The Descriptive Finding Guide for the William O'Brien Mally Personal Papers SDASM.SC.10240
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Box 1 of 1
Series I – Documents
Folder 1 – William O. Mally - Personal
1. Social Security number card
2. The Chicago Society of Alpha Delta Phi (pamphlet)
3. University National Bank, receipt of payment to University of Chicago 28 Sept 1945
4. Check or money order paid to First National Bank, Fort Myers, FL, 6 May 1942
5. Bank of America Loan Agreement - Letter, contract and envelope, 2 Feb 1942
6. Henry Morgan & Co. Limited Receipt, 27 Jan 1951
7. Hindustan Aircraft Ltd. Visitor's Pass for factory only
8. Bausch & Lomb Orthogen Lenses Guarantee
9. Two Envelopes from The Owl Drug Co Photographic Department
10. Elko economy Snapshots envelope
11. Kodak prints envelope (Egypt)
12. Kiwanis Hour pamphlet, 27 May 1943
13. Correspondence, 9 June 1946
14. Season's Greetings postcard from Caroline, Jay, Dave and Hay
15. Letter (partial) describing enjoying time with Mally
16. Report card for Michael Mally, 31 Dec 1948
17. Report cards for Lynn Mally, 1962-64
18. Report cards for Jill Mally, 1961-62
19. Drawing by Jill Mally
20. Registration Card with name and biographical info (photocopy)
21. Marriage certificate of parents 31 May 1916 (photocopy)
22. Registration Card (photocopy)
23. Explanation on "O'Mally" moniker
24. Census info Jan 2 and 3, 1920
25. "Driver is Killed in Car Mishap at Fernandina Beach", The Florida Times-Union, 22 Oct 1956 (photocopy)
Folder 2 – Helen Z. Mally - Personal
1. Container Corporation of America transfer of stocks, 2 Nov 1956
2. Liberty Mutual Insurance correspondence from Helen Z. Mally, 30 Oct 1956
3. Phoenix of London Automobile Insurance correspondence, 16 Nov 1956
4. Critchell-Miller Insurance Agency correspondence, 4 Dec. 1956
5. Metropolitan Life Insurance, 14 Nov 1956
6. Whittier Community Concert Association Membership information
7. Bank Statements Nov, Dec 1956; Jan 1957
8. North American Van Lines, Inc. Inventory and Invoice, 5/6 June 1957
9. The Prudential Property Tax Receipt, Dec 1959
10. Helen Z. Mally – Consolidated Statement of Assets, 31 Dec 1959
11. La Habra Heights Mutual Water Co. Invoice, 25 Nov 1963
12. Los Angeles Times subscription receipt, 1 Jan 1964
Folder 3 – Military Career
1. Department of the Army biography on Major William O'Brien Mally
2. William O'Brien Mally: United States Army Air Force Career (chronological list)
3. Army Separation Qualification Record
4. Military record and report of separation certificate of service
5. Army of the United States certificate of Service, 13 Jan 1942 to 28 Nov 1945
6. "Receives Medal for Plane Duties," Ogden Standard Examiner, 14 Jan 1943
7. "Liberator Boys Browned Off by Fort's Fame," Ogden Standard Examiner, 6 July 1943
8. "Ogden Flier Among First to Fight Nazis in Africa," Ogden Standard Examiner, 13 May 1943
9. Special Orders, 6 Sept 1945
10. Special Orders, 15 May 1942
11. Reception invitation, 2 May 1944
12. Saunders, Moore, and Blanchard housewarming invitation, 27 June 1944
13. Invitation to 1945 New Years Day Party, commanding general's quarters
14. Patches
15. Glenn L. Pierre, Lieutenant, army air force, business card
16. Physical exam certificate, 22 April 1945
17. Parachute receipt
18. Receipt from Ranken & Co., Ltd.: Civil and Military Tailors and Habit Makers, 4 April 1944
19. Slip clearing Mally for departure
20. Stag party invitation
21. Photocopy of image captioned "War Theatre #15 (Western Desert, Egypt, Africa) Rec'd 28 Dec 1942 – Sgt. C.E. Salmon, Penn., Waist Gunner; Sgt. S.R. Taylor, Penn., Radio Operator and Waist Gunner. Combat Crews manning stations."
Folder 4 – The "Moore Crew" ferries the "Blue Goose" consolidated B-24D 41-11597 to War –
1. Excerpt from the "Goose's" Navigator 1/Lt. William O. Mally's diary.
Folder 5 – Halverson Detachment Mission Briefing
Folder 6 – 1st B-29 to fly "The Aluminum Trail"
1. The "Hump": 58th Bombardment Wing's Wing Navigator Captain William O'Brien Mally writes the account of the first B-29 flight over the Himalayas, the "Hump" into China (two copies)
2. Even Great Wartime Leaders can have Awful & Wasteful Ideas "Matterhorn"
Folder 7 – Navigator's Logbook, April 18, 1941 – Nov. 15, 1942
Folder 8 – Travel Documents
1. Advertisement/invitation to University Club Bar and Restaurant in Chengtu (rice paper)
2. Envelope from Pan American Airways System, 29 April 1943
3. Rice paper with stamps and Asian writing, possible receipt
4. Kwan Sun Yuen & Co., LTD Chengtu Price List
5. Two Drawings/posters of Asian warrior holding a Naginata or Guanda
6. Asian Map on rice paper - Chengtu (Chengdu)
7. A Guide Map to Chengtu
8. Membership card the British-American Club, 1945, Calcutta
9. Great Eastern Hotel, Ltd. Invoice, Calcutta, 1 Oct 1946
10. Pilz business card - Tel Aviv bar-restaurant, with note on back from Julian
11. The M&S.M Railway Co. LD Soldiers Ticket from Bangalore
12. The Egyptian Hotels LTD., The Continental Savoy invoice, 19 Feb 1943
13. Souvenir of the Way of the Cross offered to All Pious Pilgrims by The Franciscan Fathers
14. Asfar & Sarkis business card (Antiques Dealer)
15. Agra Fort Archaeological area admission ticket
16. Postcard from Chapel "Jesus the Adolescent" Nazareth
17. Souvenir postcard book - Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Jericho and Galilee
18. The Palestine Post, 27 Nov 1942
19. The General View of Damascus, booklet that also acts as ticket to Mosque of Omayyades and the Mausoleum of Salah ud Din
20. Streamliner, City of Portland, Daily Service schedule
21. Menu for Restaurant Antoine - New Orleans, LA
22. Print of Hull Gate, University of Chicago
23. Print of Meris(?) Dormitory, University of Chicago
24. Print of Drawing of man on art watching plane flying
25. Pan Am Jupiter Rex certificate - passing the equator from Africa to Brazil, 30 April 1940
Folder 9 – Maps
1. Cyrenaica
2. Cairo
3. Alexandria
4. Mediterranean Sea-Eastern Sheet (2 copies)
Folder 10 – Super-Fort
1. 25 January 1945
2. 5 March 1945
3. 26 March 1945
4. 13 April 1945
Folder 11 – Newspaper Clippings
1. "Proud Father" 15 Jan 1943
2. "Gen. Sanders Chosen to Command Kearns"
3. "U.S. Toll Blamed on Green Crews"
4. "Famous Fables: Episodes in Lives of Celebrated Persons"
5. "US Bombers Leave Ploesti Oilfields Afire"
6. Article from Time Magazine, 8 July 1946 - National Affairs, 8 July 1946
7. "Parted by Death in Jungle"
8. Clipping from The Chicago Sun, 4 May 1947
9. Clipping from Parade Magazine, 12 Dec 1942
10. B-29 crash, articles from Chicago Sunday Tribune, 13 Jan 1946
11. "Ogden Cadet Goes to Annapolis"
12. "Ogden Lieutenant Gains Flying Cross"
13. "Hill City Girl Now a Naval Air Gunnery Instructor"
14. "Salt Lake Leads U.S. Hot Spots"
15. "Utahan Receives Decoration for Flight Action"
16. "Officials of Three Divisions Hear Final Instructions"
17. "Utah Maritime Officer Dies"
18. The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 July 1943
19. "Receives Medal for Plane Duties"
20. "Germans Give False News on Radio, Says Sergeant"
21. "Evacuate Subito Tutti I Porti!"
22. Photo of Ploesti Oil Fields bombing
23. The Deseret News, 13 Oct 1945
Folder 12 – Manuscript – "Mother Tongue"
1. A manuscript of poems, author unknown
Folder 13 – Memorial Guest Book
Series II – Correspondence
Folder 14 – Correspondence – Helen Z. Mally
1. Correspondence to Helen Mally from Evelyn, 29 Oct 1956
2. Correspondence to Helen Mally from Bill and Evelyn, 5 Nov 1956
3. Thank you card from Florida National Bank, 1956
4. Correspondence to Helen Mally from Janet, 15 Oct 1956
5. Mother's Day card from the children
6. Christmas card from Bernie and Lillian
7. Christmas card from Maxine and Jim Clarke
8. Correspondence to Helen Mally from Bob's Trading Post, Antiques
9. List of names and addresses (possibly for memorial thank you's)
Folder 15 – Correspondence – condolences to Helen Z. Mally
Folder 16 – Correspondence – condolences to Mary Mally
Folder 17 – Correspondence – Memorial Fund
Series III – Photographs
Folder 19 – Photographs 0081-0152