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American Legion Scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-070
Scope and Contents The American Legion Auxiliary Unit No. 10 of Wilmington was charted September 13, 1919 by fifteen World War I veterans in accordance with US 41 Stat. 284. This collection contains three scrapbooks and several folders of ephemera pertaining to veterans and active military personnel from southeast North Carolina between 1942-1963. Items included in the scrapbooks are enlistment notices, obituaries, memorial lists, achievements attained, prisoner of war lists (POWs) and other patriotic articles...
Dates: 1942-1963

Joseph A. Moore Jr. World War II Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-274
Scope and Contents This collection contains papers pertaining to Joseph A. Moore’s service in the United States Navy during World War II. Moore served on the USS Uhlmann with the Fast Carrier Task Force, specifically Task Force 38 (3rd Fleet) and Task Force 58 (5th Fleet). The collected documents, directly and indirectly, reflect the daily life of a serviceman and war in the Pacific arena. Included are correspondence, certificates, photographs, collected Japanese ephemera, and ship logs documenting daily...
Dates: 1943-1994

Tobacco Card Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-064
Scope and Contents

Cigarette cards were a common form of advertising in the late 1800s. This collection contains thirty-four tobacco cards, two larger size color posters, and an envelope with a printed return address of "W.H. Lowdermilk & Co." located in Washington, DC. All items are undated.

Dates: Undated