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Arthur Smith, World War II Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0056
Scope and Contents The existing collection of Smith’s papers deals mainly with his years as a medical officer for the U.S. Navy (1944-1946). Correspondence, photographs, maps and official naval orders and documents detail Smith’s years of service in WWII. Of special interest are the detailed notes he inscribed on his photos and maps of the military base in Okinawa. His correspondence to family is detailed, providing excellent descriptions of military life and the business of a medical ship, its personnel, and...
Dates: 1944-1946

China 1936, Photo Album

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0386
Content Description

The photograph album is dated "1936" on the first page, which contains a typewritten forward describing the black and white photograph prints that show execution methods. The final pages include news clippings on executions in Peiping. The headline on the clipping from the Daily Times (Chicago, Illinois), dated Apr. 3, 1936, reads "The Camera Sees Mass Execution in Peiping."

Dates: 1930s

Dorothy Patach Papers

 Collection — Box: 2016-105
Identifier: MSS-0091
Content Description The papers of Dorothy Patach document her travels around the United States and international trips, her community involvement, and her career in nursing and nursing education. Documentation of Patach’s trips include scrapbooks, photographs, postcards, and ephemera from the 1930s to the late 20th century. Patach traveled throughout Nebraska and the Midwest, the West, and other parts of the U.S. There were many trips to California especially as her father worked in California for many years...
Dates: circa 1910-2015

Edith and Joseph McGee Correspondence

 Collection — Box: MISC-14, Folder: MSS-0132
Identifier: MSS-0132
Content Description The papers of Edith and Joseph McGee include one letter written while traveling to Manila in the Philippines and other letters written from Shanghai, China. The letters are addressed to Edith's mother ("Ma") and Brenton. Some letters are dated 1933 and the others are presumably from 1934. Edith wrote most of the letters with Joe typing one letter. Joe McGee was a salesman and far-eastern agent for Graton and Knight Manufacturing Co. Also included is a copy of the McGees' passports provided...
Dates: circa 1933-1934