Papers, 1888-1957.

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Papers, 1888-1957.

Incoming correspondence, interviews with Downing, Fred Downing, and third wife Linda Perrington; subject files, relating to Downing's life and family in North Dakota and Erie, Penn. The collection mainly concerns his farming and personal financial problems, particuarly in the 1930s. Correspondents include his foster-sister, Mrs. Winnifred Galbraith, other relatives, his son Jerome, and son Wellington, from boyhood and during his naval career in World War II.

.4 linear ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7261944

North Dakota State University Library

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United States. Navy

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...

Galbraith, Winnifred Davenport

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Downing, Frederick L.

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Downing, Steven Gerard, 1874-1957.

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Adopted son of J.F. Downing, manager of the Downing Farm near LaMoure and Mooreton, N.D. Resident of LaMoure and Mooreton, N.D., native of Erie, Penn. From the description of Papers, 1888-1957. (North Dakota State University Library). WorldCat record id: 28522409 ...

Sackett, Leonard, 1901-1971

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Downing, Wellington

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Downing, Jerome

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