Manuscripts

James O. McCaldin papers

Description: Materials related to James O. McCaldin's service aboard the U.S.S. Chauncey during World War II, including a diary describing the capture of Guam in 1944 and the invasion of Okinawa in 1945; a written history of the U.S.S. Chauncey; and a photograph album with images of shipboard activities and several battle scenes. Also includes U.S. Navy portraits of McCaldin, a letter, and membership cards. A framed photograph of the U.S.S. Chauncey was received with the collection but is missing.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1944-1961
Call number: mssMcCaldin
Creator: McCaldin, James O(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Marc-A. Nicolet, February 2002.
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James O. McCaldin papers

Manuscripts

Materials related to James O. McCaldin's service aboard the U.S.S. Chauncey during World War II, including a diary describing the capture of Guam in 1944 and the invasion of Okinawa in 1945; a written history of the U.S.S. Chauncey; and a photograph album with images of shipboard activities and several battle scenes. Also includes U.S. Navy portraits of McCaldin, a letter, and membership cards. A framed photograph of the U.S.S. Chauncey was received with the collection but is missing.

mssMcCaldin

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Diaries kept aboard the U.S.S. Aquarius

Manuscripts

Two diaries kept by Seymour Siegel while he was with a Coast Guard unit aboard the U.S.S. Aquarius in Peleliu (Palau) and the Philippines from July 1944 to January 1945. Siegel writes of transporting Marines and Army units, attacks from Japanese planes, his time volunteering in the sick bay, the capture of a wounded Japanese soldier, cooperation with Australian transports, Douglas MacArthur's "returning speech to the Philippine people," and the Invasion of Luzon. Also included are two transcripts of rewritten portions of the diaries, a transcript of the diaries, a typed log of the U.S.S. Aquarius, and a letter transferring Siegel to New York in 1945.

mssHM 75032-75038

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O. S. Dawson papers

Manuscripts

The collection consists of correspondence and documents related to the legal and business affairs of O. S. Dawson, the Sonora Consolidated Mining Company and the Hidden Treasure Consolidated Mining Company in Bodie Mining District, California, and the Ramsey-Ottawa Mining Company in Nevada. It includes receipts, plats, reports, notices of mining locations, surveys, and financial accounts. The letters, written by Dawson and various business partners and mine managers, discuss details about the management of mines, possible lawsuits, outstanding debts, and possible mine purchases in California and Nevada; there is one item regarding mining in Utah. The collection contains 78 pieces of ephemera, including three cartes-de-visite of O. S. Dawson.

mssHM 65681-65748

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James Milo Alexander papers

Manuscripts

The collection consists primarily of material from both James Milo Alexander and John Hanks Alexander. There are various pieces of correspondence such as letters to family members and a letter designating Stevedore Cantonment in Virgina as Camp Alexander (1918) in John Hanks Alexander's honor. James Milo Alexander is represented by several items including: Two account books (1862-1865), various certificates including a permit to carry arms for home defense (1865), a marriage certificate after emancipation (1866), a birth notice for his daughter, Glenn A. Alexander (1856), and a small photograph. The collection also contains a few pieces of printed matter including an announcement for a meeting to celebrate the ratification of the 15th Amendment to the Constitution (1870) and a newspaper clipping from 1939. There is an itinerary written by John Hanks Alexander of the march of "M" Troop, 9th Cavalry from Fort Washakie, Wyoming to Fort DuChesne, Utah (1888). The collection also contains a few letters to to Titus Alexander, brother of John Hanks Alexander

mssHM 28885-28913

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Otto Brodtbeck papers

Manuscripts

Papers related to Pasadena pioneer Otto Brodtbeck, members of his family, and the Koepfli and Cowan families. Subjects include: Otto and Emelie Brodtbeck and their daughter Adele (Brodtbeck) Cowan, who married Earl Cowan in 1908. Earl Cowan (1872-1944) was a wholesaler and coffee and tea importer in Los Angeles. Materials include account ledgers, tax receipts, letters, and ephemera, as well as photograph developing equipment. The film reels date from approximately 1928 to 1945 and subjects include: Rose Parade, 1937; Palm Springs; La Canada Flintridge horse show, 1929; Balboa, 1931; Westridge graduation, 1931; horseback riding at Pebble Beach. Oversize folder contains a handkerchief with a photograph imprinted in the corner (undated).

mssBrodtbeck

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James R. Vial photograph album of U.S. military police service in Manila, Philippines

Visual Materials

A photograph and scrapbook album compiled by serviceman James R. Vial, documenting his time with the U.S. 1123rd Military Police Company in Manila, Philippines, in 1946. The photographs include soldiers at the base, the mess hall and bunks, and images of Filipino residents posed for portraits or in everyday activities. Several images document the Philippines Independence Day parade and ceremony on July 4, 1946, including close-up views of the speakers: Philippines President Manuel Roxas, Vice President Elpidio Quirino, and General Douglas MacArthur. Soldiers are seen returning to the U.S. via the U.S.S. Comet, entering the San Francisco Bay on October 8, 1946. The album also includes some of Vial's military documents, ration cards, newspaper clippings, and Japanese/Philippines currency.

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