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Sydney Hobart Ball and Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSN/MN 0513
Scope and Contents
The collection documents both the personal life and the professional activities of Sydney Hobart Ball. It includes more than 1,600 of Ball's letters, mainly written to family members while on mining trips around the world, as well as over 1,000 photos taken by Ball during these trips. There are also reports, articles and notes written by Ball on mining, as well as maps of places he visited. Also present in the collection is correspondence belonging to Ball's wife Mary, and to his daughters...
Dates:
1885 – 1991; Majority of material found in 1905 – 1949
William Judson Howe Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSN/CW 1015
Abstract
The Civil War letters, wartime manuscripts and postwar family papers of William Judson Howe (1838-1925) of Bradford County, Pennsylvania, who served in Company C of the 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry from 1862 to 1865.
Dates:
1857-1993; Majority of material found in 1861-1865
World War II Correspondence of David MacGillivray
Collection
Identifier: MSN/MN 5025
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence written by Private First Class (Pfc.) David MacGillivray to his fiance, Eleanor Gamber, during World War II. Pfc. David MacGillivray was assigned to the 102nd Infantry Division and was initially stationed at Fort Dix, New Jersey. The letters offer a first-hand account of the actions of the 102nd Infantry Division in the European Theater of Operations during World War II with notable locations that include the Cherbourg Peninsula in France and the Rhine...
Dates:
1944-08-1945-11
World War II Ephemera Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSE/REE 0049
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of ephemera materials relating to World War II in Eastern Europe.
Dates:
1930 - 1945