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Military life

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Archie Clayton Allen Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1337
Scope and Contents

This collection contains photocopies and transcriptions of letters to and from Allen and family, printed emails, photographs, and documents from his service in World War II.

Dates: 1937 - 2018; Majority of material found within 1937 - 1946

James Tarpley Bolding Jr. Papers

 Collection — Box Short Collection 18
Identifier: 0860
Scope and Contents

Photographs, documents and correspondence relating to the Bolding Farm and family, including a typescript of a letter (1863) from I. J. Rogers to his parents, written from the camp of the 27th Alabama Infantry.

Dates: 1999

Robert E. Corry Papers

 Collection — Box Short Collection 5, Folder: 1
Identifier: 0084
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of Robert Corry's family correspondence (1857-1865), including letters between Corry and his wife, Eliza Harris Corry (1863-1865) during his military service; copies of Robert Corry's obituary (1913), miscellaneous documents (1849-1865) concerning the estate of James Harris and Robert Corry's military service.

Dates: 1849 - 1865

George Family Letters

 Collection — Box Short Collection 5, Folder: 1
Identifier: 0085
Scope and Contents

Photocopied and typescript letters (1859) from Mary A. George to her children, Mary J. and Charles H., during a trip north with her husband; letters (1861-64) from Charles H. George to his sisters, Mary J. and Mattie; and letters (1865-66) from Charles H. George's widow, Flora, to Mattie George.

Dates: 1859 - 1866

Carl Holbrook Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1339
Scope and Contents

This collection contains correspondence from Carl Holbrook (twenty-nine letters, four postcards, and seven empty envelopes). Two of the letters are copies while the rest are originals. The letters were written to Holbrook's parents, Alline Hollbrook and C. E. Holbrook, in Fort Payne, Alabama.

Dates: 1942 - 1966; Majority of material found within 1942 - 1945

Richard "Barney" R. Matson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1334
Content Description This collection contains letters, postcards, birthday and holiday cards, and telegrams detailing Matson's experience in the Army Air Corps during World War II. It also contains a calendar with an etching from 1933 and three binders compiled by his mother. The letters in this collection are from Barney to his parents and sometimes his grandmother. Other letters are from Harold Matson, Barney's father, and a letter from Barney's friend, Al, all sent to his mother. These letters...
Dates: 1942 - 1946