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Carl O. Dunbar, Jr. collection, 1942-1969, Date acquired: 10/16/2001

 

Summary

Creator:
Dunbar, Carl O., Jr.
Extent:
2.00 boxes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Carl O. Dunbar, Jr. collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/01_0530

Background

Scope and content:

Carl O. Dunbar, Jr. served in the U.S. Marine Corps Fighter Squadron VMF-214 as a pilot in the Pacific Campaign during World War II. This collection contains news articles, navigation log books, photographs, and a scrapbook with artifacts, government documents and letters, photographs, and ephemera. Dunbar's flight mission log book recorded action at Guadalcanal and the Solomon Islands. This collection also contains a manuscript written by Dunbar's son, Peter, which highlights his father's military career and flying experiences. The photographs are from before, during, and after World War II. Dunbar included materials from his activities after the war, including his career as a lawyer and judge.

Biographical / historical:

Carl O. Dunbar Jr. was born March 2, 1920, and enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor Day, in New Haven Connecticut. He served with Marine Fighting Squadron VMF-214 as a fighter pilot in the Pacific Theater. He traveled to various flight training bases throughout the East Coast of the United States before seeing action in the Solomon Island Campaign and Guadalcanal.


Acquisition information:

Peter M. Dunbar

Donated

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], Carl O. Dunbar, Jr. collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/01_0530

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