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Tarrall Family Military Papers

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Filing Cabinet Manuscripts



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Tarrall Family Military Papers, 1917-1984, undated | Sargeant Memorial Collection

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Collection Overview

Title: Tarrall Family Military Papers, 1917-1984, undatedAdd to your cart.

ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-686

Primary Creator: Unknown

Extent: 12.0 Folders

Arrangement: Arranged by series. Series 1: Elmer Tarrall Military Papers, Series 2: Henry Tarrall Military Papers, Series 3: Melvin Tarrall Military Papers. Within the individual series, records are arranged by record type or size, or in chronological order. Folders 4, 8, and 12 include three-dimensional objects that are housed separately from the papers and photographs.

Date Acquired: 00/00/0000

Subjects: Christmas, Families--Virginia, Norfolk (Va.), United States. Army, United States. Army. European Theater of Operations, World War, 1914-1918, World War, 1939-1945, World War, 1939-1945--India

Forms of Material: Application forms, Booklets, Books, Certificates, Clippings (information artifacts), Correspondence, Cultural artifacts, Dog tags (military tags), Membership cards, Military records, Notebooks, Orders (military records), Photographs, Poems, Programs

Languages: English, German, French

Scope and Contents of the Materials

World War I and World War II personal military-related records, papers, photographs, and objects of the Tarrall brothers: Elmer Tarrall, Henry Alberti Tarrall, and Melvin Orr Tarrall of Norfolk, Virginia.

Subject/Index Terms

Christmas
Families--Virginia
Norfolk (Va.)
United States. Army
United States. Army. European Theater of Operations
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945--India

Administrative Information

Repository: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Access Restrictions: This collection is open to all researchers.

Use Restrictions: The status of copyright for these materials is governed by Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.). Copyright restrictions may apply.

Acquisition Source: Unknown

Preferred Citation: Tarrall Family Military Papers, MSS 0000-686, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.

Processing Information: Processed April 14, 2017.


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Box 13: Filing Cabinet ManuscriptsAdd to your cart.
Series 1: Elmer Tarrall Military PapersAdd to your cart.
Folder 1: Papers of Elmer Tarrall, 1942-1984, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 1: Correspondence, To Lieutenant Elmer Tarrall, 1944 September 11Add to your cart.
Correspondence with instructions from the United States Army regarding permission to attend an Oxford University short course.
Item 2: Poem, "The First Sergeant", undatedAdd to your cart.
By Corporal Tony Beacon.
Item 3: Booklet, Soldier's Individual Pay Record, 1942 March 26Add to your cart.
Item 4: Booklet, A Short Guide for Visitors, Petworth Parish Church, undatedAdd to your cart.
Petworth, England.
Item 5: Leaflet, Guide to the Church for Visitors, Church of the Holy Trinity, undatedAdd to your cart.
Stratford-upon-Avon, England.
Item 6: Program, Christmas Program, 1944Add to your cart.
Printed in French.
Item 7: Book, German Language Guide, 1943 June 24Add to your cart.
War Department, Washington, D. C.
Item 8: Clipping, "Elmer Tarrall, former school official, coach", 1984 MarchAdd to your cart.
Obituary.
Folder 2: Photographs, Elmer Tarrall (Folder 1 of 2), 1943, undatedAdd to your cart.
Nine photographs.
Folder 3: Photographs, Elmer Tarrall (Folder 2 of 2), circa 1942-1945Add to your cart.
Fifteen photographs.
Folder 4: Artifacts, Elmer Tarrall, circa 1942-1945Add to your cart.
Housed in MSS 0000-686 Box 1.
Item 1: Dog tag with miraculous medal pendant, circa 1942-1945Add to your cart.
Item 2: Belt buckle, circa 1942-1945Add to your cart.
Solid brass, Made in United States of America.
Series 2: Henry Tarrall Military PapersAdd to your cart.
Folder 5: Papers of Henry Tarrall, circa 1917-1980Add to your cart.
Item 1: Booklet cover, War Ration Book Two, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 2: Toilet paper, German Emperor Wilhelm II, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 3: Membership cards, Henry A. Tarrall, 1980, undatedAdd to your cart.
One 1980 membership card to the Veterans of World War I of the U. S. A., Inc. and one undated membership card of the Society of World War I Aero Historians.
Item 4: Registration, Henry Alberti Tarrall, 1917 June 5Add to your cart.
Registration certificate for the military draft.
Item 5: Orders, Private First Class Henry A. Tarrall, 1919 February 10 - 1919 March 13Add to your cart.
Three copies of orders relating to Henry A. Tarrall of Company E, 56th Engineers, Camp Morrison, Virginia.
Item 6: Certificate, Honorable Discharge from the United States Army, 1919 March 27Add to your cart.
Includes enlistment record on reverse side.
Item 7: Certificate, In Lieu of Lost or Destroyed Discharge, 1958 September 10Add to your cart.
Item 8: Certificate, Memory of Henry A. Tarrall, circa 1980Add to your cart.
Item 9: Photographs, World War I, circa 1917-1919Add to your cart.
Four photographs of a barracks building, soldiers exercising in a field, and men posing in front of the camera.
Folder 6: Booklets of Henry Tarrall, circa 1918-1919Add to your cart.
Item 1: Booklet, Individual Pay Record Book, 1918-1919Add to your cart.
Item 2: Notebook, Henry Tarrall, circa 1918-1919Add to your cart.
Contains names and addresses.
Folder 7: Book, Register of Lehigh University, 1918-1919Add to your cart.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Folder 8: Dog tags, circa 1917-1919Add to your cart.
Housed in MSS 0000-686 Box 1. Dog tags are linked on a chain.
Series 3: Melvin Tarrall Military PapersAdd to your cart.
Folder 9: Correspondence, Melvin Tarrall, 1942 July 27 - 1945 November 28Add to your cart.
Item 1: Correspondence, Melvin Tarrall to Betty Tarrall, 1942 July 27Add to your cart.
Written at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri and sent to Norfolk, Virginia. Includes envelope.
Item 2: Correspondence, Melvin Tarrall to Betty Tarrall, 1942 September 12Add to your cart.
Written in Salt Lake City, Utah and sent to Norfolk, Virginia. Includes envelope.
Item 3: Correspondence, Melvin Tarrall to Betty and Alton Tarrall, 1943 January 22Add to your cart.
Written in Pueblo, Colorado and sent to Norfolk, Virginia. Includes envelope.
Item 4: Correspondence, Melvin Tarrall to Betty and Alton Tarrall, 1943 March 30Add to your cart.
Written "Somewhere in India."
Item 5: Correspondence, Melvin Tarrall to Betty and Alton Tarrall, 1943 April 29Add to your cart.
Written in India and sent to Norfolk, Virginia. Includes envelope.
Item 6: Correspondence, Melvin Tarrall to Betty and Alton Tarrall, 1943 August 4Add to your cart.
Written in India and sent to Norfolk, Virginia. Includes envelope.
Item 7: Correspondence, Melvin Tarrall to Betty and Alton Tarrall, 1943 October 2Add to your cart.
Written in China and sent to Norfolk, Virginia.
Item 8: Correspondence, Melvin Tarrall to "Peg and Henry", circa 1943Add to your cart.
Christmas card from China.
Item 9: Correspondence, Major General H. R. Harmon to Melvin Tarrall, 1945 November 28Add to your cart.
Written in Louisville, Kentucky and sent to Norfolk, Virginia.
Folder 10: Photographs, Melvin Tarrall, circa 1942-1945Add to your cart.
Seven photographs.
Item 1: Photograph, China, World War II, circa 1943Add to your cart.
Photograph features a woman with a child strapped to her back.
Item 2: Photograph, Melvin Tarrall and two men, 1942Add to your cart.
Item 3: Photograph, "80 Days" Bomber, circa 1942-1945Add to your cart.
375th Bomb Squadron, 308th Bomb Group.
Item 4: Photograph, "Lakanooki" Bomber, circa 1942-1945Add to your cart.
375th Bomb Squadron, 308th Bomb Group.
Item 5: Photograph, "Ubangi Bag III" Bomber, circa 1942-1945Add to your cart.
375th Bomb Squadron, 308th Bomb Group.
Item 6: Photograph, "China GIs", circa 1942-1945Add to your cart.
Item 7: Photograph, Second Air Force Intelligence School, 1942 September 24Add to your cart.
Folder 11: Papers of Melvin Tarrall, 1942-1945Add to your cart.
Item 1: Certificate, War Ration Book One, 1942Add to your cart.
Certificate of Registrar for Claudia Jane Nurney.
Item 2: Booklet, War Department Pamphlet, 1944Add to your cart.
No. 20-10. Book is for servicemembers coming home from war.
Item 3: Form, Clothing and Equipment Adjustment, 1945 May 3Add to your cart.
Item 4: Certificate, Glorious and Illustrious Sons of Magellan, 1945 June 21Add to your cart.
For Sergeant Melvin O. Tarrall on February 15, 1943.
Item 5: Orders, Special Orders, Army Service Forces, 1945 June 27Add to your cart.
Three copies.
Folder 12: Artifacts, Melvin Tarrall, circa 1942-1945Add to your cart.
Housed in MSS 0000-686 Box 1.
Item 1: Patch, United States Army Air Forces shoulder sleeve insignia, circa 1942-1945Add to your cart.
Item 2: Patch, Sergeant rank insignia, circa 1942-1945Add to your cart.
Two patches.
Item 3: Dog tags, circa 1942-1945Add to your cart.
Dog tags are linked on a chain.

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