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Joseph Hrabovsky collection, 1944-2007, Date accessioned: 2011-06-16

 

Summary

Creator:
Hrabovsky, Joseph, 1912-2001
Extent:
.25 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Joseph Hrabovsky collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_11_0037

Background

Scope and content:

This collection relates to Joseph Hrabovsky who served with the 1524th Quartermaster Laundry. Joseph Hrabovksy received quartermaster training in Camp Lee, VA before being assigned to the occupation of Japan. This collection contains a Camp Lee Quartermaster Training Pamphlet, a photograph collection of Japan and Korea, and other documents including a timeline of Joseph Hrabovksy's service in Japan.

Biographical / historical:

Joseph Hrabovksy was born on March 15, 1912 in Pennsylvania. He met his wife, Helen Ann, in 1932 and started a curtain cleaning business. Hrabovsky was drafted in 1944 and trained as a quartermaster at Camp Lee, VA. Hrabovsky was sent to the Pacific Theater for the occupation of Japan after the war. He served as as Military Police in Japan and a Korean POW camp. He returned to the curtain cleaners after his return in 1946. Hrabovsky and his wife Helen Ann passed on April 8, 2001 and are buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Forest Park Illinois.

Acquisition information:
This collection was donated by the nephew of Joseph Hrabovsky, Joseph Vonasek.
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 the public.

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], Joseph Hrabovsky collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_11_0037

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