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Lau, Norman Papers Guide to the Norman E. Lau Papers Mss. Acc. 2015.076

Guide to the Norman E. Lau Papers Mss. Acc. 2015.076


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Finding Aid Authors: Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist.

Repository
Special Collections Research Center
Identification
Mss. Acc. 2015.076
Title
Norman E. Lau Papers 1929-1950
Quantity
2.50 Linear Feet
Creator
Lau, Norman E., 1915-1999
Language
English

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Use:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Conditions Governing Access:

Collection is open to all researchers.

Preferred Citation:

Norman E. Lau Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Mss. Acc. 2015.076 was received by Special Collections on 3/5/2015. The purchase was made possible by the Frances Randolph Howard endowment.

Processing Information:

Accessioned and minimally described by Tim Eklund, SCRC staff, in April 2015.

Scope and Contents

The bulk of this collection consists of letters to and from Norman E. Lau, who served as an aviation metalsmith for the U.S. Navy during World War II, and his family. The correspondence was written before and after the war, and concern Lau's search for a job in Chicago during the Depression, his training, his time spent overseas during the war stationed in the Philippines, and his life after the war in California. Many of the letters were written to or by his wife, "Kitty." Correspondence between other members of the Lau family are also included, along with items such as pamphlets, notebooks, and other ephemera. A more detailed description of the collection by the seller is filed in front of Box 1.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Letters (correspondence)
  • Printed ephemera
  • United States. Navy--History--World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945--Pacific Area

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Lau, Norman E., 1915-1999
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Container List

Mixed Materials Box: 1
Box 1
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
    Norman Lau to Katherine Lau
    1944
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
    Norman Lau to Katherine Lau
    1945 January
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
    Norman Lau to Katherine Lau
    1945 February
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
    Norman Lau to Katherine Lau
    1945 March
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
    Norman Lau to Katherine Lau
    1945 April
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
    Norman Lau to Katherine Lau
    1945 May
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7
    Norman Lau to Katherine Lau
    1945 June
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8
    Norman Lau to Katherine Lau
    1945 July
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9
    Norman Lau to Katherine Lau
    1945 August
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10
    Norman Lau to Katherine Lau
    1945 September-October
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11
    Norman Lau to Parents
    1932-1934
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12
    Norman Lau to Parents
    1942 July-December
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 13
    Norman Lau to Parents
    1942 March-June
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 14
    Norman to Parents
    1943 January-May
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 15
    Norman to Parents
    1943 June-December
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 16
    Norman to Parents
    1944 May-June
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 17
    Norman to Parents
    1944 July-December
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 18
    Norman to Parents
    1945
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 19
    Katherine Lau to Norman Lau
    1944 April, May, November
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 20
    Katherine Lau to Norman Lau
    1944 December
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 21
    Katherine Lau to Norman Lau
    1945 January
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 22
    Katherine Lau to Norman Lau
    1945 February
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 23
    Katherine Lau to Norman Lau
    1945 March
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 24
    Katherine Lau to Norman Lau
    1945 April
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 25
    Katherine Lau to Norman Lau
    1945 May
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 31
    Letters to Katherine and Norman Lau
    1944-1950
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 26
    Katherine Lau to Norman Lau
    1945 June
    Scope and Contents

    Photograph of Katherine Dell Newcomb Lau and Norman Ellsworth Lau. He is in his Navy Blues and she is dressed in blue or black with a dressy hat. Addition Mss. Acc. 2107.023 from their daughter, Deborah Dell Lau.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 27
    Katherine Lau to Norman Lau
    1945 July
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 28
    Katherine Lau to Norman Lau
    1945 August
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 29
    Katherine Lau to Norman Lau
    1945 September
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 30
    Katherine Lau to her In-laws, Mr. and Mrs. A.G. Lau
    1944
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 32
    Caryl Lau to his Parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Lau
    1929-1939
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 33
    Caryl Lau to his Parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Lau
    1941-1944
Mixed Materials Box: 2
Box 2
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1
    Marie Lau to her In-Laws, Mr. and Mrs. A.G. Lau
    1930-1942
    Scope and Contents

    Marie to Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Lau

  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2
    Marie Lau to her In-Laws, Mr. and Mrs. A.G. Lau
    1943-1945
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3
    Ruth Lau McHugh to her Parents
    1933-1939
    Scope and Contents

    Ruth Lau McHugh to Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Lau

  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4
    Ruth Lau McHugh to her Parents
    1940-1942
    Scope and Contents

    Ruth Lau McHugh to Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Lau

  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5
    Ruth Lau McHugh to her Parents
    1943
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6
    Ruth Lau McHugh to her Parents
    1944-1945
    Scope and Contents

    Ruth Lau McHugh to Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Lau

Mixed Materials box: 3
Box 3
  • Mixed Materials box: 3 Folder: 1
    Mr. and Mrs. A.G. Lau to their Children
    1929, 1944, 1946
  • Mixed Materials box: 3 Folder: 2
    Lau Grandchildren to their Grandparents
    1938-1944
  • Mixed Materials box: 3 Folder: 3
    Mr. and Mrs. A.G. Lau - Personal and Business Correspondence
    1933-1943
  • Mixed Materials box: 3 Folder: 4
    Postcards
    1941-1945
    Scope and Contents

    Mostly letters from family members, but a few blank ones are included.

  • Mixed Materials box: 3 Folder: 5
    Telegrams
    undated
  • Mixed Materials box: 3 Folder: 6
    Greeting Cards
    1938-1951
  • Mixed Materials box: 3 Folder: 7
    Diplomas and Marriage Certificate
    1926, 1932, 1944
  • Mixed Materials box: 3 Folder: 8
    Poems, Negatives, Flyers, Cartoons and Other Mementos
  • Mixed Materials box: 3 Folder: 9
    Ephemera
    Scope and Contents

    Pamphlets, small new testament bible, test notebook, school notebook and religious booklet.

  • Mixed Materials box: 3 Folder: 10
    Photograph of Katherine Dell Newcomb and Norman Ellsworth Lau
    circa 1942