Marion Henry Eppes papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSC-260

Staff Only

Content Description

Correspondence, letters sent and received, chiefly dealing with the Naval Airship Association, 1993-1996, and Captain Marion Eppes, 1993-1995; Books on Blimps, U.S. Naval Academy Pictorial, et. Al.; Booklets, Yearbooks, Anniversary booklets treating Navy topics, 1917-2005; Biographical information; Naval Orders, 1943-1968; Certificates, 1943-1998; Newsletter of Naval Airship Association, Directories; Lists, Histories; Newspaper and magazine clippings regarding naval airships, 1942-1997; Newsletters, 1947-2004; Photographs of Kane and photograph albums of Navy League Council, St. Louis, MO; Augio/Video tapes of NAA reunions, Navy League; 1993-2005; Slides of blimps/airships; Papers of Captain Marion H. Eppes, including Naval Orders 1935-1970; Correspondence, letters sent and received regarding official duties; Family matters, and the Naval Airship Association, 1940-1977; Obituaries of Naval Airship Association members, 1986-1997; USNA class of 1935 subject file, 1979-1995; Miscellany, including pamphlets, research papers, awards, certificates, and photographs.

Dates

Creation: 1917 - 2005

Creator

Eppes, Marion Henry, 1912-2001 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Access is open to all researchers, unless otherwise specified.

Conditions Governing Use

Material in this collection is in the public domain, unless otherwise noted.

Biographical Note

Captain Marion H. Eppes was born in 1912 in Lineville, Alabama. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1935. He trained as a naval aviator in airships and during WWII served in USS Chester. He was navigator in USS Intrepid off the coast of Japan, 1944-1946. Eppes was on the staff of the General Line School, Newport, RI from 1947-1950, and asst. naval attache for air, Athens, Greece, 1950-1952. He was CO, Naval Station, Midway in 1954. He retired from the Navy in 1961 and earned a master's degree from the University of Maryland in 1977.

Extent

5 boxes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Correspondence, naval orders, subject file and miscellany, 1935-1997, comprise the collection. Most of the collection consists of personal and general correspondence, 1943-1997, with letters to his family and the Naval Airship Association. The collection includes a file on the Class of 1935, U.S. Naval Academy, booklets on the Naval Airship Association, and Eppes'certificates, awards and photographs.