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Austin Joseph Holliday Private Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-052
Scope and Contents
This collection of three articles chronicles Austin Joseph Holliday’s attempts to receive service-connected total and permanent disability from the Veterans’ Administration for an illness that occurred during World War I. The plaintiff Holliday, a black WWI veteran, based his prayer for compensation under U.S. Judicial Code, Section 145, March 3, 1887, c—359, 1, 24 Stat. 505 and the World War Veterans Act 1924 in pursuant to Part I of Veterans Regulations Number I, as amended in the Economy...
Dates:
1949-1950
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
Dukes Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-328
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials pertaining to the lives, education, and military services of several members of the Dukes family, including Judson L. Dukes (1922-2004), Mary Smith Dukes (1926-1990), Dr. Judson L. Dukes, Jr. (1945-2010), and Bennie E. Dukes (1948-2001). Types of materials include correspondence, scrapbooks, photo albums, autograph books, military records, educational records, programs, certificates, photographs, slides, newspaper clippings, artwork, plaques and other types...
Dates:
1922-2012
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
McGuire Collection of Letters from Black Soldiers
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-051
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of 109 photocopies of letters from black soldiers during World War II. They were used in Dr. Phillip McGuire’s book, Taps for a Jim Crow Army, published in 1983.
Dates:
1941-1946 (photocopies), 1983; Majority of material found within 1941-1946 (photocopies)
Found in:
Randall Library Special Collections
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- Dukes, Bennie Edward, 1948-2001 1
- Dukes, Judson Leon, 1922-2004 1
- Dukes, Judson Leon, Jr., Dr., 1945-2010 1
- Dukes, Mary Smith, 1926-1990 1
- Holliday, Austin Joseph, 1896-1961 1
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