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George A. Keith collection, 1940-2000, Date accessioned: 1999-03-12

 

Summary

Creator:
Keith, George A., 1917-2000
Extent:
.25 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], George A. Keith collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-99-0571

Background

Scope and content:

This collection relates to the service of George A. Keith who initially served with Company E, 106th Engineer Regiment of the 31st Division (National Guard) during World War II. The collection consists of several official orders and related documents, Christmas card, photographs, cassette tape, and transcript of a group oral history with veterans of the 106th Engineer Regiment, 31st Division. Also included is a copy of a tontine agreement with members of Company E from 1986. Keith was transferred out of 31st Division before it was deployed to the Pacific Theater. Keith served in the European Theater.

Biographical / historical:

George A. Keith was born on October 6, 1917, and served with a Florida National Guard unit, Company E of the 106th Engineer Regiment, 31st Division when President Franklin D. Roosevelt mobilized it into federal service in 1940. A sergeant with the Company B based in Apalachicola, Florida, Keith eventually transferred out of the unit, serving with the 389th Engineer General Service Regiment rising to the rank of captain when discharged in 1945. Among the notable accomplishments of 389th would be taking part in the construction of a railroad bridge over the Rhine River near Mainz, Germany completed on April 14, 1945. Although Keith fought with another unit during the war, he never forgot his association with Company E, 106th Engineers and played an important role in organizing postwar unit reunions and documenting their history. Keith passed away on February 5, 2000 and is buried in Magnolia Cemetery in Apalachicola, Florida.

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], George A. Keith collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-99-0571

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