Conditions Governing Use:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Conditions Governing Access:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Preferred Citation:

USS Hyades Shipmates' Reunion Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Processing Information:

Accesioned and minimally processed by Benjamin Bromley in October 2012. Additions to collection received and processed by Christina R. Luers, in 2017.

Scope and Contents

Official documents, photographs, and other material related to the service of the USS Hyades (AF-28), a store ship built during World War II and which served until the 1970s. Primarily includes copies of reports of changes, muster rolls, deck logs, and photographs relating to the USS Hyades' service during World War II. There are also copies of other similar documents scattered throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Finally, there is printed ephemera related to the USS Hyades. Addition material includes reunion scrapbooks, photographs, trial recipes for a USS Hyades recipe book, pamphlets, and digital reunion photographs. Digital material requires at least 72 hours advanced notice for access.

Related Material

Armed Conflicts & the Military in the Special Collections Research Center

Information about related materials is available at http://guides.swem.wm.edu/armedconflicts

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• United States Navy
• United States. Navy--History--20th century
• Vietnam War, 1961-1975
• World War, 1939-1945