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Jean L. Krauklin transcript, 1941-1945

 

Summary

Creator:
Krauklin, Jean L. , 1923-2019
Extent:
1 folders
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Jean L. Krauklin transcript, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_06_0037

Background

Scope and content:

This oral history interview transcript relates to Jean Krauklin who served in the USO United Service Organization and the Office of Price Administration (OPA) during World War II.

Biographical / historical:

Jean Krauklin was born in Berlin, New Hampshire on March 30th, 1923. Krauklin attended Berlin High School and Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School. Her brothers were in the military at the time, and she describes her fears during this time. She then worked as a secretary, then went into the USO. She and her brothers would write letters to to each other. In the USO, part of her work consisted of dancing with enlisted men. She was kept informed about the war through the radio and news articles. Krauklin was dismayed by the events of World War II and wished to assist in any way she could with the war effort. Jean was married to Buchanan Loesch for 25 years and after their divorce lived in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands with her second husband Ewald Krauklin. After Ewald's passing in 1922, Jean and Vollmer Hetherington became a couple. Jean has a daughter, Karen Loesch Whitehill, and two sons, Pether Loesch and Stacy Loesch. Jean passed away February 9th, 2019 at the age of 95 and she is buried in Deer Isle, Maine. The information contained within this description was from Jean's obituary published February 15, 2019 in The Berlin Sun.

Acquisition information:
Jean Krauklin
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], Jean L. Krauklin transcript, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_06_0037

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