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Fred E. Busbey Papers, 1910-1965

 

Summary

Extent:
6 boxes
3.00 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], Fred E. Busbey Papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-1987-007

Background

Scope and content:

Papers include official and personal correspondence, speeches and remarks, news clippings, memorabilia, photographs, audiograph discs, maps and background material. Many of the photographs and battle maps in the collection reflect his military activities in World War I. Topics include McCarthyism, the House of Un-American Activities Committee, Alger Hiss, and the Dresden bombing in World War II.

Biographical / historical:

Fred Ernst Busbey was born in Tuscola, Illinois on February 8, 1895. He attended the Armour Institute of Technology in Chicago and Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. On September 24, 1917, Ernst enlisted in the U.S. Army and served overseas as a sergeant until the Armistice in 1918, when he was made a battalion sergeant major in the 124th Field Artillery, 33rd Division. He was discharged on June 8, 1919. In 1930, he began working in the investment brokerage business in Chicago. Busbey served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 3rd Congressional district from 1943-1945, 1947-49, and 1951-55. He later resumed the investment brokerage business in Cocoa Beach, Florida until he retired in 1958. He died there on February 11, 1966.

Acquisition information:
Given by Friends of Florida State University Library.
Processing information:

Processed May, 1987.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers.

This collection is in an offsite storage location. Please contact lib-specialcollections@fsu.edu with requests for access or for more information.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been transferred to the Florida State University Libraries.

Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], Fred E. Busbey Papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-1987-007

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