Jon Matthews Papers
Historic Owner
Jon W. Matthews
Association
USS Intrepid (CV/CVA/CVS-11)
Date1957–1960
PeriodCold War
Mediumpaper, ink
ClassificationsCommunication Artifacts
Credit LineCollection of the Intrepid Museum. Gift of the Matthews family. A2018.96
Object numberA2018.96
DescriptionExtent: 3 folders, 2 oversize maps (flat files)The Jon Matthews Papers include correspondence, ship printed materials and ephemera from Matthews' time aboard the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid as a photographer's mate third class (PH3). Ship printed materials in the collection include a USS Intrepid calendar, Familygrams, grocery bill, ship newspapers, and port of call booklets. Much of the collection is ephemera that Matthews collected in the various ports of call, such as tourist pamphlets and maps, translation guides, postcards, business cards, and programs.
Calendar; USS Intrepid calendar, 1958
Bill; Grocery Bill, no date. From the Commissary Division. Lists the total amount of food consumed by the crew during the deployment, as well as the costs to feed the crew.
Pamphlet; Aircraft Taxi Signals in Use by U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps
Correspondence; Familygram to Mrs. Matthews from Paul Masterson, Commanding Officer (2 pages), no date. This familygram was sent before the 1959 Mediterranean Cruise to Mrs. Matthews (Matthews's mother) and talks about the reason for the cruise, where they will be going, and what families can do to help their loved ones through the deployment. It mentions an enclosed booklet that details their cruise, which may be the Mediterranean Cruise 1959 ports of call booklet found later in this collection.
Newspaper; partially cut Ketcher, August 28, 1959. The top of the front page is cut out, as well as a couple of letters in the headlines.
Clipping, Newspaper; “Intrepid Sails Home After 7 Months”
Map; annotated with Intrepid’s 1959 cruise through the Mediterranean (flat file)
Card, information; Atomic, Biologic and Chemical Warfare Pocket Guide
Card, information; Rate of Exchange card
Cartoon; drawing of a sailor taking a photo of a flower
Card, information; Why the Border Must Be // The Northern Ireland Case in Brief
Ports of Call booklets
- Mediterranean Cruise, 1959
- Leghorn (Livorno, Italy)
- Lisbon, Portugal
- Oslo, Norway
- Rotterdam, Holland
- Norfolk (2)
- Athens, Greece
- Barcelona, Spain
- Cannes, France
- Palermo, Sicily
- Palma, Spain
Booklet; Northern Ireland As An Outpost of Defense
Booklet; Pocket Guide to Anywhere, August 1953
Booklet; Pocket Guide to Spain and Portugal, August 1953
Booklet; Pocket Guide to France, August 23, 1956
Booklet; Japanese Language Guide
- Handwritten note with Japanese slang terms on it, found in guide
Ports of Call ephemera
Card, Business; Valkommen Till Hotel, Goteborg, Sweden
Card, Business; list of restaurants in Lisbon with a blue and red map of a section of the city.
Postcard; Plaza de Toros Monumental. There is a picture of a bull and matador. The matador is wearing a blue and yellow outfit and is holding a sword in one hand and a red cape over the bull in the other.
Program, "Trocadero Night Club // Via Roma, 1 // Salon De Te // Todos Los Dias // Telefono 11131 // Tarde 6'30 Noche 10'30"
Maps;
- Oslo, Norway
- Northern Ireland // Map Folder
- Northern Ireland // Coast of Beauty
- Belfast // Capital City of Northern Ireland
- Gothenburg
Brussels World's Fair ephemera
Pamphlet; Universal Exhibition // Brussels 1958
Map; Plan Expo '58 envelope, Brussels World’s Fair 1958
Map; Hammond’s Global Strategy Maps
On View
Not on viewCollections
Robert Wayne Osburn
November 22, 1957–probably 1961
Object number: A2013.149
