Douglas E. Leach papers, 1942-1945, Date acquired: 02/09/2000
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Leach, Douglas Edward
- Extent:
- 1.00 boxes
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Douglas E. Leach papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_00_0067.
Background
- Scope and content:
Douglas Leach served as a U.S. Navy officer during World War II on the U.S.S Elden in the Pacific Theater. His letters of correspondence to family and friends are about his daily life, on the ship and off. His family's letters hold information on how rationing and censorship affected the American family unit during WWII. There are photographs included of Leach's niece and sister.
- Biographical / historical:
Douglas Edward Leach was born on May 5, 1920, in Providence, Rhode Island. He enlisted in the Navy on January 24, 1942, in Boston, Massachusetts and discharged in Boston on April 14, 1946. He spent his years in the Navy stationed in multiple places in the United States and on the U.S.S. Elden (DE 264). The Elden arrived in the Pacific area at Pearl Harbor on November 16, 1943. The Elden participated in the Marianas Island campaign, Iwo Jima, Ulithi, and Occupation Duty in the Far East. The Elden was decommissioned at Mare Island Navy Yard on January 18, 1946. After the war, Leach taught at Vanderbilt University from 1956 to 1986 and ended his career as professor emeritus of American history at Vanderbilt University.
Source:
- Acquisition information:
Douglas E. Leach
Donated by Douglas Leach.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- World War, 1939-1945--Postal service--Censorship
Savings bonds--United States
United States. Navy--History--20th century
Rationing--United States
World War, 1939-1945--Caricatures and cartoons
Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean
Saipan, Battle of, Northern Mariana Islands, 1944
World War, 1939-1945--Northern Mariana Islands--Tinian - Names:
- British War Relief Society (U.S.)
Vanderbilt University - Places:
- Pearl Harbor (Hawaii)
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], Douglas E. Leach papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_00_0067.
- Location of this collection:
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116 Honors WayTallahasseeFL32306-2047USA
