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Collection Title:
Grimsley (Reagan L.) Research Collection
Accession Number:
AM05-18
Dates: ca.
1918 - 1944
Volume: .3
cu. ft.
Provenance:
Donated by Reagan L. Grimsley
Restrictions:
Open
for research. Photocopies of correspondence, booklet of panoramic photos,
and photograph album are to be made for the donor.
Copyright:
This collection may be protected from unauthorized copying by the Copyright
Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code).
Form of Material:
An assortment of materials relating to Camp Shelby, Mississippi, during
World Wars I and II. Items in the collection were gathered by Reagan L.
Grimsley, and pertain to his research on the history of Hattiesburg and
the surrounding area. A container list is attached.
AM05-18
Grimsley (Reagan L.) Research Collection
Container List
1. Pamphlet: "Souvenir Castle", 113th Engineers. Camp Shelby,
Miss.
Contains photographs of officers, along with brief biographical sketches;
camp
scenes; photos of non-commissioned officers and enlisted men; and information
regarding the history of the 113th. (August 1918)
2. Booklet: "Birdseye
View of Camp Shelby", published by Robb & Cornwell, Hattiesburg,
Mississippi. Contains panoramic aerial images that portray camp life.
(ca. 1918)
3. One copy of Pictorial
History, Thirty-Eighth Division, Army of the United States, Camp
Shelby. The original owner of the book was Pvt. Orlan C. Carpenter,
Co. B, 152 Inf. 38th
Div., Camp Shelby, Miss. (1941)
4. A photograph album
featuring images taken at Camp Shelby, Mississippi and on furlough in
Tennessee and Kentucky. A letter from Col. John W. Wheeler, commanding
officer of
the 113 Engineers (C), suggests that the album may have originally belonged
to August
Weinkauf or a member of his family. (ca. 1941-1942)
5. One letter from
"Fred" to "Duane", written from Camp Shelby, Mississippi.
The heading
of the letter indicates the writer was a member of Service Co., 172nd
Inf., A.P.O. 43rd
Division. The letter discusses camp life. (March 29, 1942)
6. Two folders of
correspondence written by Frank H. H. Mann, who was stationed at Camp
Shelby, Mississippi, in 1944, with the 746th Field Artillery Battalion.
Except for one
postcard addressed to Miss Eleanor Travis, the correspondence are written
to Mann's
mother, Mrs. Mary A. Mann, of Framingham, Massachusetts. (ca. Apr. - Dec.
1944)
7. A change of address
card from Frank Mann to his mother, and a tag from a parcel that
was processed by the Mailing and Wrapping Department at Camp Shelby,
Mississippi (1944)
8. An 8" x 10"
black and white photograph of soldiers in Gun Section #3, Btty. C, 568
AAA
Auto Wpns. Bu., Camp Shelby, Mississippi. The soldiers are identified
on the back
of the image. (Oct. 1944)
Accession
Number: AM05-31
Dates: ca.
1911 - 2005
Volume:
.5 cu. ft.
Provenance:
Donated by Reagan L. Grimsley
Form of Material:
Biographical materials,
files pertaining to publications by Reagan Grimsley, and materials relating
to Grimsley's research in forestry. A list is attached hereto.
AM05-31
Grimsley (Reagan L.) Research Collection
Box and Folder List
Box 1
Grimsley, Reagan: Biographical Materials
Grimsley, Reagan: Publications (Journal Articles/Reviews)
Hattiesburg in Vintage Postcards, (by Reagan L. Grimsley):
Arcadia Press - Proposal and Correspondence
Hattiesburg in Vintage Postcards: Final Text
Hattiesburg in Vintage Postcards: Proofs
Hattiesburg in Vintage Postcards: Public Relations
Hattiesburg in Vintage Postcards: Flyer
Sumrall First Baptist Church: A One Hundred Year History of First
Baptist Church,
Sumrall, MS, by Reagan L. Grimsley
Sumrall First Baptist Church History: Text and CD
Sumrall First Baptist Church History: Maps
Sumrall First Baptist Church History: Miscellaneous Records
Sumrall First Baptist Church History: Daniel Sumrall
Sumrall Military Baptist Church History
Chicago Club Route Cards
Ellisville, Mississippi: Coloring Book (1990)
Gulf & Ship Island Railroad Company: Stock Certificate
Hardy, William H.: Genealogical Information
Mississippi Central Railroad: Photograph and Voucher (1911; 1932)
Pamphlet: "Masonite, a Souvenir of the 1934 World's Fair"
Miscellaneous Materials
Box 2
Harrison Experimental Forest History, by Reagan L. Grimsley
"Southern Institute of Forest Genetics: Technical Advisory Visit"
Southern Institute of Forest Genetics: Website, Employees, Brief History
Southern Research Station: Work Unit Description for Southern Institute
of Forest
Genetics (ca. 1998)
"A Forestry Revolution: The History of Tree Improvement in the
Southern United
States", by Bruce J. Zobel
"A Biased History of the Southern Forest Experimental Station Through
Fiscal
Year 1933", by Philip C. Wakeley
"Hurricane Georges Causes Widespread Damage to Experimental Forest",
by
Rod Kindlund (Oct. 1998)
"Pathologists and the Harrison Forrest", by Arthur F. Verrall
(1998)
A History of Forest Pathology Research in the South and Southeast,
by
Arthur F. Verrall (1982)
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