MS. Manuscript Collections
Classification
Collection number: MS
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Leona Strickland Hudson Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: MS-50
Scope and Contents
The Leona Hudson Collection held at the Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections contains information relevant to topics as diverse as South Georgia History, the Valdosta Social Scene, Missionaries in China, a history of devotional literature, Nazi trials, the military in Korea, and images from years of travel around the world. The collection spans a long time period, from 1884-2008, and is equally rich across those time periods. Since both Rosa Strickland and her daughter...
Dates:
1870-2007; Acquired: 2008
William Dean Mathes Scrapbook,
Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: MS-25
Scope and Contents
William Dean Mathes [1909-1969], of Morristown, Tennessee, served in World War II, in both the German and Pacific theaters. He served from 1944-1946, first in Germany and later in the Philippines after the German Surrender. He was a military policeman and a member of the Regimental Band. Before and after the worked as a book keeper and served at various times as a band director and choir director. He died in Nashville, Tennessee, where he had moved two years before, in 1969. His wife was...
Dates:
1941 - 1942; Acquired: 2001-06-28