Nanking, Hankow, Changsha, and Nanchang, 1937-1938
China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group
World War, 1939-1945
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958
Black and white film taken by Chinese Air Force Interpreter P.Y. Shu (no sound). The footage was recorded by Shu as he traveled with Col. Claire Chennault to aid the Chinese Air Force in training and establishing the American Volunteer Group (AVG). The footage documents Shu's travel and family as well as Chennault's and the AVG's activities during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Time-stamped scene list: 00:00 Chinese buildings and museum of history. 00:15 Chennault and a Chinese officer on steps in front of a building. P. Y. Shu walks to camera in front of a building. Chennault and Colonel Lee Hwei Don, who was evaluated from Nanking. 00:45 View of ocean. Chinese refugees. View of residential area. 01:07 Hankow harbor and city in snow in 1938. A clock tower (Hankow custom house). 02:40 People set off firecrackers. Crowd in front of the clock tower. View of Hankow Harbor by the Yangtse River. 06:05 British flag on ground (British international section). Black smoke rises from a city on the other side of the shore. Aerial shot of a city. 07:09 A group of military personnels on a field. Chennault with 2 pilots of the International SQ. 7:30 Smoke rises from a crashed plane in a airfield. Pilots watch the accident. Airfield construction in Hankow. Chinese workers. 08:00 Chennault and pilots on an airfield. Training planes in the air. Landing planes. A plane hid under straw. Chennault listens to Chinese pilots talking about flight experience. Crews work on a training plane. Johnny Allison and International pilots. 8:40 Chennault in a cockpit of training plane. Black smoke rises from a distant city. 09:17 Funeral of American soldiers. 10:10 A German pilot with Chinese sign (blood chit) on his jacket. Funeral of soldiers. Chennault among the pall bearers. 10:45 Building and campus of a junior high school. Grave stones. School buildings. P.Y. Shu's mother in front of a building in Chang Shia, Hunan province. 11:43 P. Y. Shu carried in a basket. An old Chinese man and a Chinese officer. 11:50 View of a valley in Hankow. P.Y. Shu in front of a building. 12:19 Wreckages of a training plane.
P.Y. Shu
Fei Hu Films research and production files (RHC-88)
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
Women's studies
Lectures and lecturing
Text based flyer of the talk by Naomi Wolf
Women's Studies Program
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department
In Copyright
Naperola, Joseph (Interview outline and video), 2013
Oral history
Veterans History Project (U.S.)
United States--History, Military
Michigan--History, Military
Veterans
Video recordings
United States. Army Air Corps
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
Joe was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1923. He joined the National Guard when he was fourteen years old and served until his unit was federalized in 1940. He was drafted into the Army in 1942 and was sent to be an MP at Fort Custer, Michigan. Joe was sent to England where he patrolled four small towns about thirty miles outside of London. While in country, he also was part of the honor guard and was a staff driver for officers. Joe was sent back to the United States in 1946 after the war had ended.
Naperola, Joseph
Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
Kentwood Historic Preservation Commission (Kentwood, Mich.)
Naples (Italy)
Black and white photograph of Naples, Italy taken from a boat.
Merrill, Robert H., 1881-1955
Robert H. Merrill papers (RHC-222)
Lantern slides
Black and white lantern slide (dark) of the Naples, Italy harbor.
Narrow gauge railway car unit being turned around
Railroads
Railroad trains
Yucatán (Mexico : State)
Black and white lantern slide of five men at the front of a train engine turning it manually.
Black and white lantern slide of people waiting on a railroad platform to baord a train in Yucatan, Mexico.
Boats
Black and white photograph of a crowd of people on the deck of a ship. "Nassau, 1926-2-21." is written on the bottom of the image.
Sharks
Fishing
Black and white photograph of a shark on the deck of a ship next to a railing. People are crowded around the shark, and two men are holding rope. The photo is taken from above, and "A Nassau Shark." is written on the bottom of the image.
Black and white photograph of people standing along the railing of the deck of a ship looking out towards another crowded passenger ship filled with people and a smaller boat that are sailing past. "Nassau Tender 1926-2-21." is written on the bottom of the image.
Nathan Sargent from Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart, October 27, 1855
Sargent, Nathan, 1794-1875
Hunt, Washington, 1811-1867
Whig Party (U.S.)
United States--Politics and government--19th century
United States--Officials and employees
Lockport (N.Y.)
Letter expressing Holmes's desire that a Constitutional Union Party be formed for the 1856 election.
Stuart, Alexander H. H. (Alexander Hugh Holmes), 1807-1891
Nathan Sargent papers, (RHC-44)
No Copyright - United States
Nathan Sargent from Benjamin F. Butler, November 11, 1874
Clayton, John M. (John Middleton), 1796-1856
Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874
Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836
Clinton, George, 1739-1812
Tompkins, Daniel D., 1774-1825
Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862
Sergeant, John, 1779-1852
Frelinghuysen, Theodore, 1787-1862
Johnson, Richard M. (Richard Mentor), 1780-1850
United States. Office of the Vice President
New Castle (Del.)
New York (State)
Massachusetts
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Delaware
New Jersey
Illinois
Letter regarding Butler's treatment by the press.
Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893
Nathan Sargent from Caleb Cushing, December 13, 1835
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852
Ritner, Joseph, 1780-1869
Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850
Antimasonic Party
National Intelligencer Office (Washington, D.C.)
Washington (D.C.)
Vermont
Rhode Island
Boston (Mass.)
Philadelphia (Pa.)
Letter regarding a series of business letters.
Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879
Nathan Sargent from Caleb Cushing, December 22, 1840
Constitutional Union Party (U.S.)
American Party (N.Y.)
Staunton (Va.)
Letter discussing removals from office, and Cushing's opinion that postmasters are the tools of Amos Kendall, former editor of the Washington Globe and US Postmaster General under Andrew Jackson.
Nathan Sargent from Caleb Cushing, February 28, 1838
Everett, Edward, 1794-1865
Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841
Letter regarding Cushing's health, the likelihood of a treasury bill passing, the need for the Whigs to have grit, Martin Van Buren's decreasing popularity, and a recent duel.
Nathan Sargent from Charles Francis Adams, November 28, 1868
Whig Party (U.S.). National Convention
Tippecanoe Club of New York
Ashland (Ky.)
New York (N.Y.)
Note from the son of John Quincy Adams thanking Nathan Sargent for correcting an error in the Washington Chronicle claiming that his father retained opponents while in office.
Adams, Charles Francis, 1807-1886
Nathan Sargent from Clement Comer Clay, March 14, 1832
Granger, Francis, 1792-1868
Compromise of 1850
United States. Congress
Canandaigua (N.Y.)
Kansas
Nebraska
Baltimore (Md.)
Albany (N.Y.)
Letter detailing the Alabama Supreme Court's process of admitting attorneys from other states.
Clay, Clement Comer, 1789-1866
Nathan Sargent from Daniel Dewey Barnard, October 31, 1855
Customs administration
Letter in support of Sargent's plan to reach a settlement on slavery. Barnard sees the best chance of maintaining the Union to be a national Whig party.
Barnard, Daniel D. (Daniel Dewey), 1797-1861
Nathan Sargent from Daniel Webster, June 15, 1852
United States. Department of State
Buffalo (N.Y.)
Lobos Islands (Venezuela)
Cover letter for registration of the American ship St. Paul from A.H.P. Edwards Esq., U.S. Counsel at Manila, by Daniel Webster to Nathan Sargent, Register of the Treasury.
Nathan Sargent from Edward Everett, February 20, 1835
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
Letter discussing elections in Vermont, Rhode Island, and Pennsylvania, and Antimason Party activity.
Nathan Sargent from Edward Everett, January 2, 1835
Letter discussing potential Whig nominees for President in the 1836 election.
Nathan Sargent from Edward Everett, January 3, 1836
Kentucky
Ohio
Letter discussing potential Whig nominees for President in the 1836 election, and the growing approval of a Daniel Webster candidacy.
Nathan Sargent from Edward Everett, May 10, 1838
Letter discussing scientific lectures, the re-election of Pennsylvania Gov. Joseph Ritner, and Massachusetts's reluctance to support William Henry Harrison.
Nathan Sargent from Edward Everett, November 23, 1835
White, Hugh Lawson, 1773-1840
Harrisburg (Pa.)
Charlton (Mass.)
Letter discussing rumors of Henry Clay's plans to run for President, and Antimasonic opposition to William Henry Harrison.