Ships
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Everette R. Johnson, World War II Navy memoir
Collection — Folder S2478
Identifier: S2478
Scope and Contents
This collection includes Everette R. Johnson's World War II Navy memoirs, consisting of typed descriptions of his Navy experiences during the war, the history of the USS Mizar, and several photographs of himself, shipmates, and the USS Mizar ranging from 1941 to 1945. Also included are copies of "USS Mizar and 17th Division USNR (Indianapolis)," his two-page typed history, signed and dated August 1, 1998 and his...
Dates:
1941-1945, 1998-2001
Mary Elizabeth Moody collection
Collection
Identifier: L713
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 6 photograph albums and 3 scrapbooks, containing photographs, papers, pamphlets, postcards, souvenirs, currency, and ephemera, created by Betty Goodale Moody in Indiana, Florida, around the United States, Jordan, Israel, and Egypt, ranging from circa 1936 to 2015, regarding her personal and family life, friends, and travels within the United States and the Middle East. There are also miscellaneous photographs whose subjects were identified by Moody and her...
Dates:
circa 1936-2015
Ray Shearer collection
Collection
Identifier: L755
Scope and Contents
This collection includes text and photographs from Ray Shearer and the Shearer family in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1911 to 2019, regarding the different United States Navy ships that Shearer helped get commissioned with Indiana-based names, as well as the class photos from the Shearer family in the early 1900s.
Dates:
1977-2019
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Ray Shearer collection
S.S. William Carroll Latta collection
Collection — Folder S1488
Identifier: S1488
Scope and Contents
This collection includes an April 30, 1944 typewritten article regarding the launching of the S.S. William Carroll Latta. Latta by the Delta Shipbuilding Company at New Orleans on April 13, 1944. The SS William Carroll Latta was a Liberty ship and was named in memory of Purdue University Professor William Carroll Latta. The official sponsor of the ship was Carol Reemtsma, Latta's granddaughter, and she had the honor of christening the ship. The article describes...
Dates:
1944/04/30
