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Laura Mae Jackson DuFore collection, 1942-2008, Date acquired: 06/18/2001, bulk 1942-1945

 

Summary

Creator:
DuFore, Laura Mae Jackson
Extent:
1.00 boxes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Laura Mae Jackson DuFore collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_01_0233.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection pertains to Laura Mae Jackson DuFore who served with the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps during World War II. The collection contains four letters that she wrote to her sister and family while she was overseas, two letters from friends, a collection of black and white photographs mainly from New Guinea and the Philippines, foreign currency, various military documents, artwork created by DuFore, a metal bracelet with the name "Laura" etched in, a cigarette lighter made from a .50 caliber round, a Japanese fan, a Japanese cigarette, an Enlisted Infantry collar pin, photocopies of two scrapbooks, and various newsletters from air fields, ships, or other posts. The collection also contains a copy of DuFore's autobiography A Life So Full.

Biographical / historical:

Laura Mae Jackson DuFore was born December 22, 1903, in Ellsworth, Charleston County, Michigan. She was a first-generation American; her family moved to the United States from France through Canada. She grew up on a farm and then in lumber camps. DuFore left home when she was seventeen, and she eventually began working in a beauty salon. Later, she owned and operated her own beauty salon in Detroit.

Acquisition information:

Laura Mae Jackson DuFore

Donation.

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], Laura Mae Jackson DuFore collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_01_0233.

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