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McClellan-Smith Family collection, 1941-1945, Date accessioned: 2020-11-28

 

Summary

Creator:
Smith, Charles Elmer, 1916-1943
McClellan, Viola B., 1918-2013
McClellan, Dewey S., 1920-1998
Smith, Viola, 1918-1945
Extent:
2.5 Linear Feet 1 oversized box (30x30x3)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], McClellan-Smith family collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-20-2008

Background

Scope and content:

This collection relates to Viola B. McClellan (Women's Auxillary Corps) and Dewey S. McClellan (U.S. Army Air Corps) who both served in the European Theater of Operations as a pilot during World War II. This collection also relates to Charles S. Smith who served as a civilian contractor and Japanese prisoner of war at Wake Island in the Pacific Theater of Operations. This collection contains documents, ephemera, and photographs.

Biographical / historical:

Viola B. McClellan, also known as "Smitty," was born in Grant, Florida October 18, 1918, she died October 25, 2013. She was the last of 8 children. Her father homesteaded 160 acres on Mullet Creek. Her brother, Charles Elmer Smith, was captured by the Japanese in 1941 on Wake Island. Viola wanted to do something to help bring him home so she enlisted in the Woman's Army Corp in 1942.

Acquisition information:
Collection donated by the daughter of Dewey and Viola Smith, Susan Smith.
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

Access and use

Restrictions:

This 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:

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], McClellan-Smith family collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-20-2008

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