Crum (Lawrence C.) Personal Papers, 1920-2002

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Summary

Title:
Lawrence C. Crum Personal Papers
Dates:
1920-2002
Abstract:
Lawrence Crum received his U.S. Navy Aviator wings in 1942 and served on the USS Ranger during WWII & Korean War. The collection contains numerous photographs of the USS Ranger, certificates and personal documents.
Extent:
0.36 Cubic feet 1 box
Language:
Preferred citation:

[Item], Lawrence Crum Persona Papers, [Repository “San Diego Air & Space Museum Library & Archives”]

Background

Scope and content:

The Lawrence Clair Crum Collection contains certificates, identification cards, artifacts, and photographs relating to Lawrence Crum and his service aboard the USS Ranger (CV-61). The collection contains materials ranging from the 1940s and 50s.

Biographical / historical:

Lawrence Clair Crum, Jr., was born March 6, 1920, and served as a United States Naval pilot. A significant portion of her service was spent aboard the USS Ranger (CV-61). Nick named the “Top Gun of the Pacific,” the USS Ranger was one of four Forrestal-class supercarriers built for the US Navy in the 1950s. The ship was the first US carrier designed from the very beginning as an angled deck ship and was decommissioned in 1993.

Crum received his US Navy Aviation Pilot’s certificate June 29, 1942, seeing service in World War II and the Korean War. His collection contains certificates and identification and club cards relevant to the life of a naval pilot and officer as well as depicting bits of the culture aboard a carrier. For example, an Imperium Neptuni certificate for crossing the equator, a newspaper article explaining a hazing ritual for “shellbacks” traditionally carried out during that crossing, and cards to military societies and clubs in the United States, China, and Japan. There are also photographs of the inside and outside of the USS Ranger.

Crum died on September 24, 2002, at 82 years of age.

Acquisition information:
The materials in this Collection were donated to the San Diego Air and Space Museum.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Alan Renga
Date Prepared:
10/16/2014
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2015-11-16T14:57-0500

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open to researchers by appointment.

Terms of access:

Some copyright may be reserved. Consult with the library director for more information.

Preferred citation:

[Item], Lawrence Crum Persona Papers, [Repository “San Diego Air & Space Museum Library & Archives”]

Location of this collection:
2001 Pan American Plaza, Balboa Park
San Diego, CA 92101, US
Contact:
(619) 234-8291
archives@sdasm.org
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