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Box SC1900-1949.012

 Container

Contains 3 Collections and/or Records:

Papers, letters, and photographs

 File — Box: SC1900-1949.012, Folder: 4196.01
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection is made up of originals and photocopies of a variety of documents from Camp Aliceville, the POW camp in Aliceville, Alabama, during World War II. Included are a "pocket" calendar for 1945, and a photocopy of a certificate for the second place winner of a race during the camp's Sportsfest in 1945. There are also letters home in German and a "Card of Capture for Prisoners of War", as well as a letter written to the mayor of Aliceville in 1947 by a former POW, asking for pictures of...
Dates: 1943-1995

Journal for 1923 and 1924 trips

 File — Box: SC1900-1949.012, Folder: 4204.01
Content Description From the Collection: The collection consists of two composition books containing photographs, postcards, clippings, travel ephemera, and handwritten descriptions of Alma Simpson's travels with her family during the summers of 1923 and 1925. Both have detailed handwritten accounts illustrated with snapshots, postcards, as well as some brochures and paperwork from lodges and car rentals.The first book has information about the family's trip from their home in Montclair, New Jersey, to Niagara Falls in...
Dates: 1923-1925

Journal for 1925 trip

 File — Box: SC1900-1949.012, Folder: 4204.02
Content Description From the Collection: The collection consists of two composition books containing photographs, postcards, clippings, travel ephemera, and handwritten descriptions of Alma Simpson's travels with her family during the summers of 1923 and 1925. Both have detailed handwritten accounts illustrated with snapshots, postcards, as well as some brochures and paperwork from lodges and car rentals.The first book has information about the family's trip from their home in Montclair, New Jersey, to Niagara Falls in...
Dates: 1923-1925