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Found in 758 Collections and/or Records:

Dixie Van Orman interview with Dallas Christensen

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3031
Scope and Contents

Typescript of an interview conducted by Dixie Van Orman on 7 March 1985 for Hillam's War Project at Brigham Young University. The item was transcribed from the included sound tape. Christensen talks about his training and his deployment to Europe in 1944. He first saw combat in the Battle of the Bulge and participated in an air drop behind the Rhine River in Germany in 1945.

Dates: 1985 March 7
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Thomas Jefferson Osborn diary

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232498920]
Identifier: MSS 242
Scope and Contents

Diary and photocopy. Covers the activities of the author while serving with the Utah Militia in resisting the US Army during the "Utah Expedition, 1857-1858." He also records activities in Ogden, Utah, at the same time.

Dates: 1857-1858
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

William B. Pace military campaign record

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230343565]
Identifier: MSS 190
Scope and Contents

Handwritten record of a campaign by the Utah County Militia against the Ute Indians from April to August 1867. The entries are often presented in the form a daily happenings. Also included are handwritten copies of military orders and correspondence between the members of the militia and local leaders.

Dates: 1867
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Lynn Kenneth Packer interview

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230330364]
Identifier: MSS SC 3153
Scope and Contents This interview was conducted by Christopher A. Stockwell on 29 Oct. 1985 as part of the Ray Hillam project. Packer was raised in Utah, served on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Germany, and studied broadcast journalism at Utah State University graduating in 1968. He subsequentially worked for KSL television and was drafted into the United States Army. Packer first worked as a German translator and was later assigned to Vietnam as a broadcast journalist for...
Dates: 1985 October 29
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Spencer J. Palmer interview

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3000
Scope and Contents

Typescript of an interview taken from the included audiocassette. Palmer was interviewed on 30 July and 1 Aug. 1985 by Christopher B. Finuf for Hillam's War Project. Palmer talks about his experiences as a chaplain for the United States Army during the Korean War. Palmer was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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

Edmund Parkinson interview

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230330356]
Identifier: MSS SC 3154
Scope and Contents Transcript of an interview conducted by Denny Roy for the Ray Hillam project probably in 1985. Parkinson served in the United States Army in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. He said that the war was the best and worst experience of his life because he had to learn reliance and trust at that time. He said that his group consisted of 800 men from Idaho, mostly farm boys, and he served as an engineer. He was involved in road, airfield and base construction and in establishing water systems....
Dates: 1985
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

William Schaubel Partridge papers

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2342
Scope and Contents He joined the army in 1942 and trained as a pilot in California, Texas, and New Mexico. Contains photocopies and originals of family histories; AAF (Army Air Force) documents including orders; promotions, and pay papers; original copies of "Stars and Stripes" military newspaper that Partridge used as a form of communication to his family about military operations he participated in (Partridge communicated by placing a check on side of the article that relates to him); a memorial booklet...
Dates: circa 1935-1999
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Passaurischen Vertrag Abschrift

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 97230309152]
Identifier: MSS SC 1129
Scope and Contents Holograph copy in German of the Treaty of Passau (1552) and extracts from the Peace of Augsburg (1555). In 1552 the German Protestant leader, Maurice of Saxony, and the Catholic Emperor of Germany, Charles V, were at war. This was one of a number of civil wars over the issues of religion and politics in Germany during the sixteenth century. The Treaty of Passau was a truce in that war. Many of the provisions in the treaty were later modified and incorporated into the Peace of...
Dates: 1552-1555
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Brad Patterson interview with Hyde Taylor

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3030
Scope and Contents

Typescript of an interview conducted by Brad Patterson on 25 Feb. 1985 for Hillam's War Project at Brigham Young University. Taylor talks about being deployed to Vietnam in 1966 and in 1970. He tells about his experiences in combat and discusses his membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints while he was at war.

Dates: 1985 February 25
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

John J. Pershing letter

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233293536]
Identifier: Vault MSS 621
Scope and Contents

Typewritten and signed letter of thanks to Fred N. Rogers for a telegram of support.

Dates: 1921
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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