Charles Wilfong Chalker collection, 1939-1945, Date accessioned: 2019-08-02
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Chalker, Charles Wilfong, 1913-1979
- Extent:
- 1 boxes Flag Box 1
- Language:
- German
- Preferred citation:
[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Charles Wilfong Chalker collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_19_0014.
Background
- Scope and content:
This collection relates to Technician 5th Grade Charles Wilfong Chalker who served with the 76th Infantry Division in the European Theater during World War II. The collection contains three German World War II period flags brought back after the war from Europe by Chalker.
- Biographical / historical:
Charles Wilfong Chalker was born in Florida on April 18, 1913. He received his BA in Journalism from the University of Florida and worked at the Tallahasee Democrat newspaper before entering the U.S. Army on June 29, 1942 at Camp Blanding, FL. Chalker was assigned to the 76th Infantry Division. Chalker remained with the 76th Division during campaigns in the European Theater and discharged in November 1945. He passed away on June 30,1979 in Tallahassee, FL. He is buried in Roselawn Cemetery, Tallahassee, 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
- 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], Charles Wilfong Chalker collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_19_0014.
- Location of this collection:
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116 Honors WayTallahasseeFL32306-2047USA
