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1. Bibliography/ Sources of Research on Captain Wilbur J. Thomas 2. Printouts of family photos and information regarding Wilbur J. Thomas and his service in World War II

Abstract Margaret Russell Bates Hane (1910-1986) grew up in Macon and Atlanta, Georgia, and later attended USC where she received her Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism and Master's degree in Political Science. Her second Master's was in Pupil Personnel Counseling from California State University, Los Angeles. This small collection, produced and assembled by Hane's daughter Barbara Hane Desforges, centers upon an oral history conducted by Desforges of her mother between...

Scope and Content Bound transcript of an oral history interview conducted by Barbara Franklin Hane Desforges of her mother in 1979 and 1981. The book chronicles the life of Margaret Russell Bates Hanes through her memories of childhood in Macon and Atlanta, Georgia; memories of Mammy (Fannie Mills) who took care of the children; World War I and the troops stationed on Saint Simons Island; her mother's background in Mobile, Alabama; her father's service in the Spanish-American War and career in the shoe...

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9-page document indicating the contents of each of the five audiocassette tapes in tape counter increments.

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Printed card with picture of Margaret Hane on the front; an excerpt from Henry Van Dyke's "A Passage of Immortality" in inside, along with the death and funeral information for Margaret Hane. From "Marge, Grace, Bobbie, and Adele."

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Photocopy of two obituaries from the Los Angeles Times.

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Edited transcription of Kira A. Gentry's interview with Barbara DesForges as part of the El Toro Marine Corps Air Station Oral History Project. Conducted for the Center for Oral and Public History, sponsored by California State University, Fullerton.