COLLECTIONS

Emmett Stewart Epley

This collection consists of letters exchanged between Emmett Epley and his family members from the fall of 1942 through the end of the Second World War. Epley served as a navigator in the Army Air Corps, and his letters provide descriptions of his training and service when he was stationed in Guam, and flew 35 combat missions over Japan. His family letters offer details, often quite colorful, of life on the Montana home front during those years.

Epley Letter – 1942 – Bitter With The Sweet
Epley Letter – 1942 – College Begins
Epley Letter – 1942 – Draft
Epley Letter – 1942 – Money Again
Epley Letter – 1942 – Mother’s Illness
Epley Letter – 1942 – Now Don’t Gripe Me
Epley Letter – 1942 – Thanksgiving
Epley Letter – 1942 – Tommy Dorsey
Epley Letter – 1942 – Wild College Life
Epley Letter – 1943 – Army Uniforms
Epley Letter – 1943 – Catholic Faith
Epley Letter – 1943 – Christmas
Epley Letter – 1943 – Communion
Epley Letter – 1943 – F in Chemistry
Epley Letter – 1943 – Financial Accounting
Epley Letter – 1943 – Gas Rationing
Epley Letter – 1943 – Home For Christmas
Epley Letter – 1943 – IQ Test
Epley Letter – 1943 – Jack
Epley Letter – 1943 – Jeep
Epley Letter – 1943 – Latrine Duty
Epley Letter – 1943 – Mary’s Birthday
Epley Letter – 1943 – Military Reimbursements
Epley Letter – 1943 – Music and Marching
Epley Letter – 1943 – OCD Work
Epley Letter – 1943 – Physical Inspection
Epley Letter – 1943 – Race Relations
Epley Letter – 1943 – Sister’s Love
Epley Letter – 1943 – Thanksgiving
Epley Letter – 1943 – The Hollywood Canteen
Epley Letter – 1943 – US Army Air Corps
Epley Letter – 1944 – A Brother’s Pride
Epley Letter – 1944 – A Father’s Love
Epley Letter – 1944 – B-17s and B-29s
Epley Letter – 1944 – Dislike Landings
Epley Letter – 1944 – Draft Board
Epley Letter – 1944 – Draft Dodgers
Epley Letter – 1944 – Emmett’s Schedule
Epley Letter – 1944 – Father’s Day
Epley Letter – 1944 – Ground School
Epley Letter – 1944 – Ill Grandmother
Epley Letter – 1944 – Navigator Training
Epley Letter – 1944 – New Year
Epley Letter – 1944 – Pinning of Wings
Epley Letter – 1944 – Plane Quality
Epley Letter – 1944 – Tokyo Rose
Epley Letter – 1944 – Training Accident
Epley Letter – 1945 – “Mary Ann”
Epley Letter – 1945 – A Mother’s Prayers
Epley Letter – 1945 – A Real Tropic Paradise
Epley Letter – 1945 – An Independence Day Mission
Epley Letter – 1945 – B29 Flight Gear
Epley Letter – 1945 – Death Benefits
Epley Letter – 1945 – Easter Dinner
Epley Letter – 1945 – Gas Prices
Epley Letter – 1945 – Hatred
Epley Letter – 1945 – Income Taxes
Epley Letter – 1945 – It’s Through
Epley Letter – 1945 – Jack Jumps Bail
Epley Letter – 1945 – Meat Rationing and Weddings
Epley Letter – 1945 – Nagoya
Epley Letter – 1945 – Not A Brave Way to Act
Epley Letter – 1945 – Post-Raid Letter
Epley Letter – 1945 – President Roosevelt’s Death
Epley Letter – 1945 – Quonset Hut
Epley Letter – 1945 – Somewhere in the Pacific
Epley Letter – 1945 – Statement of Affairs
Epley Letter – 1945 – V-Mail
Epley Letter – 1945 – VE Day
Epley Letter – 1945 – Your Loving Sister
From the Big Sky to the Rising Sun Letters of an American Family

Collection Formats:

Marshall Day at Virginia Military Institute, May 15,
Author: Virginia Military Institute
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Documents

Marshall Day Virginia Military Institute

Henry J. Cronin biography
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Henry J. Cronin biography written by Lean Ingle, Liberty University Graduate Student in History, museum intern, summer 2018

Hannah Early Karicofe biography
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Hannah Early Karicofe Biography written by Leah Ingle, Liberty University Graduate Student in History, museum intern, summer 2018.

Information Hunters: Librarians, Soldiers and Spies in WWII Europe by Dr. Kathy Peiss, July 10,
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An unlikely band of information hunters—librarians, archivists, and scholars—came together during World War II, their war effort centered on collecting books and documents. They gathered enemy publications in the spy-ridden cities of Stockholm and Lisbon, searched for records in liberated Paris and the rubble of Berlin, seized Nazi works from bookstores and schools, and unearthed […]

Documents

Information Hunters: Librarians, Soldiers and Spies in WWII Europe by Dr. Kathy Peiss

Addresses delivered at the dedication ceremonies of the George C. Marshall Research Library, May 23,
Publisher: George C. Marshall Research Foundation
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Digital Archives

Addresses delivered at the dedication ceremonies of the George C. Marshall Research Library

Enlisted men’s barracks, January 15,
Author: Army Signal Corps
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Enlisted men’s barracks, Ft. Howard, MD

Photographs

Arthur Palfrey Terry Biography
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Captain Arthur Palfrey Terry Biography

Gleason and Margaret Wilson Biography
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GLEASON AND MARGARET WILSON COLLECTION

President Kennedy’s letter to General Bradley, February 27, 1962

Dodona Library Inventory

An inventory of George C. Marshall’s personal library at Dodona Manor in Leesburg, Va.

 
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