Collected papers of Gerald O. Williams, 1867-1983.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Collected papers of Gerald O. Williams, 1867-1983.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42929870

Includes correspondence, muster rolls, orders and regulations, records of the Pinkerton Detective Agency, U.S. Dept. of Justice, FBI files, and Gerald O. Williams manuscripts titled "Alaska killer: the enigma of Edward Krause" and "The U.S. Marine detachment at Sitka, 1879-1912 and the founding of the Pioneers' Home."

3 boxes (0.8 linear ft.)

Alaska State Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7489740

Alaska State Library

Related Entities

There are 9 Entities related to this resource.

Pendleton, Joseph Henry, 1860-1942

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nz8wbn (person)

Major General Joseph Henry Pendleton (June 2, 1860 – February 4, 1942) was a United States Marine Corps general for whom Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton is named. On June 2, 1924, at the age of 64, Pendleton retired after 40 years of service in the Marine Corps. He settled in Coronado, California and served as mayor from 1928 to 1930. He died on February 4, 1942, at his home at age 81....

United States. Navy

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68m0zj8 (corporateBody)

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...

United States. Revenue-Cutter Service

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q85sn1 (corporateBody)

Pioneers' home (Sitka, Alaska)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6992z6r (corporateBody)

Krause, Edward, d. 1917.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tb1vgq (person)

Williams, Gerald O.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d22k01 (person)

Researcher and writer. From the description of Collected papers of Gerald O. Williams, 1867-1983. (Alaska State Library). WorldCat record id: 42929870 ...

United States. Marine Corps

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pp2x8f (corporateBody)

The U.S. Marine Corps was established on November 10, 1775. From the description of Papers, 1933-1945. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 754107146 The history of the Marine Corps Navajo Code Talkers dates from 1942-1945. In 1942, a white man by the name of Phillip Johnston, who had lived on a Navajo reservation for many years of his life, conceived an idea that he thought might help the war. He believed that the Navajo language, a verbal, rarely-written language, coul...

Pinkerton's National Detective Agency

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hn00rw (corporateBody)

Biographical Notes and Organizational History Allan Pinkerton (1819-1884) 1819, Aug. 25 Born, Glasgow, Scotland 1842 Married Joan Carfrae Fled to North America fearing arrest for activities in Chartist Movement, residing first in Mont...

United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mw65wc (corporateBody)

The FBI established this classification when it assumed responsibility for ascertaining the protection capabilities and weaknesses of defense plants. Each plant survey was a separate case file, with the survey, supplemental surveys, and all communications dealing with a plant insofar as plant protection was concerned, filed together. On June 1, 1941, and January 5, 1942, the Navy and Army, respectively, assumed responsibility for surveying defense plants in which they had interests. Thereafter, ...