Box 1
Contains 7 Results:
George E. Peterson papers
Correspondence, letters received, 1950, 1954–1956; Biographical data, 1954–1957; Citations and Commendations, 1943–1989; Newspaper clippings, 1944–1956; North Pole Expedition materials, 1950–1951; Career photographs, 1944–1954.
Correspondence, 1950-1956
Including letters received from Vice Admiral R.F. Good, Vice Admiral Charles A. Lockwood and Rear Admiral C.B. Momsen on his retirement, 1950, 1954, and letter regarding his appointment to Business and Defense Executive Reserve, 1956.
Biographical sketches and resume, 1954 and 1957
Biographical sketches prepared by BuPers, and resume prepared by Peterson
Citations and Commendations, 1943-1989
Citations and Commendations, mainly for World War II Service
Memoranda, clippings and photographs, 1950-1951
Memoranda regarding USN Task Group 494 resupply of joint Canadian-U.S. Arctic Weather Station at Alert on Ellesmere Island and removal of containers left by ADM Robert E. Peary when he explored there in 1906, 1950; Memoranda, clippings and information regarding Service Squadron Four which Peterson commanded in USS VULCAN, 1950-51; Photograph of 1906 document in Peary's hand
Newspaper clippings, 1944-1954
Newspaper clippings regarding wartime awards and retirement from U.S. Navy.
Photographs, 1944-1954
Career photographs including presentation of the Navy Cross, 1944, North Pole Expedition, 1950-51, and portrait.