Guide to the Allen D. Raney letters
1944
Collection number: HMC-0646.
Creator: Raney, Allen D.
Title: Allen D. Raney letters.
Date: 1944.
Volume of collection: 0.01 cubic feet.
Language of materials: Materials in the collection are in English.
Collection summary: Letters written by a 364th Infantry Regiment lieutenant stationed at Adak Army Airfield in 1944.
Biographical note:
Allen D. Raney was a first lieutenant in Company I of the 364th Infantry Regiment. He was stationed at Adak Army Airfield in the Aleutian Islands in 1944.
Collection description:
This collection consists of 18 letters, 19 envelopes and one black and white photograph. The letters were written by Allen Raney to Mrs. Bette Ferguson. Most of the letters concern personal matters, their friendship, and mutual friends. The photograph is of Allen Raney standing in front of a Quonset hut at Adak.
Arrangement: The letters are arranged chronologically.
Digitized copies: This collection has not been digitized. For information about obtaining digital copies, please contact Archives and Special Collections.
Rights note: Archives and Special Collections does not own copyright to the collection.
Preferred citation: Allen D. Raney letters, Archives and Special Collections, Consortium Library, University of Alaska Anchorage.
Acquisition note: Archives and Special Collections purchased the collection on eBay in 2003.
Processing information: This collection was described by Arlene Schmuland in 2004. The guide to the collection was converted to current archival standard by Gwen Higgins in 2018.