Moseley Family Papers
1940-1945
Manuscript Collection #944
- Creator(s)
- Moseley family
- Physical description
- 0.063 Cubic Feet, 72 items
- Preferred Citation
- Moseley Family Papers (#944), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
- Repository
- ECU Manuscript Collection
- Access
- No restrictions
Administrative information
Custodial History
October 1, 2003, (unprocessed) 72 items, 0.063 cubic feet; Papers (1940 - 1945) primarily consisting of letters received by Mrs. B. W. Moseley, of Greenville, NC, from her son, Ensign and later Lt. (j.g.). Bancroft F. Moseley, during his U. S. Naval Reserve training and service aboard the U. S. Navy destroyers USS TRATHEN (DD-530) and the USS MCKEAN (DD-784) in the Pacific Ocean during World War II; also from her daughter, Frances (Mrs. H. N.) French, East Orange, NJ. See preliminary inventory attached. Donor: Anonymous
Source of acquisition
Anonymous gift
Processing information
Encoded by Mark Custer, March 10, 2008
Copyright notice
Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.
Key terms
Family Names
Mosley family
Corporate Names
United States. Naval Reserve
Topical
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean
Container list
Box 1 Folder a
Letters (1940-1942) from Chalain James B. Ficklen, 512th CA (AA), Fort Bliss, TX (1 item); Mrs. H. N. French, East Orange, NJ (8 items); wedding invitations. 11 items. 32 p
Box 1 Folder c
Letters (1943) from Bancroft F. Moseley, aboard the USS TRATHEN (DD-530) through the Fleet Post Master in San Francisco, CA; also from Lake Tahoe; Victoria, BC; Puget Sound. 24 items. 63 p
Box 1 Folder d
Letters (1944-1945, n.d.) from Bancroft F. Moseley, aboard the USS TRATHEN (DD-530) and the USS MCKEAN (DD 784), where he was the Communications Officer, through the Fleet Post Master in San Francisco, CA; also from Seattle, WA; Lake Tahoe, CA; Puget Sound. 23 items. 53 p