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Omer E. Englehart collection, 1939-1967, Date acquired: 04/28/2000, bulk 1940-1947

 

Summary

Creator:
Englehart, Omer E.
Extent:
3.00 boxes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Omer E. Englehart collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_00_0535.

Background

Scope and content:

The materials in the Omer E. Englehart collection document activities of a U.S. Army Air Forces Corporal who served in the European theater during World War II. This collection consists of an extensive compilation of personal correspondence between Omer E. Englehart and his family, friends from home, and friends from abroad between the predominant dates of 1940 to 1947. The collection also includes, various copies of newspapers regarding military happenings, original wartime books, training pamphlets and booklets for the U.S. Army Air Corps, travel guides, original photographs and postcards depicting life on base as well as Omer E. Englehart's personal travels while deployed, three 78 rpm voicegrams, wartime ration booklets, both U.S. and German Air Force military clothing, road maps, and church related material for the Methodist Church.

Biographical / historical:

Omer E. Englehart was a Corporal in the 100th Airdrome Squadron of the U.S. Army Air Forces from 1942 to 1946. He was stationed stateside in San Antonio, Texas. From October 1943 to December 1945 he was stationed in Europe in Kirkham, Lancashire, England and Erlangen, Germany. He instructed Allied Airmen serving with the Royal Air Force in the use and servicing of power turrets and gun sights used on U.S. Aircrafts employed in the Royal Air Force. After World War II Mr. Englehart worked for Combustion Engineering as their Administrative Director. He put together the materials in this collection after his time in the U.S. Army Air Forces and donated it to the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience in 2000.

Acquisition information:

Omer Eugene Englehart

Donated

Custodial history:

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

Arrangement:

Chronological

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], Omer E. Englehart collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_00_0535.

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