The American Heritage Center has digitized and made accessible online 30 films from the Paul J. Halloran papers #4832. Paul J. Halloran was a prominent naval officer and civil engineer during the twentieth century. He oversaw construction of Pacific airbases used for bombing raids on Japan in WWII. The collection includes naval records, photographs, and 16 mm films from Halloran’s time in the navy, with the majority stemming from his work on the Norfolk naval base and his time in the Pacific Theater.

Film still of Tinian (Northern Mariana Islands), Paul J. Halloran papers, #4832, Box 20, University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center

Links to digitized items and additional information about the Paul J. Halloran papers can be found in the online collection inventory at: https://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wyu-ah04832.xml or directly through the digital collections website at: https://digitalcollections.uwyo.edu/luna/servlet/uwydbuwy~127~127

Please direct any questions to Jamie Greene at jgreene@uwyo.edu or 307-766-3704.