Pensacola Navy League Records, 1946-1983, Date acquired: 00/00/1983
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Pensacola Navy League
- Extent:
- 9826.00 items
- Language:
- English
Background
- Scope and content:
Records, 1946-1983, including minutes, reports, correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, and files concerning the history and activities of the organization. Subjects and correspondents include carrier cruises, the foreign flight student program, golf tournaments, the Naval Sea Cadet Corps, Navy Day, NJROTC Field Days, Ellyson Field, Saufley Field, Whiting Field, the Pensacola Naval Air Station, and the U.S.S. Monterey, Antietan, Independence, and tweedy; a larg biographical file contains information on prominent Naval personnel on the national and local levels, and correspondents include Spessard L. Holland, George Smather, Bob Sikes, Raymond C. Dyson, Dave Johnson, Hugh J. Leitch, Stockton B. Colt, James M. Sheffer, John B. Connaly, and Eddie Rickenbacker.
- Acquisition information:
- Warren M. Briggs, Pensacola, Fla., 1983
- Processing information:
Revised 05/30/1989
Revised 07/23/1984
Cataloged 02/20/1984
- Arrangement:
Arrangement is alphabetical then chronological.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Aircraft carriers--United States.
Flight training--Florida--Pensacola.
Students, Foreign--Florida--Pensacola.
Golf--Tournaments--Florida--Pensacola.
Armed Forces Day.
Naval Auxiliary Air Station Ellyson Field (Fla.)
Naval Auxiliary air station Saufley Field (Fla.)
Naval Air Station Saufley Field (Fla.)
Naval Auxiliary Air Station Whiting Field (Fla.)
Naval Air Station Whiting Field (Fla.)
Minutes--Florida--Pensacola.
Photographs--Florida--Pensacola.
Histories--Florida--Pensacola. - Names:
- Pensacola Navy League.
United States. Navy.
United States. Marine Corps.
Naval Sea Cadet Corps.
United States. Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps.
Monterey (Aircraft carrier).
Antietam (Aircraft carrier).
Independence (Aircraft Carrier).
Tweedy (Destroyer escort).
United States. Navy--Officers--Biography.
Holland, Spessard L., (Spessard Lindsey), 1892-1971--Correspondence.
Smathers, George A., (George Armistead), 1913- --Correspondence.
Dyson, Raymond C., (Raymond Clegg), 1902- --Correspondence.
Johnson, Dave Tobin, 1909- --Correspondence.
Leitch, Hugh J., (Hugh John), 1920- --Correspondence.
Colt, Stockton B., 1946- --Correspondence.
Sheffer, James M.--Correspondence.
Connally, John Bowden, 1917- --Correspondence.
Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973--Correspondence. - Places:
- Naval Air Station Pensacola (Fla.)
Access and use
- Restrictions:
Open to researchers, dependent on our compliance with U.S. Copyright Law, HIPPA requirements, donor agreements and other applicable state and federal statutes. Occasionally we may need to review a collection before permitting immediate access.
- Terms of access:
Digital photography, scanning, and photocopying of materials is prohibited. Permission may be granted by the Special Collections Librarian for such reprography dependent on issues of copyright, ownership, condition, donor agreements, etc. In general, staff do not make reproductions of copyright materials or materials for which title is not owned by the institution. Recent revisions in the U.S. Copyright Law extended the copyright of correspondence, letters, and other personal papers to the life of the author plus seventy years.
- Location of this collection:
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University Archives and West Florida History Center11000 University PkwyPensacolaFL32514USA
