Cooper, Gary, 1901-1961
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
William Knight Thompson collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 18.0010
Scope and Contents
This collection relates to U.S. Army Chaplain William Knight Thompson who served in New Guinea at Oro Bay and the Philippine Islands in the Pacific Theater during World War II. After active duty service, Thompson remained in the U.S. Army Reserves until his retirement with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in 1958. The collection includes photographs, documents, and ephemera. Many photographs include native peoples of New Guinea. Several unpublished photographs include actor Gary Cooper during his visit to Oro Bay, New Guinea in 1944.
Dates:
Event: 1942-1989; Other: Majority of material found within 1942-1968; Other: Date acquired: 2018-04-25
André Lauwrensius van Assenderp and Carol Lee Johnson van Assenderp collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 14.0022
Scope and Contents
This collection mostly consists of Dutch language civil and military administrative documents from the career of André Lauwrensius van Assenderp, who was a Dutch colonial administrator in the Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia) and Suriname from 1932-1946. Some documents date from WWII and its immediate aftermath 1) when André served in Suriname from November 1941 to November 1943 as the District Commissioner and Commissioner of Police in Paramaribo, the colony’s capital, and 2) when he served in the Netherlands East Indies from April 1944 to November 1946 as an assistant-resident and military administrator in the Netherlands Indies Civil Administration (NICA) and the Netherlands Indies...
Dates:
Created: 1927-1945; Other: Majority of material found within 1940-1943; Other: Date acquired: 06/04/2014
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- Dutch East Indies 1
- Ethnology--Papua New Guinea 1
- Florida State University--Faculty 1
- Infantry drill and tactics 1
- Infantry drill and tactics--Netherlands. 1
- Miami (Fla.) 1
- Netherlands--History, Military--20th century. 1
- Netherlands--History. 1
- Oro Province (Papua New Guinea) 1
- Palmetto (Fla.) 1
- Papua New Guinea--Social life and customs 1
- Paramaribo (Suriname) 1
- Suriname--History--1814-1950. 1
- Tampa (Fla.) 1
- United States. Army--Chaplains 1
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--New Guinea 1
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Philippines 1
- World War, 1939-1945--Indonesia 1
- World War, 1939-1945--Netherlands 1 + ∧ less
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