10 results found. Records searched: 10

1. 1995.1.4 - Tape, Magnetic

   1 hour audio tape containing the voices of Ernestine McMillan Hilton and interviewer, Paulette Nordquist. Topics 1. Memories of growing up on a wheat ranch in Eastern Washington during the 1920's. 2. Recollections of having polio as a very young child. 3. Courtship and marriage during World War Two. 5. Life on a dairy ranch 1950-1970. 6. Description of Christmas and other holiday traditions at the ranch.

   Record Type: Archive

   
2. 1999.1.15 - Album, Autograph

   Folded leather cover with 32 leaves. This autograph album contains poems and greetings written to Ernestine McMillan by her classmates between 1930 and 1933 while in elementary school. She would have been between 10 and 12 years of age when this autograph album was in use. The pages of the book are blue, pink, and white and are written on both sides.

   Record Type: Archive

   
3. 2003.1.1 - Fonds

   The earliest of these family papers include a letter from Grandpa Hanley to his son Warren T Hanley. The bulk of the material deal with the World War II memorabilia of Warren's son, Clair Norton Hanley, who was an ensign in the navy and served in the Pacific Fleet. His small vessel was involved in several defining operations, including the invasion of Japan and the Philipines. The fonds includes the following: 3 - Letters 3 - Certificates...

   Record Type: Archive

   
4. 2003.1.12 - Letter

   A one-page letter, from Warren T. Hanley to his son, Clair, on the occasion of his marriage to Helen Torgeson.

   Record Type: Archive

   
5. 2003.1.14 - Discharge, Military

   Three certificates dealing with Clair Hanley's separation from service. 1. Thanks of a grateful nation... 2. Certificate of Satisfactory Service 3. Notice of Separation from U.S. Naval Service

   Record Type: Archive

   
6. 2003.1.2 - Series, Archival

   3 Letters 1916 Letter from Major Harold W. Hanley to his son, Warren Hanley, regarding life in the remote mining town of Camp Bird in the mountains of Colorado. The author recounts two incidents. The first is of a young man, Wilfred Noel, attempting to ski and snowshoe to town to cash his paycheck and getting lost along the way. The second incident is about a man who became ill with a high fever and had to be treated using "heroic measure...

   Record Type: Archive

   
7. 2003.1.3 - Letter

   Letter from Major Harold W. Hanley to his son, Warren Hanley, regarding life in the remote mining town of Camp Bird in the mountains of Colorado. The author recounts two incidents. The first is of a young man, Wilfred Noel, attempting to ski and snowshoe to town to cash his paycheck and getting lost along the way. The second incident is about a man who became ill with a high fever and had to be treated using "heroic measures".

   Record Type: Archive

   
8. 2003.1.5 - Letter

   A one-page letter, typewritten, from Herbert Hoover to Warren T. Hanley. It is dated 12/28/1938. The letter is a response to a letter sent by Mr. Hanley on 12/24/1938. Hoover discusses the fact that people are tired of politics after an election.

   Record Type: Archive

   
9. 2004.1.1 - Stamp, Ration

   U.S. Government War Ration Book Four. This book was issued to Charlotte E. Spencer of Torrington, Wyoming. Charlotte Spencer was four years old in 1943. The book was signed for by her mother, Esther E. Spencer. Books such as this were the mechanism by which commodities were rationed during World War II. Resources such as gas, coffee, and sugar were regulated. This book was issued in 1943 and still contains many of the original stamps.

   Record Type: Archive

   
10. 2004.1.2 - Film, Motion Picture

    16mm film of Franklin Roosevelt asking congress to declare war on Japan, December 8, 1941.

    Record Type: Archive