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Jose M. Colon Collection, 1945-2010

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Jose M. Colon Collection (1928-2017), a Merchant Marine Veteran, this collection includes his service awards and medals, set of publications regarding the Merchant Marines. Although many of the publications memorialize fallen Marines and Merchant Marine Veterans, one publication goes into detail about the history of the Merchant Marines and their involvement in World War II. Mr. Colon served in both World War II and the Korea War.

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Joseph and Mary Velezdy Papers, 1947-2000

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The Joseph and Mary Velezdy Papers chronicles the musical lives of a violinist husband and his composer wife. The Velezdy's musical journey from Hungary to Miami Beach and eventually to Titusville, Florida is shown in this collection with pictures, songs, lyrics, sheet music, poems, and newsclippings.

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Joseph Caltagirone papers, 1940-2023

Joseph E. Peel transcript, February 1, 2000, Date accessioned: 2001-07-26, bulk 1944-1952

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This transcript pertains to Joseph E. Peel, a gunner's mate who served aboard the USS Antietam starting in 1944. While the transcribed interview includes Peel's testimony on the latter years of World War II, it mostly details his experiences attending college after the war under the benefits of the GI Bill.

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Joseph G. Moretti collection, 1941-2000, Date acquired: 2000-03-20

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This collection relates to Joseph G. Moretti who joined the U.S. Navy in Jacksonville, Florida in September 1942. He served in the Navy's Construction Battalion (Seabees) and the 8th Underwater Demolition Team (UDT8) until his discharge on August 14, 1945. He was stationed in Fort Peirce, Florida until he transferred to the Aleutian Islands and, later, the South Pacific. His collection includes an oral history recorded in 2000, Moretti's naval logbook, miscellaneous government documents from 1941 to 1957, news clippings from the 1990s, and photographs.

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Joseph Hrabovsky collection, 1944-2007, Date accessioned: 2011-06-16

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This collection relates to Joseph Hrabovsky who served with the 1524th Quartermaster Laundry. Joseph Hrabovksy received quartermaster training in Camp Lee, VA before being assigned to the occupation of Japan. This collection contains a Camp Lee Quartermaster Training Pamphlet, a photograph collection of Japan and Korea, and other documents including a timeline of Joseph Hrabovksy's service in Japan.

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Joseph Jennings transcript, 1922-2008, Date acquired: 12/07/2001, bulk 1941-1945

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This collection consists of an oral history interview transcript of Joseph Jennings, who was enlisted in the U.S. Navy and worked as an aircraft radio operator during World War II and served in the South Atlantic guarding the Brazilian coastline near Rio do Janeiro. The interview covers his duties and anecdotes, like his training in Norfolk, VA, his emergency appendectomy, and his time in Dutch Guyana. The interview also describes his early years during the Great Depression in Oklahoma.

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Joseph L. Cittadini collection, 1943-2005, Date acquired: 10/22/2004, bulk 1944

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This collection relates to Joseph L. Cittadini who served as a Navigator with the 384th Bombardment Group.  The collection includes photographs, letters, and official documents from his time as a navigator with the US Army Air Corp and his time as a prisoner of war during World War II. Photographs include several of Cittadini with his crew of the "Goin' Dawg" and "Nutalls Nut House" B-17 bombers. Cittadini was a prisoner of war for a year after being shot down on a mission over Berlin and was held in several POW camps, but primarily in Stalag Luft III in Sagan, Germany. His account of this is told in detail in both a manuscript and an oral history transcript.

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Joseph Tobias Papers, 1955-1960, 1990-2005, Date acquired: 02/13/2017, bulk 1955-1960

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Professional papers, case files, and collected publications of Joseph Tobias, attorney based in Chicago, Illinois, regarding his representation of Mamie Till-Mobley from 1955 to 1960. Documents include case files for Mamie Bradley v. Cowles Magazines, Inc., Vernon C. Meyers, Gardner Cowles, and William Bradford Huie; correspondence on Till-Mobley's behalf with the NAACP and motion picture studios; and subject files kept by Tobias on Till-Mobley during and after his employment by her.

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Joseph Z. Smith Collection, Circa 1922-2000

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The Joseph Z. Smith Collection documents Bishop Joseph Z. Smith's career in the Church of God and community organizing and contains 16 photographs of Bishop Joseph Z. Smith and his family and associates and a biographical description.

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