Politics, Government, and Law
Found in 1673 Collections and/or Records:
Memories of an Army nurse in World War II, 1944-1945
Typed autobiography. Ora Mae Sorensen was born in 1922 in Taylor, Texas and married Edmond Preston Hyatt in 1945. Many letters addressed to family memers have been typed into the autobiography which largely describes her military service as a nurse. She served mainly in the Pacific area.
Bernardino de Mendoza letters
Handwritten and signed letters. The items relate to the diplomatic activies of Spain. Most of the material is in some kind of diplomatic code to assure that the letters would not be understood if they fell into the wrong hands. In the appendix (pp. 231-239) of his "Diplomacy and Dogmatism: Bernardino de Mendoza and the French Cahtolic League" De Lamar Jensen presents an explanation of how the code may be read.
Menominee tribal roll
Message of the President of the United States respecting the relations with Chile
Mexican-American War collection
Various military documents and papers created during the obtaining and dispersal of supplies to troops. Also includes miscellaneous documents and correspondence.
Stella Reichenberg Meyer diaries and notebook
Manuel Micheltorena application for naturalization
Photocopy of a handwritten application for citizenship to Mexico. The petition was made in Monterey, California in 1844.
Alva Mickelsen papers
Correspondence, certificates, budgets, and legislative papers. The materials relate to Mickelsen's work as mayor and councilman in Holtville.
Nelson Appleton Miles letters
Nelson Appleton Miles letters
Five handwritten letters and one typed letter, all signed by Miles. They deal primarily with military matters. One item is addressed to Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901), President of the United States, and another to Frank D. Baldwin.