Tag Archives: military

Newly Online: Elbert Nixdorf Letters

Posted on October 21, 2011 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Foreign Language, Newly Online, World War II | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

We have recently placed a small but interesting collection online, the Elbert Nixdorf Letters. Mr. Nixdorf served in the U. S. Army Special Services during World War II. This collection of letters contains correspondence with friends he made while overseas … Continue reading →

Newly Online: Freddie Lindsay, Jr., Letters

Posted on September 30, 2011 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Cool Collections, World War II | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

We have a new collection online of letters of a World War II soldier. The Freddie Lindsay, Jr. Letters contains V-mail letters to and from Lindsay, who was stationed in the South Pacific. Most of the letters are to his … Continue reading →

Newly Online: Rolland Plattner Letters

Posted on August 2, 2011 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Cool Collections, Newly Online, World War II | Tagged , | Leave a comment

The Rolland Plattner Letters Collection contains 41 letters written by Mr. Plattner when he served in the Pacific theater during World War II. All of these letters were written to his friend and neighbor, Charles Harold Regnier of Clifton, Illinois. … Continue reading →

Happy Memorial Day!

Posted on May 30, 2011 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Cool Collections, Scrapbooks, World War II | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

In honor of Memorial Day, we are highlighting one of our collections that features our veterans, the Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Service Men’s Center Scrapbook.  This volume contains photographs, letters, greeting cards, newspaper clippings, activity programs, and other items relating to the … Continue reading →

Newly online: Soldier Land Grants

Posted on May 16, 2011 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Newly Online, War | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Land grants (generally 40 acres) were given in token of military service during the Creek, Cherokee, and Seminole Indian Wars, the Mexican War, the Florida War, and the War of 1812 or in recognition of volunteer service in a state … Continue reading →