Box 4256.001
Container
Contains 19 Collections and/or Records:
Timothy Pickering Letter, 1783 December 1
File — Box: 4256.001, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
This file contains a single letter from Quartermaster General Timothy Pickering to New York Governor George Clinton (1739-1812) concerning the disposition of property on which the British Army had erected barracks and other structures during its occupation of New York City from 1776 to 1783. Pickering argued that claims for compensation by the previous owners were inadmissible, since they were hardly the only property owners to suffer damages at the hands of the British. The file also includes...
Dates:
1783 December 1
Photographs of Soldiers and Sailors, circa 1889-1952
File — Box: 4256.001, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
This file contains seventeen photographs of soldiers and sailors in various types of uniforms. All are undated except for one, dated 1952, which identifies the soldier depicted as "John Broc(co)? in Camp." Many of the subjects do not have any identification. There is one photo of "1st NY(?) Sarg. Mary Moriarty," as well as images of people named Virgil Rector, Grant Mullins, and "Raymond Grapotte, aged 19."
Dates:
circa 1889-1952
Richmond P. Hobson Papers, 1898, 1902
File — Box: 4256.001, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
This file contains a signed picture of Richmond P. Hobson in uniform, dated 1898, and an offprint of an article by him, "America, Mistress of the Seas," that appeared in the October 1902 issue of the North American Review.
Dates:
1898, 1902
Letter from Jim to Mother and Father, 1913 December 25
File — Box: 4256.001, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
This file contains one letter from Jim in Portsmouth, Virginia, to his mother and father, discussing Christmas activities at his military facility.
Dates:
1913 December 25
Thanksgiving Day Menu, United States Naval Training Station, 1926 November 25
File — Box: 4256.001, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
This file contains a menu for the Thanksgiving Day meal at the United States Naval Training Station in Hampton Roads, Virginia, in 1926.
Dates:
1926 November 25
B. P. Vosbury Papers, 1930-1932
File — Box: 4256.001, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
This file contains four typewritten letters from B. P. Vosbury to his mother, Katie Vosbury of Washington, DC, sent while he was serving aboard the USS Tracy (214) in 1930 and 1931 and aboard the USS Avocet (AM19) in 1932. The letters describe his tours on the US Asiatic Station and life in the Philippines and the South Pacific region in the years prior to World War II. There is a newspaper clipping about a tiger and python fight...
Dates:
1930-1932
Walter M. Voll Letter, 1931 September 26
File — Box: 4256.001, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
This file contains one letter written by by Walter M. Voll to Mary Lee Langolf, a neighbor back home in Louisville, Kentucky. Voll was serving on the USS Oklahoma, based in San Pedro, California, at the time. He describes the delays he encountered getting back to the ship at the end of his furlough. He also relates some past experiences they shared.
Dates:
1931 September 26
George Kresal Letter and Newspaper Clipping, 1946 February 11
File — Box: 4256.001, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
This file contains one letter written from George E. Kresal to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Kresal in Omro, Wisconsin, while he served with the United States Navy in Guam. George Kresal wrote of his daily life on the base in Guam's Apra Harbor. He also mentioned news from his hometown and described being in the honor guard on February 7 for the departure of Vice Admiral George D. Murray, who was leaving Guam for the United States. The file also contains an undated newspaper clipping...
Dates:
1946 February 11
George W. Nelson Letter, 1951 October 13
File — Box: 4256.001, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
This file contains one letter from George Nelson, a corporal with Company C of the 1st Signal Brigade, US Army, to his grandmother, Mrs. C. O. Peterson of Bemidji, Minnesota. In the letter, he asks about her recent move from the country to the city and describes events at his camp. Nelson's letter was sent from San Francisco, California.
Dates:
1951 October 13
Ralph Puckett Papers and Photographs [RESTRICTED], 1940-1960, undated
File — Box: 4256.001, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
This file contains a typewritten document addressed to "All persons returning to the United States." The document instructs soldiers "how to be a civilian" upon returning home to the United States from the Korean War. The file also includes photographs and personal materials relating to Ralph Puckett, including his first-grade report card from 1940 at Stone School in Monroe County, pictures of him in a soldier's uniform, and a 1960 death notice for Meredith M. Puckett.
Dates:
1940-1960, undated
Letters to Ronald H. Davis [RESTRICTED], 1955 January 31-April 19
File — Box: 4256.001, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents
This file contains eight letters sent to Ronald H. Davis of the United States Air Force while he was stationed at Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi. Most of the letters are from his fiance, Jeanne Schroeder, of Oshkosh, Wisconsin. One letter is from his father, Marvin Davis, also in Oshkosh. Another letter is from his sister Donna Davis, of Omro, Wisconsin, and another letter is from his brother William ("Bill") R. Davis, who was stationed at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas.
Dates:
1955 January 31-April 19
Hi Allman Letter [RESTRICTED], 1955 August 14
File — Box: 4256.001, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents
This file contains a letter from Hi Allman to a friend named Johnny, written on the USS Bremerton while it was practicing gunnery off Okinawa, Japan, in August 1955. The letter describes the Bremerton's cruise from its departure out of Long Beach, California, on July 14, 1955, to its arrival at Okinawa. The cruise included stopping at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and Yokosuka, Japan, and steaming through a typhoon.
Dates:
1955 August 14
Daniel M. Head Letter [RESTRICTED], 1964 May 11
File — Box: 4256.001, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents
This file contains one handwritten letter from Daniel Head, a member of the United States Navy during the Vietnam War. Head writes to his grandmother, whom he refers to as "Mom."
Dates:
1964 May 11
C. A. Koop Letter, 1898 July 12
File — Box: 4256.001, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
This file contains a letter from C. A. Koop, a soldier stationed at Camp Thomas, Georgia, during the Spanish-American War, to his sister Amelia Koop in Louisville, Kentucky. He writes that the camp training keeps him busy, asks about various friends and relatives, and wonders why his father has not written to him yet.
Dates:
1898 July 12
Louis Marsalis Letter, 1898 July 21
File — Box: 4256.001, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
This file contains a letter from Louis Marsalis, a soldier stationed at Camp George H. Thomas, Georgia, during the Spanish-American War, to his sister in Summit, Mississippi. He writes about life at his Army camp, thanks her for the box she sent, and hopes she is doing well.
Dates:
1898 July 21
Letters to Clara Gray, 1898
File — Box: 4256.001, Folder: 3
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This file contains two letters from James B. Hebden and one letter from D. W. Gray, both of the 1st Regiment of Kentucky Volunteers, US Army, to Clara M. J. Gray, care of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Freight Office, Louisville, Kentucky. Hebden's letters are dated August 6, 1898, and November 1, 1898. The first was written from Newport News, Virginia, as the unit was shipping out to Puerto Rico. The second was written at Camp Ponce, Puerto Rico, on YMCA stationery. The letter from D....
Dates:
1898
Letters to Joel F. Bledsoe, 1941
File — Box: 4256.001, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
This file contains three letters to Joel F. Bledsoe, in Soldier, Kentucky, from three of the comrades with whom he served from 1901-1904 in Company I of the 27th Infantry Regiment--J. J. Kearns, Lewis Marshall, and Jim Franklin. The letter from Franklin, dated December 4, 1941, mentions "the night we were on guard at the beach at Tucuran" and recalls a soldier who died "after we arrived at Cebu."
Dates:
1941
Camp Lee Vehicle Tag, undated
File — Box: 4256.001, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents
This file contains a 3.5 x 7-inch green metal license plate that reads: "Camp Lee 2979."
Dates:
undated
Joseph D. Alston Papers, 1906-1923, 1970
File — Box: 4256.001, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
This file contains photographs, postcards, and other memorabilia. Most of the photographs and several of the postcards depict men in uniform; in one, three men stand in front of a sign that says "1st Tex. Engineers." Two postcards, both sent in 1909, refer to trips made to Japan and Russia. There is also a sheet of paper with special orders from the headquarters of Camp Joseph E. Johnson, Jacksonville, Florida, April 25, 1918, relieving Second Lieutenant Joseph D. Alston from his present duty...
Dates:
1906-1923, 1970