World War, 1939-1945

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One 1927-1929 scrapbook relating to Margaret Thomas during her time at Maury High School. The 142-page scrapbook includes information about school clubs, report cards, football games, and personal saying and jokes. It also includes photographs taken at Maury High school in Norfolk, Virginia and at Camp Owaissa in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The scrapbook also contains select dates for local newspaper headlines during World War II.

Scope and Contents Three 1927-1944 scrapbooks containing photographs, newspaper clippings, postcards, correspondence, and other ephemera relating to Maury High School, Virginia State Teachers College, high school and college football, social engagements, sororities, wedding announcements, and the United States Navy during World War II. The first two scrapbooks dating from 1927 to 1935 and from 1935 to 1942 are personal to Mary Arthur Billups (Prince), whereas the third scrapbook dating from 1941 to 1944...

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Photographs of people and events in the Navy YMCA building in Norfolk, Virginia. Some events include social dances, boxing matches, and church services. A majority of the photographs were taken in the 1940s.

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Two 1943-1946 order books listing ships and dates as recorded by the Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corporation, Berkley Plant in Norfolk, Virginia. The first book lists ships, companies, and individuals, with the ships being listed alphabetically. The second book lists ships of the War Shipping Administration in chronological order. A few clippings, a small booklet, and a postcard are included with the order books.

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Circa 1940s clippings and photographs relating to the Travelers Aid Society/USO during World War II in Norfolk, Virginia. The scrapbook primarily contains clippings about USO activities and events. Loose photographs show the USO Recreation Center and Auditorium.

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Four scrapbooks relating to the Norfolk United War Fund from 1941-1945 and the USS Hotel Fairfax Residential Club, circa 1944 in Norfolk, Virginia. The collection also includes a volume titled Record of Publicity, Office of Civilian Defense that largely includes clippings of civil defense activities in Norfolk. Also in the collection is correspondence relating to air wardens and Smith Street U. S. O., along with negatives of local civil defense personnel and facilities.

Scope and Contents Family papers of Owen Robert O'Connor and wife Beulah O'Connor (nee Rutter) including clippings, correspondence, photographs, school records, and military records. Military records of Owen O'Connor include U. S. Army service records, uniform patches, ration cards, photographs, medical and disability files, and place of duty records during WWII for Eqypt, Casablanca, and the Nuremberg Trials in Nuremberg, Germany. Family records include baby albums and funeral albums. Family members...

Scope and Contents Photographs relating to Robert R. Lambert's service in the United States military during World War II in Manila, Philippines; Yokohama, Japan; and Tokyo, Japan. One photograph shows a corporal standing beside a sign for 863rd Engineer Aviation Battalion, recognizing the unit's 19th month overseas. Another photograph shows a tugboat pulling the USS General George M. Randall (AP-115). Several photographs are stamped: "Passed by Base Army Examiner."...

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Correspondence, clippings, photographs, programs, and other materials relating to Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base, dedication of the historical marker for Operation Torch, Admiral H. Kent Hewitt, naval aviation, the reunion of military members involved in Operation Torch, and the unveiling of the historical marker "Birthplace of Naval Aviation."

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World War I and World War II personal military-related records, papers, photographs, and objects of the Tarrall brothers: Elmer Tarrall, Henry Alberti Tarrall, and Melvin Orr Tarrall of Norfolk, Virginia.