Sophie Sokolowski papers, 1943-1947, Date acquired: 2017-11-02, bulk 1943-1945
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Sokolowski, Sophie
- Guzzo, Ralph J.
- Extent:
- .5 Linear Feet 1 half box
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Sophie Sokolowski papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_17_0029.
Background
- Scope and content:
This collection relates to Sophie Sokolowski (Guzzo) and Ralph J. Guzzo who served as an administrative Sergeant in the U.S. Army with the Headquarters and Service Company, 757th Railway Shop Battalion, in the United States, England, and Europe during World War II. The collection contains letters written from Ralph J. Guzzo during his time in service to his future wife, Sophie. The collection also contains a scrapbook which belonged to Sophie Sokolowski.
- Biographical / historical:
Sophie Sokolowski was born in 1924 in Duryea, PA to Polish immigrants, Thomas and Mary Sokolowski. Ralph J. Guzzo was born in New York, NY in 1925 and passed away on August 2, 1992, in Port Richey, FL. Guzzo entered service in the U.S. Army on April 27, 1943. He trained and was assigned to the 757th Railway Shop Battalion at Camp Joseph T. Robinson, North Little Rock, AK until his unit transferred to the European Theater in July 1944. Upon being discharged in 1945, Ralph and Sophie married on February 1, 1947, in Duryea, PA.
- Custodial history:
This collection was donated by Holly Cushman. The collection was acquired by the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience on November 2, 2017.
Transferred from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience to FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives in July 2022.
- Arrangement:
Chronological
- 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], Sophie Sokolowski papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_17_0029.
- Location of this collection:
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116 Honors WayTallahasseeFL32306-2047USA
