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Camp Huntsville Construction Collection
Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2022.s246
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials donated by Dr. Brian Jordan. Materials in this collection are originated by the Fretz Construction Company. This collection includes detailed ledgers and supply estimates for the construction of the “Camp Huntsville” P.O.W. camp, which housed German and Japanese prisoners during World War II.
Dates:
1942
Jefferson Davis Ship Island Collection
Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2021.s231
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence from a prisoner at Ship Island, Mississippi to Jefferson Davis. It also contains an article by Lee Meriwether regarding his childhood encounter with Davis.
Dates:
1862 - 1953
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