Joseph Poleman Harkins papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0631
Scope and Contents
The collection contains copies of two publications, the Naval Aviation News, August 1966, and Tri-Supply, July 11, 1958, and a copy of a pamphlet concerning the Naval Air Technical Services Facility.
Dates
- 1958-1966
Creator
- Harkins, Joseph Poleman (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
None
Biographical / Historical
Joseph Poleman Harkins was born in Harleigh, Pennsylvania, on 20 February 1915. He graduated from the Mining and Mechanical Institute in Freeland, Pennsylvania, and the University of Alabama, where he received a B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lt. in the Army Corps of Engineers Reserve in 1938. According to a hand-written note on the Tri-Supply article, he retired from the U.S. Air Force on 19 February 1975 and died in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, in 26 September 1977.
Extent
0.05 Linear Feet (3 items)
Language of Materials
English
Overview
Two publications, the Naval Aviation News, August 1966, and Tri-Supply, July 11, 1958, and a copy of a pamphlet about the Naval Air Technical Services Facility.
Provenance
unknown
General
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Processed by
unknown, 2008; updated by Martha Bace, 2013
Creator
- Harkins, Joseph Poleman (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Joseph Poleman Harkins papers
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- February 2008
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository