Helen D. Nowels-Mark collection, 1943-1948, Date acquired: 03/13/2000, bulk 1944-1945
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Nowels-Mark, Helen D., 1919-2009
- Basil P. Simpson
- Martin, James W.
- Meadors, William W.
- Kowaleby, Dorothy
- O'Leary, T. W.
- Smith, Robert L.
- Davis, Charles E.
- Kunkle, Don
- Dollrichs, E. J.
- Mears, William E.
- Extent:
- 1.5 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], helen D. Nowels-Mark collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-00-0262
Background
- Scope and content:
Helen D. Nowels-Mark served in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps stationed in the North African and Pacific Theaters during the World War II. This collection contains letters sent to Helen D. Nowels-Marks from soldiers she had met at her various stations. They reflect the trials of long-distance love, the frustrations of war, and the relief at the war's end. Included in this collection are photographs and newspaper articles about some of her nurse friends, a picture diary, and her wedding in 1952.
- Biographical / historical:
Helen D. Nowels-Mark was born March 7, 1919. She achieved the rank of first lieutenant before leaving the U.S. Army Nurse Corps in 1946. She was stationed in North Africa in 1943. In 1944 and 1945 she was stationed in Oahu, Hawaii. Throughout the war, she corresponded with many soldiers stated in North Africa, Italy, and the Pacific. Nowels-Mark, living in Ft. Myers, passed away on May 29, 2009.
- Acquisition information:
- This collection was donated by Helen D. Nowels-Mark. The collection was acquired by the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience on March 13, 2000.
- Custodial history:
Transferred from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience to FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives in July 2022.
- Arrangement:
This collection is sorted into folders by the author of the letters, and in chronological order within the folders.
- 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], helen D. Nowels-Mark collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-00-0262
- Location of this collection:
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116 Honors WayTallahasseeFL32306-2047USA
