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United States. Navy--Officers

 Topic
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Thomas Blossom Papers

 Collection
Collection ID: RG 17-5B1
Scope and Contents

The collection contains material related to the professional life of Thomas Blossom, a professor in the Department of History at Old Dominion University. The collection also contains some genealogy information on Blossom's family. An oral history with Thomas Blossom is available on the Old Dominion University Libraries Digital Collections website.

Dates: 1925-1977, undated; Other: Date acquired: 10/12/1976

Francis N. Crenshaw Papers

 Collection
Collection ID: RG 1-1B1
Abstract

Francis N. Crenshaw was a member of Old Dominion University's Board of Visitors (1968-1976). Material relates to his service as member and rector of the Board. The collection also contains papers of his father, Captain Russell Crenshaw (1886-1975), that chiefly relate to his service in the U.S. Navy during World War II.

Dates: 1927-1978, undated; Other: Date acquired: 11/17/1976

Raymond Galindo Papers

 Collection
Collection ID: MG 135
Scope and Contents

The collection contains letters written by Raymond Galindo, of Staten Island, New York, to his parents while serving in the United States Navy in the post-World War II era. The letters discuss his day to day life in the Navy including training at Camp Peary, Virginia and working in the kitchen. Galindo eventually served on the USS Taconic (AGC-17) command ship. Most of the letters contain the original envelopes and two photographs are also included.

Dates: 1945-1949; Other: Date acquired: 04/09/2019

Rose-Tunstall Family Papers

 Collection
Collection ID: MG 23
Abstract

Business records and personal correspondence of four Norfolk families. Focal point is the papers of Commander Robert M. Rose.

Dates: circa 1809-1947, undated; Other: Date acquired: 11/18/1977

Admiral John Randolph Tucker Papers

 Collection
Collection ID: MG 40
Abstract

Commander in the United States, Confederate States and Peruvian Navy. Papers deal primarily with his service as President of the Peruvian Hydrographical Commission of the Amazon. Spanish language materials predominate.

Dates: 1865-1897, undated; Other: Date acquired: 01/08/1980

USS Iowa (BB-4) Navy Band Photograph Album

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Collection ID: MG 131
Scope and Contents One photograph album of approximately 120 photographs kept by a Navy band member aboard the battleship USS Iowa (BB-4) and in France during World War I. Some of the photographs in the album include John Philip Sousa as a Navy officer, daily life on board the ship, recreation activities of the officers, the Navy band, and the Navy's NC-4 seaplane that was the first aircraft to fly nonstop across the Atlantic in the spring of 1919. The captions in the photograph album were supplied by the...
Dates: 1917-1919; Other: Date acquired: 03/27/2017

Thom Williamson Papers

 Collection
Collection ID: MG 11
Abstract

Engineer in United States Navy from 1853 until 1912, when he was relieved from active duty as a Chief Engineer with the rank of Rear Admiral. During the Civil War he served on the U.S.S. Hartford, the flagship of Rear Admiral David Farragut, and was present at the Battle of Mobile Bay in 1864. Collection consists of general correspondence, naval correspondence, diaries, and military papers from his service in the Navy.

Dates: 1853-1913, undated; Other: Date acquired: 11/02/1976