Arthur Goold Morrill collection, 1941-1952, Date accessioned: 2019-08-01
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Morrill (Arthur Goold), 1918-1992
- Morrill (Charles)
- Extent:
- 2 boxes
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Arthur Goold Morrill collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_19_0017
Background
- Scope and content:
This collection relates to Arthur Goold Morrill who served as a Captain in the U.S. Army Air Corps as an administrative and statistical officer related to personnel and inventory records in the United States. The collection contains photographs and military personnel documents.
- Biographical / historical:
Arthur Goold Morrill was born in Albany, NY on October 20, 1918. He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a private in New York, NY on August 18, 1941 and received Basic Training at Ft. Dix, NJ through September 1941. He then received additional training at Keesler Field, Biloxi, MS as an administrative orderly until November 1941.
His first duty assignment ensued at Air Corps Gunnery School, Las Vegas, NV as the Group Commander's personal clerk from November 1941 through May 1942. At this time Morrill attended Air Corps Administrative Officers' School, Miami Beach, FL. In June 1942, he attended AAF Statistical Officers' School at Harvard University. Graduating in September 1942, he was assigned as Personnel Reports Officer, 15th Statistical Control Unit, Mitchel Field, Long Island, NY until February 1943. At this time, he was assigned as Chief, Personnel Reports Branch, 15th Statistical Control Unit, Robins Field, Macon, GA until June 1943 when he was re-assigned until February 1944 as Chief, Military Personnel Reports Unit, Personnel Statistics Unit, Headquarters 15th Control Unit, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
Morrill then was assigned Chief, Aircraft Inventory Unit, Aircraft and Engines Statistics Branch, Air Service Command at the same location. From April through December 1945, he was assigned as Chief, Personnel Statistics Branch, Statistical Control Division at the same location. On February 1946, Morrill was separated from service with rank of Captain at Wright Patterson Field, Dayton, OH.
- 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
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio)--History.
Harvard University--History.
United States. Army Air Forces--Training
Harvard Business School. Army Air Forces Statistical School
United States. Army Air Forces. Personnel Distribution Command - Names:
- Morrill (Charles)
- Places:
- Robins Field (Ga.)
Keesler Field (Miss.)
Las Vegas (Nev.)
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], Arthur Goold Morrill collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_19_0017
- Location of this collection:
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116 Honors WayTallahasseeFL32306-2047USA
