Thomas Service and Clay Beall, III photographs, circa 1950s

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: AP-0025

Staff Only

Content Description

In 2007, L. Clay Beall, III (Class of 1969) donated (29) photographs and a dedication booklet from 1938 to the Luce Library. According to the Deed of Gift, the items were given to Beall by Ann P. Service, widow of Thomas Service (Class of 1938). The dedication book seems to have been misplaced (there is a dedication booklet from the same year in the original institutional finding aid).

Dates

circa 1950s

Language of Materials

All materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

Appointments to examine materials must be made in advance. Please e-mail library@sunymaritime.edu for more information or to schedule an appointment.

Conditions Governing Use

Reproductions may be provided to users to support research and scholarship. However, collection use is subject to all copyright laws. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Biographical / Historical

Thomas Service, Class of 1938, was a port engieer of a steam company in Virginia and lived in the Bethlem Sparrows Point. Service was next door neighbor of L. Clay Beall III family. Service became a mentor to Beall who convienced him to attend SUNY Maritime College. Service and Beall remained close friends even as the families moved. After Service's death his wife, Ann, sent Beall photos taken by Service around the 1950s during his time working with the Nyarkus company.