military records
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Official documents detailing an individual’s service and conduct while in military service, including certificates of discharge.
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
George Detwiler Burges collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0095
Abstract
George Detwiler Burges graduated from the College of Charleston in 1938. He served as a B-17 pilot during World War II and was killed in action in 1944. This collection consists of Burges' personal papers, letters, military records, photographs, newspaper and magazine articles, and military decorations including the Purple Heart and Distinguished Flying Cross.
Dates:
1929-1944
Found in:
Special Collections
Nathan Garfinkle papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1138
Abstract
Photographs, photograph albums, military documents, certificates, correspondence, and other papers of Nathan Garfinkle. Materials primarily document Garfinkle's service in the United States Army during World War II, with the largest portion of items consisting of photographs and photograph albums from his military service with the Chemical Warfare Service at the Columbia Army Air Base and his deployment in the South Pacific. A smaller number of photographs feature his time as a student at...
Dates:
1921-circa 1980
Found in:
Special Collections
Grimke family papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0176
Abstract
Materials include Revolutionary War papers of John Paul Grimke and his son John Faucheraud Grimke, with materials re the latter as intendant (mayor) of Charleston. Papers of his son Thomas Smith Grimke document temperance, politics and education and contain an autograph collection. With papers of Thomas's siblings Frederick Grimke, abolitionists Sarah Moore Grimke and Angelina Grimke Weld and others. With materials of two more following generations, and genealogical materials on Grimke,...
Dates:
1678-1977, circa 1990s
Found in:
Special Collections
Ruth Ann McDonald papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0200
Abstract
Correspondence, photographs, military records, clippings, and textiles of Ruth Ann McDonald. Materials document her service in the U.S. Army during World War II as a nurse stationed at the Lawson General Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, Fort Bliss, Texas, the 67th General Hospital in England, and the 30th Field Hospital, which traveled through Luxembourg, France, and Germany. Also includes transcripts pertaining to Ruth's nursing education, certificates relating to her army service, and issues...
Dates:
1941-2000; Majority of material found within 1941-1945
Found in:
Special Collections
Robert N. Rosen papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1064
Collection Overview
This collection contains 10 boxes of research material obtained by Robert N. Rosen during the writing of the book The Jewish Confederates. Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press, c2000.
Two boxes contain information regarding specific research about states and cities in the Confederacy. Three boxes contain information and research on specific Jewish individuals mentioned in The Jewish Confederates. One box contains information and research specific to David Levy Yulee as well as...
Dates:
1990s
Found in:
Special Collections
Robert Schwartz papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1168
Abstract
The papers of Robert Schwartz, medical doctor and captain, in the United States Army during World War II. Papers and artifacts reflect his service and activities during the war and as a participant of the liberation of Buchenwald. Included are photographs and a letter documenting the atrocities at Buchenwald concentration camp.
Dates:
1933-1968; Majority of material found within 1942-1945
Found in:
Special Collections
Williams family papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1017
Abstract
The majority of the collection consists of materials related to two memoirs written by Arthur V. Williams, Tales of Charleston 1930s, describing his childhood growing up in Charleston in the 1930s, and Tales of Clemson 1936-1940, on his four years at Clemson University prior to World War II. The collection also contains photographs of the Williams family of Charleston, South Carolina, primarily featuring Arthur V. Williams...
Dates:
1882-2004; Majority of material found within 1936-2004
Found in:
Special Collections