Harold Higginbottom Collection (1192) Finding Aid
Collection Item Number: 11920000000
- Collection
- Harold Higginbottom Collection
- Association
- USS Frank E. Evans (DD 754) Association
- Title
- Finding Aid
- Linear Feet
- 0.1
- Pages
- 1
- Language(s)
- English
- Dates
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Creation: 16 July 2003
Scope and Contents
Diary of DD-754 U.S.S. Frank E. Evans by Higginbottom ('Higgy'), April 1945 - March 1946; email from Jack Druckemiller; photocopy of Floyd Sproles obituary; and photographs document Evans sailors. Also, a VHS tape of a news report detailing the the efforts of the Frank E. Evans Association to get a destroyer named after Frank E. Evans; correspondence between Richard Gleason and various government officals concerning the same effort.Biographical / Historical
Higginbottom served on the Frank E. Evans in Fire Control, 3rd Class.- 1
- Photographs
2 photos, VA041506-VA041507
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- 1
- Moving Images
VHS tape of news report about naming a destroyer Frank E. Evans
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- Box 1: [Barcode: 1] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D058.4 ]]
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Diary of D.D. 754 U.S.S. Frank E. Evans, written by Harold Higginbottom, April 1945 - March 1946
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Floyd Sproles obituary (April 24, 2003)
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Email correspondence
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Printed images of various USS Frank E. Evans sailors
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Correspondence between Richard Gleason and various government official concerning Frank E Evans Association members' efforts at getting a destroyer named the Frank E. Evans
- Perma Link
- https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=11920000000
- Citation
- Harold Higginbottom Collection (1192) Finding Aid, Harold Higginbottom Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=11920000000, Accessed 24 Jan 2026.
- Pub Credit Line
- 11920000000, Harold Higginbottom Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
- Added: 15 Jul 2003 [Updated: 16 Jun 2005]
Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive
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Address
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Phone
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Email
vnca@ttu.edu