Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection includes materials pertaining to the life and rap career of John Edward Hawkins, or HAWK. Digital files comprise the bulk of the collection and mostly include digital photographs of HAWK and his associates at hip hop related events. The digital files also include personal family photographs of HAWK’s wedding and funeral, as well as scans of newspaper clippings pertaining to his death. All digital files were scanned from originals owned by HAWK’s family. The...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of materials in a wide variety of formats that document the history of the USS Houston (CA-30) and her crew. A significant portion of the material dates from the period 1929 to 1945. There is also a large quantity of material that dates from the 1980s to the present.The materials have been divided into four major categories: Core Material is the material most frequently requested by researchers, and includes Photographs, Negatives and...

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Hand-drawn decorative map includes names of "Members": Franklin D. Roosevelt, Ross J. McIntire, Edwin M. Watson, Daniel J. Callaghan, Gus Gennerich, Fredrick B. Adams, and Basil O'Connor. Commemorates FDR and presidential staff's catch of sailfish on board the U.S.S. Houston during one of the early presidential cruises in the Pacific Ocean.