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Surplus Property, 1947 - 1950, 1955 - 1975

 File — Box: 111, Folder: 2348-2351

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Letters, papers, newsclippings, speeches, newsletters, advertisements, memos.

Dates

  • Creation: 1947 - 1950
  • Creation: 1955 - 1975

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research in the Archives & Special Collections reading room. Handling guidelines and use restrictions will be communicated and enforced by archives staff members.

Extent

From the Collection: 288 Linear feet (281 boxes, 2 oversize, and 31 binders.)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

General

Correspondence: Surplus property (information requests, jeeps, fire trucks, fire boat, surplus property, locomotive cranes, real estate, guns, steel buildings, parachutes, machinery, bidder's list, thank you's, Brookley Field Air Force Base, bids, steel and metal platforming, vessels, buses, pick- ups, welding, hospital beds, barges, boats, blankets, Theodore Army Terminal, DAV, commercial parking, eligibility, aluminum die casting machines, bulldozers, medical equipment, aircraft, demolition blocks, heating units, government buildings, lights, projectors, drilling machines, huts, magnet wire, musical instruments, refunds). STATE: Armed Services (Military surplus materials). PAM: Guide Information for Potential Surplus Buyers, Use of Federal Supply Sources by Federal Grantees. RES: Enterprise AL, Reserve Officers Association of U.S. AL Department. Legislation: HR11914, HR13432, HR188, HR12364, HR5956, S.1457, S.878, S.2610, PL80-889

Repository Details

Part of the The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections Repository

Contact:
M. Louis Salmon Library
301 Sparkman Drive
Huntsville Alabama 35899 United States of America
256-824-6523