John P. O'Callaghan papers, 1900-1958.

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John P. O'Callaghan papers, 1900-1958.

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The John P. O'Callaghan Papers consist of certificates documenting O'Callaghan's military service in Great Britain and the United States, as well as his marriage, naturalization, and other life events; all fourteen issues of O'Callaghan's newspaper "The Eagle Bladder and Buzz-Saw," produced in Eagle, Alaska; a small amount of correspondence; and twenty photographs. Among the latter are a number of group photographs of military units in Great Britain and the United States, several photographs of O'Callaghan in uniform, one image of the sternwheeler Yukon, and one image of the Occidental Hotel in Eagle, Alaska, dated 21 June 1921.

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University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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O'Callaghan, John P., 1881-1957.

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John Patrick O'Callaghan was born in Tralee, Ireland, in 1881. His father, a British Army surgeon, was killed in Africa in the Boer War when John was two years old. His mother migrated to Brooklyn, New York. John ran away from home at the age of 15 and returned to Ireland. He became a British soldier and met his future wife, Ada Ayres. He returned to the U.S., joined the Army and was stationed in Alaska. His first posting was to Fort Gibbon, Tanana. Ada joined him; they married in the Catholic C...

United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Yukon (Steamer)

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Great Britain. Army

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Whitmore was govenor of Cape Breton Island and the Island of St. John (Prince Edward Island). From the description of Receipt for wages paid for labor in the Cape Breton colliery : manuscript, 1760. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612812416 Administrative history unavailable. The University of Victoria Libraries Special Collections has a mandate to acquire military papers. From the description of Great Britain Army collection. [1800-1941]. (University o...