Collection Relating to James McCarthy
Photograph of Joe McCarthy. The caption on the photograph reads "On his World War I uniform, Joe McCarthy wears his medals with pride."
Collection area: Arizona and Southwest
Collection dates: 1983-1985
Correspondence, notes, typescript of interview, and typescript of McCarthy's autobiography chiefly relating McCarthy's experiences as a Tohono O'Odham on the reservation, at Indian schools, service in World War I, and later life. Correspondence, between Westover and others, mostly concerns publication of the book.
Military historian.
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