Geoffrey Styles papers, 1914-1945, Date acquired: 09/25/2017, bulk 1939-1945
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Styles, Geoffrey
- Binns, Jesse Davis
- Extent:
- 1 folders
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Geoffrey Styles papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_17_0020.
Background
- Scope and content:
This collection relates to Geoffrey Styles who was eleven years old and lived in Romford, 14 miles Northeast of London when World War II began for Great Britain. The papers include an oral interview transcript and audiotape recording. The collection also includes a letter written from Normandy during World War II by Jesse Davis Binns.
- Biographical / historical:
Geoffrey Styles was born on December 2, 1929, in Romford, within the London, England metropolitan area. His sister Joan was born in 1924, and brother Alan in 1926. Geoffrey Styles served as a messenger boy during World War II for the Civil Defense in Romford. He recounts the German air raids during the 1940 Blitz and later the V-1, V-2, rocket attacks on London in 1944, which included Romford. He also recounts life during the war, and the actions taken by his family during air raids. Additional related collection 00.0176 for Geoffrey Styles contains BBC taped interviews.
- Custodial history:
This collection was donated by Geoffrey Styles. The collection was acquired by the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience on September 25, 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
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], Geoffrey Styles papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_17_0020.
- Location of this collection:
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116 Honors WayTallahasseeFL32306-2047USA
