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Military life

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 10 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

William C. Farrell Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1197
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of photographs and negatives showing the Farrell family, William C. Farrell preparing to leave for service with the United States Army, and scenes from his Army service and travels. The Army scenes include some photographs of the occupation of Japan after the Second World War.

Dates: 1946 - 1947

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

Russell Porter Grant Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0195
Scope and Contents

Collection contains correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, postcards, travel publications, military materials, and miscellaneous materials re: Grant's military career and personal life.

Dates: 1920 - 1984

R.L. Green Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0412
Scope and Contents

Collection contains two "Soldier's Diaries" published by the YMCA and written by R.L. Green. Green's Diaries detail his activities, with little blurbs about the significant events of the day. The diaries also contain "Survival guides" for soldiers; sections on how to read French, how to find base camp in the dark, and how to identify officers by badges appear in the front section of the little books. Green's diaries reflect the day-to-day operations of war in brief notes.

Dates: 1917 - 1918

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

James E. Livingston Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1383
Scope and Contents

This collection consists photographs, awards, Livingston's memoir, and newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1996 - 2010

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