Box World War I Oversize Box 1
Container
Contains 25 Collections and/or Records:
Sheet music, 1907-1918
File — Box: World War I Oversize Box 1, Folder: Oversize folder
Contents
Eighteen (18) pieces of sheet music:Thurland Chattaway. "A Little Suit of Blue." New York: F.B. Haviland Publishing Company, 1907.William Nassann. "The Connecticut March." New York: Paull-Pioneer Music Corp., 1911, copyright renewed 1938.A. Seymour Brown. "Go Right Along Mister Wilson (And We'll All Stand by You)." New York & Detroit: Jerome H. Remick & Co., 1915.J. Keirn Brennan and Ernest R. Ball. "For Dixie and Uncle Sam." New York: M....
Certificates, 1917-1944
File — Box: World War I Oversize Box 1, Folder: Oversize folder
Contents
Commission, August 5, 1917. Appoints Wright a Captain in the Oregon National Guard.Aero Club of America Expert Aviator's Certificate, October 3, 1917.Commission, November 17, 1917. Temporarily appoints Wright a First Lieutenant in the Signal Corps.Commission, February 5, 1921. Appoints Wright a Captain in the Air Service.Society of American Military Engineers membership certificate, December 31, 1930.Order of the Daedalians membership...
Photographs and art, circa 1910s-1940s
File — Box: World War I Oversize Box 1, Folder: Oversize folder
Contents
Photo collage of young men and women's portraits, including Wright, circa 1910s. Possibly for a school yearbook.Four (4) photo portraits of Wright, circa 1920s-1940s.Five (5) U.S. Army Air Corps press photographs, circa 1940s. Documents the visit of General Eduardo Zubia of the Uruguayan Army to the Salt Lake City (Utah) Army Air Base when Wright was commanding officer. Photographs include typescript captions attached to photo edge and Air Corps official photograph stamp...
Oversize ephemera, circa 1920s-1941
File — Box: World War I Oversize Box 1, Folder: Oversize folder
Contents
Three (3) oversize envelopes, addressed from War Department to Wright, circa 1920s-1941.
Wright Field illustration and list of officers, circa 1940s.
Wright Field illustration and list of officers, circa 1940s.
Awards and citations -- certificates, correspondence and photocopies, 1943-1973
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents of Collection
The Walter and Flossie Smith Collection document Walter's three-decade long career in the U.S. Air Force (1942-1973) and his active participation in the P-47 Pilots Association. There are also several pieces of sheet music which belonged to Flossie. Walter's military career is represented with various types of military records, a logbook, and awards and citations. There are also several items related to his involvement with the the Air Force Association in addition to numerous items...
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