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Box Small Collections Box 41

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Folder 1: Booklets, 1944-1945

 File — Box: Small Collections Box 41, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Contains a handwritten diary, roster, booklets, and newsletters that were collected by a member of the 398th Bombardment Squadron, 504th Bombardment Group of the Twentieth United States Army Air Force that was stationed on Tinian Island during Word War II. Included in the collection is a diary written by an unknown soldier that follows his voyage from Seattle, Washington in November 1944 up through the end of the War in September 1945. The unknown soldier was an enlisted soldier and worked...
Dates: 1944-1945

Collection, 1844-1847

 File — Box: Small Collections Box 41, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: General Order No.87, Vera Cruz, April 1, 1847: ordering preventative measures to insure martial law stops atrocities committed such as killing cattle and seizing private property. Written in English.   Sello Seto. De Ofico. Legal form for criminal cases. 1846-47. Projecto...Project about organization, operations and interesting points for the expeditionary army in Texas. Sent to the Governor General. Suggestions for how the Mexican forces in...
Dates: 1844-1847

Photographs, 1901, undated

 File — Box: Small Collections Box 41, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Photograph of "John's Memorial Choir" Farmville [Virginia] dated 1901 and sent to an unknown person by Walter B. Capers, "friend and former rector." Photograph of a wedding party on the steps of a house or hotel with sign, "Sandybrooke." over the porch, undated. Photographs are glued on crumbling black cardboard, but copies of each are also included. Names of wedding party on back of cardboard, but mostly illegible.

Dates: 1901, undated

Correspondence, 1947-1953

 File — Box: Small Collections Box 41, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence, 1947-1952, written by Hattie Sneyley of Crowborough, Sussex in England to Miss Doris Hastings Baxter, Riverdale, on Hudson, New York. The letters describe life in England just after the end of World War II. Some of the topics discussed in the letters include rationing, food shortages, variuos austerity measures, and social changes as a result of the war.

Dates: 1947-1953

Papers, 1945-1946

 File — Box: Small Collections Box 41, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Papers of "U.S.S. Attala" with W.S.G. Davis the Commanding Officer. Appear to be stationed in or near Pearl Harbor. Contains memos with commands, usually signed by N. M. Brown, Lieutenant of the United States Navy Reserve, newsletter entitled "The Attala X-Ray," and "Plan of the Day" for days in 1945-1946. Includes typed carbon copy of August 11, 1945 notice received from WVTK Armed Services Radio Station Leyte, Philippines about the terms of the Japanese surrender proposal.

Dates: 1945-1946

Papers, 1940-1981

 File — Box: Small Collections Box 41, Folder: 1
Identifier: id65175
Scope and Contents "Page # 1 : Picture of Murray sitting on a park bench in his Dress Uniform with his crewman's Wings Page # 2: front of page copy of Murray's Separation Qualification Record, redlined to to change term of Imprisonment from 16 months to 17 states he was liberated in May 1945,rear of page is info on Murray's background such as education, as Machine operator, and sales clerk Page # 3: front and back of page are extract orders dated 23 October 1945 Page # 4 :copy of Enlisted Record and Report of...
Dates: 1940-1981

Ledger, 1869-1870

 File — Box: Small Collections Box 41, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Ledger, 1869-1870 recording expenses of the U.S. Navy shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia. Entered are payments to bricklayers, machinists, coppersmiths and pattern makers, which are signed twice a month by George Thompson, Quartermaster, and witnessed by Charles Brian, Mate, U.S. N[avy].



Note: The location of the Portsmouth naval yard was provided by the seller and has not been verified at this point.

Dates: 1869-1870

Papers, 1941-1946

 File — Box: Small Collections Box 41, Folder: 1
Identifier: id57421
Scope and Contents Letters of "Agnes Balloch Dawson, the wife of well-known US diplomat, William Dawson, and grand-daughter of Civil War General, George W. Balloch. William Dawson was one of the most important American diplomats of the first half of the 20th century. He served as a vice and deputy consul in Barcelona Spain, Frankfurt Germany, Rosario Argentina, Montievedo Uruguay, Danzig Poland and Munich Germany before serving as US consul-general of Mexico, Ecuador, Columbia, Uruguay and as US ambassador to...
Dates: 1941-1946