Box 1
Container
Contains 5 Results:
Draft of "The World War", by L. C. Harling (typescript, 17 pgs.)
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
Includes handwritten revisions and printed on the back of SFA letterhead. It is about World War I.
Dates:
1927-1977
Selective Service certificate, fake court-martial certificate from the First Officer's Training Camp Association for being appointed admiral of the Texas Navy for a day by the Governor, and a brief history of the Texas Navy (3 items), 1941, 1951
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of a typed manuscript on the causes of World War I by Prof. Harling, newspaper clippings, and some honorary materials, including a certificate signed by Gov. Allan Shivers and Secretary of State John Ben Shepperd making Harling an Honorary Admiral in the Texas Navy. There is a mock-court martial from Harling's veterans association in Leon Springs protesting Harling's "fraudulent enlistment in the Navy" while still a PFC in the U. S. Army. There is also information on...
Dates:
1941, 1951
Obituaries for Lester C. Harling (newspaper clippings, 2 items), 5/23/1961, 5/24/1961
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of a typed manuscript on the causes of World War I by Prof. Harling, newspaper clippings, and some honorary materials, including a certificate signed by Gov. Allan Shivers and Secretary of State John Ben Shepperd making Harling an Honorary Admiral in the Texas Navy. There is a mock-court martial from Harling's veterans association in Leon Springs protesting Harling's "fraudulent enlistment in the Navy" while still a PFC in the U. S. Army. There is also information on...
Dates:
5/23/1961, 5/24/1961
Letter and newspaper clippings about tour of Asia (photocopied) and "Mrs. Harling honored" on her 80th birthday (newspaper clipping) (2 items), 1962, 1977
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of a typed manuscript on the causes of World War I by Prof. Harling, newspaper clippings, and some honorary materials, including a certificate signed by Gov. Allan Shivers and Secretary of State John Ben Shepperd making Harling an Honorary Admiral in the Texas Navy. There is a mock-court martial from Harling's veterans association in Leon Springs protesting Harling's "fraudulent enlistment in the Navy" while still a PFC in the U. S. Army. There is also information on...
Dates:
1962, 1977
Box 1
Box — Box: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of a typed manuscript on the causes of World War I by Prof. Harling, newspaper clippings, and some honorary materials, including a certificate signed by Gov. Allan Shivers and Secretary of State John Ben Shepperd making Harling an Honorary Admiral in the Texas Navy. There is a mock-court martial from Harling's veterans association in Leon Springs protesting Harling's "fraudulent enlistment in the Navy" while still a PFC in the U. S. Army. There is also information on...
Dates:
1927-1977
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
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Lester C. Harling Papers
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