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Military records

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 389 Collections and/or Records:

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

Earl Harvey Peirce papers, 2001 June 7

 File — Box 12: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 12; Series 8 [Barcode: 31197231005023], Folder: 24
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 1 File 318
Scope and Contents Materials contain a memoir by Earl Harvey Peirce regarding his service in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II from 1942-1946. He discusses his work in the Engineering Corps as an aircraft maintenance officer, and achieving the rank of captain. Memoir covers Peirce's employment prior to the war, induction, training, and overseas stations. Includes a map of his travels throughout the war. Contains his discharge papers and photocopied newspaper articles citing his unit's movements and...
Dates: 2001 June 7

Earl Spencer Duerden collection, 1943-1945

 File — Box 15: Series 4; Series 6; Series 7; Series 8 [Barcode: 31197231005056], Folder: 11
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 8 File 389
Scope and Contents note File contails materials relating to the service of Earl Spencer Duerden in the U.S. Navy during World War II as a navigator on a Patrol Ventura in Patrol Bombing Squadron 137. Materials contain audio cassette, photocopied photographs, photocopied military documents, photocopied flight log and a color photocopied photograph. Duerden recounts on tape his experiences as a navigator in what he calls the "China, Burma, India Theater" of World War II. Describes his missions over much of the South...
Dates: 1943-1945

Edward Miller Grimm general military records, business, and personal letters, 1942-1978

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6025 Series 1 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains papers that would normally be collected in the military, including transfer and temporary duty orders, correspondence, assignments, pay queries, resource charts, and retirement requests to the Veterans Administration. Dated 1942 to 1978.

Dates: Other: 1942-1978

Edward Miller Grimm military records, letters, and other material, 1918-1978

 Series
Identifier: MSS 6025 Series 1
Scope and Contents

The series contains Army, Navy, and Internment camp records of the Philippines from World War II. There are also business, personal, and military letters, newspapers, and other ephemera, such as blueprints, drawings for a ship, and census records of the internment camps. Materials dated 1918 to 1978.

Dates: Other: 1918-1978

Edward Miller Grimm military records, letters, and other material on Santo Tomas University Internment Camp and Cabantuan Prisoner of War Camp, 1942-1945

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6025 Series 1 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Subseries contains military records that pertain to the Santo Tomas University Internment Camp and Cabantuan Prisoner of War Camp, including a census of internees, the plan for relief of civilian internees, organizational chart, casualty lists, day-to-day work, and a Manila newspaper with a story about the camp. Materials dated 1942 to 1945.

Dates: 1942-1945

Edward Miller Grimm military records on Navy and Army, 1918-1946

 Sub-Series — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197235222608], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 6025 Series 1 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Subseries contains military orders (i.e. records) that pertain to enlistment, commission, and rank advancement. Materials dated 1918 to 1946.

Dates: Other: 1918-1946

Edward Quinn papers, 2007

 File — Box 70: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 10; Series 11; Series 12; Series 14 [Barcode: 31197231238061], Folder: 7
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 10 Sub-Series 1 File 1424
Scope and Contents note

Materials include Edward Quinn's "My Personal History of the Korean War," an autobiography of his experiences with the horrors of war. File also contains military records, letters written about experiences in Korea in the U.S. Army, photographs, and newspaper articles pertaining to a dedication of a memorial in Korea. Date 2007.

Dates: 2007

Edward Thurman papers, 1939-1945

 File — Box 72: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 10; Series 14 [Barcode: 31197232480522], Folder: 19
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 1 File 1471
Scope and Contents note

Materials include a photocopied photograph of Edward Thurman in his U.S. Army uniform and photocopied military service records, including his honorable discharge papers, his chemical warfare school certificate, promotion to corporal certificate, and separation qualification papers. Also included is the transcription of Thurman's father's journal entries concerning Thurman. Dated 1939-1945.

Dates: 1939-1945

Elda Marie Schreiber Hill papers, 1936-1992

 File — Box 25: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 10; Series 12; Series 16; Series 15 [Barcode: 31197231005197], Folder: 19
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 5 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 1 File 636
Scope and Contents File contains materials relating to Elda Marie Schreiber Hill and her service as a nurse in the U.S. Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) during World War II. Materials include military papers, travel information, an oral history, award records, and letters of certification and appointment. Also includes a budget sheet for the Navy Nurse Corps travel allowance, salary information, and two photocopied newspaper headlines declaring the beginning and end of the war. Dated...
Dates: 1936-1992