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Mildred Shearer papers, 1944-1953, Date acquired: 09/26/2001

 

Summary

Creator:
Didot, Mildred Shearer, 1908-2001
Bennett, Ralph Hunter, 1921-1945
Extent:
3 boxes 1/2 box; Oversize Gen Coll: 2 flat boxes; Gen Coll: Oversize Box 8; Map Drawer; Complete Listing of all sketches in Flat Box 1 & Master File
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Mildred Shearer papers, Institute on World War II and the Human Experience, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_01_0535.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains personal papers including letters, notes, sketches, newspaper articles, and a radio interview of Mildred Shearer about her work with the United Service Organization (USO) sketching servicemen. Almost 600 photostatic copies and a few original portraits are included as well. The letters are mainly thank you notes in which servicemen and family members of servicemen commend her for her sketches.


Biographical / historical:

Mildred Shearer worked for the United Service Organization (USO) Camp Shows in military and Veteran's Administration (VA) Hospitals sketching servicemen from 1944-1947. Born April 5, 1908, she was an artist from California and graduated from Stanford University. She also studied at Art Students League in New York and Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, California. She was commissioned to do portrait sketches mainly on the west coast of California, Arizona, and New Mexico. Becoming somewhat of a local celebrity, she received many thank you notes and was written about in local newspapers. Her sketches are portraits of many different servicemen, which she describes the process in her 1945 radio interview. The original sketches and one copy were sent to the subjects and their families, while Shearer was able to keep a photostatic copy for her portfolio.


Acquisition information:

Audrey Oatley

Acquired through donation to the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience.

Processing information:

Revised 06/02/2016, Revised 05/31/2016, Entered 05/26/2016.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
United States. Veterans Administration.
Military Hospitals, American
Medicine--Periodicals
Photostats--1920-1980.
World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States
United States. Navy--History
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Philippines--Manila
World War, 1939-1945--Japan
Nuremberg War Crime Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, 1946-1949
Radio--History
Publishers and publishing -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
Anzio, Battle of, Anzio, Italy, 1944
World War, 1939-1945--Motion pictures and the war
Guam--History, Military
Air mail service
Military intelligence--United States
Canada--History, Military--20th century.
Canadian Infantry Corps Petawawa, Ontario Canada
Kundu Pantheon, India
Maharatta Fort, India
Taj Mahal (Agra, India)
Afghanistan--History--20th century
B-29 (Bomber)
Douglas DC-4 (Transport plane)
World War, 1939-1945--Art and the war
Illustrators.
Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Guam
Iwo Jima
Postcards
Names:
U.S. Naval Hospital (San Diego, Calif.)
The McCornack General Hospital (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Camp Shows, Inc.
V.A. Hospital (San Fernando, Calif)
Beaumont General Hospital (El Paso, Tex.)
Coconut Grove and the Ambassador (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Camp Pendleton (Calif.)
Veterans' Administration Medical Center (Phoenix, Ariz.)
Beverly-Wilshire Hotel -- History.
Corona Naval Hospital
Saturday evening post.
Hi-Po Newsletter (Phoenix, Arizona)
Clark Air Base (Philippines)
University of California, Los Angeles
New York herald tribune.
Birmingham General Hospital
Williams Air Force Base (Ariz.)
Stanford University
Art Students League (New York, N.Y.)
Otis Art Institute
Phoenix gazette, Phoenix, Ariz.
Great Britain. Royal Air Force.
Roosevelt Base, San Pedro
United States. Army Air Forces. Motion Picture Unit, 1st
United States. Marine Corps. Marine Division, 3rd
Armed Services Institute
Waite and Company -- History
Hotel Tudor, New York -- History
Empire State Building (New York, N.Y.)
Rockefeller Center
United Service Organizations (U.S.)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1887-1944.
Ghāndi, Mahātamā, 1869-1948
Goepner, William
Zissis, George J.
Ferguson, Wm.
Bailey, Eddie
Cleveland, Ed
Hoover, Bill
Detry, Donald
Root, Charlotte Crane
Heathcote, R.
Crawford, Wm. L.
Pennick, Joseph, Jr.
Smith, Leon F.
Hauser, Wick
Nathe, Leonard
Loomis, Neal M.
Horner, F.W.
Patterson, R.H.
Remaley, C.H.
Chas, Swanson
Spatz, J.J.
Sellers, Harold B.
Lindermuth, Samuel C.
Wilson, Warren
Fortes
Kallsen, Richard
Staley, Rey E.
Kennedy, Galvin B.
Hallahan, Richard J.
Riave, Lionel L.
Wyre, Larry
Boll, Robert E.
Lewis, Jackson W.
Concannon, Bart
Franklin, Ralph C.
Furber, Don
Ensler, Arthur S.
Finley, William E.
Matheny, J.D.
Norgaard, R.N.
Rorschach, Antoine
Kackley, Jack
Kaempfer, R.E.
Lips, Jack
Fischley, Paul M.
MacDowell, Robert
Macauley, Clyde
Nieto, Lucio
Pfiefer, Carl F.
Pearson, Gus
Polve, James H.
Pierce, F.W.
Segura, Wiltz
Stubbs, Gail L.
Taylor, James R.
Zalkan, George
Ret (K-9)
Thomas, Martin L.
Bradley, Clarence W.
Skidmore, Raymond D.
Gonzalez, Ruben S.
Johnson, Herman E.
Mitchell, Carl R.
Hall, James E.
Bates, Robert C.
Shepaard, Jene H.
Lindbergh, Lee
Moots, Clark D.
Friend, Joseph L.
Toledo, Mario
Olsen, Olaf W.
Reid, Bob
Radke, F.T.
Vorheis, Harold W.
Sullivan, Jim
Marsh, Wm. R.
Schneideau
Michael, Gordon
Kleine Hund von Effiejohein (K-9)
Brown, Walter
Zeller, Winn
Druehl, Bill
Norman, Irwin L.
Redwood, Miles A.
Walker, R.L.
Simmons, Verne
Crane, Jos H.
Hoffman, Dan
Ward, Robert C.
Mancuso, Anthony
Service, Antone W.
Robertson, W.M.C.
Scully, Ernest
Estrada, Joseph D.
McKelrer, Fred H.
Peterson, Theodore L.
Cleine, George E.
Barrigan, George
Solop, Sam M.
Gravelle, Maurice F.
Davis, Fred E.
Hermanson, Bill E.
Phillips, Willard N.
Weathers, Edward P.
Ishida, George
Spackman, Reed L.
Kusala, Raynold W.
Lilly, Philip C.
Burrell, Thomas B.
Klausman, Marian B.
Johnson, Roger L.
Langstaff, Robert M.
Getton, Ralph R.
Wright, Wayne W.
Pendergrass, Norris S.
Oberta, Joe P.
Truex, Roland W.
Rossi, Alexander
Durazo, Manuel
Shearing, Renee
Hontoo, Noel
Greeley, Francis
Noonan, T.F.
Bradley, Jack W.
McCafferty, James
Zupan, Mark D.
Peterson, Lyman
Farrior, James G.
Gallagher, Wm. J.
Roberts, Francis L.
Solano, Jose
Gay, Ulysses
Gernaat, Frank H.
Jones, Buster F.
Everett, Wm. P.
Burke, John Jo
Tafoua, Michael N.
Ryne, Maurice R.
Wettach, Charles
Rocha, Daniel
Culpepper, Millard
Cavagnaro, Joseph R.
Price, Lloyd G.
Paoley, Daniel, Jr.
Hofmann, Hugo H.
Jarvis, Robert
Stewart, Arnold A.
Cline, Harold R.
Coughey, Kenneth W.
Winterholler, John
Calloway, Wm.
Van Horn, Walter A.
Sancedo, Saro
Rorte, Paul R.
Peterson, M.L.
Keesel, Ivan R.
Smith, Noel L.
Kirby, Charles N.
Strom, Roy B.
Maldonado, Gabriel E.
Curinga, Rudolph
Mareety, Patrick J.
Haveety, Herman M.
Faircloth, Calvin
Titus, Roy Mearl
Siter, Les H.
Cummings, Marlin
De Fossett, Gorden
Furtner, Ted C.
Matro, Allfus A.
Kramer, Glen
Davis, Eugene G.
Yalencia, George C.
Pierce, Alvin O.
Greenway, H.N.
Vostka, Edward
White, Wm. H.
Hewlett, Carl
Hunter, Robert C.
Flood, Donald
Freeman, Charles R.
Walker, Walton G.
Wirt, John Louis
Witzsche, William G.
Curry, Wm. C., Jr.
Barry, Terry C.
Robinson, Charles L.
Papuga, Edward P.
Williams, Eugene L.
Thorem, C.A.
Moore, Floyd E.
Davies, Morgan R., Jr.
White, Fariss K.
Cartmill, Mav L.
Tsafous, Joseph N.
Bennett, W.C.
Green, Rex C.
Gallegos, Gilbert
Carter, Robert L.
Blanford, Milton
Catanaek, Jessie L.
Lovelady, Howard
Hill, Sam R.
Dunwiddie, Chas F.
Green, Elmer B.
Baed, Nick
Lucero, Daniel
Hill, Ralph S.
Lovato, John T.
Manda, Jack
Wallace, Leonard R.
Gould, Louis A.
Fuentes, Phillip
Bowen, Geo. W.
Hurlburt, Walter L.
Brooks, Sam L.
Rudd, Nathan
Caldwell, Charles A.
Bates, Dean O.
Drake, Alfred R.
Moulds, Jefferson D.
Yarbrough, John G.
Berens, James J.
Jones, Parker F.
Pope, Carlon R.
Neville, Joseph Michael
Sibley, Robert W.
Festner, F. Julius
Stone, Edna
Strickland, Marvin N.
Donithan, Kenneth L.
Sweazey, Jessie T.
Bricker, Lewis W.
Belcher, Willard H.
Sturgeon, C.E.
Yanez, Felipe V.
Marguez, Guadelupe E.
Shelton, Raymond
Williams, Jewell G.
Donnohue, Richard W.
Smallwood, James G.
Cheek, Granville
Long, Gilbert B.
Briehl, W.
Sutton, J.C.
White, Floyd
Liddell, Robert Wayne
McNerney, S.H.
Franklin, Oliver R.
Parsons, David W.
Baker, Orille
Sanchez, Ricardo
Roberts, Fred F.
Leigon, Barney L.
Forrell, Harvey J.
Smith, Edward F.
Niemiec, Edw. J.
Folson, Thomas
Gay, Alan
Nathan, Gerald D.
Mouton, Joseph
Scarborough, Gray A.
Dunkle, John A.
Gardner, E.E.
Hunter, Ullman A.
Glendis, Otto L.
Eastham, Donald
Taggart, Harry E.
Johnson, Robert
Cleveland, Wallace D.
Faulkner, George T.
Barela, Christobal C.
Jensen, Thomas A.
Rivera
Buell, C.E.
Buchanan, Jess F.
Montoya, Don C.
Mallette, Weldon B.
Edwards, W.M.F.
Santa Cruz, Peter
Green, Merrill
Wolter, Allan R.
Southard, Rupe
Jacobs, Charles S., Jr.
Nelsen, Marvin C.
Garfinkle, Paul
Shivel, Lee
Hogan, John J.
Sanchez, Jesus C.
Briscoe, James F.
Brann, B.B.
Ruiz, Alejandro S.
Gardner, Glenn G.
Van Dyke, Harles
Porter, Ralph
Portl, Gust D.
Marsteas, Lucas
Delaney, Richard
Letensky, Joseph
McClure, Donald F.
Mullens, James
Lanier, Walter R.
Cook, Lem C.
Herrera, Refael
Rose, John O.
Hutt, Murray E.
Ireton, John H.
McKendice, Wm. D.
Rodriguez, Jesus O.
Leathers, Thomas
Crow, Richard P.
H., Stanley A.
Burney, Ronald D.
Ketchell, George T.
Petters, Charles A.
Morrison, William E.
Frazier, Kenneth D.
Cooley, W.B.
Hutton, Tom R.
King, Larry
Didot, Mildred Shearer, 1908-2001
Corbett, Stratford
De Lisle, James F.
Turner, Grant
Ferguson, Albert
Robinson, H.
Terrell, Wm. A.
Zimmerman, Alan
Places:
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Bataan (Philippines : Province)
Santa Ana Army Air Base (Calif.)
San Francisco (Calif.)
Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.)
Kolkata (India)

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open to all researchers.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Mildred Shearer papers, Institute on World War II and the Human Experience, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_01_0535.

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