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Military

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 142 Collections and/or Records:

Jerome V. Keaveny letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2685
Abstract

Jerome V. Keaveny was an officer in the U.S. Army during and after World War II. Collection includes correspondence from Keaveny to his parents and friends while he was stationed in the Philippines and Japan as a member of the post-war occupation force.

Dates: 1943-1949

Henry Fletcher Kendall papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1614
Abstract

Henry Fletcher Kendall was a graduate of West Point and an officer in the U.S. Army. Collection includes personal and family correspondence, 1887-1903, including letters from Puerto Rico during the Spanish-American war; military orders; medical lecture notes; and an incomplete manuscript history of the Mexican-American War, 1897.

Dates: 1877-1903

Martin Luther Kimmel papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2201
Abstract

Papers of Martin Luther Kimmel consist of a manuscript diary, September-December 1917, of his enlistment at Vancouver Barracks, Washington, and training at various Army posts in the U.S., with typescript transcript; and correspondence regarding Kimmel's book "The Torchbearers," 1966-1967.

Dates: 1917-1967

Klassen family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 808
Abstract

World War II correspondence of Albert and Delma Jean Klassen, scrapbook about Klassen family history, and photographs of the Grace Peck House.

Dates: circa 1901-2002

John Lamphiear photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 722
Abstract

Twenty-five black and white photographs depicting aerial views of buildings and hangars on an unidentified naval base, with some interior images.

Dates: circa 1940-1978

John G. Linder papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 924
Abstract

Correspondence and papers relating to the military service of John G. Linder (1920-1998) during World War II, and photographs of Linder's ancestors. Linder was a soldier in the U.S. Army who was a prisoner of war from 1943 to 1945.

Dates: circa 1850-1945; Majority of material found within 1942-1945

Account of Gustav J. Lindstedt's World War I service

 Collection
Identifier: Coll819
Abstract

Typescript account of Gustav J. Lindstedt's service in the 162nd Infantry Regiment (called "Old Third Oregon") during World War I, written in the 1980s by his son, Warren Lindstedt.

Dates: circa 1986

Lomax family letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1492
Abstract

Collection includes manuscript letters from Claude E. Lomax to his mother and his brother, Lester M. Lomax, regarding life at Camp Lewis, Washington; typescript letter from Claude E. Lomax to Alfred Lewis Lomax, regarding a motor trip to Lookout Mountain; photocopy postcards from Alfred Lewis Lomax to his family, regarding life at the University of Washington.

Dates: 1914-1935

Lorenzo Lorain letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 417
Abstract

Collection consists of correspondence by Lorenzo Lorain dating from 1855 to 1861, as well as biographical information about Lorain collected between 1958 and 1968. The bulk of the letters concern his time stationed at Fort Walla Walla and Fort Umpqua between 1856 and 1861.

Dates: 1855-1968; Majority of material found within 1855-1861

Lorenzo Lorain photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1416
Abstract

Collection consists of photographs taken by or attributed to Lorenzo Lorain while stationed at Fort Umpqua in Douglas County, Oregon, between 1857 and 1861. They depict scenes around Fort Umpqua and the Coast Reservation, portraits of Native Americans and soldiers, and street scenes of Portland, Oregon City, and The Dalles.

Dates: 1857-1860