USS West Virginia Collection
compiled by Clyde Lathey
Sc2002-030
BOX 1
Publications/Scrapbooks
BOX 2
Prewar Albums
1. Photo album, 1939, James Alley, Layfette, IN
2. Photo album, 1940 including crossing equator, James Alley, Layfette, IN
3. Photo album, 1926-1927, Carl H. Rienbarger, Cave City, AZ
4. Photo album, 1933-1935, William B. Hutching
5. Photo album, 1920s, Kenneth Warren Meade
BOX 3
Prewar Materials
f. 1 Letterhead, from Robert Erlandson, Eagen, MN
f. 2 The Mountaineer newsletter 1938/10/27, from Bill Fiest, Sistersville, WV
f. 3 Crossing Equator book, 1940, from William E. Kneiple, Sun Lakes, AZ
f. 4 Thanksgiving menu, 1939/11/23, from Jim Smith, Princeton, IN
f. 5 Newsletters, Christmas menu, 1937-1939, from Henry S. Winslow, Ft. Myers, FL
f. 6 Envelopes postmarked from USS WV, 1927-1942, from Fred Nott, Eugene, OR
f. 7 Newsletters, photos, documents, accounts of action, most 1941-1943, compiled by Johnnie
Egner, Fremont, CA
BOX 4
Prewar Materials
f. 1 Correspondence, clippings, newsletters, menus, photos of equator crossing in 1940, most
1939-1941
f. 2 Clippings, photos, 1938-1942 (photocopies), from John Rauschkolb, San Rafael, CA
f. 3 Photos including crossing equator about 1934, ca. 1933-1936, from John Farmer, Los
Alamos, NM
f. 4 Photos, newsletters, documents, 1936-1937, from Ellsworth Woody, Williams, CA
f. 5 Photos, biography, clippings, ca. 1933-1934, from James W. Downing, Colorado Springs,
CO
f. 6 Photos, clippings, documents, May Day 1945 program, General Information Book,
BOX 5
World War II Period
f. 1 Action report, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (photocopy)
f. 2 Pearl Harbor salvage report 1942 (photocopy) from John Cowden, Cranberry, TX
f. 3 Correspondence, clippings
f. 4 Personnel lists, orders, 1944 crossing of equator collected by Don Siebold, Broomfield,
CO
f. 5 Photos, correspondence, newspaper, newsletters, 1944-45
f. 6 Newsletters, menus, 1944-45 from Charles Prazenia, Cerritos, CA
f. 7 Photocopy of instrument of surrender, 1945 from F. T. Kleber, San Diego, CA
f. 8 Folder and stamps of 50th anniversary of Pearl Harbor attack
BOX 6
Postwar Period
f. 1 Photos and information on scrapping of ship, Todd Pacific Shipyards Company, Seattle,
WA
f. 2 Correspondence with Clyde Lathey
f. 3 Correspondence with Clyde Lathey
f. 4 Articles, speech, documents compiled by Howard O. Pollan, West Point, MS
f. 5 USS West Virginia submarine information