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Reserve Officers Association collection, 1939-2007, Date accessioned: 2021-04-16

 

Summary

Extent:
11.5 Linear Feet 21 half boxes, 1 full box
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Reserve Officers Association collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-14-2016

Background

Scope and content:

This collection relates to the Reserve Officers Association and the experience of its members during World War Two.

Biographical / historical:

The Reserve Officers Association collection contains a compilation of stories from the service and expereinces of ROA members during World War Two. These recollections contributed to Carol Kelly's publication, 'The Officer', for the 50 anniversary of World War Two.

Acquisition information:
The Reserve Officers Association collection was gifted to the Institute on World War Two and the Human Experience by Carol Kelly
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

Indexed terms

Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Mediterranean Sea
Anzio, Battle of, Anzio, Italy, 1944
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy--Sicily
Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945
Prisoners of war--Japan
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--China
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Burma
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Solomon Islands--Guadalcanal
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--India
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Africa, North
Korea--History--1945-
World War, 1939-1945--Military intelligence--United States
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--New Guinea
Operation Torch, 1942
World War, 1939-1945--Australia
United States--Armed Forces--Nurses--Biography
World War, 1939-1945--Engineering and construction
Kasserine Pass, Battle of, Tunisia, 1943
Bataan, Battle of, Philippines, 1942
Bataan Death March, Philippines, 1942
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Alaska--Aleutian Islands
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Philippines--Luzon
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941
Midway, Battle of, 1942
Java Sea, Battle of the, Indonesia, 1942
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Algeria
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Germany
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Belgium
Women's Army Corps
Places:
Naples (Italy)
Kiska Island (Alaska)
Manila (Philippines)
United States -- Armed Forces -- Women's reserves
Corsica (France)
Nordhausen (Thuringia, Germany)
Okinawa Island (Japan)
Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
Sardinia (Italy)
Iwo Jima, Battle of, 1945

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], Reserve Officers Association collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-14-2016

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