Guide to the Fred A. Corr personal archive M2319
Malgorzata Schaefer
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
April 2018
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford 94305-6064
specialcollections@stanford.edu
Note
This is a listing of materials rather than a true finding aid.
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Fred A. Corr personal archive
source:
Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints
Identifier/Call Number: M2319
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear Feet
(1 half box)
Date (inclusive): 1918-1932
Date (bulk): bulk
Content Description
One binder
Biographical / Historical
Frederick A. Corr (1889-1932) was the Chief Pharmacist's Mate on the USS Tutuilla and USS Isabel on the Yangtze Patrol in
the 1920s. The Yangtze Patrol Force protected US interests and citizens on the river for nearly a century, from the 1850s
to the 1940s, one of the longest continuous US military operations. Corr was married to Lila Mae Corr (née Murphy). His wife
was killed by her father in June 1928, and Corr received the news in a letter from his mother-in-law, which he mentions in
a letter to his brother Edgar.
Scope and Contents
Materials consist primarily of letters sent by Corr to his family in the United States, mostly to his brother Edgar D. Corr
and Edgar's family. Corr's letters include descriptions of life along the river, including of American commerce (Standard
Oil's and Socony's operations), and of the beauty of the gorges. They also detail family issues related to money and insurance.
Most letters typewritten (a few handwritten) many on "USS Isabel Yangtze Patrol United States Asiatic Fleet" letterhead, some
on paper with printed Chinese motifs; all signed "Fred." Other ships and locations from which letters were mailed include:
Dollar Steamship Line; US Naval Hospital Canacao PI; USS Colorado; Receiving Barracks, Hampton Roads, Va; USS Sirius; USS
Pittsburgh; USS Guam; and USS Tutuilla. Other items include: Fourth of July 1918 celebration program, USS Wilhelmina; Ship's
Ball Programme December 5, 1918, Hotel Biltmore NY; Theatre Party and Banquet, USS Kentuckian, June 12, 1919, Globe Theatre,
NY; 10 black and white photographs taken by Corr in China; Christmas Card 1927; and Christmas Dinner Menu, USS Isabel December
1928, with Rear Admiral Stirling, Commander Yangtze Patrol listed.
Conditions Governing Use
There are no restrictions on use of public domain materials.
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase; 2014. Accession MSS 2018-071.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], Fred A. Corr personal archive (M2319). Department of Special Collections and University Archives,
Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints
half-box 1, folder 1
At the the receiving Barracks, Hampton Roads, VA, August 1927; on board the U.S.S. Sirius August - September 1927; on the
receiving ship, San Francisco, CA, October 1927, to Hon and Putsy, some to Edgar
half-box 1, folder 2
Aboard the U.S.S. Isabel, October - November 1927; on board S. S. President Cleveland, November 1927, to Hon and Putsy; includes
two photographs
half-box 1, folder 3
Aboard the U.S.S. Isabel, December 1927 - March 1928, to Hon, Putsy and All, to Edgar, to Anna
half-box 1, folder 4
On board the U.S.S. Guam, on board the U.S.S. Tutuilla, May 1928; very descriptive of China
half-box 1, folder 5
Aboard the U.S.S. Isabel, mainly to Hon and Putsy, May - December, 1928
half-box 1, folder 6
Aboard the U.S.S. Isabel, to Hon, Putsy and All, January - September, 1929
half-box 1, folder 7
Aboard the U.S.S. Isabel, to Hon, Putsy and All, January - February, 1930; U. S. Naval Hospital, Canacao, P.I., March - [May}
1930
half-box 1, folder 8
Letter to Edgar Corr responding to letter receive about the death of FreddCorr, October 1932. Christmas cards 1927 and 1928
half-box 1, folder 8
Ship's ball programme, December 1918
half-box 1, folder 8
Theatre party and banquet of the U.S.S. Kentuckian, June 1919
half-box 1, folder 9
Photographs of China c. 1929, some with annotations on the verso
