Collier County Museum collection, 1942-1959, Date acquired: 08/03/2017, bulk 1942-1945
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Collier County Museum
- Pritchard, Sheila
- Taylor, Frank
- Hortin, Dale E.
- Extent:
- 4 folders 4 folders
- 2 items 2 books
- 1 items 1 oversize map
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Collier County Museum collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_17_0016.
Background
- Scope and content:
This deaccessioned Collier County Museum, Naples, FL World War II collection includes four separate collections. The first collection relates to Technician Fourth Grade Sergeant Dale E. Hortin who served with the 210th Field Artillery Battalion, 33rd Infantry Division, in the Pacific Theater, which includes photographs, documents, foreign currency, and German stamps. The second collection includes U.S. ration booklets and ration documents. The third collection relates to Sheila Pritchard who served as an American Red Cross Nurse's Aide, which includes Red Cross documents and patches. The fourth collection relates to Corporal Frank Taylor who served in the Pacific Theater and includes postcards, Japanese occupation currency, and a vellum Domain of Neptune Rex certificate.
- Biographical / historical:
Dale E. Hortin was a Technician Fourth Grade Sergeant who served with the 210th Field Artillery Battalion, 33rd Infantry Division, in the Pacific Theater. He lived from 1917-2000.
Sheila Pritchard served as an American Red Cross Nurse's Aide.
Frank Taylor was a Corporal who served in the Pacific Theater.
- Custodial history:
This collection was donated by Jennifer Guida, Curator of Collections at Collier Country Museum. The collection was acquired by the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience on August 3, 2017.
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:
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--New Guinea
World War, 1939-1945--Pacific Area
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Philippines
Rationing--United States
World War, 1939-1945--Food supply--United States
Philippines--History--Japanese occupation, 1942-1945
World War, 1939-1945--United States
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area
United States. Army. Division, 33rd - Names:
- American Red Cross
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], Collier County Museum collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_17_0016.
- Location of this collection:
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116 Honors WayTallahasseeFL32306-2047USA
