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This collection contains published research used by the subject as reference material.

Photographic copy of manuscript by James Phin. Willson, Druggist to K.L.A., relating to the Battle of Natural Bridge (1865). The twenty-four-page manuscript is titled, "MS. No. 9, Third Series Pages - 1007. Written 1865. To Miss Joanna D. Willson of Missouri." The following page reads: "To the special care of Miss Joanna D. Willson - the present manuscript is respectfully affectionately dedicated by her devoted brother, the author. The within contains, in addition to its personal introduction, a private, graphic description of the events...incidental to the military exploit under Brigadier Gen. William Miller, near Tallahassee, Florida, March 4th, 5th, and 6th, 1865."

The James P. Jones Collection contains a large assortment of photographs, memoirs, scrapbooks, photograph albums, alumnae interviews compiled by him to write a history of the Florida State College for Women.  The collection also contains a large number of FSU athletic photographs.

This collection relates to James Reed who served with the U.S. Army Air Corps 1st Fighter Control Squadron during World War II in the Pacific Theater. The collection includes an oral history interview transcript of Reed and comrade Chester Driest where they discussed their experiences in the Pacific Theater. Both served as radio operators that directed Army Air Force planes with ground based radar. The men also recount a few experiences before deployment and experiences in local indigenous populations they encounterd on the islands.

This collection relates to James R. Green, a private. The collection contains an official spiral-bound photo album chronicling the installation of military motor vehicle assembly plants in Algiers by American soldiers, then transferred to the French. Also included is a letter summarizing the contents of the book and multiple copies of a commendation Private Green received for his work in Algiers from the French Army in thanks for his service with Company F, 2nd Battalion of the 302nd Ordnance Assembly Group.

This transcript contains an oral history interview of James R. Hancock who served in the U.S. Navy aboard the U.S.S.Franklin aircraft carrier during World War II in the Pacific Theater.

This collection consists of 278 photographs taken by an American Seabee in the Pacific during World War II. Many of the photographs document native life on the islands of New Caledonia, the Russell Islands, and Okinawa. There are images of native communities and homes, religious items, burial sites, workers, and other aspects of native life. They also document the operations of the 20th Naval Construction Battalion and various other US military units and operations. This includes photographs of construction, stevedoring, camp life, and American servicemen.

The James R. Pemberton oral history interview transcript includes his time as a sergeant in the 103rd Infantry Division, 410th Regiment, Company K, 3rd Platoon, 3rd Squadron. He served as an engineer in France, Germany, and Austria from 1943-1945 and participated at D-Day and Battle of the Bulge. He documents his experiences during the war in regards to his military training, losing friends, taking German prisoners, how he earned his Bronze Star Medal, specific events in which he participated, and his pre/post-war activities.

This collection includes an untitled manuscript composed of memoirs. These memoirs date from shortly after WWII through the Korean War and up to the present. The collection begins with chapter 30.

The collection contains artifacts from James Clifford Stewart and W.A. Fletcher, Sr. (brothers or brothers- in-law). There are eight medals and one memorial flag. The memorial flag (08.0012.09) is a 48-star flag given to the family after Stewart was declared MIA in 1945, then dead in 1946. The donor is unsure which medals belong to which man. The medals are a WWII Victory Medal (08.0012.01); a National Defense Service Medal (08.0012.02); an Army Good Conduct Medal (08.0012.03); a Regimental Crest of the 3rd Batallion, 16th Field Artillery (08.0012.04); a WWII Victory Medal Bar (08.0012.05); an American Campaign Medal bar (08.0012.06); a European-African-Middle East Campaign Medal bar (08.0012.07); and an Army Combat Infantry Badge, Award 1 (08.0012.08). No more information is provided about the men in the collection, but more may be donated in the future. Information about the Regimental Crest and the potential owners of the medals are in the Master File.