Newspapers, 1941-1951
- Containers:
- 19.0018 - Box 2, Folder 007
- Scope and content:
The newspapers are collected primarily from the Abilene Reporter-News, but also theDetroit Times, Pinpoints, Fort Leavenworth News, and the New York Herald News. It includes clippings of John L. McQuigg when featured in the paper and of men from Abilene featured in the paper for their war service, specifically George L. Paxton Jr. with the Flying Tigers. The Pinpoints edition is from January 1, 1941, and was published concerning war news by the Mediterranean Allied Photographic Reconnaissance Wing. The Fort Leavenworth News is from December 2, 1944. The folder also includes papers from The Arrowhead Lines, the paper for Camp Arrowhead, Texas, during the summer of 1944. Sassie McQuigg is featured as a reporter in the July 22, 1944, edition. The New York Herald Tribune clippings from 1951 are concerned with the death of Colonel Polifka in Korea.
Access and use
- Parent restrictions:
This collection is open to all researchers.
This collection is in an offsite storage location. Please contact lib-specialcollections@fsu.edu with requests for access or for more information.
- Parent 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.
- Location of this collection:
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116 Honors WayTallahasseeFL32306-2047USA
