Marshall Y. Colley Papers, 1918-2009, undated
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Not requestable
Scope and Content Note
This collection consists of photographs, foreign currency, and correspondence from United States government officials, mostly governors.
Folder 1 contains letters from 46 of the 50 United States governors with their signatures written in 1981-1982. Photographs from four Governors, Bruce King, Robert List, James Hunt, and Larry Alexander, are included in Folder 5. Correspondence from other officials, including two United States Senators, Lowell Weicker and Harrison Williams, is in Folder 2. Information about the Triton nuclear submarine and its launching in 1958 is in Folder 3. Folder 4 contains biographical information about Marshall Colley. Folder 6 contains eight official United States Coast Guard photographs of icebergs and Coast Guard icebreakers. Finally, Folder 7 contains a few pieces of foreign currency. Included is a 50 Pfennig banknote from Danzig (1918) and a Japanese one Peso note issued during the Second World War.
Dates
- Creation: 1918-2009, undated
Creator
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open for research use.
Biographical Sketch
Marshall Yerrinton Colley was born in Chester, Pennsylvania on April 28, 1921, the son of William and Frances Colley. He served in the United States Navy, either on reserve or active duty, from 1938 to 1945. In 1947 he moved to Massachusetts where he worked in the food industry for many years until his retirement in 1980. Marshall and his wife, Lois (Drinkard) Colley, had three children: Richard, Jane and Jeffrey. Marshall Colley died in Rockport, Massachusetts in 2009.
Extent
0.25 linear feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of photographs, foreign currency, and correspondence from United States government officials, mostly governors.
Physical Location
Phillips Library Stacks
Provenance
This material was donated by Ann Porter Colley in 2012 (acc # 2012.010).
Processing Information
Collection processed by Lee Jacoby, August 2013.
Subject
- Colley, Marshall Yerrinton, 1921-2009 (Person)
- United States. Coast Guard (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- MARSHALL Y. COLLEY PAPERS, 1918-2009, undated
- Author
- Processed by: Lee Jacoby; machine-readable finding aid created by: Rajkumar Natarajan.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Phillips Library Repository