Papers, 1944-1945.

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Papers, 1944-1945.

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The collection consists of correspondence sent to Helen and William Powell, letters from Allan Powell, friends and family. Allan Powell's letters were numbered and have been arranged in respect to that ordering. The letters Allan sent from Middlesex school were contained in envelopes that Allan had drawn pictures on, and have been retained. Letters from family and friends have been arranged chronologically with envelopes and are located with the letters of their origination.

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Eastern Washington State Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7492755

Eastern Washington State Historical Society

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Anderson, Robert C.

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Robert Anderson was the son-in-law of Alexander Macauley. From the description of Anderson-Macauley papers, 1770-1858 [microform]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145410781 Robert Anderson, born in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1805, was the commander of Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor at the outbreak of the Civil War. The Union commander held out against Confederate forces for four months, without supplies from the North. When the Confederate troops discovered that a shipm...

Powell, Helen (Campbell)

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Powell, Allan Kent

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Allan Campbell Powell was born in Spokane to Helen (Campbell) Powell and William W. Powell. He was the grandson of Grace and Amasa B. Campbell. Allan attended school at the Middlesex school of Concord, Massachusetts and the University of Washington. He enlisted in the air corps in the spring of 1942. On January 5, 1944 on his ninth mission as a bomber pilot (B-17) over Europe, Lt. Allan Powell crashed in the vicinity of St. Laurent de Medoc. He was listed as missing in action for a year and then...

Powell family.

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Campbell, Amasa B., 1845-1912

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Amasa B. Campbell’s estate was handled by the Spokane law firm of Wakefield and Witherspoon. Since it was quite sizeable and involved, it was administered by the law firm until Grace Campbell’s death in 1924. From the guide to the Amasa B. Campbell Estate Papers, 1912-1925, (Eastern Washington State Historical Society/Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture Joel E. Ferris Research Library and Archives) Amasa B. Campbell left his native Ohio in 1867 to work for the Union Pacif...