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Stephen Alex Nemeth papers, 1943-2001, Date acquired: 2017-11-25, bulk 1943-1952

 

Summary

Creator:
Nemeth, Stephen Alex
Nemeth, Stephen Alex
Extent:
1 folders
10 Volumes 1 set of 9 volumes, 1 standalone book
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Stephen Alex Nemeth papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_17_0033.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection relates to Stephen Alex Nemeth who served in the U.S. Navy during World War II as an armed guard aboard vessels and also served during the Korean War in the U.S. Navy.  The collection includes books, military records, photographs, and ephemera.

Biographical / historical:

Stephen Alex Nemeth was born on February 13, 1925, in New Haven, CT.  He entered service in the U.S. Navy on February 10, 1943.  Nemeth was trained and served as an armed guard aboard the S.S. Surprise, U.S.S. Abel Parker Upshur, U.S.S. Pratt and U.S.A.T. Santa Paula. He was discharged on January 18, 1946.  From 1947 to 1948 Nemeth worked as a Scrape Man for Richardson Batteries, New Brunswick, NJ.  He subsequently re-enlisted in the U.S. Navy on April 15, 1948, and served on the U.S.S. Valcour (AVP-55) and the Atlantic Reserve Fleet in Boston, MA.  He was discharged a second time on April 10, 1952.

Custodial history:

This collection was donated by Stephen Alex Nemeth. The collection was acquired by the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience on November 25, 2017.

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], Stephen Alex Nemeth papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_17_0033.

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