Guide to the B. P. Vosbury Papers MSS.1598
Vosbury, B. P.
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
February 2009
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
- Creation:
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- Language Usage:
English
- Description Rules:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
B. P. Vosbury papers
- Unit ID:
MSS.1598
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (4 letters,3 photo clippings)
- Dates:
1930-1932
- Abstract:
Letters written by B.P. Vosbury to his mother, Katie Vosbury of Washington, DC, while he was serving aboard the U.S.S Tracy (214) in 1930 and 1931 and aboard the U.S.S. Avocet (AM19) in 1932. The letters describe his tours on the U.S. Asiatic Station and life in the Philippines and the South Seas in the years prior to World War II.
Scope and Contents note
This collection consists of four typewritten letters written by B.P. Vosbury to his mother, Katie Vosbury of Washington, DC, while he was serving aboard the U.S.S Tracy (214) in 1930 and 1931 and aboard the U.S.S. Avocet (AM19) in 1932. The letters describe his tours on the U.S. Asiatic Station and life in the Philippines and the South Seas in the years prior to World War II. There is a newspaper clipping about a tiger and python fight in Jahore with the first letter (dated 1930 October 21) as well as three photographs (mentioned in the letter dated 1931 June 26) taken during a week’s leave showing the Great Wall and the Forbidden City in Peiping (Beijing). There is also a clipping from the Malayan Saturday Post (1930 October 18) showing the U.S. 15th Destroyer Squadron with an arrow pointing to the Tracy. In the 1930 letter he mentions the Depression and that the “slump” is a main topic of conversation in Singapore.
- Processing Information:
Processing Information note
Martha Bace, 2008
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
B. P. Vosbury papers, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, University of Alabama
- Acquisition Information:
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Gift of Wade Hall, 2005
Biographical/Historical note
B.P. Vosbury was a graduate of the United States Naval Academy in 1917 and served in the U.S. Asiatic Fleet as a lieutenant on the U.S.S. Tracy (214) in 1930 and 1931 and then as lieutenant commander of the U.S.S. Avocet (AM19) in 1932
Source(s)
Vosbury, B. P. (local)
Papers Box SC0010 Folder 1598.01