Box SC1900-1949.009
Container
Contains 1 Collection or Record:
Photograph and service ribbons
File — Box: SC1900-1949.009, Folder: 4121.02
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains the journal, photograph, and service ribbons of James T. Tate, a young sailor aboard the USS Alabama in the years preceding the United States' entry into World War I. The diary begins with several pages of Navy and patriotic songs and poems, as well as pencil and pen sketches of women. Following these is an autobiographical sketch of Tate's family, his early work life, and his days on the Alabama. In...
Dates:
after 1918