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Size | 1.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 250 items) |
Abstract | The Nathaniel Hardin Massie Papers, 1914-1945, document his courtship of Kathreen Tucker and his military service with the U.S. Marines 51st Company, 5th Regiment, 2nd Division in the U.S. Expeditionary Force in France during World War I and with the U.S. Army Forces Far East Board during World War II. The collection consists chiefly of Massie's letters to Tucker while he was a student at Virginia Military Institute; as a young man employed with Electric Storage Battery Co. in Philadelphia, Pa., and Rochester, N.Y.; as a Marine captain in Quantico, Va., France, and Germany during and after World War I; and later as a major from Australia and the South Pacific during World War II. Also of note is a scrapbook of snapshots and postcards of wartime France and Belgium. |
Creator | Massie, Nathaniel Hardin, 1893-1967. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Biff Hollingsworth and Nancy Kaiser, April 2018
Encoded by: Nancy Kaiser, April 2018
Updated by: Nancy Kaiser, October 2020
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Nathaniel Hardin ("N.H.") Massie (1893-1967) of Danville, Va., served in the U.S. Marines during World War I. He married Kathreen Tucker (1897-1987). Before marrying Massie, Kathreen Tucker had additional suitors, John Summerfield ("Summer") Jenkins Jr. (1917-1919) and Benny Bowering.
Nathaniel Hardin Massie and Kathreen Tucker Massie had a daughter, also named Kathreen, who married William Thomas ("Bill") Minor Jr., and with him had a son, Hardin Minor Sr.
Back to TopThe Nathaniel Hardin Massie Papers, 1914-1945, document the courtship of Kathreen Tucker and military service with the U.S. Marines 51st Company, 5th Regiment, 2nd Division in the U.S. Expeditionary Force in France during World War I and with the U.S. Army Forces Far East Board during World War II. The collection consists of Massie's letters to Tucker written while a student at Virginia Military Institute; as a young man employed with Electric Storage Battery Co. in Philadelphia, Pa., and Rochester, N.Y.; as a Marine captain in Quantico, Va., France, and Germany during and after World War I and later as a major from Australia and the South Pacific during World War II; letters from another of Kathreen Tucker's suitors, John Summerfield ("Summer") Jenkins Jr. (1917-1919); a scrapbook of snapshots and postcards of wartime France and Belgium; three annotated maps of north central France, apparently captured from the German 7th Army in 1918; and other materials related to Massie's military service.
Back to TopBox 1 |
Letters from Nathaniel Hardin Massie, 1914-1917 |
Box 2 |
Letters from Nathaniel Hardin Massie, 1918-1919, 1944-1945 |
Letters from John Summerfield ("Summer") Jenkins Jr., 1917-1918 |
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MiscellaneousIncludes wartime valentine, letters regarding citations for military service and a German shepherd police dog captured by Massie in France during the war. |
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Oversize Volume SV-05705/1 |
Scrapbook, 1918-1919Snapshots and postcards depicting war time France and Belgium, including scenes of bombed out buildings and landscapes, military equipment. There are also field messages, carbon copies of recommendations for distinguished service cross awards, printed materials about the 2nd Battalion, 5th Regiment of U.S. Marines, and photographs of Kathreen Tucker. |
Image Folder PF-05705/1 |
Photographs, 1910s-1920sPostcard of three white men in military uniform and snapshots of a group of white men and women on a boat, dressed in suits and overcoats. |
Oversize Image Folder OP-PF-05705/1 |
Photographs, 1919Josephus Daniels addressing the 2nd Division in Vallendar, Germany; 5th Regiment at the U.S. Capitol. |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-05705/1 |
Service certificates, 1917-1918Includes citations a L'Ordre de L'Armée |
Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-05705/1 |
Maps, 1918 |
Rolled Item R-05705/1 |
Map, 1918 |