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Diana Naylor Morgan papers, 1937-1945, Date acquired: 10/20/2006

 

Summary

Creator:
Morgan, Diana Naylor, 1927-
Extent:
1 boxes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Diana Naylor Morgan papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_06_0098.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection relates to Diana Naylor Morgan who served as a junior USO hostess in New Jersey during World War II. The collection includes an oral interview with Morgan, news articles, photographs, and letters sent to her from American and British soldiers deployed overseas during World War II.

Biographical / historical:

Diana Naylor Morgan born in New York City, on February 18, 1927, and raised by her single mother who married when Morgan was ten years old. Morgan recalls her step-father's dramatic reaction to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. In her interview, Morgan also expresses her views on the Holocaust, Adolf Hitler, and the war.

While living in New Jersey, Morgan joined the USO as a junior hostess during World War II. During this period, she met her soldier and sailor correspondents. Many times Morgan would invite these servicemen, who were stationed near her home in New Jersey, back to her mother's house for dinner after a USO event. Morgan began her training as a nurse in 1945, continued her studies at Johns Hopkins University and graduated in 1950.

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], Diana Naylor Morgan papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_06_0098.

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