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Stickler Family papers, 1933-1945, Date accessioned: 2011-11-11

 

Summary

Creator:
Potter, Ann Stickler, 1936-
Extent:
.25 Linear Feet 1 quarter box
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Strickler Family Papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-11-1943

Background

Scope and content:

This collection relates to William Hugh Stickler and Ann Stickler Potter. Stickler worked as a scientist on the Manhattan Project at the Oak Ridge Tennessee Plant during World War II. Ann Stickler, the daughter of William, recounts her experiences of the war as a child and the time spent with her father. This collection contains newspapers, pamphlets, magazines, and notebooks all relating to the creation of the Atomic Bomb.

Biographical / historical:

William Hugh Stickler was born in Cincinnati, Iowa on January 10, 1910. During the Manhattan Project, he worked for the Tennessee Eastman Corporation at the Y-12 Plant, Oak Ridge, TN on the project staff. He also served as the Director of Institutional Research and Service at Florida State Univeristy. Stickler passed away in Tallahassee, FL on February 6, 1975 and is buried with his wife Margaret Winter Stickler at North Page Cemetery, Hepburn, Iowa.

Acquisition information:
This collection was donated by Ann Stickler Potter.
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], Strickler Family Papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-11-1943

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