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The Wainwright Liberator collection, 1944-1945, Date acquired: 07/05/2017, Date accessioned: 2020-04-30

 

Summary

Creator:
J.A. Jones Construction Company, Inc.
Extent:
.5 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], The Wainwright Liberator collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_17_0012.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of The Wainwright Liberator newsletters published during World War II by the J.A. Jones Construction Company, Inc. at the Wainwright Yard, Panama City, Florida.

Biographical / historical:

In 1942 the United States Maritime Commission selected the J. A. Jones Construction Co. to build and operate a yard for the construction of Liberty ships in Panama City. One of nineteen American shipyards used for this purpose, the Wainwright Yard saw 108 ships constructed from 1943 to the end of the war. The average per ship construction cost of $2,020,000 placed the Panama City yard midway between per ship costs at the remaining facilities.

Acquisition information:

Martha J. Edenfield

Donation

Custodial history:

This collection was donated by Martha J. Edenfield. The collection was acquired by the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience on July 5, 2017.

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], The Wainwright Liberator collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_17_0012.

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