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Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 758 Collections and/or Records:

Douglass McKay letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230347731]
Identifier: MSS 1292
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated 11 Dec. 1918, and written in Villiers Sur Maren, France. McKay writes to "Dear Guy" and states that he is packed up and ready to go home. McKay expected that he would be back in the United States for Christmas and home in Utah shortly afterwards.

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

William E. McKell papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8582
Content Description

Contains various materials from and about McKell's time at the United States Air Force Academy. Includes pamphlets and instructions handbooks and manuals, and a fabric map of Europe, as well as two VHS tapes and an LP record on the Air Force during World War II. Dates approximately 1942-1991.

Dates: 1942-1991
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Keith Melville interview

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230331198]
Identifier: MSS SC 3187
Scope and Contents

Transcript of an interview conducted by R. Scott Windhorst for the Ray Hillam war project. This interview has been combined with a previous talk given by Dr. Melville to a 379R Political Science class, taught by Dr. Hillam. It concerns his experiences as a B-17 bomber pilot, during World War II. We will start this interview by having Dr. Melville explain the conditions that got him involved in the war.

Dates: 1985
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Daniel Ellsworth Carlquist memoirs of American balloon corps

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 3196
Scope and Contents

Includes an autobiography of his early life as well as the time he spent in World War I and of meeting his wife following his return home to the United States. Also included are 3 issues of "Haul Down and Ease Off," a quarterly publication of the National Association of American Balloon Corps Veterans.

Dates: 1950
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Henry H. Turner memorandum of nearly three years service

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232491057]
Identifier: MSS 849
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten "memorandum" book. Turner lists his dates of service, the towns he passed through, the location of various camps and the dates he was there, his pay, marches he undertook, steamers on which he traveled, and engagements in which he participated. Turner served with Company H of the 27th Iowa and was involved in many campaigns apparently with the Union Army of Tennessee.

Dates: 1862-1865
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Memories of an Army nurse in World War II, 1944-1945

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341189]
Identifier: MSS 2609
Scope and Contents

Typed autobiography. Ora Mae Sorensen was born in 1922 in Taylor, Texas and married Edmond Preston Hyatt in 1945. Many letters addressed to family memers have been typed into the autobiography which largely describes her military service as a nurse. She served mainly in the Pacific area.

Dates: 2002
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Merian C. Cooper correspondence, 1922-1985

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2008 Series 13 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence with individuals and organizations from the film industry, military, politics, and other areas. Also includes some audio recordings of Cooper. Materials date from between 1922 and 1985.

Dates: 1922-1985
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Merian C. Cooper papers / Merian C. Cooper correspondence

Message of the President of the United States respecting the relations with Chile

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230356476]
Identifier: MSS 7513
Scope and Contents Book issued by the United States government containing a message of the President of the United States respecting relations with Chile together with the diplomatic correspondence; the correspondence with naval officials; the inquiry into the attack of the seamen of the U.S.S. Baltimore in the streets of Valparaiso; and the evidence of the officers and crew of the steamer Keweenaw respecting the ill-treatment of Patrick Shields by the Chilean police. The book was published by the Washington...
Dates: Date not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Nelson Appleton Miles letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230308170]
Identifier: MSS SC 1023
Scope and Contents 24 items: 20 handwritten letters; 1 typewritten letter; 1 printed program from an 1877 banquet in his honor; and a 1935 newspaper account detailing his campaign against the Indians in 1876. Two letters are undated. Most are addressed to Lieutenant (later Captain) Frank D. Baldwin. Letters contain requests for supplies and teamsters in preparation for his Indian campaigns; a report on an engagement with the Sioux under Sitting Bull in December 1876; and other personal and official...
Dates: 1875-1898
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Nelson Appleton Miles letters

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233293957]
Identifier: Vault MSS 669
Scope and Contents

Five handwritten letters and one typed letter, all signed by Miles. They deal primarily with military matters. One item is addressed to Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901), President of the United States, and another to Frank D. Baldwin.

Dates: 1878-1898
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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