| Scope and content |
This collection contains the life history of Lt. Commander Harold Stacey Burdick, who served in the Border War (1910s) and the Tampico Affair (1914), and World War I. It contains letters that he sent to his mother and father and a log journal detailing his accounts while on the USS Jouett. There are also news clippings and pictures of/about Harold Burdick as well as Annapolis and Naval ships like the USS Rhode Island. The collection also contains correspondence between his father, Daniel P. Burdick, and various associations and societies like Brown University, Columbia University and the U.S. Navy. |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Harold Stacey Burdick Collection (#1162), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Terms of use | Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Purchased from Carmen D. Valentino, Rare Books & Manuscripts, Philadelphia, PA. |
| Biographical note | Lt. Commander Harold Stacey Burdick was a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and a naval engineer who served during aboard various ships during the conflict with Mexico during the Mexican Revolution and during World War I. |
