Arranged in 4 boxes.

Amos Ben Simmons Jr.'s collection documents Simmons's career and provides a look at the life of a non-commissioned officer in the Army Air Corps and Air Force. It does this through diplomas, certificates, individual and unit citations, newspaper articles, photographs, and one piece of glass art.

This collection consists predominantly of letters from James Carlton Owens to his parents, wife, and children written during his Naval service in World War II. Also included are a letter from Rosa Lee Owens to James C. Owens, telegrams to the family from the military confirming the death of Owens, sympathy letters, military memorabilia, medals (including the Purple Heart), books, and certificates.