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Janet C. Bryan papers, 1942-1944, Date accessioned: 2015-05-13

 

Summary

Creator:
Bryan, Janet C., 1920-2010
Extent:
.5 Linear Feet 1 half box
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Janet C. Bryan papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_14_0016

Background

Scope and content:

This collection relates to Janet C. Bryan who was married to a U.S. Army Field Artilery officer who was stationed at various posts in the U.S. during World War II. This collection is composed of the correspondance from Janet C. Bryan to her parents, addressed as Mr. and Mrs. Raymond G. Williams, residing in Barrington and Providence, Rhode Island. Janet C. Bryan's 145 letters, postcards, and telegrams document the social activities and personal impressions of army life, train travel, and the Western U.S, including visits to San Fransisco and Oakland, San Luis Obispo, and Los Angeles. She also mentions people and family members from Providence including actor Sonny Tufts, a cousin of Janet C. Bryan.

Biographical / historical:

Janet C. Bryan was born February 4th, 1920 and lived in Providence, Rhode Island. Having grown up in the Great Depression, her family was not wealthy but did have considerable social standing in Providence; Janet was a bit of a local celebrity with the society writers and local paper's photographers as evidenced by her regular appearance in the Providence Evening Bulletin, the Daily, and the Sunday Journal. Janet C. Bryan graduated from Wheeler School and studied early childhood education at the Nursery Training School of Boston. Later she taught in Providence at the nursery school of Gordon School and had three children of her own. Janet died November 19th, 2010.

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

Access and use

Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Janet C. Bryan papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_14_0016

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