Garretson Family papers, 1918-1959, Date accessioned: 2019-06-19
Collection context
Summary
- Extent:
- 1.75 Linear Feet Two half boxes
- Language:
- English French
- Preferred citation:
[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Garretson Family papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_18_0031
Background
- Scope and content:
These papers include two boxes of World War II correspondence, largely between Albert H. Garretson and Agnes P. Garretson while Albert was involved with the Foreign Economic Division and the G-2 division of SHAEF. Garretson shares his views on the bureacratic side of the war and his insights from working on the economic board and SHAEF. He also served on an "Anglo-American Brain Trust" meant to foster good relations between Americans and the British. Agnes also shares her views on the war and American politics.
- Biographical / historical:
Albert Garretson worked for the U.S. Department of Justice prior to World War Two. During the war, he was assigned to work as part of the Board of Economic Warfare - later renamed the Foreign Economic Administration - in London. Throughout the course of the war he would also work in Paris under the G-2 division of SHAEF, where he was made a colonel. Garretson returned to Washington D.C. in May 1945, and would go on to spend time in Ethiopia after the war, were he assisted in writing the Ethiopian constitution.
- 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], Garretson Family papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_18_0031
- Location of this collection:
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116 Honors WayTallahasseeFL32306-2047USA
