Holdings Armed Forces (ROTC) Coordinator's Office William F. Pearson Papers Finding Aid Holdings Armed Forces (ROTC) Coordinator's Office William F. Pearson Papers Finding Aid Title: William F. Pearson Papers, 1866, 1900-1947, 2012
ID: 27/1/20
Extent: 0.2 cubic feet
Arrangement: By type of material
Date Acquired: 06/15/2012
Subjects: Military Aeronautics
Languages: English
Papers of Colonel William Frederick Pearson (1880-1957), US Army, Commandant of the University of Illinois School of Military Aeronautics (1917-1918). Contains identification cards; a personal military history (1902-1947); the Ohio Wesleyan University Student's Handbook (1900-1901); the June 1920 issue of L'Aeronautica; and a School of Military Aeronautics photo album, including photos of classes on military and avionic equipment, artillery, and procedures.
This series also contains a photocopy of Commodore Joseph Lanman's letter to Stephen W. Rhoades, dated July 24, 1866, instructing Officer Rhoades on the oversight of military operations in the vicinity of Port Royal, S.C. (original letter can be found here).
URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/2702020.pdf
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