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Chester W. Bailes papers, 1942-2007, Date acquired: 08/07/2014, bulk 1942-1945

 

Summary

Creator:
Bailes, Chester W., 1915-2006
Extent:
1 boxes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Chester W. Bailes papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_14_0031.

Background

Scope and content:

Chester W. Bailes served as a 4th Grade technician in the US Army 1st Armored Division during World War II. He was first sent to Ireland, before participating in the North Africa invasion, Sicily, and Anzio during the invasion of Italy, where he spent the rest of the war. His collection includes a few letters, publications relating to his unit written after the war, Time, Stars and Stripes, and Yank Magazines, as well as a number of pamphlets and military-published books relating to World War II.

Biographical / historical:

Chester W. Bailes was born on September 11, 1915 in Sanford, Florida, though he spent most of his life in Kentucky. He married Georgia Line Bailes before the war. He served in the Army from 1940 to 1945. While in the Army, he served in Ireland, North Africa, Sicily, and Italy. He worked for Broadway Chevrolet in Grayson County, Kentucky before his retirement. He died at 90 years old on January 31, 2006.

Acquisition information:

Ralph O. Fullerton, Sr.

Donation

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

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], Chester W. Bailes papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_14_0031.

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