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Box 1

 Container

Contains 38 Results:

Eiden graduation photo, 1939

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2016-008, Herman George Eiden Papers / Correspondence and Personal Photos / Correspondence
Dates: 1939
Scope and Contents From the File:

This series contains letters from Eiden to his family and letters from Eiden's family to him. It also includes his obituary, graduation picture, and United States, Navy photograph.

Eiden Navy photo, October 1940

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2016-008, Herman George Eiden Papers / Correspondence and Personal Photos / Correspondence
Dates: October 1940
Scope and Contents

A 3x5 copy of Eiden's Navy portrait.

Eiden Navy photo (with inscription), October 1940

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2016-008, Herman George Eiden Papers / Correspondence and Personal Photos / Correspondence
Dates: October 1940
Scope and Contents

A 4x6 copy of Eiden's Navy portrait with handwritten notes.

Letter from Clara Eiden to Herman George Eiden, February 4, 1942

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2016-008, Herman George Eiden Papers / Correspondence and Personal Photos / Correspondence
Dates: February 4, 1942
Scope and Contents

A photocopy of a 5-page letter to Eiden from his sister Clara

Letter from Herman George Eiden to his parents, February 10, 1942

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2016-008, Herman George Eiden Papers / Correspondence and Personal Photos / Correspondence
Dates: February 10, 1942
Scope and Contents

A photocopy of a letter from Eiden to his parents.

Letter from Herman George Eiden to his parents, February 18, 1942

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2016-008, Herman George Eiden Papers / Correspondence and Personal Photos / Correspondence
Dates: February 18, 1942
Scope and Contents

A photocopy of a letter from Eiden to his parents.

Eiden's obituary, 1942

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2016-008, Herman George Eiden Papers / Correspondence and Personal Photos / Correspondence
Dates: 1942
Scope and Contents

A clipping of Herman George Eiden's obituary in the Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.)

Letter from Herman George Eiden to his mother, [1940-1941]

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2016-008, Herman George Eiden Papers / Correspondence and Personal Photos / Correspondence
Dates: [1940-1941]
Scope and Contents

A letter from Eiden sent to his mother.

"Houston Took Big Ship With Her as She Sank", March 3, 1946

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2016-008, Herman George Eiden Papers / USS Houston (CA-30) news and memorial information / Documents and clippings
Dates: March 3, 1946
Scope and Contents

News article from the Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.)

History of the USS Houston (CA-30), 1968

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2016-008, Herman George Eiden Papers / USS Houston (CA-30) news and memorial information / Documents and clippings
Dates: 1968
Scope and Contents

From the Dictionary of American Fighting Ships, Vol. III.

Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States article, February 1992

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2016-008, Herman George Eiden Papers / USS Houston (CA-30) news and memorial information / Documents and clippings
Dates: February 1992
Scope and Contents

Page 22 contains information about the USS Houston (CA-30).

Descendants of John Byrne Aldred (Mike), October 1, 2001

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2016-008, Herman George Eiden Papers / USS Houston (CA-30) news and memorial information / Documents and clippings
Dates: October 1, 2001
Scope and Contents

A copy of a biographical sketch of a World War II survivor of Japanese prison camps and his family.

USS Houston (CA-30), Blue Bonnet, Volume 32, December 2001

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2016-008, Herman George Eiden Papers / USS Houston (CA-30) news and memorial information / Documents and clippings
Dates: December 2001
Scope and Contents

A copy of the monthly newsletter by the USS Houston (CA-30) Survivors Association & Next Generations.

"Flags crown memorial to sunken ship", February 3, 2002

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2016-008, Herman George Eiden Papers / USS Houston (CA-30) news and memorial information / Documents and clippings
Dates: February 3, 2002
Scope and Contents

An article that covers the completion of the USS Houston (CA-30) memorial.

Lost Battalion Association newsletter, March 2002

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2016-008, Herman George Eiden Papers / USS Houston (CA-30) news and memorial information / Documents and clippings
Dates: March 2002
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains newspaper articles and newsletters in relation to the sinking of the USS Houston (CA-30), the survivors, and their families. It also includes photos, articles, and brochures from the 60th commemorative anniversary of the sinking of the USS Houston (CA-30).