Military
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
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Found in 71 Collections and/or Records:
Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth Correspondence with Vice-Admiral Charles Stirling
Collection
Identifier: MS 0305
Abstract:
The collection consists of 3 folders of correspondence dating from 1803-1810, between British Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth as Naval Commander-in-Chief at Jamaica and Vice-Admiral Charles Stirling (1760-1833), Resident Commissioner at Jamaica relating to repairs to ships, stores, defenses and surveys.
Dates:
1803 - 1810
Albert Sherrad Campbell U.S. Civil War account
Collection
Identifier: MS 0314
Abstract:
The manuscript consists of four notebooks, written in the hand of Albert Sherrad Campbell at St. Louis, Missouri, covering the early months of the U.S. Civil War. Included are descriptions of battles and other political and military events.
Dates:
1861 - 1862
Alexander Hobbs Diary and Bible
Collection
Identifier: MS 0370
Abstract:
The Hobbs diary records his experiences as a volunteer recruit in New England, his participation in the Battle of Galveston, and his life as a prisoner in Houston, 1862-1863.
Dates:
1861 - 1863
Alexander N. Shipley Military Commissions
Collection
Identifier: MS 0328
Abstract:
Five commissions recording the military promotions of Alexander N. Shipley from 2nd Lieutenant (1858) to Brevet Lieutenant Colonel (1866), and containing either authentic or stamped signatures of U. S. Presidents (James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson); also included is a smaller document relating to Shipley’s promotion to Brevet Lieutenant Colonel .
Dates:
1858 - 1866
A.T. Mahan letter to Gen. James Wilson
Collection
Identifier: MS 0182
Abstract
Letter written from American naval officer and historian A.T. Mahan to Gen. James Wilson regarding the publication of Mahan’s biography of Admiral James Glasgow Farragut.
Dates:
1893
Bell Family papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0787
Overview
The collection contains correspondence, military paperwork, media, photographs, a scrapbook, and JCC and Workmen's Circle materials, which document the lives of members of the Bell family from 1910 to 2004.
Dates:
1910 - 2004
Benjamin M. Anderson Aeronautical History collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 0069
Abstract:
The Benjamin M. Anderson Aeronautical History collection consists of a wide assortment of materials related to the history of aeronautics, including photos, artistic renderings, postcards, schematics and diagrams, publications and papers from aircraft manufacturers, clippings, calendars, scrapbooks, and 8mm movies and audio recordings.
Dates:
1784 - 1988
Charles B. Johnson Confederate Supply Requisition records
Collection
Identifier: MS 0332
Abstract:
Charles B. Johnson Confederate Supply Requisition records pertain to the business of the Wichita Indian Agency as well as receipts, quartermasters’ store lists, payment abstracts, invoices, and records of acquisitions made by the Confederate States of America in the State of Texas.
Dates:
1861 - 1865
Clark Bruster World War I Camp Logan collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 0554
Overview
The collection consists of letters from Camp Logan and from France, wartime decorations, uniforms, and personal military equipment, as well as Bruster's Mother’s Red Cross Uniform and service pin.
Dates:
1917-1919
Clinton S. Quin, Jr. World War II letters
Collection
Identifier: MS 0559
Scope and Contents
These letters, written to Quin's sister, Derby, cover his call to active duty in 1944, and training as a communications watch officer in Norfolk, Virginia, in preparation for his assignment to Landing Ship Tank (LST) 573. Within the constraints of wartime censorship, the letters describe shipboard life, the latter part of the war in the Pacific, and post-war occupation duties in the Far East.
Dates:
1944-1946