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Lloyd Donald Haynes papers, 1915-1963, Date acquired: 05/07/2018, bulk 1942-1949

 

Summary

Creator:
Haynes, Lloyd Donald
Extent:
1.00 folders
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Lloyd Donald Haynes papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_18_0013.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection relates to Lloyd Donald Haynes who served as a Staff Sergeant stenographer with Headquarters, Third Air Force, and then a Chief Warrant Officer as administrative assistant to the Executive, The Air Inspector, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. Hicks also continued to serve on active duty during the postwar period until 1949. The collection includes military personnel documents, photographs, diplomas, certificates, and newspaper articles. Several photographs include U.S. Air Force Secretary W. Stuart Symington in 1949. Included are numerous photographs of London, England, and Germany in 1949.

Biographical / historical:

Lloyd Donald Haynes was born on July 1, 1915, in Norwich, Kansas. He graduated from Arkansas City, Kansas High School in 1933. In May 1935, Haynes graduated from Arkansas City Junior College in Pre-Law. In 1936, he graduated as a stenographer from Chillicothe Business College, Chillicothe, Missouri. From 1936 to 1940, Haynes worked as a stenographer for the Kanotex Refining Company. From 1940 to 1941, he worked as a stenographer with the Santa Fe Railway Company.

Haynes entered active duty with the U.S. Army Air Corps on December 29, 1941, at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. From January 1 to August 10, 1942, Haynes served as a stenographer to the Base Administrative Inspector at Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma. From August 13, 1942, until November 30, 1942, Haynes served as a stenographer for the Office of Inspector General, Headquarters, Third Air Force, in Tampa, FL. Hicks was commissioned as a Chief Warrant Officer on December 1, 1942, in which he served as an Administrative Assistant to the Executive, The Air Inspector, at headquarters of the Army Air Forces in Washington, D.C. He separated from service on July 1, 1946, but re-entered active duty as a Chief Warrant Officer on November 10, 1946.

During his postwar military service, Haynes commanded the Court Reporting Unit, supervising conference reporting for the Chief of Staff, Headquarters USAF on highly classified and technical data. Furthermore, he accompanied the Secretary of the Air Force W. Stuart Symington as a personal secretary on foreign trips. During his foreign travels, Haynes took pictures of the Azores, Wiesbaden, Germany, London, England, Paris, France, Newfoundland, and Bermuda which are included in this collection. Haynes served until January 17, 1949, when he separated from service.

After his active duty service, Haynes returned to Kansas and became a certified shorthand reporter for the district courts of Kansas in 1952. He continued in his profession of court reporting until retirement. Haynes passed away in Palm Beach, FL on May 4, 1985.

Acquisition information:

Sue Anstead

Donation

Custodial history:

Transferred from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience to FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives in July 2022.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open to all researchers.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Lloyd Donald Haynes papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_18_0013.

Location of this collection:
116 Honors Way
Tallahassee
FL
32306-2047
USA