949 5 7 To an old shipmate. 1949 5 8 U. S. Navy material in our library. 1947 5 9 U. S. N. R. -- A community asset. 1948 5 10 What's your answer. 1948 5 11 What's your Navy dollar worth? 1947 5 12 When does 1 = 3.9? 1947 5 13 When does 3.9 = 1? 1948 5 14 Win your Navy wings of gold. undated 5 15 Your career in electronics. 1947 5 16 Your commission in Naval aviation. 1948 Pamphlets/WAVES. 6 1 Chance that you may never get again. 1944 3 19 Facts about the WAVES and the SPARS. 1943 6 2 How you can help your Navy man. 1944 6 3 Navy Nurse Corps offers you more. 1948 6 4 Waves USN. 1949 6 5 You can help bring your Navy man home. 1944 Miscellaneous 7 1 Broken service. 1948 7 2 Career analysis for junior executives. 1949 7 3 Hats off! undated 7 4 Looking ahead. 1946 7 5 Miscellaneous 1947 7 6 Navy V-1 Field Officers' manual. 1942 7 7 Plan now for your future. 1942 7 8 Radio play for WAVES recruiting. undated 7 9 Recruitment cards. 1942-1948 7 10 Recuritment response cards. 1942-1947 7 11 Requirements for enlistment. 1943 7 12 Rise and shine, sailors. undated 7 13 Something for the girls. 1944 7 14 Suggested mayor's proclamation. 1947 7 15 To the post commander. 1942 7 16 Training packet. 1943 7 17 Victory volunteer certificate. 1942 7 18 What's ahead for them? undated 7 19 When will you retire? 1947 Posters 8 Posters (24 items) 9 Posters (94 items) 10 Posters (9 items) 11 Posters (34 items) 12 Posters (15 items) 13 Posters/WAVES (14 items)