Nancy R. Locke Collection, Circa 1942-1974
Collection context
Summary
- Extent:
- 1 Folder
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
Nancy R. Locke Collection, Broward County Historical Archives, Broward County Library.
Background
- Scope and content:
Contains five photographs of Katherine Rawls, Olympic athlete and WAFS aviator, and a New River News article about her.
- Biographical / historical:
Nancy R. Locke is the neice of Olympic Diver and aviator Katherine Rawls through Nancy's father Sonny Rawls. Katherine Rawls was born on June 14, 1917 in Nashville Tennessee before the family moved to Saint Augustine, then Tampa, then Hollywood, and then Fort Lauderdale to cultivate the children's aptitude for competitive diving. The older siblings Katherine, Dorothy, and Evelyn became the "Rawl's Trio" and the younger siblings Sonny with Peggy were the "Rawls' Water Babies". Rawls did consistently well in the olympics and later became a pilot who served in Wolrd War II. Sonny Rawls appeared to have moved to Tennessee where Nancy R. Locke was born in 1948.
- Processing information:
This collection received container level processing. This finding aid may be updated to reflect new descriptions as well as acquisitions to the collection.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Swimmers
Photographs - Names:
- Katherine Rawls, 1917-1982
Access and use
- Restrictions:
The Nancy R. Locke Collection is open for research.
- Preferred citation:
Nancy R. Locke Collection, Broward County Historical Archives, Broward County Library.
- Location of this collection:
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Broward County Historical Archives, Broward County Library100 S. Andrews AvenueFort LauderdaleFL33301USA
