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0625: Mark Freeman Papers, 1934-1969, Marshall University Special Collections
0625: Mark Freeman Papers, 1934-1969, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection contains two scrapbooks and several loose photographs documenting Mark Freeman’s personal life and time in the United States Navy in the 1950s. The green scrapbook is composed entirely of unidentified and unlabeled photographs of Freeman’s navy service, mostly of photos taken from his ship. Other notable groups of photographs in the scrapbook include photographs of women and sights in Japan. The brown scrapbook is composed of family photographs (most labelled), photographs of Freeman in Spencer, West Virginia, in the 1960s working with the West Virginia Department of Employment Security, and additional photographs of Freeman’s time in the Navy, …
0645: Beecher R. Burnett Letters, 1943, Marshall University Special Collections
0645: Beecher R. Burnett Letters, 1943, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection is composed of letters written daily, sometimes multiple times a day, from Beecher Ray Burnett to his wife Anita between September 3 and October 5, 1943 from Burnett while he was being trained as part of the 47th Army Air Force Training Detachment in Huntington and other cities in West Virginia. Topics mentioned in the letter include what he was learning and doing in training, social events, and personal matters.
0632: Dolores Imogene Dowling Papers, 1942-1994, Marshall University Special Collections
0632: Dolores Imogene Dowling Papers, 1942-1994, Marshall University Special Collections
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Huntington, West Virginia, civic leader; Second World War veteran. Papers consist primarily of Dowling’s scrapbooks and memorabilia related to her service as an army nurse with the 1st Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (M.A.S.H.) unit; included are photocopies of certificates and letters related to her civic activities and election to the Huntington Hall of Fame.
0627: Robert O. Ellis Papers, 1968-1977, Marshall University Special Collections
0627: Robert O. Ellis Papers, 1968-1977, Marshall University Special Collections
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Huntington, West Virginia, attorney; magician. Papers relate to the construction of his home on Castle Hill, rental properties, Republican Party politics and his magic act.