Lois S. Lee collection, 1943-1946, 1998, Date accessioned: 2019-02-21
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Judelle, Elise F.
- Lee, Lois S., 1921-2018
- Extent:
- 3.5 Linear Feet 1 half box, 1 OS box (36.5"x25.25")
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Lois S. Lee collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_19_0002
Background
- Scope and content:
This collection relates to Lois S. Lee who served in the Women's Army Corps in the Far East Air Forces WAC Detachment in New Guinea and the Philippine Islands during World War II. The collection contains documents, photographs, unit history book, ephemera, and a bomber crew insulated flight suit.
- Biographical / historical:
Lois S. Lee (married name: Lois L. Frauchinger) was born March 26, 1921 and passed away on March 26th, 2018, on her 97th birthday. A native of Cumberland, MD, Lois trained at the Ursuline Secretarial School then joined the Women's Army Corps where she became a First Lieutenant in tne Quartermaster Corps serving in the Phillippines and New Guinea in WWII. In 1946 she married Fritz Frauchiger in Norman, Oklahoma where she was a student at the University of Oklahoma and Fritz was a professor and a widower with two childrem, Fritz Arnold and Elise. The family then moved to the Washington D.C. area where her daughter Elizabeth Ann was born.
Source: Bevis Funeral Home, Lois L. Frauchiger
- Acquisition information:
- This collection was donated by the daughter of Lois S. Lee. Lois S. Lee's married name was Lois L. Frauchiger.
- 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], Lois S. Lee collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_19_0002
- Location of this collection:
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116 Honors WayTallahasseeFL32306-2047USA
