AHJ_ah04917 Inventory of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association Records, 1958-1974 Pearl Harbor Survivors Association Records University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
American Heritage Center Dept. 3924, 1000 E. University Avenue University of Wyoming Laramie, WY 82071 Phone: 307.766.2574 Fax:307.766.5511 Email:ahcref@uwyo.edu URL:http://ahc.uwyo.edu/
2017

University of Wyoming

 Finding aid encoded by Leslie Waggener. 2017 Finding aid is in English Collection Summary Pearl Harbor Survivors Association Pearl Harbor Survivors Association records 1958-1974 04917 1.0 cubic ft. (1 box) University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English Records of a World War II veterans organization founded in 1958 whose members were on Pearl Harbor or three miles or less offshore during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, on December 7, 1941. The organization was officially disbanded at the end of December 2011 with a membership of about 2,700 members nationally. Description of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association

The Pearl Harbor Survivors Association (PHSA) was founded in 1958 and first incorporated in California in 1961. It was incorporated nationally in 1973, which, in that year, the Association comprised more than 5,000 members and 100 chapters throughout the United States. On December 7, 2011, during the 70th anniversary ceremony in Hawaii of the attack on Pearl Harbor, William Muehleib, the President of the PHSA, announced that due to the ages and health of the 2,700 members, the executive board had decided to terminate the corporate association as of December 31 of that year. The Pearl Harbor-Gram closed its membership in February 2012. However, informal social and local activities involving Pearl Harbor survivors were to continue. Peak membership for the association was 18,000 members nationally and more than 70,000 members worldwide.

 Scope and Content

The collection contains an article titled “The First Fifteen Years” describing the history of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association (PHSA) from 1958 to 1973; a reprint of the Congressional Record from May 7, 1973 regarding a bill to incorporate PHSA; newsletters of PHSA (1971-1974); pamphlets and schedules related to reunions (1971, 1973, 1984), and a pamphlet published for PSHA members showing photos of the Pearl Harbor attack. The collection also contains the pamphlet “White Caps: Sketches” by Anna Urda Busby published for PHSA members in December 1974 regarding U.S. Army nurses in World War II (includes sketches of Anna Urda Busby, Phyllis Dana, Harriet Moore Holmes, Margaret Olsson, Hubertina Schepers Whetsell, and Anna Danyo Willgrube). There is also one printed color poster of the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor.

 Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

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 Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association at the date of processing.

 Acquisition Information

This material was received from Joel E. Bachner in 1972 and 1987.

Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

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