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James E. Tull, circa 1935-2012

1 Linear Feet

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Virginia Tull talks about her and her late husband�s war experience. He was drafted while still in Seminary school in Louisville, Kentucky. He was assigned to an administrative position with the 7th Bombardment Group in Salt Lake City, Utah. Once her husband was assigned overseas, Tull took a secretarial position with Crescent Hill Baptist Church, where she worked on and off on the Home Front during his absence. In December of 1943, her husband returned from serving in India and elsewhere. He became a chaplain while serving in the military. Tull and her husband moved to New York following the war so that her husband could finish his Ph.D. at Columbia. Home Front.

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James Gould Cozzens Papers, Date acquired: 01/28/1964, bulk 1963

4.00 items 1 folder

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This collection contains two letters by James Gould Cozzens to Mr. Emmett B. Peter, Jr., concerning criticisms of some of his writing, as well as a copy of one letter, undated, by Mr. Emmett B. Peter, Jr., to Cozzens, and a "draft of article of which Cozzens reffered in his letter. Not yet published (4/2/63)." The two letters written by Cozzens to Mr. Emmett B. Peter, Jr., should be most helpful to any person writing for the public.

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James Grauerholz Collection on Junction B, 1979-2014

1 Linear Feet 1 Bankers Box containing six accordion files

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Six accordion files, including correspondence and collected publications related to Junction B, the Nautilus Foundation, Francois Bucher, William S. Burroughs, the Collins Center for Public Policy, and Florida State University.

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James H. Hinson, Jr. transcript, 1943-1946, Date acquired: 11/17/1999, bulk 1943-1999

1 folders

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This oral history interview transcript of Sergeant James H. Hinson, Jr. details his experiences during World War II with the 132nd Ordnance Maintenance Company, 11th Tank Battalion in the United States Army, in the European Theater of Operations.

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James Jeannotte, Date accessioned: 2013-07-16

6.25 Linear Feet 9 photo album boxes

James J. Jenkins collection, Date accessioned: 2002-07-10

1.5 Linear Feet 1 full box, 1 half box

James J. McGuire papers, 1942-1995, Date acquired: 11/17/2006, Date accessioned: 2020-05-13, bulk 1942-1945

7.00 folders

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This collection relates to James J. McGuire who served with the 102nd Infantry Division during World War II and was captured by the Germans in November 1944 near the Roer River. The collection includes documents related to prisoners-of-war, including special postage and protocols for sending letters to American POWs, special postage and protocols that James McGuire had to follow to send letters back to his family, and even an extremely detailed, multi-page set of instructions on how to order tobacco products for American soldiers in German POW camps. It also includes a ration book application, and a ration book itself.  Finally, it includes communications, telegrams, and letters, between the McGuire family and various government agencies and departments as they attempt to gain more information about James McGuire and his fate.

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James L. Marshall Civil War Documents, 1863-1865

1.00 folders 1 folder.

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Two documents pertaining to Parole of Civil War Prisoner of War Suval D. Crawford, Private of the Waddells, Ala., Vols. C.S.A. One dated Vicksburg, Mississippi, July 9, A.D. 1863, filled in and signed by Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton, C.S.A., Commanding, on the 4th day of July, 1863, "do in pursuance of the terms of capitulation of the City of Vicksburg and its garrison, give this solemn parole under oath..." The document is also signed by Suval D. Crawford. The other document, dated Columbus, Georgia, May 19, 1865, Headquarters Calvary Corps, M.D.M., is a declaration by Suval D. Crawford that "I will not bear arms against the United States of America..." and signed by J.C. Lawson, Capt. and Acting Provost Marshal, C.C.M.D.M.

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James Lockett papers, 1943-1945, Date acquired: 12/08/2000, bulk 1944

1.00 folders

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James William Lockett served in the U.S. Army 28th Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division, 1st Army, in the European (ETO), North African, and Mediterranean Theaters. Colonel Lockett was a 1928 West Point graduate. The collection includes a ten-page manuscript entitled "The March," which is about Lockett's serving with the Army in the European Theater and being a POW. Lockett was made to march by German guards with approaching Russians in January 1945. He discusses his encounters with the guards and the people along "the March." In March 1945, US artillery takes the Serbian compound where they were and freed them. Also, he describes the subsequent days to get out of danger, and he is eventually sent to Paris to speak with the press. In the manuscript, there are references to General Patton's son-in-law whose presence in the camp was a motivator for forming escape plans.

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James Madison Message and Picture, bulk 1813

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Dated December 7, 1813.

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