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Box 1

 Container

Contains 46 Results:

Family History File, September 22, 1994

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3, Item: 1
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2010-010, Captain Albert H. Rooks Papers / Correspondence / From Harold R. Rooks, Sr.
Dates: Other: September 22, 1994
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains five series: Correspondence, Captain Albert H. Rooks Honors, Research Files, Photographs, and Memorabilia. Material includes correspondence, awards, published articles, newspapers, clippings, reports, pamphlets and other Cruiser Houston related material. The Correspondence and Research Files series are divided into topical sub-series. Thereafter, the collection is arranged chronologically within each series.

Letter to son, September 8, 1995

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3, Item: 2
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2010-010, Captain Albert H. Rooks Papers / Correspondence / From Harold R. Rooks, Sr.
Dates: Other: September 8, 1995
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains five series: Correspondence, Captain Albert H. Rooks Honors, Research Files, Photographs, and Memorabilia. Material includes correspondence, awards, published articles, newspapers, clippings, reports, pamphlets and other Cruiser Houston related material. The Correspondence and Research Files series are divided into topical sub-series. Thereafter, the collection is arranged chronologically within each series.

John Bradford, March 17, 1999

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3, Item: 3
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2010-010, Captain Albert H. Rooks Papers / Correspondence / From Harold R. Rooks, Sr.
Dates: Other: March 17, 1999
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains five series: Correspondence, Captain Albert H. Rooks Honors, Research Files, Photographs, and Memorabilia. Material includes correspondence, awards, published articles, newspapers, clippings, reports, pamphlets and other Cruiser Houston related material. The Correspondence and Research Files series are divided into topical sub-series. Thereafter, the collection is arranged chronologically within each series.

Letter, May 3, 1999

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3, Item: 4
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2010-010, Captain Albert H. Rooks Papers / Correspondence / From Harold R. Rooks, Sr.
Dates: Other: May 3, 1999
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains five series: Correspondence, Captain Albert H. Rooks Honors, Research Files, Photographs, and Memorabilia. Material includes correspondence, awards, published articles, newspapers, clippings, reports, pamphlets and other Cruiser Houston related material. The Correspondence and Research Files series are divided into topical sub-series. Thereafter, the collection is arranged chronologically within each series.

U.S.S. Rooks Commissioning Day, May 19, 1951

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12, Item: 1
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2010-010, Captain Albert H. Rooks Papers / Captain Albert H. Rooks Honors
Dates: Other: May 19, 1951
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains five series: Correspondence, Captain Albert H. Rooks Honors, Research Files, Photographs, and Memorabilia. Material includes correspondence, awards, published articles, newspapers, clippings, reports, pamphlets and other Cruiser Houston related material. The Correspondence and Research Files series are divided into topical sub-series. Thereafter, the collection is arranged chronologically within each series.

Naming of USS Rooks DD804, undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12, Item: 2
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2010-010, Captain Albert H. Rooks Papers / Captain Albert H. Rooks Honors
Dates: Other: undated
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains five series: Correspondence, Captain Albert H. Rooks Honors, Research Files, Photographs, and Memorabilia. Material includes correspondence, awards, published articles, newspapers, clippings, reports, pamphlets and other Cruiser Houston related material. The Correspondence and Research Files series are divided into topical sub-series. Thereafter, the collection is arranged chronologically within each series.

Memorial certificate honoring Capt. Albert H. Rooks, 1960s

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2010-010, Captain Albert H. Rooks Papers / Captain Albert H. Rooks Honors
Dates: Other: 1960s
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains five series: Correspondence, Captain Albert H. Rooks Honors, Research Files, Photographs, and Memorabilia. Material includes correspondence, awards, published articles, newspapers, clippings, reports, pamphlets and other Cruiser Houston related material. The Correspondence and Research Files series are divided into topical sub-series. Thereafter, the collection is arranged chronologically within each series.

Captain Albert Harold Rooks Day (photocopy), April 29, 1964

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2010-010, Captain Albert H. Rooks Papers / Captain Albert H. Rooks Honors
Dates: Other: April 29, 1964
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains five series: Correspondence, Captain Albert H. Rooks Honors, Research Files, Photographs, and Memorabilia. Material includes correspondence, awards, published articles, newspapers, clippings, reports, pamphlets and other Cruiser Houston related material. The Correspondence and Research Files series are divided into topical sub-series. Thereafter, the collection is arranged chronologically within each series.

Senate Concurrent Resolution No.20, April 2, 1965

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2010-010, Captain Albert H. Rooks Papers / Captain Albert H. Rooks Honors
Dates: Other: April 2, 1965
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains five series: Correspondence, Captain Albert H. Rooks Honors, Research Files, Photographs, and Memorabilia. Material includes correspondence, awards, published articles, newspapers, clippings, reports, pamphlets and other Cruiser Houston related material. The Correspondence and Research Files series are divided into topical sub-series. Thereafter, the collection is arranged chronologically within each series.

Dedication of Captain Rooks Memorial Park, Walla Walla, Washington, May 15, 1965

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2010-010, Captain Albert H. Rooks Papers / Captain Albert H. Rooks Honors
Dates: Other: May 15, 1965
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains five series: Correspondence, Captain Albert H. Rooks Honors, Research Files, Photographs, and Memorabilia. Material includes correspondence, awards, published articles, newspapers, clippings, reports, pamphlets and other Cruiser Houston related material. The Correspondence and Research Files series are divided into topical sub-series. Thereafter, the collection is arranged chronologically within each series.

Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day, October 17, 1998

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2010-010, Captain Albert H. Rooks Papers / Captain Albert H. Rooks Honors
Dates: Other: October 17, 1998
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains five series: Correspondence, Captain Albert H. Rooks Honors, Research Files, Photographs, and Memorabilia. Material includes correspondence, awards, published articles, newspapers, clippings, reports, pamphlets and other Cruiser Houston related material. The Correspondence and Research Files series are divided into topical sub-series. Thereafter, the collection is arranged chronologically within each series.

U.S. Naval Academy Yearbook - The Lucky Bag, Vol. XXI, Being the Annual of The Brigade of Midshipmen, Published by the Graduation Class, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2010-010, Captain Albert H. Rooks Papers / Captain Albert H. Rooks Honors
Dates: Other: undated
Scope and Contents

Rooks is featured on page 75.

Senator Henry M. Jackson, January 4, 1981

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 1
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2010-010, Captain Albert H. Rooks Papers / Correspondence / From Albert H. Rooks
Dates: Other: January 4, 1981
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains five series: Correspondence, Captain Albert H. Rooks Honors, Research Files, Photographs, and Memorabilia. Material includes correspondence, awards, published articles, newspapers, clippings, reports, pamphlets and other Cruiser Houston related material. The Correspondence and Research Files series are divided into topical sub-series. Thereafter, the collection is arranged chronologically within each series.

Admiral Bob Fulton, February 4, 1981

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 2
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2010-010, Captain Albert H. Rooks Papers / Correspondence / From Albert H. Rooks
Dates: Other: February 4, 1981
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains five series: Correspondence, Captain Albert H. Rooks Honors, Research Files, Photographs, and Memorabilia. Material includes correspondence, awards, published articles, newspapers, clippings, reports, pamphlets and other Cruiser Houston related material. The Correspondence and Research Files series are divided into topical sub-series. Thereafter, the collection is arranged chronologically within each series.

Thos. C. Hart, October 8, 1935

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2, Item: 1
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 2010-010, Captain Albert H. Rooks Papers / Correspondence / To Albert H. Rooks
Dates: Other: October 8, 1935
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains five series: Correspondence, Captain Albert H. Rooks Honors, Research Files, Photographs, and Memorabilia. Material includes correspondence, awards, published articles, newspapers, clippings, reports, pamphlets and other Cruiser Houston related material. The Correspondence and Research Files series are divided into topical sub-series. Thereafter, the collection is arranged chronologically within each series.