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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

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Croft/Wunsch family papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 752

Overview The Croft/Wunsch family papers include correspondence, awards and citations, photographs, scrapbooks, news clippings, newsletters, meeting minutes, and marketing and event materials that document, primarily, the lives of the Croft and Kaplan families, and to a lesser degree, members of the Wunsch family.

Dates: 1931 - 2018

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Dattle Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 0835

Overview The Dattle Family papers are made up of certificates, records, and a photo recording the marriage and military service of Phillip Dattle.

Dates: 1939 - 1946

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

David Latimer Tinling-Widdrington journal

Collection

Identifier: MS 0139

Abstract: The journal primarily recounts the army career of David Latimer Tinling-Widdrington’s son, George Widdrington, from 1796 until his death in 1813 at the Battle of Vittoria, the decisive battle of the Peninsular War. The journal contains numerous descriptions of battles, many taken from copies of letters sent by George to his family. Also included are copies of other letters, including several by Joseph Cook, a relative by marriage. The journal contains a great deal of genealogical information...

Dates: 1796 - 1813

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

David Westheimer Oral History interview

Collection

Identifier: MS 0665

Overview This collection contains ten Compact Discs and thirty-two cassette tapes of Professor Philip Napoli's interview with David Westheimer. The interviews were conducted over a two-day span in June of 2002.

Dates: 2002-06-27 - 2002-06-28

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Edmund Jack Pecht World War II uniform and related materials

Collection

Identifier: MS 0590

Overview World War II military uniform items and ephemera from Edmund Jack Pecht, who was inducted into the U.S. Army 1942 and honorably discharged in 1945.

Dates: 1942-1945

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Ellington Field research collection

Collection

Identifier: MS 0547

Overview This collection contains ten boxes of material related to the history and operation of Ellington Field, also known as Ellington Air Force Base, near Houston, Texas. The majority of the records date from 1917-2007, and include historical research materials, photographs, books, microfilm, postcards, and memorabilia. The foundation of the collection was material assembled by historian Kathryn Black Morrow for the publication of a history of Ellington Field.

Dates: 1917-2009

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Eseck G. Wilber U.S. Civil War letters

Collection

Identifier: MS 0030

Overview A collection of letters written by Eseck G. Wilber, a Union soldier, to his family in Cairo, New York.

Dates: 1862 - 1864

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Floyd S. Edmiston World War I clothing and equipment collection

Collection

Identifier: MS 0101

Overview This collection consists of materials relating to the uniform and personal equipment of a soldier of the U.S. Army in World War I. In addition there are maps of the areas of operations and an artillery barrage chart for the Reymonville area, 1 November 1918.

Dates: 1914 - 1918

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

General Douglas MacArthur speech materials

Collection

Identifier: UA 0427

Overview This collection consists of materials related to the speech that General Douglas MacArthur delivered at Rice Stadium.

Dates: 1951-06-14

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

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Clinton S. Quin, Jr. World War II letters

Croft/Wunsch family papers

Dattle Family Papers

David Latimer Tinling-Widdrington journal

David Westheimer Oral History interview

Edmund Jack Pecht World War II uniform and related materials

Ellington Field research collection

Eseck G. Wilber U.S. Civil War letters

Floyd S. Edmiston World War I clothing and equipment collection

General Douglas MacArthur speech materials

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