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Military orders

 Subject
Subject Source: Genre Terms: A Thesaurus for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing

Found in 117 Collections and/or Records:

Gail S. Halvorsen papers from Airlift/Tanker Association luncheon and Rhein-Main closure event at McChord Air Force Base, 2005 October 6-14

 File — Box 56: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197239239764], Folder: 23
Identifier: MSS 2220 Series 2 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 1
Dates: 2005 October 6-14
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2220, Gail S. Halvorsen papers / Gail S. Halvorsen papers, audio-visual recordings, and artifacts / Gail S. Halvorsen papers on post-military retirement / Gail S. Halvorsen ephemera from events

Gail S. Halvorsen papers from visit to Germany and Albania, 1999 May 1-18

 File — Box 55: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197239239756], Folder: 51
Identifier: MSS 2220 Series 2 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 1
Dates: 1999 May 1-18
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2220, Gail S. Halvorsen papers / Gail S. Halvorsen papers, audio-visual recordings, and artifacts / Gail S. Halvorsen papers on post-military retirement / Gail S. Halvorsen ephemera from events

Gail S. Halvorsen papers on Berlin Airlift, 1948-1950

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2220 Series 2 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Materials from the Berlin Airlift in Berlin, Germany, including posters, maps, military information sheets, newspaper clippings, and handkerchief parachutes used to drop candy to children. Also includes audio recordings of interviews with Gail S. Halvorsen and his own video footage of postwar Berlin. Dated 1948-1950.

Dates: 1948-1950
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2220, Gail S. Halvorsen papers / Gail S. Halvorsen papers, audio-visual recordings, and artifacts

Gail S. Halvorsen papers on military career, 1942-1974

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2220 Series 2 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Includes papers, audio-visual materials, souvenirs, art, and newspaper clippings from Gail S. Halvorsen's career in the United States Air Force, both before and after the Berlin Airlift. Portions of this series are from Vandenburg Tracking Base in California and from Gail S. Halvorsen's time as commander of Tempelhof Central Airport in Berlin, Germany. Dated 1942-1974.

Dates: 1942-1974
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2220, Gail S. Halvorsen papers / Gail S. Halvorsen papers, audio-visual recordings, and artifacts

George Lewis Hanson papers, approximately 2005, 1942-1945

 File — Box 79: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 12; Series 8 [Barcode: 31197233284972], Folder: 19
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 6 File 1588
Scope and Contents File contains materials relating to the service of George Lewis Hanson in the U.S. Army Infantry during World War II. Materials contain photocopies of Lewis' order to report for induction, photograph of him in uniform, certificate of graduation from Primary from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and his discharge papers. Also includes the military history of Lewis in which he relates his experiences serving in the U.S. Army, containing photocopied photographs and poems. Dated...
Dates: approximately 2005; 1942-1945
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2350, Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for World War II (Pacific) / Saints at War Project records for the United States Army / Saints at War Project records for the United States Army Infantry

Giuseppe Valeriano Sfondrati statement, 1683 July 20

 Item — Folder 4: [Barcode: 31197233290797]
Identifier: Vault MSS 522 Item 3
Dates: 1683 July 20
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 522, Sfondrati family papers

Giuseppe Valeriano Sfondrati statement

 Digital Record
Identifier: VMSS522_F4_I3
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Green White general order to Joseph Hawkins, 1838 November 4

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233292876]
Identifier: Vault MSS 724 Item 3
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed general order from Brigadier General White to Lieutenant Colonel Hawkins, ordering him and his regiment of volunteers from Gasconade County, Missouri, to join the volunteers under from Cole County under Colonel Martin. They are to proceed to headquarters where they will together be places under the command of General John B. Clark. Dated November 4, 1838.

Dates: 1838 November 4
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 724, Joseph Hawkins papers

Joseph Hawkins papers

 Collection — Folder 2: [Barcode: 31197239266684]
Identifier: Vault MSS 724
Scope and Contents

Six items relating to Joseph Hawkins' role in the Mormon War in Missouri. Includes original handwritten and signed letters from Missouri Governor Lilburn W. Boggs, Adjutant General B. M. Lisle, and Brigadier General Green White, which contain military orders to Hawkins. Also includes a printed general order (original was removed to print collection) by Lilburn W. Boggs and B. M. Lisle; and, a newspaper article on Joseph Hawkins from a 1924 Missouri newspaper.

Dates: 1838-1924; Majority of material found within 1838-1839
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Joseph Hawkins papers

H.J. Biddle special orders, 1861 December 12

 Item — Box 24: Series 5 [Barcode: 31197232550878], Folder: 13
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 5 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents

Special Orders no. 190, from H.J. Biddle, the regiment will be reviewed, 1 p., 12 December 1861.

Dates: 1861 December 12
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / Thomas L. Kane papers on the Civil War / Thomas L. Kane notes, correspondence, and other material from Civil War

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