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Newspaper clipping from “The Oregonian” on Monday, May 23, 1955. Features an article titled, “USS Sphinx Crew Has Busy Time as Host to Swarm of Schoolboys”. Features three (3) large photographs of schoolboys touring the USS Sphinx docked at the Willamette River.

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Certificate awarded to Edward M. Doran for the purpose of appointment to the position of Admiral in the Great Navy of the State of Nebraska. Issued September 23, 1971, in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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This is a black–and–white photograph of Submarine Squadron #4 stationed in Pearl Harbor, T. H. United States Navy sailors and officers are dressed in white uniforms and arranged in front of an unknown building in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

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Hand-drawn color map of the Antarctica expedition. The Antarctic landmass and a portion of South America are outlined in black ink. The longitude, latitude, key locations, and location notes are written in blue ink. The ship’s route, the Antarctic Circle, and the magnetic south pole are written in red ink. White out has been applied to a portion of the hand-drawn map.

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Contains a hand-drawn map of the Bay of Whales just north of Roosevelt Island, Antarctica. Key features identified by the map include the Barrier Sea, the Ross Sea, a marked trail, and a camp marked by an X. Map features include a compass rose and a scale measured in yards ranging from 0 to 2000.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Edward M. Doran Collection, 1938 - 1996, consists of documents, records, correspondence, official Navy documents, certifications, organization memberships, magazines, newspaper clippings, and biographies on Edward M. Doran. Photographs featured within this collection include black-and-white and color photographs of US military vessels, personal pictures, and staged group images. The material focuses especially on his experience surviving Pearl Harbor and his involvement in salvaging a...