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Letters Between Lt. George Horn and Ferrell Smith Horn
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none |
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1943-1952 |
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This collection includes letters to and from Lt. George Horn and Ferrell Smith Horn during his time serving in the US Air
Force along with a small number of assorted documents and photographs.
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ms4501 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Sidney Samuel Thomas letters
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Thomas, Sidney Samuel, 1923-2012 |
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Dates: |
1943-1946 |
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The collection consists of correspondence to Sidney Samuel Thomas from 1943 to 1946, while he lived in Athens, Georgia, and
worked as a military cryptographer in St. Petersburg, Miami, and West Palm Beach, Florida; Pawling, New York; and Greensboro,
North Carolina. Correspondents include P.F.C. John Lomax, Cpl. Marian Talmadge, Cpl. Pope Hill, Sgt. Carl Cox, Cpl. Cecil
Bentz, Cpl. M.K. Smith, Merritt Whelchel, and Cpl. James Swan. Correspondence concerns a plethora of topics, including duties,
respective lives in the Army, and daily routines; and there is discussion of religion and philosophy, as well as many references
to the popular culture of the era, i.e. books, actors and movies. Included with some of the letters are clippings from newspapers
and magazines.
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ms3030 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Colgan family letters
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Colgan, William B. |
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Dates: |
1942-1946 |
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The collection consists of letters written by brothers Bill and Jack Colgan to their family in Waycross, Georgia, 1942-1946.
The majority of the letters (written by Bill) are addressed to Mrs. W. W. Phillips, and begin in San Antonio, Texas where
Bill was in pre-flight school. Bill mentions schooling, physical training, meals, sports, entertainment, types of planes,
and the details of his daily life as a soldier. A letter dated May 17, 1945 gives some information about his career as a fighter-bomber
pilot in the 79th Fighter Group, 87th Squadron and the 86th Fighter Group, 525th Fighter Squadron, and ends the letter with
"P.S. Only 3 of the 1000 guys made it." Jack Colgan wrote from Fort McPherson (Atlanta, GA) and Abilene, Texas.
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ms3150 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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Edward C. James papers
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Unknown |
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Dates: |
1942-1965 |
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The collection consists of letters written by Edward James to his wife Elizabeth Harrell James in Fitzgerald, Georgia, before
and after they were married. The letters give details of the camps, towns where he was stationed, his bombardier training,
and the bombing missions. He gives descriptive details of the Okinawan people, houses, crops, and typhoons. The letters to
his wife are both romantic and sexually explicit. During World War II many of his letters discuss his future plans of owning
a farm.
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ms3047 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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