William Ira Adelman Collection 1943-1950 [manuscript]

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William Ira Adelman Collection 1943-1950 [manuscript]

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The William Ira Adelman collection consists of reproductions of correspondence, photographs, documents, and news clippings from a scrapbook kept by the Adelman family. The material mainly pertains to Adelman's military service during World War II. One letter, written in October of 1944, provides an account of the Battle of Leyte Gulf, in which Adelman's boat was involved. The collection also houses news clippings about the Adelman Memorial at Montefiore Hospital, correspondence from the military regarding Adelman's death, and photographs of Adelman and his family.

.75 linear feet

Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, Heinz History Center Detre Library and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 7530128

Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, Heinz History Center Detre Library and Archives

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Montefiore Hospital (Pittsburgh, Pa.)

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Montefiore Hospital opened in 1905 as the only hospital for Pittsburgh's Jewish population. It was built through the efforts of the Hebrew Ladies Aid Society and the Montefiore Hospital Aid Society. The Hospital was built in Pittsburgh's Hill District neighborhood on Centre Avenue before the Hospital moved to its present location on Fifth Avenue in the Oakland neighborhood. From the description of Collection 1908-1936. (Historical Society of W Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 34708...

Adelman, William Ira

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Born in Pittsburgh in 1914, William Ira Adelman was a graduate of Shadyside Academy and Harvard University. After graduating from Harvard in 1936, Adelman joined his father, Abraham Adelman, in business at the Adelman Lumber Company. In 1943, Adelman enlisted in the U.S. Navy, training at Fort Schuyler, New York, and Melville, Rhode Island. In July 1944, he was commissioned as an ensign and assigned to a patrol torpedo boat squadron with the Seventh Fleet in the Pacific. The following October, t...

Adelman, Abraham

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