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Military training camps

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: https://lccn.loc.gov/sh85085309

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Army Specialized Training Program papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3602
Overview Panoramic photo and files of an Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP) group
Dates: Between 1942 and 1944
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Army Specialized Training Program papers

Camp Forrest photograph

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3554
Overview Photograph of Camp Forrest, Tennessee, 1941
Dates: 1941 May 22
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Camp Forrest photograph

Charles M. Dragoo Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4115
Overview Letters from Dragoo to his wife Lois and daughter Sandra Sue in Muncie, Indiana, telling of his arrival and attempts to find housing for the three of them at Fort McClellan Infantry Replacement Training Center in Alabama.
Dates: 1944 March 12-26
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Charles M. Dragoo Letters

Louis Giesler letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2148
Overview Letter to brother Albert, from Army sergeant serving during World War I and training in Camp Sherman, Ohio, discussing camp life, training, rifles, and a fire that killed horses and mules. He mentions the possibility of "going over" soon.
Dates: 1918 August 18
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Louis Giesler letter

J. Zelinski Camp O'Neal sketchbook

 Collection
Identifier: W-0038
Overview This sketchbook contains nineteen pen and ink drawings that depict training drills, camp life, and social events held at Camp O'Neal, a training base located in Frascati Park in Mobile, Alabama.
Dates: 1883 June
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / J. Zelinski Camp O'Neal sketchbook

Oliver Jack Kaneft Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0795
Abstract A collection letters from O. Jack Kaneft to his girlfriend, Teddy Love, who later became his wife. Many of the letters were written while Kaneft was a flight instructor for WWII fighter pilots at the Alabama Institute of Aeronautics in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Dates: 1940 - 1943; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1943
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Oliver Jack Kaneft Letters

Robert Smith Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4096
Overview The Robert Smith papers contain correspondence between Robert Smith and his family during his military training in 1942 and his deployment to England and France in 1944 during World War II.
Dates: 1942-1956
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Robert Smith Papers

"Victory Varieties" concert program

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1756
Abstract Program for a variety show directed by Alexander Maissel and presented at Ft. Custer, Michigan, on 20 July 1943.
Dates: 1943 July 20
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / "Victory Varieties" concert program

Wade Hall Collection of Civil War Materials

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4273
Overview A variety of materials related to the United States Civil War
Dates: 1861 - 1932
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Wade Hall Collection of Civil War Materials

Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection

 Collection — Box 2009001.014: [1006241511]
Identifier: 2009-056
Abstract This collection consists of thirty-eight photographs representing unidentified people.
Dates: 1910 - 1920
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection

Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection

 Collection — Box 2009001.030: [1006241527]
Identifier: 2009-134
Overview This collection consists of ten photographs depicting people. One photograph depicts President Calvin Coolidge in Sioux City, Iowa, August 25, 1927.
Dates: 1910 - 1920
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection