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Wallace Reichelt papers, 1942-1945, Date acquired: 01/13/1999, bulk 1944

 

Summary

Creator:
Reichelt, Wallace
Extent:
1.00 boxes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Wallace Reichelt papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_99_0051.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection of Wallace W. Reichelt contains an oral history transcript of an interview provided by the Reichelt Program for Oral History. The collection also contains a copy of "The Army and Navy Musician" Vol. 19, No. 5 (August - September 1945) and a scrapbook of photographs, documents, and ephemera, including postcards. There are over 450 black-and-white photographs from 1942 to 1945. These photographs relate to Reichelt's wartime experiences on the U.S. mainland and in Europe.

Biographical / historical:

Wallace Reichelt was a bass drummer in the 44th Division Band, Headquarters Company in the US 7th Army during World War II. He was stationed throughout the US and in the European Theater (ETO). Reichelt was stationed on the west coast of the United States in 1942 at Fort Lewis, WA and then in Salem, OR. He also was stationed in Salinas, KS, and Boston, MA. Then, in the summer of 1944, he traveled on the "General Gordon" to Cherbourg, France. While in the European Theater, the 44th Division Band followed Allied troopers into Austria and Germany.

Acquisition information:

Wallace Reichelt

donation

Custodial history:

Transferred from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience to FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives in July 2022.

Arrangement:

creator

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], Wallace Reichelt papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_99_0051.

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