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Harold Higginbottom Collection (1192) Finding Aid

Collection Item Number: 11920000000
Title
Finding Aid
Linear Feet
0.1
Pages
1
Language(s)
English
Dates
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.
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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 ]]
  • Diary of D.D. 754 U.S.S. Frank E. Evans, written by Harold Higginbottom, April 1945 - March 1946
  • Floyd Sproles obituary (April 24, 2003)
  • Email correspondence
  • Printed images of various USS Frank E. Evans sailors
  • 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]