Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, Nebraska Chapter [RG5541.AM]

NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID

RG5541.AM:  Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, Nebraska Chapter

Records: 1958-2012
Nebraska: Veterans organization
Size:  4.25 cu.ft.; 4 boxes + oversize

BACKGROUND NOTE

The Pearl Harbor Survivors Association (PHSA) started out as an informal reunion on December 7, 1958, of eleven survivors to commemorate the 17th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor.  First conceived by Sam Kronberger and Mark Ferris, these survivors decided to start an official organization at their next reunion on December 7, 1959.  Starting out in California, the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association decided to expand into a national organization in 1960.

By December of 1962, thirty-seven (37) states, including Nebraska, had joined the PHSA.  Jack Slocum was appointed the first State Chairman for Nebraska.  Since that time, members of the Nebraska Chapter of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association have participated in state and national conventions to honor their fallen comrades and commemorate the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

The mission of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association is:

1. to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States
2. to collate, preserve, and encourage the study of historical episodes, chronicles, mementos, and events pertaining to “The Day of Infamy, 7 December 1941,” and in particular those memories and records of patriotic service performed by the heroic Pearl Harbor survivors and nonsurvivors
3. to shield from neglect the graves, past and future, of those who served at Pearl Harbor on such day.
4. to stimulate communities and political subdivisions into taking more interest in the affairs and future of the United States in order to keep our nation alert.
5. to fight unceasingly for our national security in order to protect the United States from enemies within and without our border.
6. to preserve the American way of life and to foster the spirit and practice of Americanism.
7. to instill love of country and flag and to promote soundness of mind and body in the youth of our nation.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

This collection consists of the records of, and materials collected by, the Nebraska Chapter of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association.  The materials relate to the history of the organization and their efforts to document and preserve items relating to the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

The scrapbooks in the collection contain various photographs.  For additional photographs, see RG5541.PH.

INVENTORY

Box 1
Folder

1. Administrative manual 1966
2. Bo Wilson Nebraska Chapter minutes of meetings 1966-2011
3. Naslund era: national correspondence
4. Naslund era: December 1, 1965 to December 1970 state chapter correspondence
5. Naslund era: V.I.P, national, state, etc. correspondence
6. Bo Wilson Nebraska chapter membership profiles 1963-1987
7. Naslund era: membership lists
8. Naslund era: district director correspondence
9. Naslund era: National executive board, committee, etc. notices
10. Membership materials
11. Certificates and proclamations 1967-1986 (see also OB002)
12. History 1958-1972
13. Historian
14. History: president’s copy
15. History to 1970
16.  Baburek era: turnover of files, inventory
17. Bo Wilson Nebraska Chapter, notice of meetings
18. Baburek era: January 1970-1972 national office correspondence
19. Correspondence 1971-1979
20. Baburek era: national committees, directives, etc.
21. Directives and memorandums national, district and state
22. Baburek era: district director, correspondence
23. Baburek era: state chapter correspondence
24. Baburek era: V.I.P, national, state, etc. correspondence
25. Baburek era: other state chairman
26. Baburek era: chapter meetings
27. Baburek era: Hawaii return, National convention
28. Baburek era: ceremonies December 7th
29. Baburek era: news releases, publicity, etc.
30. Baburek era: national roster
31. Baburek era: membership list
32. Membership list
33. Baburek era: non-member list
34. Notices of death
35. Baburek era: miscellaneous
36. Amgwert term: internal tax return data
37. Amgwert term: national committee correspondence
38. Amgwert term: May 1972, national office correspondence
39. Amgwert term: V.I.P. National, state, correspondence
40. Old correspondence etc. 1977-1997
41. Amgwert term: other state chairman
42. Pearl Harbor Gram correspondence
43. Amgwert term: miscellaneous correspondence
44. Amgwert term: national charter
45. Amgwert term: national executive board directives
46. Amgwert term: national constitution and by-laws
47. Amgwert term: chapter annual financial report
48. Amgwert term: dues rebates from national office
49. Amgwert term: non-profit corporation papers
50. Amgwert term: chapter meetings
51. Amgwert term: minutes of chapter meetings
52. Amgwert term: resolutions
53. Amgwert term: state chairman financial report
54. Amgwert term: membership list, active
55. Amgwert term: non-member list
56. Amgwert term: membership applications
57. Amgwert term: ceremony procedures, December 7th
58. Amgwert term: Pacific War Memorial Museum data
59. Amgwert term: news releases and publicity

Box 2
Folder

1. Osborn term: chapter Meeting minutes
2. Bob Osborn era: 3rd district director
3. Osborn term: membership rolls
4. Osborn term: correspondence from national
5. Naslund-Osborn era: national correspondence, resolutions
6. Bo Wilson Nebraska Chapter: membership applications completed and accepted
7. Baburek 1984-1986
8. Blank forms and membership rosters
9. Amgwert term 1986 to: national office correspondence 1
10. Amgwert term 1986 to: district director correspondence, 2
11. Amgwert term 1986 to: state chapter correspondence, 3
12. Amgwert term 1986 to: state chapter correspondence, 3A
13. Amgwert term 1986 to: V.I.P. correspondence, 4
14. Amgwert term 1986 to: other state chairman correspondence, 5
15. Amgwert term 1986 to: Pearl Harbor Gram correspondence, 6
16. Amgwert term 1986 to: miscellaneous correspondence, 7
17. Amgwert term 1986 to: national directives and memorandums, 8
18. Amgwert term 1986 to: national charter, 9
19. Amgwert term 1986 to: national constitution and by-laws, 10
20. Amgwert term 1986 to: Arizona Memorial data, 11
21. Amgwert term 1986 to: Pearl Harbor attack statistical data, 13
22. Amgwert term 1986 to: return to Pearl Harbor reunion data, 14
23. Amgwert term 1986 to: dues rebates national treasurer, 16
24. Amgwert term 1986 to: state chairman invent financial report, 17
25. Amgwert term 1986 to: non-profit corporation papers, 18
26. Amgwert term 1986 to: internal revenue tax return date, 19
27. Amgwert term 1986 to: district meetings, 20
28. Amgwert term 1986 to: chapter meetings, 21
29. Amgwert term 1986 to: minutes of chapter meetings, 22

Box 3
Folder

1. Membership rosters 1982-1997
2. Amgwert term 1986 to: membership list, active, 24
3. Amgwert term 1986 to: non-member list, 25
4. Amgwert term 1986 to: sons and daughters of PHSA, 27
5. Amgwert term 1986 to: resolutions, 28
6. Amgwert term 1986 to: news releases and publicity, 29
7. Amgwert term 1986 to: other blank forms
8. Amgwert term 1986 to: report of chapter officers
9. Amgwert term 1986 to: report of death, 33
10. Amgwert term 1986 to: national public relations officer, west, 35
11. Amgwert term 1986 to: third district data, 36
12. Amgwert term 1986 to: historical projects, 38
13. Histories: Marie Osborn
14. Amgwert term 1986 to: public relations appearances, 39
15. Bo Wilson Nebraska chapter correspondence 1980-1989
16. 50th anniversary medal papers: correspondence and presentation ceremonies
17. 50th anniversary medal papers: chief of naval operations
18. 50th anniversary medal papers: approved applications
19. 50th anniversary medal papers: approved applications 2
20. Recall Litchfield Medal
21. Letters and Naslund 3rd district
22. Minutes of meetings and reports, 1966-2000 incomplete
23. Correspondence, letters
24. License plates
25. License plates correspondence
26. Articles and clippings (see also OB002)
27. Newspaper clippings 2
28. Scholarship
29. Bo Wilson Chapter #1 PHSA Nebraska 1996, correspondence
30. National officers
31. Death notice correspondence
32. Financial reports
33. Financial reports 1995-2000
34. State officer correspondence
35. By-laws handbook
36. PHSA handbook
37. PHSA handbook 1993
38. Marie Osborn correspondence
39. Lodge visitation speeches
40. Arizona and Nebraska members

Box 4
Folder

1. Reports of death
2. Officer papers 1999-2011
3. Meeting notes 2008-2010
4. Meeting notes 2005-2011
5. U.S.S. Arizona Memorial
6. Alphabetical roster 2005
7. Membership list 1999-2005
8. Alphabetical list of members 2007
9. Alphabetical list of members 2008
10. Alphabetical list of members 2009
11. Alphabetical list of members 2010
12. Memorials
13. Programs and publications
14. Reminiscences of Pearl Harbor survivors
15. Reminiscences of Lloyd H. Higgins
16. Forms PHSA
17. Pearl Harbor Gram 1970
18. Pearl Harbor Gram1990s
19. Pearl Harbor Gram 2000
20. Pearl Harbor Gram 2001
21. Pearl Harbor Gram 2002
22. Pearl Harbor Gram 2005-2007
23. Pearl Harbor Gram 2008-2009
24. Pearl Harbor Gram 2010-2012
25. The Offspring
26. Map of Pearl Harbor
27. Miscellaneous

Scrapbook, 1966-1977 (see oversize vol. 1)
Scrapbook, 1981-2002 (see oversize vol. 2)
Scrapbook, 1993-2001 (see oversize vol. 3)

Subject headings:

Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941
Pearl Harbor Survivors Association
Veterans — Nebraska
World War, 1939-1945 — Personal narratives, American

TMM/tmm           01-03-2005
Revised AR         04-10-2014