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Charles Brown Collection (1444) Finding Aid

Collection Item Number: 14440000000
Collection
Charles Brown Collection
Association
USS Frank E. Evans (DD 754) Association
Title
Finding Aid
Linear Feet
0.1
Pages
1
Language(s)
English
Dates
Creation: 04 October 2004
Scope and Contents
Photocopies excerpts from newsletters and articles focusing primarily on World War II battleship restoration.
Biographical / Historical
Charles Brown was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1950. In 1968, Brown volunteered for the United States Navy, beginning a 25-year career in the military. During this time, Brown served aboard the USS Forrestal, the USS Mt. Whitney, the USS New Jersey, the USS Iowa (BB-61), the USS Wabash, and the USS Dixon.
  • 1: [Barcode: 1] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D056.7]]
  • Box 1
  • Folder 1
  • Excerpts from The Jerseyman (Volume 1 Issue 27)
  • Excerpts from The Jerseyman (April, May, June 2004)
  • Review of USS New Jersey facts and statistics
  • Article: Keeping the Memory Alive: Iowa Association works to Keep Ship's Spirit Alive (from All Hands, January 1991)
  • Excerpts from The Big Stick: Newsletter of Historic Ships Memorial at Pacific Square (Fall 2003)
  • Excerpts from The Dreadnaught: Newsletter of the Battleship Texas Foundation (Volume 6, Issue 3, Spring 2004)
  • Excerpts from Now Hear This: Official Newsletter of the Friends of the Battleship Wisconsin (Summer 2004, Issue 4)
  • Excerpts from The Bridge (2004 Issue 1)
  • Article: The Crack in Barbette III by Richard Landgraff
  • Traditions of the Navy: Origins of Their Terms and Customs by Windas
  • Salt Shakers by Walt Munson and other cartoons
  • Miscellaneous articles and poems
  • Folder 2
  • Excerpts from The Jerseyman (3rd Quarter 2006)
Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=14440000000
Citation
Charles Brown Collection (1444) Finding Aid, Charles Brown Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=14440000000, Accessed 17 Mar 2026.
Pub Credit Line
14440000000, Charles Brown Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
Added: 03 Oct 2004 [Updated: 03 Apr 2020]

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