From the Gulf Park College for Women Collection. Letter from poet Vachel Lindsay to Zimmie dated 1 August 1924. Lindsay writes about his recent travels, activities, and writing projects.
From the Gulf Park College for Women Collection. Letter from poet Vachel Lindsay to Richard G. Cox, then president of Gulf Park College for Women, dated 10 September 1923. Lindsay writes about recent speaking engagements, traveling, and teaching at...
From the Gulf Park College for Women Collection. Letter from poet Vachel Lindsay to Zimmie, dated 23 September 1924. Lindsay writes about a visit from Percy Grainger and his recent writing and publications. Includes a clipping of a review of...
The dining hall record contains daily entries listing the food served at each meal during the day - breakfast, dinner, and supper. Most entries also include a brief note of daily activities, including reunions, deaths, visits, and other events.Also...
From the Ron Caulfield Collection. A photograph with border. Writing on bottom border "3rd battalion, 395th Med." 30 soldiers posing outside tarpaper covered barracks bldg. Tree behind soldiers in center of photo. Background 4 soldiers outside...
From the James E. Lutz Collection. A photograph of soldier in uniform squatting and smoking a pipe. Written in ink on back: Jim Lutz, 1943, Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi.
From the John J. Kinney Collection. A photograph of three soldiers on ground - Cleaning cart in background. A heavy 30 caliber machine gun crew of 253rd Div at Van Dorn. The soldiers speak of the barrack as tar paper shack.
From the James Lawson Collection. A photocopy of picture of Sgt. C. Kenneth Lawson in 1942, Company E, 393rd Inf. Reg. 99th Inf. Div. with a posted on picture of him at a WW II medal presentation January 26, 2001.
From the Lorraine Caulfield Collection. A photograph of group of ladies standing in front of building at Camp Van Dorn. Soldiers standing in front of building. Inscription on back reads: Camp Van Dorn. Third from right Ruth C. Stanley, Fourth from...
From the Leanne Jenkins Collection. A photograph of back side of Centreville Bank Building (Marsalis Building) before it was restored as Camp Van Dorn Museum.
From the Mildred Field Collection. A photograph taken at a dinner meeting, probably Chamber of Commerce, in Bellipanni's Cafe on Main Street in Centreville with business men and military personnel attending. Notice 3 flags on the clothes hangers....
From the Ron Caulfield Collection. A photograph of soldiers march, trees in picture. Some soldiers have towels around shoulders. some wearing caps, some wearing army hats. Car beside trail appears to be a Ford. Back of photograph is stained....
From the Mary Freemyer James Collection. Copy of photograph of Daniel Forest and Alvin Freemyer dressed in combat uniforms, squatting. Army trucks lined up in background. Quartermaster patches on uniform shoulder.
From the Omer Hetzler Collection. Framed photograph of Sergeant Fred L. Hetzler, who was stationed at Camp Van Dorn. 120th General Hospital (station compliment. He was not in 63rd or 99th - he was in the Quartermaster Corp. Frame is red toned wood...
From the Paul R. Hensil Collection. Copy of photograph of 8 soldiers, dressed in uniforms, laughing, sitting on shoulder of other soldiers. Barracks in background. Taken Feb. 7, 1943 on base. 1-Cline of Ohio, 2-Ringen of Indiana, 3-Chad of N.D.,...
