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Norris (Douglas) Personal Papers
SDASM.SC.10108  
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Box 1 of 2

 

Series I: Personal Papers

 

Folder 1 – Personal Correspondence Series Description Box Listing

Physical Description: This folder contains two postcards and two letters from Douglas Norris to his parents and siblings.
 

Folder 2 – Douglas Norris Radio Transcript

Physical Description: This folder contains a 3 page transcript of The University of The Air-Is-On The Air radio broadcast dated June 18, 1942. It is a radio show broadcasted at the US Naval Facilities at Corpus Christi at the USO clubhouse. In it there is an interview between the broadcaster and Douglas Norris, who speaks about his experiences in World War II.
 

Folder 3 – Pre-Death Papers & Articles

Physical Description: This folder contains three newspaper clips regarding Douglas Norris’ commission into the United States Navy. Additionally, there is a Commencement Exercises pamphlet from St. Stephen High School in Port Huron, Michigan, dated 1935. Douglas is listed as a graduate.
 

Folder 4 – Douglas Norris Death, September 6, 1942

Physical Description: This folder contains a paper with Douglas’s biography, a St. Stephen Scribe paper with a 1-year anniversary marking Douglas’s death, and several newspaper clips giving tribute to Douglas Norris.
 

Series II: Books

 

Folder 5 – Pilot Pocket Notebook

Physical Description: This folder contains a pocketbook circa 1942. It contains notes on aircraft function, instrumentation, and control. The last date is on Douglas’s crash.
 

Folder 6 – Books

Physical Description: 1. “University of the Air – In Pictures; U.S. Naval Air Station” at Corpus Christi. This book contains pictures of all the activities that occur at the base. 2. “1939 Flight Jacket” – U.S. Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida. This book is a yearbook with all the class members in the program at NAS Pensacola.
 

Series III: Photographs

 

Folder 7 – Photographs

Physical Description: This folder contains a few photographs, including potraits, his friend, and an unknown NAS where Douglas trained.
 

Box 2 of 2

 

Series IV: Scrapbook

Physical Description: This box contains an oversized scrapbook containing several types of documents, including newspapers, correspondence, photographs, tributes, compressed flowers, a velvet banner, and several dozen memorial cards, other cards, and notecards with people’s names on them and their blessings.
Collection Contents
Box 1 of 2
Series I: Personal Papers
Series II: Books
Series III: Photographs
Box 2 of 2
Series IV: Scrapbook
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