FLVC logo

Zeddie P. Barron, Jr. papers, 1939-1945, Date acquired: 2007-06-12, Date accessioned: 2020-04-22, bulk 1943-1945

 

Summary

Creator:
Barron, Virginia C.
Barron, Zeddie P., Jr.
Extent:
1.5 Linear Feet 1 half box, 1 full box
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Zeddie P. Barron Jr. papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_07_0077.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection pertains to Technician Fifth Grade Zeddie P. Barron, Jr., who was stationed in Virginia, Kentucky, Ireland, Britain, France, Holland, Belgium, and Germany between 1943 and 1945. As a clerk in the 552nd Railhead Company, Barron was attached to the First Engineer Special Brigade. The collection contains personal letters sent from Barron to his wife throughout his period of service, military documents including a ration book, Barron's military record and entrance physical, as well as newspaper clippings, envelopes, and an unpublished poem by Eugene S. Masters reacting to the use of the atomic bomb.

Biographical / historical:

Zeddie P. Barron Jr. was born in Newnan, Georgia on November 4, 1911, and had a career as a store manager before joining the United States Army in 1943. He married Virginia Dixon Culbreath on January 14, 1940. Due to this administrative background, he was made an Induction Leader and entered technical school at Camp Lee. Barron was then moved to Fort Knox and entered the 552nd Railhead Company as a replacement. He was then shipped to Northern Ireland and made the crossing on the Monarch of Bermuda, or the "Showboat," so called because it carried the cast of Irving Berlin's "This is the Army." In May 1944 he was attached to the First Engineer Special Brigade Force U for the D-Day invasion and landed on D+3. He served in locations such as St. Marie du Mont, St. Mere Eglise, St. Lo, Soissons, Liege, Frankfurt, and Cassel.

Custodial history:

This collection was donated by Thomas A. Barron, son of Zeddie P. Barron, Jr. The collection was acquired by the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience on June 12, 2007.

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

Arrangement:

Barron's letters are arranged chronologically and the other documents are arranged categorically.

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], Zeddie P. Barron Jr. papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_07_0077.

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