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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 755 Collections and/or Records:

Wartime experiences : Aug. 1943 to Sept. 1945

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341460]
Identifier: MSS 2634
Scope and Contents

Typed copy of an interview. Fife was stationed at Fort George Wright in Spokane, Washington, and was later transferred to Fairmont Army Airforce Base near Fairmont, Nebraska. She talked about her association with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during the war. She married Leland James Fife in 1944.

Dates: approximately 2001
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Wartime experiences : Aug. 1943 to Sept. 1945

George Washington letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230241694]
Identifier: MSS SC 483
Scope and Contents

Handwritten correspondence with Angus McDonald concerning his service in the Virginia Regiment, 1774, and his appointment as a lieutenant colonel, 1777.

Dates: 1774-1777
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / George Washington letters

Washington's eyes : the continental light dragoons

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2658
Scope and Contents

Typewritten book drafts with handwritten corrections. Loescher writes about the cavalry in the continental army during the American Revolution. The draft was submitted to the Old Army Press for publication.

Dates: approximately 1975
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Washington's eyes : the continental light dragoons

Arthur V. Watkins papers

 Collection — Box 83: [Barcode: 31197232550365]
Identifier: MSS 146
Scope and Contents Contains biographies, brochures, pamphlets, newspaper articles, photographs, correspondence, speeches, phonograph records, and various other materials. Much of the correspondence deals with Watkins's work in the Senate, especially his work with the McCarthy censure hearings. Some of the material covers Watkins's pre-senatorial years. There is also information on Watkins's book, Enough Rope, his work on reclamation and water conservation, his time on the Indian Claims Commission, and his...
Dates: 1886-1973
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Arthur V. Watkins papers

Pat Watkins interview

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230330455]
Identifier: MSS SC 3160
Scope and Contents Transcript of an interview conducted by Criss James on 10 Feb. 1985 for the Ray Hillim project. Watkins was at boot camp in San Diego, California, in 1957 and was assigned to Camp Pendleton, California. He was involved in many athletic activities while in the Marine Corps. Apparently, he joined the United States Army and was with the airborn troops in the Dominican Republic in 1965. He later was a Green Beret with the Army special forces. Watkins was in a top secret unit funded by the...
Dates: 1985 February 10; 1985 February 10
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Pat Watkins interview

William Graydon Watrous family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 9381
Scope and Contents

Contains letters sent by WWII naval officer William Graydon Watrous to his family, while serving in the war in India and other locations. Also includes a photocopy of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings kept by his mother, Adeline Ruland Watrous, during the war. Also includes military documention and research collected by his son, Steven B. Watrous, and by William Graydon Watrous on William's service. Materials dated 1940 to 2007.

Dates: 1940-2007
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William Graydon Watrous family papers

Weather station handbook for the observer

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230344969]
Identifier: MSS 6975
Abstract

Weather station handbook for the observer is a manual intended for a weather observer of the Army Air Forces Weather Service. The handbook was distributed in 1945.

Dates: 1945
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Weather station handbook for the observer

Ted Weaver interview

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230331339]
Identifier: MSS SC 3176
Scope and Contents Transcript of an interview conducted by Martin Peterson on 26 Jan. 1985 for the Ray Hillam military history project. Weaver was from Idaho when he was drafted into the United States Army in 1941 and was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He later served with the Army Air Corps as a cadet. People respected his Mormon ethics when he refused to drink alcohol with them. He was deployed in England in 1944. He said 25% of the planes were being shot down on each...
Dates: 1985 January 26
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Ted Weaver interview

Edgar A. Wedgewood letters

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1001
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letters addressed to Wedgewood's wife, Annie. The materials relate to Wedgewood's traveling to the Philippines with the troops of the United States Army to occupy those islands at the beginning of the insurrection. He was wounded and also writes about his return home.

Dates: 1898-1899
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Edgar A. Wedgewood letters

Clyde Everett Weeks interview and poems

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230331289]
Identifier: MSS SC 3193
Scope and Contents Transcript of an interview conducted by Richard Weeks on 3 Feb. 1985 for the Ray Hillam war project. Clyde Weeks graduated in 1942 from high school at age 16. He turned 17 later that year, and he joined the Marine Corps in 1943. He went to Hawaii in 1943 for combat training, and he participated in the invasion of the Marshall Islands. He helped establish communications. He was also involved in the invasion of Guam with the 4th Marines. On Guam, he was wounded in the leg by a hand...
Dates: 1944-1985
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Clyde Everett Weeks interview and poems

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