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Ottis and Jessie Dola Stephenson Ballard Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-204
Content Description
Letters between Ottis and Jessie Dola Ballard written during World War II, military records, Bible and artifacts related to Ottis Ballard's military service in Africa and Italy. Also includes four issues (1943-1944) of the newsletter published by the Gulf Ordinance Plant in Prairie, Mississippi, part of the defense industry during World War II. Jessie Dola Ballard worked for the plant during the war.
Dates:
1941 - 2001
Found in:
Manuscripts
William Taylor Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-81
Scope and Contents
Research material, consisting chiefly of correspondence and clippings for Taylor's M.A. thesis about the "Hell Ships", the Japanese ships that carried American POWs, including many from Bataan and Corregidor, from the Philippines to Japan during World War II.
Dates:
undated
Found in:
Manuscripts
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- Prisoners of war. 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Africa, North. 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy. 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Area. 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Philippine. 1
- Names
- Ballard, Chris (Christopher) 1
- Ballard, Jessie Dola Stephenson, 7/18/1924-3/9/1978 1
- Ballard, Mike (Michael), 11/24/1946-10/11/2016 1
- Ballard, Ottis B., 1/11/1916-11/26/1989 1
- Taylor, William Marion 1