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Sidney Rochelson papers, 1933-1992, Date acquired: 10/12/2000

 

Summary

Creator:
Sidney Rochelson, 1910-1992
Extent:
2 boxes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Sidney Rochelson papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-00-0665

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains letters written by Sidney Rochelson to his parents while he was attending medical school in the 1930s, while he was attending Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, during World War II, and the remainder of his life. Also incuded are letters to and from his wife Martha while he served as a surgeon with the 624th Medical Clearance Company in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.

Biographical / historical:

Sidney Rochelson was born in New York on June 1, 1910 and served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps as a surgeon during World War II.  He served in the European Theater of Operations with the 624th Medical Clearance Company during the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944. After the war, he resided in California and passed away on August 14, 1992 in Los Angeles, CA. He is buried along with his wife Martha at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Long Beach, CA.

Acquisition information:
Gifted by Susan Gross, Sidney Rochelson's daughter.
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], Sidney Rochelson papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-00-0665

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