Calvin T. Webb papers, 2012-2013, Date acquired: 10/22/2015
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Webb, Calvin T., 1924-2014
- Extent:
- 1 folders
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Calvin T. Webb papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-15-1936
Background
- Scope and content:
This collection relates to Calvin T. Webb who served as a radio operator in the U.S. Merchant Marines during World War II in Boston, MA, and Catalina Island, CA, prior to serving aboard merchant ships in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans until December of 1946. The collection contains materials related to memory which includes: American Merchant Marine Veterans AMMV Magazine, Winter 2012/2013, Spring 2013, Summer 2013, and Winter 2013/2014; 2002 reprint of The United States Merchant Marine at War; November 5, 2006, The Salt Lake Tribune/Deseret Morning News, "A Tribute To Veterans" advertising supplement newspaper; and 2 Just Compensation Committee Merchant Marines lobbying advertisement postcards.
- Biographical / historical:
Calvin T. Webb was born April 15th, 1924, in Hinckley, Utah, the third child of Leslie and Nellie Rachel Thacker Webb. "Cal" grew up working on the family farm and attending school in Hinckley, UT. He graduated from Hinckley High in 1942 and then attended Utah State Agricultural College in Logan. Calvin joined the U.S. Maritime Service in April of 1944. He trained as a radio operator in Boston, MA, and Catalina Island, CA, prior to serving aboard merchant ships in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans until December of 1946.
After World War II he married Carol Halgren of Tooele on November 6th, 1946, in the Salt Lake City LDS temple. They had three children. Before starting what would become a career with the U.S. Civil Service, he held many jobs including Radio Operator for United Airlines at the Salt Lake City airport. With the U.S. government, he worked for the Department of the Army at Dugway Proving Grounds and Tooele Army Depot in Utah, Fort Wainwright, AK, and Naha, Okinawa. He retired in 1980 from the National Guard in Salt Lake City, UT. Later, he worked for a few years as Project Manager at Canyon Cove senior housing in Tooele.
Cal was an honest, generous, dependable, talented and very hard-working man with a reputation for selflessness and humility. His attitude was that if someone else could do something, then so could he. He enjoyed the challenge of repairing automobiles, and knew how to do and fix almost everything else, too. His lifetime fascination with aviation led him to pursue a private pilot license, purchase a small plane and take flying lessons from Frank Eastman. The day he flew solo was one of the highlights of his life.
- Acquisition information:
- This collection was donated by Kathy Webb, Calvin Webb's daughter. The collection was acquired by the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience on October 22, 2015.
- 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], Calvin T. Webb papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-15-1936
- Location of this collection:
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116 Honors WayTallahasseeFL32306-2047USA
