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Box 55

 Container

Contains 13 Results:

Pennant, USS Houston (CA-30), 1945-1949

 File — Box: 55, Folder: 3
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 1981-001, Cruiser Houston Collection / Memorabilia
Dates: Other: 1945-1949
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The Memorabilia series contains primarily objects that are related to the USS Houston (CA-30), the prisoner of war camps, or the USS Houston Survivors Association. The ship’s bell, the ship’s model, and two crew member uniforms are on permanent exhibit in the library.

Posters, “Avenge the Houston!…with the Houston Volunteers,” (reproductions), 1942

 File — Box: 55, Folder: 4
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 1981-001, Cruiser Houston Collection / Memorabilia
Dates: Other: 1942
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The Memorabilia series contains primarily objects that are related to the USS Houston (CA-30), the prisoner of war camps, or the USS Houston Survivors Association. The ship’s bell, the ship’s model, and two crew member uniforms are on permanent exhibit in the library.

Crossing the Line certificate, (printed digital copy), May 20 1936

 File — Box: 55, Folder: 10
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 1981-001, Cruiser Houston Collection / Memorabilia
Dates: Other: May 20 1936
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The Memorabilia series contains primarily objects that are related to the USS Houston (CA-30), the prisoner of war camps, or the USS Houston Survivors Association. The ship’s bell, the ship’s model, and two crew member uniforms are on permanent exhibit in the library.

Pennants, USS Houston (SSN-713) launch, 1981

 File — Box: 55, Folder: 11
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 1981-001, Cruiser Houston Collection / Memorabilia
Dates: Other: 1981
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The Memorabilia series contains primarily objects that are related to the USS Houston (CA-30), the prisoner of war camps, or the USS Houston Survivors Association. The ship’s bell, the ship’s model, and two crew member uniforms are on permanent exhibit in the library.

Proclamation, Texas Lost Battalion/USS Houston Survivors Days, 1985

 File — Box: 55, Folder: 12
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 1981-001, Cruiser Houston Collection / Memorabilia
Dates: Other: 1985
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The Memorabilia series contains primarily objects that are related to the USS Houston (CA-30), the prisoner of war camps, or the USS Houston Survivors Association. The ship’s bell, the ship’s model, and two crew member uniforms are on permanent exhibit in the library.

Rubbing of plaque at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station, 1986

 File — Box: 55, Folder: 13
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 1981-001, Cruiser Houston Collection / Memorabilia
Dates: Other: 1986
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The Memorabilia series contains primarily objects that are related to the USS Houston (CA-30), the prisoner of war camps, or the USS Houston Survivors Association. The ship’s bell, the ship’s model, and two crew member uniforms are on permanent exhibit in the library.

Signatures, USS Houston Survivors, on matboard, 1997

 File — Box: 55, Folder: 14
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 1981-001, Cruiser Houston Collection / Memorabilia
Dates: Other: 1997
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The Memorabilia series contains primarily objects that are related to the USS Houston (CA-30), the prisoner of war camps, or the USS Houston Survivors Association. The ship’s bell, the ship’s model, and two crew member uniforms are on permanent exhibit in the library.

Signs, USS Houston Survivors Association, undated

 File — Box: 55, Folder: 15
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 1981-001, Cruiser Houston Collection / Memorabilia
Dates: Other: undated
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The Memorabilia series contains primarily objects that are related to the USS Houston (CA-30), the prisoner of war camps, or the USS Houston Survivors Association. The ship’s bell, the ship’s model, and two crew member uniforms are on permanent exhibit in the library.

The Convoy: USS Houston, USS Peary, print of painting, with article, undated

 Item — Box: 55, Folder: 16
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 1981-001, Cruiser Houston Collection / Miscellaneous Artworks
Dates: Other: undated
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...

Battle of Sunda Strait by Oliver Houston, photograph of painting, undated

 Item — Box: 55, Folder: 17
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 1981-001, Cruiser Houston Collection / Miscellaneous Artworks
Dates: Other: undated
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...

Drawing of USS Houston by Sean Ellerbee, 1999

 Item — Box: 55, Folder: 18
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 1981-001, Cruiser Houston Collection / Miscellaneous Artworks
Dates: Other: 1999
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...

Japanese drawing of USS Houston, undated

 Item — Box: 55, Folder: 19
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 1981-001, Cruiser Houston Collection / Miscellaneous Artworks
Dates: Other: undated
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...

John Wisecup drawings (photocopies & originals), with forward written by Otto Schwarz, 1943-1992, undated

 Item — Box: 55, Folder: 20
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 1981-001, Cruiser Houston Collection / Miscellaneous Artworks
Dates: Other: 1943-1992; Other: undated
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...