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Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:

Sheldon P. Hayes navigational training kit

 File — Oversize-folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233627873]
Identifier: MSS 7653
Scope and Contents

Collection of military papers and equipment used to train naval airforce cadets in navigation techniques. The papers were published between 1939-1942 and later annotated by Sheldon P. Hayes. His reasons for collecting and annotating the materials are unknown.

Dates: 1939-1942

History of the Mine Force United States Atalantic Fleet 1917-1918

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230327766]
Identifier: MSS 310
Scope and Contents

Typewritten and signed book draft. Davis writes about the anti-mine force of the United States in the Atlantic Ocean during World War I.

Dates: 1920

Milton Kurzrok letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230337625]
Identifier: MSS 2780
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letter dated 31 Aug. 1945 and addressed to Manuel W. Goodman of Brooklyn, N.Y. The second leaf of the letter is missing, so the item is not signed. Kurzrok writes about playing tennis and meeting Lt. Gen. James Doolittle. Kurzrok was impressed with Doolittle and called him a "very regular guy." Also included is the envelope in which the letter was sent.

Dates: 1945 August 31

Earl Maeser photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 6764
Abstract

This collection of photographs was collected by Earl Maeser.

Dates: 1920-1970

Roland Nesbit Smoot papers, approximately 1940-1949

 Series — Box 2: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3 [Barcode: 31197225537544], Folder: 5
Identifier: MSS 3315 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains the letters and narrative accounts of Roland Nesbit Smoot describing his military experiences as an member of the United States Navy during World War II. He mostly participated in the Pacific Asian theatre of the war, mainly in Japan, during World War II. Dated approximately 1940s.

Dates: approximately 1940-1949

Franklin D. Roosevelt letters

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233293551]
Identifier: Vault MSS 623
Scope and Contents

Two typed and signed letters written at the Navy Department in Washington in 1918. The first is dated April 29 and is addressed to Mr. Fred G. Walsen, and the other is dated May 9 and is addressed to Mrs. C. W. Wildey. The body of both letters is identical and expresses appreciation for heeding the Navy's call for binoculars, telescopes, and spy glasses.

Dates: April-May 1918

Edgar J. Scott photographs and negatives

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 410
Scope and Contents

Collection includes photographs and negatives--including both nitrate and safety film negatives--of military life taken or collected by Edgar J. Scott. Includes photographs of the Second World War. Dated approximately 1900-1979.

Dates: approximately 1900-1979

E. Gene Shumway family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 8874
Scope and Contents Contains papers relating to the life and military service of Marjorie, Don L., and E. Gene Shumway during World War II, collected by E. Gene Shumway. Especially well documented is the the Women's Army Corps service and life of Marjorie Shumway. Included are many of her scrapbooks and photographs. Includes several letters sent between Marjorie, Don, and E. Gene and their family. Includes some phonograph records created by Don L. Included too are books and technical manuals of E. Gene, and...
Dates: 1928-2006

Joseph Fielding Smith letters

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230237643]
Identifier: MSS SC 725
Scope and Contents Correspondence between Joseph Fielding Smith (1876-1972) and his son Milton E. Smith (1927- ). The collection covers two timeframes: July 1945 to July 1946 and April 1947 to December 1949. The first group covers the time when Milton E. Smith served in the United States Navy, and the majority of them were written by Milton E. Smith to his family. The second group were written by Milton E. Smith to his family. The second group were written while Milton E. Smith was a missionary serving the LDS...
Dates: 1945-1949

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Collection 15
Archival Object 7
 
Subject
Letters 13
Military 8
Politics, Government, and Law 7
Material Types 5
Photographs 5
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Military records 3
Printed ephemera 3
World War, 1939-1945 3
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American 3
Artifacts 2
Church Government 2
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 2
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 2
Handbooks and manuals 2
Home and Family 2
Naval officers 2
Postcards 2
Safety film negatives 2
Scrapbooks 2
Social Life and Customs 2
Sociologists -- United States 2
Aerial photographs 1
Aeronautics 1
Air pilots -- United States -- Diaries 1
Air pilots, Military -- United States 1
Argentina -- Politics and government -- 1943-1955 1
Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences 1
Autobiographies 1
Books 1
Certificates 1
College students -- Utah -- Provo 1
College teachers -- Utah -- Provo 1
College teaching -- United States 1
Colleges and Universities 1
Correspondence 1
Delta (Utah) 1
Diaries 1
Education 1
Family histories 1
Fine Arts 1
Government publications 1
Graphs 1
Havana (Cuba) -- Photographs 1
Histories (Literary works) 1
Idaho -- Biography 1
Images 1
Latter Day Saints -- Guatemala 1
Latter Day Saints -- Peru 1
Latter Day Saints -- Spain 1
Latter Day Saints -- Venezuela 1
Magazines (Periodicals) 1
Malad City (Idaho) -- Photographs 1
Mines (Military explosives) -- History 1
Mormon doctrine -- Personal interpretations 1
New York (N.Y.) 1
Nitrate negatives 1
Panama -- Photographs 1
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 1
Philippines -- Photographs 1
Photograph albums 1
Photography 1
Politicians -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Presidents -- United States -- Biography 1
Publications 1
Records 1
School records 1
Slides (Photography) 1
Sociologists 1
Sociologists -- Biography 1
Student records 1
Training 1
Typescripts 1
United States -- History -- 1913-1921 -- Sources 1
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953 1
Victoria (B.C.) -- Photographs 1
War memorials -- United States 1
Wards (Latter Day Saint churches) -- Utah -- Provo -- History 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- United States 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Europe 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan -- Okinawa Island 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area -- Photographs 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Photography 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Photographs 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women 1
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