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John Malcolm Brinnin papers supplement

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0103s
Abstract The Supplement to the John Malcolm Brinnin Papers comprises thirteen linear feet of material spanning the dates [1800s]-1998 (bulk dates 1935-1998). Most of the collection consists of letters to Brinnin; poems, a memoir, journals, and articles written by Brinnin; and personal documents, such as a passport, birth certificate, medical and hospice information, draft notice, photographs, and college diploma. However, the supplement also includes books or manuscripts written by other authors...
Dates: circa 1800s-1998; Majority of material found within 1935-1998
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Harriet Elizabeth Hutchison papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0513
Abstract

Documents and memorabilia associated with Harriet Elizabeth Hutchison's service as a nurse in the Army during World War II, and some post-war personal notes and official documents.

Dates: 1943-1974
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Thomas F. Jones, Sr., papers regarding the Civilian Conservation Corps and Pearl Harbor

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0651
Abstract

This collection consists of photograph albums, training manuals, documents, and artifacts related to Thomas F. Jones, Sr.'s service in the Civilian Conservation Corps and later as a solider in the United States Army Coast Artillery stationed in Hawaii during and after the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Dates: 1937-1946
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

William Livermore papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0157
Abstract

The William Livermore papers give a comprehensive account of the career of a U.S. Army engineer in the mid-to-late nineteenth century.

Dates: 1814-1919
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Samuel C. T. and Julia Dudkewitz McDowell World War II correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0748
Abstract Samuel C. T. McDowell (1920-2007) was an American Army Air Force lieutenant in World War II. His wife, Julia Dudkewitz McDowell (1923-2001), was a tracing clerk in the Reproduction Department, Design Division at E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company in the 1940s. This collection comprises letters exchanged by the serviceman and his spouse on the homefront in Delaware, on a nearly daily basis, during the period 1943-1945. During this time, Samuel was stationed domestically and deployed in...
Dates: 1937-1945, 2002; Majority of material found within 1943-1945
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Henry J. Southmayd, Jr., World War II letters to the Southmayd family

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0666
Abstract

This collection consists of 58 letters written by Henry J. Southmayd, Jr., to his family between 1940 and 1945 while serving in the 65th Fighter Squadron, 57th Fighter Group of the 12th Army Air Force. The letters detail his recruitment into the Army Air Corps and subsequent training as well as the events and conditions experienced while participating in the North African and Italian campaigns of the European Theater during World War II.

Dates: 1940-1967; Majority of material found within 1940-1945
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Thatcher family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0155
Abstract

Small group of miscellaneous papers relating to several generations of the Thatcher family of Wilmington, Delaware. Papers include correspondence, military documents, photographs, notebooks, legal documents, and miscellaneous material.

Dates: 1870-1941
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

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Brinnin, John Malcolm, 1916-1998 1
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) 1
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company 1
Edson, Gus, 1901-1966 1
Halloran General Military Hospital 1
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Jones, Thomas F., Sr. 1
Livermore, W. R. (William Roscoe), 1843-1919 1
McDowell, Julia Dudkewitz, 1923-2001 1
McDowell, Samuel C. T., 1920-2007 1
Southmayd, Henry J., Jr., 1915-1967 1
Southmayd, Henry J., Jr., 1915-1967--Correspondence 1
Thatcher family 1
Thatcher, Joseph L., -1886 1
Thatcher, William, -1907 1
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 12th 1
United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Group, 57th 1
United States. Army. Coast Artillery, 15th 1
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers 1
United States. Navy 1
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