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Eddie Houston Thomason collection, 1939-1945, Date acquired: 02/23/2016, bulk 1942-1945

 

Summary

Creator:
Thomason, Eddie Houston, 1908-1959
Extent:
2 boxes
1 folders
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Eddie Houston Thomason collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-16-2003

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains letters, photograph albums, postcards, documents, and ephemera which record the military service and family homefront life during World War II of Eddie Houston Thomason who served as a physician in U.S. Army Air Corps Medical Service.

Biographical / historical:

Eddie Houston Thomason was born on September 26, 1908. He attended Wofford College, Spartanburg, S.C. and the Medical University of S.C. in Charleston. He married Kate Goodwin Odiorne and had four children: John Melvin; Edward Houston; Harriette Amelia; and George Howard. Thomason operated a general medical practice in Olanta, S.C. from 1934 to 1942, when he entered the U.S. Army Air Corp Medical Service Corps, serving until 1945.  Upon his return, he continued his medical practice in Olanta until his death on March 28, 1959. He is buried in Thomas Cemetery, Olanta, SC.

Custodial history:

This collection was donated by Harriette T. Humphreys. The collection was acquired by the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience on Februar 23, 2016.

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.

This collection is in an offsite storage location. Please contact lib-specialcollections@fsu.edu with requests for access or for more information.

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], Eddie Houston Thomason collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-16-2003

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