| Scope and content |
Official transcript of a U.S. Navy Captain's Court-Martial proceedings (1927), photographs, letters, and poetry, along with two scrapbooks (1900-1950) maintained by Capt. Franklin D. Karns' wife, Mrs. Helen Wallace Chew Karns. |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Franklin D. Karns Papers (#759), 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- Gift of Mr. R. S. Karns. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of Mr. William Schultz. |
| Biographical note | Captain Franklin D. Karns (1873-1952) graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1895, served during World War I, and was charged of negligence in the accidental grounding of the USS Colorado in May 1927. Helen Wallace Chew Karns (1884-1942) was the wife of Karns and the mother of Franklin D. Karns, Jr. (1903-1998). Karns, Jr. graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1925 and served during World War II. |
