Subject: Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Extent:: 1 linear foot (4 boxes)
Abstract:: This collection consists of photograph albums, training manuals, documents, and artifacts related to Thomas F. Jones, Sr.'s service in the Civilian Conservation Corps and later as a solider in the United States Army Coast Artillery stationed in Hawaii during and after the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Extent:: 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Norman C. Brauer, (1924-1982) was a resident of Warminster, Pennsylvania and served in the United States Navy during World War II. He was involved in salvage operations after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Norman C. Brauer, Jr. papers, circa 1941, contain photographs, newspaper clippings, a blueprint, and ephemera. The highlights of this collection are a scrapbook of photos and clippings of Pearl Harbor, and a blueprint of the deck of the USS Oklahoma.

Held at: Millbrook Society [Contact Us]

Extent:: 0.1 linear feet (1 photograph album)
Abstract:: Thomas Kingsley was a Hatboro resident who worked for the United States Postal Service for over 20 years. During World War II, Kingsley served as a Navy Hospital Corpsman. He was stationed on Pearl Harbor and survived the attack of December 7, 1941 on board the USS Phoenix. The Thomas Kingsley photograph album, 1944, documents Kingsley's time on the war ship USS Phoenix during World War II.

Held at: Millbrook Society [Contact Us]

Extent:: 1.1 linear feet
Abstract:: The Millbrook Society oral history collection, circa 1981-1995, comprises 22 audiocassette tapes of interviews with elderly residents of Hatboro, Pennsylvania.

Held at: Millbrook Society [Contact Us]

Extent:: 189 cubic feet
Abstract:: I. S. Ravdin graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1918, and would spend the next fifty plus years of his career associated with Penn. During that period he rose to the posts of the John Rhea Barton Professor of Surgery, Director of the Harrison Department of Surgical Research, and Chief of Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. During World War II Ravdin was Commander of the 20th General Hospital. The Papers of I. S. Ravdin reflect the entire range of his personal and professional interest, including his work as a surgeon, hospital administrator, military career, and private practice.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: University Archives and Records Center [Contact Us]

Extent:: 11 linear feet (13 boxes) and 6.6 gigabytes
Abstract:: Donald Gray Brownlow (1924-2006) was an American author, educator, and World War II veteran. He wrote ten books on military history, including The Accused: the ordeal of Rear Admiral Husband Edward Kimmel, U.S.N. (1968), which investigated the culpability of U.S. Navy leadership in the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and Checkmate at Ruweisat: Auchinleck's Finest Hour (1977), which concerned the British North African campaign during World War II. This collection contains material related to Brownlow's published and unpublished writings, especially his historical work on World War II.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

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