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Francis Montague Wells papers, 1944-1945, Date acquired: 04/28/2009, bulk 1945

 

Summary

Creator:
Wells, Francis Montague
Extent:
1.00 boxes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Francis Montague Wells papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_09_0040.

Background

Scope and content:

The Francis Montague Wells collection, consisting of seventy-one letters, offers the insight and perspective of an enlisted Private First Class with the 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division, in the European campaign during World War II. The collection also contains two photographs of Francis Wells and a letter from his daughter Peggy Wells Hughes.

Materials from this collection were imaged for a patron request and may be viewed on PASS under the Francis_Montague_Wells_Papers-09_0040 directory. These images are for personal research only.

Biographical / historical:

PFC Francis Montague Wells served in the 119th Infantry Regiment of the 30th Infantry Division in the European Theater from 1944 to 1946. Wells' tour of duty included Italy, France, Belgium, Germany, and Austria. He participated in the Battle of the Bulge with the 30th Infantry Division and was present in Magdeburg, Germany during the link up of American and Russian forces on the Elbe River. After the war, Wells' unit spent two months in the occupation of Czechoslovakia before returning to the United States in August of 1945.

Acquisition information:

Francis Montague Wells

Donation.

Custodial history:

Transferred from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience to FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives in July 2022.

Arrangement:

Creator

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], Francis Montague Wells papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_09_0040.

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