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William T. Rolfe collection, 1980, Date accessioned: 2004-12-06, bulk 1907-1945

 

Summary

Creator:
Rolfe, William T., 1907-
Extent:
1 folders 1 folder
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], William T. Rolfe collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-04-0308

Background

Scope and content:

This collection relates to Corporal William T. Rolfe who served in the Royal Air Force as a gunnery instructor in the United Kingdom during World War II. This collection contains the memoir titled "My Memoirs" which documents the life of Rolfe.

Biographical / historical:

William T. Rolfe was born in London, England on July 4th, 1907. He grew up in Camberwell, a suburb of London and served as a Boy Scout in the 27th Camberwell Troop and a singer in his Church's choir. He attended Cobourg Road Council School in Camberwell and worked at the same bank as his father. William T. Rolfe married his wife "Curly" on June 3rd, 1933. In June of 1940, William T. Rolfe volunteered for the British Royal Air Force. He attended training in Blackpool, England and was sent north to Mawcarse, Scotland to defend a RAF bomb storage area. Afterwards, Rolfe was posted to Shoreham as an instructor on the gunnery range.

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], William T. Rolfe collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-04-0308

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