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Albert Patrick Blair papers, 1943-1987
Alton Conrad Rowe WWI-era postcards, 1918-1919
American Military History Lithographs
An artificial collection consisting of black and white and color lithographically reproduced prints depicting historical battle scenes and soldiers throughout American history from the 1780s through WWII-era. Artists represented include Currier and Ives, H. Charles McBarron, Arthur Beaumont, Kurz and Allison, Gary Sheahan, Barse Miller, Aaron Bohrod, and Edward Laning.
Ann Sartain collection of Betty Whitlow Smith Women Air Force Service Pilots ephemera, 1941-2011, Bulk 1997-2011.
Information about the W.A.S.P.s (Women's Airforce Service Pilots); photographs; information about the WASP tour at Texas Women's University, newspaper clippings, magazine, map quest directions, news paper obituary, programs,
Ben Byrnes collection of Joshua Randolph Abell WW II letters
Consists of 27 WW2 handwritten letters and V-mail letters written by Joshua R. Abell, crewman on the USS LST-713 [a Naval tank landing ship commissioned on 7 August 1944. During World War II, LST-713 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater] to his mother Mrs. J. Earl Abell of Charlottesville, Virginia.
Correspondence of the Story and Justus families
F. R. First collection of WWII ephemera, 1939-1945
1 oversized portfolio housing 3 small posters relating to the United States Air Force 390th Bomb Group H.
George Akira Doi WWII archive, 1941-1990
The military records, service medals and insignia, photo albums, scrapbook and personal ephemera of George Akira Doi, who served during WWII in the 100th Infantry Division, an otherwise all-white unit. He saw combat in Europe and was decorated as “unquestionably the company’s best soldier.” George Akira Doi was the maternal grandfather of Kristi Yamaguchi (Olympic Gold Medalist figure skater).
Jack C. Rea science fiction library, Undated
The Rea library includes books of science fiction and other genre; magazines of science fiction and other genres.
Also included are personal items belonging to Jack C. Rea.
Jack Curnutt Rea WWII- era diary and ephemera
Five year diary kept by Jack Rea, USNR Radio Technician 849 52 94, Company 1574-44 between the dates of 19 July through 17 October (year unknown). In the diary, Rea recorded his training experiences and his on- and off-duty daily activities.
3 photographs: Rea as a young man; Rea in Navy uniform; Rea as an older man.
Original artwork by EMSH for the cover of a sci-fi magazine.