United States. Navy
Organization
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Clifford Condon, Navy Pharmacist, World War II Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3338
Scope and Contents
Papers documenting Clifford Condon's career as a Navy pharmacist, especially his service and internment as a POW during World War II in the Philipines. Includes correspondence with his wife, Eva Limerick Condon, clippings, photographs, three medals, and certificates. A 15-page letter of November 2, 1944 to his wife, Eva, just prior to his removal to a POW camp in Japan, details his experiences subsequent to his capture by the Japanese in December, 1941. Official correspondence documents the...
Dates:
1930-1950
David R. Preston Diary
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2133
Overview
Manuscript diary of David R. Preston, Presbyterian minister and missionary assigned to Pensacola, Florida, and St. Charles, Missouri, 1828-1829, containing information on the number of missionaries and regularly assigned ministers of the Presbyterian, Methodist, and Episcopal churches in the areas, the number of church services held, attendance and interest of the congregations, organization of Bible classes, and Sunday schools. Preston also preached to black congregations and comments on...
Dates:
1828-1829
George W. Perrigo Diary
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2062
Overview
Diary kept by Perrigo while he served in the U.S. Navy during the Civil War. He comments on his assignments, particularly on an engagement at Mobile, Alabama, at the close of the war.
Dates:
1863-1865
Glen L. Vaughn (b.1900) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2306
Overview
Correspondence, articles, clippings, pamphlets, and other papers of retired Naval Lieutenant Glen L. Vaughn. Includes the manuscript for Vaughn's autobiography, telling of his boyhood days in Marlinton, West Virginia, and his naval career.
Dates:
ca. 1900-1970
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- World War, 1939-1945 2
- African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 1
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- Churches -- Methodist 1
- Churches -- Presbyterian 1
- Churches -- Roman Catholic 1
- Civil War -- War diaries 1
- Civil War battles - Mobile Bay. 1
- Korean Conflict. 1
- Land. 1
- Marlinton (W. Va.) 1
- Missionaries 1
- Missouri 1
- Pensacola (Fla.) 1
- Philadelphia (Pa.) 1
- Philippines 1
- Transportation 1
- Travel accounts. 1
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