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Marie Oscar collection, 1917-1945, Date accessioned: 2002-07-22

 

Summary

Creator:
Oscar, Marie, 1917-2004
Extent:
2 Linear Feet In addition to the two photograph boxes, there are two army nurse's capes, and one army women's uniform jacket are included.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Marie Oscar collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_02_0031

Background

Biographical / historical:

Marie Oscar was born on March 27, 1917 in New York. She attended high school at Saugerties High School and attended Nursing School at Columbia University. Marie Oscar joined the U.S. Army Nurse Corps and trained in Oregon at Camp White. She was stationed in France for most of the war, but also spent time in Northern Ireland, Ireland, England, Germany, and Sweden. While in France, she cared for former Allied POWs. Later in life, she moved to Florida and volunteered at the Historical Museum of Southern Florida in Miami. She passed away on December 1, 2003 in Hialeah, FL.

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

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], Marie Oscar collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_02_0031

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