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Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 758 Collections and/or Records:

Robert H. Hinkley Jr. papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9190
Scope and Contents Photographs and slides of Hong Kong and Taiwan taken by Robert H. Hinkley, Jr. while serving in the United States Air Force. Photographs are mainly of street scenes. Includes photographs with members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as Hinkley joined the Church while stationed in Taiwan. Slides are in color and photographs are both black and white and color. Many of the photographs have information written on the back. Dated 1955 to 1957. Also includes a typescript of a...
Dates: 1955-1957
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Hissrich and Gall families papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3189
Abstract

This collection includes thirteen boxes of World War II correspondence between Mary Agnes Gall (Hissrich) and Richard E. Hissrich; World War II memorabilia including photographs, medals, articles of clothing, etc. It also includes one box of correspondence between Albert Gall and Ethel Maass during WWI; photographs from WWI; and other memorabilia relating to WWI. Also included in the collection are discs containing digitized images of the WWI photographs and the WWII correspondence.

Dates: 1918-1958
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Lue Ann Hjelm letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230233063]
Identifier: MSS SC 66
Scope and Contents

Typewritten, signed letter which contains a biographical sketch of James Pollock Park who served in the "Mormon Battalion."

Dates: approximately 1976
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Blair Holmes collection on the liberation of Austria

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1414
Scope and Contents Contains photocopies of papers and memos dealing with the liberation of Austria and the Austrian Battallion (Austrian nationals within the United States Army), collected by Blair Holmes. Includes correspondence and internal memos (mostly typed), office documents, press releases, newspaper clippings, and other papers from the United States departments of War, State, and Justice, the Austrian Labor Committee, Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, Czechoslovak National Council of America, U.S....
Dates: 1940-1972; Majority of material found within 1940-1945
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Blair Holmes research notes and correspondence

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230312446]
Identifier: MSS SC 1417
Scope and Contents

Handwritten research notes regarding the "Austrian Battalion" during World War Two as well as correspondence between Holmes and various archives. The materials relate to the procurement of items on the same subject which have been cataloged under the number MSS SC 1414.

Dates: 1973-1976
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Jonathan Harriman Holmes diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230333954]
Identifier: MSS 1164
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typescript of a diary kept from 1846 to 1848. Holmes writes about enlisting in the Mormon Battalion, the march to Santa Fe and to California, being discharged from the service, and his travels to Sacramento, California, and to Salt Lake City, Utah. Also included is an obituary for Holmes, his account book, and biographies of Franklin Weaver and Sarah Elizabeth Holmes.

Dates: 1846-1947
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Sam Houston letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233293544]
Identifier: Vault MSS 622
Scope and Contents

Page three of a handwritten and signed letter. This item is not dated and does not give the location of production. Houston gives instructions to detachments in the field and requests that they keep in communication with his department.

Dates: 1855
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

E. B. Hubbel journals

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8236
Content Description

Contains two journals. One journal, written by E. B. Hubbel, during the Mexican American War. The second journal includes a continuation of E. B. Hubbel's writings, some Mexican Treasury records, and the journal of Frank. D. Hubbel during the American Civil War. Materials dated 1836-1862.

Dates: 1836-1862
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Robert Lee and Lucie Berthier Humber map collection

 Collection — Oversize-folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232594959]
Identifier: MSS 8515
Content Description

Contains seven maps of France, including the areas of Verdun and Boulogne from 1889 and 1911.

Dates: 1889-1911
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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