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Oral History Interview with Chester W. Nimitz
No full textThe National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral recording of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. In this statement, Nimitz exhorts the nation to remain alert by keeping a strong navy
Painting. 'Albion Street'. picturesque Chester. exhibition. Chester Museum
No full textCommissioned street-scape painting to be part of the Chester Museum Collection of topography.
Exhibited in exhibition, 'Picturesque Chester: The City in Art.
MGC/V&A Purchase Grant Fund, the National Art Collections Fund and The Pilgrim Trust.
Later published in accompanying book to exhibition
Book illustration. 'Albion Street' in Picturesque Brighton: The City in Art, Chester Museums
No full textStreet-scape illustration included in book compiled by Chester Museum Curator, Peter Boughton.
Boughton, P., Picturesque Chester: The City in Art. Chichester: Phillimore & Co
Riverside NHS Museum archives list
No full textA list of the archival collection held by the Riverside NHS Museum at the University of Chester
Oral History Interview with Chester W. Nimitz
No full textThe National Museum of the Pacific War presents a transcription of an oral recording of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. In this statement, Nimitz exhorts the nation to remain alert by keeping a strong navy
A Roman Villa near Rossett
No full textIn the light of the discovery of the Roman lead ingot near Rossett in 2019, a partnership project was established between the University of Chester and Wrexham Museum with the aim of investigating its wider archaeological context. As part of this, the footprint of a winged-corridor villa was identified. This article outlines the initial findings and their potential significance
Oral History Interview with Chester Reese, February 28, 2004
No full textThe National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Chester Reese. Reese joined the Army in 1936. He was assigned to the First Infantry Regiment in Wyoming. In 1939, Reese did not re-enlist in the Army, but joined the Marine Corps instead. After basic training, Reese was sent to Hawaii, where he was when the Japanese attacked. He unlimbered his machine gun, set it up and defended Hickam Field. Reese served as an enlisted man on the subsequent Board of Inquiry into the attack at Pearl Harbor. His job was to sort out people who wanted to testify to the Board. Later in 1942, Reese was attached to the 6th Marine Regiment and headed for New Zealand, then Guadalcanal. Reese received a battlefield commission on Guadalcanal. After leaving the Solomons, Reese returned to the US for training. In early 1945, he went to the Mariana Islands and cleared out Japanese outpost on some of the outlying islands: Sarigan, Anatahan, and Maug
Oral History Interview with Chester W. Marshall, December 8, 2001
No full textThe National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Chester W. Marshall. He was born March 19, 1917 in Holmes County, Mississippi. He describes growing up during the Depression. On June 26, 1940 he enlisted as a private in the Army Air Corps. In early 1942 he was accepted into Aviation Cadet training. In July 1943 he was assigned to the 30th Bomber Group of the 20th Air Force in Salina, Kansas to train as a flight engineer on B-29s. He recalls being transferred to the 31st Bomber Group on Saipan in October 1944. He describes taking part in 30 bombing raids from Saipan over Tokyo in 1945. He describes one mission over Japan at high altitude on March 17, 1945 gathering weather data for future bombing runs, when his aircraft was shot up by the Japanese and had to make an emergency landing on Iwo Jima. He recalls meeting Colonel Paul Tibbetts while in the Marianas. He recalls being assigned as a B-29 instructor at Roswell, New Mexico Air Base when the war ended
Ana Vizcarra Rankin, Maps, Migration and Darkness (West Chester University)
No full textPhiladelphia-based artist AV Rankin discusses her work in a public lecture at West Chester University. Titled, Maps, Migration and Darkness: Rewilding our Visual Language as a Method of Decolonization, the talk challenges us to think about how we present and map out our surroundings. Co-sponsored by WCU\u27s Anthropology Club, Museum of Anthropology & Archaeology, Institute on Race and Ethnic Studies, and the Department of Art + Design. This is held in conjunction with the WCU Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology\u27s exhibition, Beyond the Bell: Philadelphia\u27s Global Heritage . For more information see www.wcupa.edu/museum and www.avrankin.com
Mobility of Objects Across Boundaries 1000-1700
No full textMedieval Chester Retold. An exciting look at the medieval city with stories told through the objects everyday people used. This exhibition is part of a wider Arts and Humanities Research Council funded project, Mobility of Objects Across Boundaries, 1000-1700, led by University of Chester and University of Oxford
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