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Carl S. Auerbach World War II letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4202
Abstract

Letters from this WWII sailor to his wife and family.

Dates: 1936-1945
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Dixon Hall Lewis Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0855
Abstract

Letters of recommendation for appointments to the office of Secretary of the Navy.

Dates: 1838 - 1844
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Five Certificates Attesting to the Service of African American Sailors during the Civil War

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4149
Abstract

The affidavits in this collection confirm the service of African American sailors during the Civil War

Dates: 1866-1869
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Newspaper Delivery to George W. Storer

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4787
Scope and Contents This collection consists of two newspapers and one of its original mailing wrappers, delivered to George W. Storer of the U.S. Navy, on the flagship U.S.S. Brandywine , in the weeks prior to his deployment to South America with the Brazil Squadron. The unwrapped newspaper is The New Hampshire Gazette and Republican Union printed August 3, 1847. The title of the wrapped newspaper is The...
Dates: 1847
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Samuel Walker Journal on the USS Kineo

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4296
Abstract

Journal kept by US Navy sailor on the USS Kineo as it patrolled the Mississippi River during the Civil War

Dates: 1863
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Russell F. Trask letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1993
Abstract

Letters written mainly to Russell F. Trask, E.M. 1/c aboard the U.S.S. Apollo (A.S. 25) by his wife, LeElda “Lee” Trask of Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin. Some of the letters are written to Trask by his mother and other family member. Twenty-eight of the letters are written to Lee by Trask.

Dates: 1945
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection

 Collection — Box: 2009001.020
Identifier: 2009-096
Abstract

This collection of 155 photographs of unidentified people, and various scenes of New Zealand and United States, navy ship and sailors, people fishing, and other activities.

Dates: 1890 - 1959
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections