Historic Microscopes Collection

Microscopes plus cases, accessories, and instruction manuals. Includes items manufactured in the United States, England, France, Germany, and Japan.

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Text	43
Audio	18
Image	3
PDF	1

oral histories	40
letters	3
photographs	3
books	1

ORIGINAL FORMAT	COUNT
oral histories	40
letters	3
photographs	3
books	1

Annapolis (Md.)
Pacific Ocean	19
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii)	14
Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands)	11
Washington (D.C.)	11
Aleutian Islands (Alaska)	6
Atlantic Ocean	5
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LOCATION	COUNT
Annapolis (Md.)	47
Pacific Ocean	19
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii)	14
Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands)	11
Washington (D.C.)	11
Aleutian Islands (Alaska)	6
Atlantic Ocean	5
Korean Peninsula	4
Japan	3
Okinawa Island (Japan)	3
San Diego (Calif.)	3
Boston (Mass.)	2
China	2
Coronado (Calif.)	2
Guam	2
Jacksonville (Fla.)	2
Kwajalein Atoll (Marshall Islands)	2
Leyte (Philippines)	2
Mediterranean Sea	2
Palermo (Italy)	2
Solomon Islands	2
Vietnam	2
Ankara (Turkey)	1
Arctic Ocean	1
Azores	1
Beaufort (N.C.)	1
Bikini Atoll (Marshall Islands)	1
Caribbean Sea	1
Carteret County (N.C.)	1
Casablanca (Morocco)	1
Cavite (Cavite Province, Philippines)	1
Cherbourg (France)	1
Da Nang (Vietnam)	1
Fort Macon (N.C.)	1
Fort Monroe (Va.)	1
Greenville (Miss.)	1
Honshu (Japan)	1
Italy	1
Iwo Jima (Volcano Islands, Japan)	1
Key West (Fla.)	1
Kittery (Me.)	1
Lae (Papua New Guinea)	1
Lehighton (Pa.)	1
London (England)	1
Los Angeles (Calif.)	1
Madrid (Spain)	1
Mare Island (Calif.)	1
Marksville (La.)	1
Memphis (Tenn.)	1
Midway Islands	1
Morehead City (N.C.)	1
Naples (Italy)	1
Netherlands	1
New Bern (N.C.)	1
New London (Conn.)	1
New Orleans (La.)	1
New York (N.Y.)	1
Newport (R.I.)	1
Nicaragua	1
Normandy (France)	1
Northern Mariana Islands	1
Oklahoma City (Okla.)	1
Parris Island (S.C.)	1
Pensacola (Fla.)	1
Philippines	1
Providence (R.I.)	1
Quantico (Va.)	1
Rabat (Morocco)	1
Reykjavík (Iceland)	1
Roanoke Island (N.C.)	1
Sicily (Italy)	1
Tulaghi Island (Solomon Islands)	1
Wotje Atoll (Marshall Islands)	1

Military History	47
Military History: Navy	45
Military History: World War II	39
Special Collections Oral Histories	39
Military History: Korean War	4
Social and Family Life	4
Military History: Vietnam War	3
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THEME/PROJECT	COUNT
Military History	47
Military History: Navy	45
Military History: World War II	39
Special Collections Oral Histories	39
Military History: Korean War	4
Social and Family Life	4
Military History: Vietnam War	3
ECU History	1
ECU History: Faculty	1
Education	1
Military History: Civil War	1
Military History: Marines	1
Military History: World War I	1
Naval and Maritime History	1

United States. Navy--Officers--Interviews	33
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean	33
United States Naval Academy--History	26
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941	13
United States Naval Academy	10
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Atlantic Ocean	9
United States. Navy--Aviation	7
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SUBJECT	COUNT
United States. Navy--Officers--Interviews	33
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean	33
United States Naval Academy--History	26
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941	13
United States Naval Academy	10
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Atlantic Ocean	9
United States. Navy--Aviation	7
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Solomon Islands	7
Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943	6
United States. Navy--Officers	6
United States Naval Academy--Faculty	5
Korean War, 1950-1953--Naval operations	4
Midway, Battle of, 1942	4
United States Naval Academy--Alumni and alumnae	4
United States Naval Academy--Students	4
United States. Navy--Submarine forces	4
Coral Sea, Battle of the, 1942	3
Vietnam War, 1961-1975	3
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Alaska	3
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Marshall Islands	3
Aleutian Islands (Alaska)--History, Military--20th century	2
Burnham, John M., -1957	2
Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands)--History, Military--20th century	2
Leyte Gulf, Battle of, Philippines, 1944	2
North Carolina (Battleship : BB-55)	2
Santa Cruz Islands, Battle of the, Solomon Islands, 1942	2
Washington (Battleship : BB-56)	2
West Virginia (Ship)	2
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Africa, North	2
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy	2
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy	2
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy--Sicily	2
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Mariana Islands	2
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations--Submarine	2
Yorktown (Aircraft carrier : CV-5)	2
Aircraft accidents--United States	1
Anti-submarine warfare	1
Arkansas (Battleship)	1
Armstrong, David M., 1919-1998	1
Attu, Battle of, Alaska, 1943	1
Bartlett, James V.	1
Baughan, Robert L.	1
Bennett, John E.	1
Boston Naval Shipyard (Boston, Mass.)--History--20th century	1
Burnside's Expedition to North Carolina, 1862	1
Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881	1
Byrnside, Benjamin C., Jr.	1
Celustka family	1
Celustka, Robert J.	1
Chemistry--Study and teaching--Rhode Island	1
Cherbourg, Battle of, Cherbourg, France, 1944	1
Conger family	1
Conger, Henry Jackson, 1916-2012	1
Coral Sea (Aircraft carrier)	1
Cranshaw family	1
Crenshaw, Russell Sydnor, 1920-	1
Crommelin family	1
Crommelin, Quentin C.	1
Davis, Louis Poisson, Jr., 1919-	1
Deller, Clarence Raymond, Jr.	1
Douglas, William W. (William Wilberforce), 1841-	1
Downes (Destroyer)	1
East Carolina University--Faculty	1
Elliott, A. William	1
Engle, Aubrey D.	1
Enterprise (Aircraft carrier : CV-6)	1
Europe--Description and travel	1
Flying Fish (Submarine)	1
Fort Macon (N.C.)--Siege, 1862	1
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Aircraft carrier)	1
Greenbacker, John E., 1917-2005	1
Greenwood (Destroyer : DE 679)	1
Hailey, Robert	1
Heavey, William F., Jr.	1
Helena (Cruiser)	1
Hines, Edward C., Jr., 1917-2011	1
Idaho (Battleship : BB-42)	1
Indianapolis (Cruiser)	1
Jones, William W.	1
Keller, Omar Christian, 1917-2000	1
Kelley, Archie P.	1
Kwajalein Atoll, Battle of, Marshall Islands, 1944	1
Laborde, Aldon J.	1
Laffey (Ship)	1
Lexington (Aircraft carrier : 1927-1942)	1
MacMillan, Oscar David, 1919-1989	1
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar (Calif.)	1
Marine Corps Base Quantico (Va.)	1
Maury (Ship)	1
McReynolds family	1
McReynolds, William	1
Meade (Destroyer)	1
Military attachés--Netherlands	1
Miller, Edward G.	1
Miller, Harry Zellner, 1920-2010	1
Miller, Richards T.	1
Montpelier (Ship)	1
Morocco--Description and travel	1
Naval Air Station Jacksonville (Fla.)	1
Naval War College (U.S.)	1
New Bern, Battle of, New Bern, N.C., 1862	1
New York Naval Shipyard--History	1
Nicholson, William M.	1
North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865	1
North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns	1
Nuclear weapons--United States	1
Observatories--Maryland--Annapolis	1
Oceanographers--California	1
Operation Crossroads, Marshall Islands, 1946	1
Owen, William D.	1
PT-109 (Torpedo boat)	1
Parris Island (S.C. : Recruit depot)	1
Pennsylvania (Battleship)	1
Percy family	1
Percy, Billups P.	1
Percy, Walker, 1916-1990	1
Philippine Sea, Battle of the, 1944 (June 19-21)	1
Pogy (Submarine)	1
Polaris (Missile)	1
Portland (Cruiser)	1
Price, Frank H., Jr., 1919-2002	1
Princeton University--Faculty	1
Rickover, Hyman George	1
Roanoke Island (N.C.)--History--Capture, 1862	1
Salmon (Submarine)	1
Salt Lake City (Light cruiser)	1
San Francisco (Cruiser)	1
Sanger, Frank M.	1
Sangley Point (Philippines)	1
Saratoga (Aircraft carrier : CV-3)	1
Savannah (Light cruiser)	1
Shangri-La (Aircraft carrier : CVS-38)	1
Shelly, Tully	1
Shipbuilding--Maryland--Annapolis	1
Small, Walter L. (Walter Lowry), 1916-2004	1
Somers, Francis Eugene	1
Southard, Pemberton, 1918-	1
Spore, Burns W.	1
Stewart, Richard W.	1
Strum, Charles Gray	1
Sugg, H. A. I.	1
Tennessee (Battleship)	1
Tokyo (Japan)--History--Bombardment, 1942	1
Torpedo-boats--Solomon Islands	1
Tulane University. College of Law--Faculty	1
Tully family	1
United States Naval Academy--Buildings	1
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives	1
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Religious aspects	1
United States. Army. Rhode Island Heavy Artillery Regiment, 5th (1863-1865)	1
United States. Marine Corps--Officers--Interviews	1
United States. Marine Corps. Marine Regiment, 11th	1
United States. Naval Oceanographic Office	1
United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Ships	1
United States. Navy--Military life	1
United States. Navy. Civil Engineer Corps	1
United States. Navy. Construction Corps	1
United States. Navy. Seabees	1
Vail, Powell P.	1
Valley Forge (Aircraft carrier)	1
Warships--United States	1
Wasp (Aircraft carrier : CV-7)	1
Wolfe, Thomas B.	1
World War, 1939-1945	1
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Japan	1
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Japan--Okinawa Island	1
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Mediterranean Sea	1
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--New Guinea	1
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Philippines	1
Wright, Richard M., 1918-2004	1
Yacht racing--Maryland--Annapolis	1