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Kenneth M. Roberts collection, 1945-1945, Date acquired: 09/25/2015, bulk 1945

 

Summary

Creator:
Roberts, Kenneth M.
Roberts, Kenneth M.
Extent:
1 folders
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Kenneth M. Roberts collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_15_0035

Background

Scope and content:

This collection related to Kenneth M. Roberts. The collection contains negatives of photographs from an officer who served in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with the 42nd Engineer Construction Battalion.  The photographs show scenes in Luzon, Philippines, of US Army housing, social life, and construction, as well as local agriculture and architecture. The collection contains a set of 68 negatives that document Kenneth M. Roberts' service in the Philippines in 1945.

Biographical / historical:

Kenneth M. Roberts was born in Sandy, Oregon, on January 9, 1920. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Oregon State College. From July 25, 1942 until April 3, 1946, he served in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the 42nd Engineer Construction Battalion. He was stationed in both Alaska and the Philippines during the Aleutian Isalnd and the Luzon Campaigns, achieving the rank as captain. Mr. Roberts passed away on March 31, 2008.

Note written with information provided by Jolene Kennah, William E. Davis, Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center

Custodial history:

This collection was donated by Kenneth M. Roberts. The collection was acquired on September 25, 2015.

Transferred from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience to FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives in July 2022.

Arrangement:

Contained in one box with locations "Manilla" or "Philippines" written on envelope.

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], Kenneth M. Roberts collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_15_0035

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