Walter Phillips Collection, 1942, Date acquired: 11/05/1998, bulk 1942
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Phillips, Walter G.
- Extent:
- 1.00 scrapbook
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Walter Phillips collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_98_0825.
Background
- Scope and content:
This collection includes a Japanse book, "Daitōa sensō hōdō shashinroku : Taishō kanpatsu 1 shūnen kinen", published by Tōkyō : Yomiuri Shinbunsha, Shōwa 17 [1942], which was discovered by Walter Phillips in a public school in the northern part of Tokyowhen he was stationed with the 517th Field Artillery Battalion during the Occupation of Japan. The book contains forty plate photographs which commemorated the first year of World War II with the United States.
- Biographical / historical:
Walter George Phillips died November 19, 2007, in Pennsylvania after a lengthy illness. He was born on June 3, 1922, in Wilmington, DE. At an early age, his family moved to Pennsylvania, eventually living in Levittown, PA. He attended Drexel University in Philadelphia and Stanford University in California. He then taught accounting at Drexel and practiced the profession with several companies throughout his life. He served in the US Army during WWII in the South Pacific Islands, Philippines, and Japan. Music was very much a part of his life, playing horn for various bands and singing in several choruses over the years. He also established the fully funded Wallace Heaton Scholarship for music at Drexel.
- Acquisition information:
Walter Phillips
Donated
- 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], Walter Phillips collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_98_0825.
- Location of this collection:
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116 Honors WayTallahasseeFL32306-2047USA
