Margaret Saunders collection, 1945, Date accessioned: 2019-04-10
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Saunders, Margaret
- Seaton, Douglas
- Extent:
- 1 folders 1 folder in Oversize Box 10. Wooster Daily Record, August 15, 1945, that records the surrender of Japan and a German flag fragment.
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Margaret Saunders collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_19_0005.
Background
- Scope and content:
This collection contains an original newspaper of the Wooster Daily Record, August 15, 1945, that belonged to Margaret Saunders while she was a student at the College of Wooster on the homefront during World War II and a U.S. soldier inscribed German flag fragment.
- Biographical / historical:
Margaret "Peg" Tremier Saunders was born and raised in Swissvale, Florida. She earned her Bachelor of Music degree from the College of Wooster; she attended school here when World War II had ended, where she acquired the newspaper in this collection. After attending the College of Wooster, Margaret earned a Master in Music from the Conservatory of Music in Detroit and did further graduate work at Hartford Seminary. While working at the seminary, Margaret met her future husband, Marshall Saunders, who was acting as the youth superintendent.
- 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
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- College of Wooster
World War, 1939-1945--United States - Names:
- Saunders, Margaret
Seaton, Douglas - Places:
- Wooster (Ohio)
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], Margaret Saunders collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_19_0005.
- Location of this collection:
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116 Honors WayTallahasseeFL32306-2047USA
