New Mexico (Battleship)
Organization
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
David Chavez, Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: AC622p
Scope and Content
Papers include black and white copies of three war memorial photographs, an invitation to Mr. Chavez for a 1948 reception honoring President Harry S. Truman from Puerto Rico's governor Pinero and copies of a poem written to commemorate the christening of the USS New Mexico (also called "Lucky Lady") by Chavez' daughter Caroline in 1942. Two letters from 1984 and 1985 were written to Caroline from Dr. A.E. Laurence, who served in World War II alongside Colonel Chavez, and which recount stories...
Dates:
1950-1985
Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps Collection
Collection
Identifier: UNMA-119
Scope and Content Note
The collection contains correspondence, photographs, news clippings, alumni lists, and various reports including annual and financial of the UNM NROTC/Department of Naval Science and AFROTC/Department of Aerospace Studies. There is also a scrapbook containing photographs of the battleship USS New Mexico, information on the Wardroom Society (a social organization of the NROTC), and NROTC publications including Desert Voyage, Drydock, Sunline and Mark. The V-12 Naval College Training...
Dates:
1919-2010
Robert W. de Haas Collection
Collection
Identifier: AC 472
Scope and Content
The bulk of the collection contains declassified documents, official orders, maps and internal memoranda about the Pacific theater during World War II and the battleship’s engagement against Japanese forces. Additional material contains de Haas’s on-ship memoranda, internal command memoranda, Japanese propaganda, a scrapbook, issues of the battleship newsletter The Queen’s Daily News, United States Navy (USN) publications on battle experiences and USN periodicals.
Dates:
1939-1946
Stanley Matthews Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-544-BC
Scope and Content
These papers of Stanley Matthews primarily relate to his 30 year career in the U.S. Navy, 1910-1940. He served with the rank of Chief Water Tender on the U.S.S. New Mexico, 1922-26. The collection consists of 3 folders. Folder 1 contains correspondence to and from the U.S. Navy concerning Matthews' pay, change of address, and qualifications. The folder also contains a letter describing a shared naval experience in Mexico. Folder 2 consists of information relating to the USS New Mexico and...
Dates:
1910-1940
The USS New Mexico Collection (Hutcheson)
Collection
Identifier: AC 430-p
Scope and Content
Collection consists of one folder of ephemera, including newspaper articles, reunion letters, correspondence, and USS New Mexico history.
Dates:
1915-1989
USS New Mexico BB-40 Collection(Lundgren)
Collection
Identifier: AC 549-p
Scope and Content
Collection of sports programs, menus, newspapers, an autograph page, and other items saved by Eric H. Lundgren who served aboard the USS New Mexico (BB-40) from 1933 to 1937: holiday menus, 1935-1936; football and wrestling programs, 1935-1936; photo of Eric Lundgren (no date); letter postmarked USS New Mexico, 1940; page from Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 11, 1937; shipboard newspaper Republication, 1937.
Dates:
1935-1940
USS New Mexico Collection
Collection
Identifier: AC 335-p
Scope and Content
Collection consists of clippings and ephemeral material collected by Casimir Wancowicz while on board the USS New Mexico, including newspaper articles about the accomplishments of the USS New Mexico during World War II.
Dates:
1944-1945
U.S.S. New Mexico Crew Members Interviews
Collection
Identifier: AC 603
Scope and Content
Collection consists of interviews of forty sailors who served on the USS New Mexico at various times. Interviews are recorded on CDs; no transcripts are available.
Dates:
2001 - 2009
USS New Mexico Newsletters and Printed Ephemera
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1024-BC
Scope and Content
Contains newsletters edited and produced onboard by the crew, memoranda, and assorted commemorative pamphlets.
Dates:
1919-1945; Majority of material found within 1935-1945
USS New Mexico photographs and printed material
Collection
Identifier: MSS-905-SC
Abstract
The collection consists of photographs and printed material relating to the USS New Mexico.
Dates:
1945, 1995; Majority of material found in 1945
U.S.S. New Mexico Publications
Collection
Identifier: AC 687-P
Scope and Contents
The Salvo is the ship’s newsletter, printed on board the ship and under the direction of the Commanding Officer. It contains news from inter-vessel sports events, information about events on and around the ship, and other pertinent and/or interesting information. The four issues in this collection are all from 1939. Publication location changes with port location.
The pamphlet on “The Prevention of Venereal Diseases” was part of a larger initiative by the U.S. Military to prevent venereal...
Dates:
1937 - 1939
USS New Mexico Silver Service Records
Collection
Identifier: AC 397
Scope and Content
The collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, reference material and conservation notes. Forty-eight shop drawings made by Tiffany and Company are included in the collection as is correspondence ralative to the loan of an item to Tiffany for an historical exhibition.
Dates:
1918-1998