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United States. Navy

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Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:

Wesley W. Craig autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230330125]
Identifier: MSS SC 3066
Scope and Contents

Comments on his ancestry; early life in Cabarton, Cascade, and elsewhere in Idaho; service in the U.S. Navy during the 1940s; conversion to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon), 1949; work in the Department of Sociology and School of Social Work at BYU; and professional and religious experiences, including in Guatemala, Peru, Spain, and Venezuela.

Dates: 1990-1998

James William Denver letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230309632]
Identifier: MSS SC 1153
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letter to Isaac Toucey, Secretary of the Navy, recommending A.C. Bradford for the post of "navy agent" in San Francisco.

Dates: 1857

E. Gene Shumway papers, approximately 1940-2006

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8874 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains military documents, artifacts, a scrapbook kept by Gene's mother, notes, technical manuals, ephemera, and other papers relating to the military service in the U.S. Navy of E. Gene Shumway during World War II. Artifacts include a pilot's helmet. Also contains papers related to Gene's career as a sociologist and professor, including his dissertation, memos and letters, and retirement speeches. Dated approximately 1940 to 2006.

Dates: approximately 1940-2006

Ernest DeAlton Partridge and Nell Clark Partridge family correspondence, approximately 1920-1994

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 4153 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Partridge family correspondence including letters from Ernest DeAlton Partridge's time in the Navy and at Montclair State College. Also includes letters from Alice Louise Reynolds. Dated approximately 1920 to 1994.

Dates: approximately 1920-1994

George Lynn Fallis papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9514
Scope and Contents

Contains letters, registration information, and other materials pertaining to George Lynn Fallis' time at Brigham Young University and in the United States Navy. Materials dated from between 1938 and 1993, with the bulk from between 1938 and 1944.

Dates: 1938-1993; Majority of material found within 1938-1944

Golden Lang diary and letters, 1932-1944

 Series — Carton 2: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3 [Barcode: 31197239125146], Folder: 4-7
Identifier: MSS 9280 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains Golden Lang's journal entries from World War II, with reports of deaths of his comrades and the sorrows of war. There are also letters to his family at home and photographs of Golden and from the war. Dated approximately 1932 to 1944, when Lang died in an aircraft crash. Most of the content is set in Europe, but there are mentions of his training in California and elsewhere throughout the United States.

Dates: 1932-1944

Glen Gottfredson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 7941
Scope and Contents

Contains a record of Gottfredson's military service aboard the U.S.S. Phoenix during World War II. Also contains materials pertaining to the history of the Pioneer Ward in Provo, Utah. Dated 1910-1969.

Dates: 1910-1969

Ray M. and Romola L. Hanchett letters

 Collection — Carton 1: [Barcode: 31197232592714]
Identifier: MSS 8561
Content Description Contains handwritten and typed personal letters between Ray Mc Hanchett and his wife, Romola Lunt Hanchett, during their separation due to Ray's enlistment in the United States Navy for World War II, from June 18, 1943, until his release August 7, 1945. Letters discuss the lives and daily occurrences of Romola "Mollie" and baby son Mc Jr. in Arizona, and Ray "Mc" in his journey with the Navy through California, the South Pacific, and the Aleutian Islands. Also includes photographs,...
Dates: 1943-1945

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

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Collection 15
Archival Object 5
 
Subject
Letters 13
Military 8
Politics, Government, and Law 7
Material Types 5
Photographs 4
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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
Handbooks and manuals 2
Home and Family 2
Naval officers 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
Autobiographies 1
Books 1
Certificates 1
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 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
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
Malad City (Idaho) -- Photographs 1
Mines (Military explosives) -- History 1
Mormon doctrine -- Personal interpretations 1
Nitrate negatives 1
Panama -- Photographs 1
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 1
Philippines -- Photographs 1
Politicians -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Postcards 1
Presidents -- United States -- Biography 1
Publications 1
Records 1
School records 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 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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