W. Garfield Thomas, Sr. Collection about W. Garfield Thomas, Jr. and mine safety, 1908-1954.

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W. Garfield Thomas, Sr. Collection about W. Garfield Thomas, Jr. and mine safety, 1908-1954.

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This collection consists of a scrapbook with other clippings and materials pertaining to W. Garfield Thomas, Jr. and clippings, photographs, and some correspondence related to mine safety between 1941 and 1954. Materials about W. Garfield Thomas, Sr., consist of photographs, newspaper clippings, and correspondence about mine accidents, mine safety, mine safety promotion exercises, and other coal industry events primarily in southwestern Pennsylvania bituminous coal fields. The memorial scrapbook for Lieutenant Junior Grade W. Garfield Thomas, Jr. includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, and a program from the dedication of the Garfield Thomas Water Tunnel at Penn State. There are also newspaper clippings about the ship, the USS Boise, on which Thomas served and died, the battle in which he died, and clippings about the dedication of a new cruiser to Thomas. There are also photographs and correspondence pertaining to the christening of the USS Garfield Thomas. Additional materials include a Western Union telegram of Thomas's death, a letter for receiving the Navy Cross and Purple Heart, a certificate for the Purple Heart, war correspondence, and papers from the Colver Presbyterian Church Memorial Service for Thomas's death.

1 cubic foot.

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Thomas, W. Garfield (William Garfield), 1916-1942

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Boise (Cruiser)

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Pennsylvania State College

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Thomas, W. Garfield.

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Deputy Secretary of Mine Safety, W. Garfield Thomas, Sr., was born in Audenreid, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, and began his career in coal mining in the anthracite region with the Susquehanna Colliery. He then attended the Bellefonte Academy and Penn State College where he received a degree in Mining Engineering in 1906. After working as a transitman in the coal industry, he worked for three years with the Pennsylvania Department of Highways. Beginning in 1916, he worked as assista...

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...