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Keith Basil Fairchild collection, 1941-1963, Date accessioned: 2019-04-11

 

Summary

Creator:
Hansen, Deborah, Dr.
Fairchild, Keith Basil, 1923-2010
Extent:
1.75 Linear Feet 1 oversize box located on General Collection shelf 2
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Keith Basil Fairchild collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_19_0006

Background

Scope and content:

This collection relates to Keith Basil Fairchild who served in the U.S. Navy during World War II in the Pacific Theater and remained in the U.S. Navy as a career. The collection includes a scrapbook, photographs, and documents.

Biographical / historical:

Keith B. Fairchild passed away peacefully on May 23, 2010. Born on October 18, 1923, he served his country proudly in the Philippines in the US Navy during WW II. After the war, he became an air traffic controller and served in various duty stations from Pensacola to Guantanamo Bay. Married to Loie Resk in June 1943, they have three children: Arlene Rohan (Ft. Pierce), Deborah Hansen (Jacksonville), and Keith S. Fairchild (Jacksonville), as well as 5 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great grandchild. After retiring, the Fairchilds took up country dancing and traveled extensively. Visitation will be on Thursday, May 27th from 10-11AM, with services following immediately from 11 AM-noon, in the chapel of Jacksonville Memory Gardens, 111 Blanding Blvd., Orange Park. Burial will be at 2 PM at Jacksonville National Cemetery on Lanie Rd. with full military honors. Memorials to the deceased may be sent to the Hadlow Center for Caring, Community Hospice on Sunbeam Rd. in Jacksonville, FL. Florida Times Union, May 26 2010.

Acquisition information:
This collection was donated by the daughter of Keith Basil Fairchild, Deborah Hansen.
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], Keith Basil Fairchild collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_19_0006

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