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Willard and Anna Carr collection, 1942-1992, Date acquired: 10/14/2002, bulk 1942-1946

 

Summary

Creator:
Anna Groover Carr, Carr, Anna Groover, 1915-2008
Extent:
2 boxes One 1/2 box, 1 oversize box
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Willard and Anna Carr collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_02_0165.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection relates to Samuel Rhea, M.D., Willard Carr, and Anna (Groover) Carr. Dr. Rhea served as a physician with the 377th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion attached to the 4th Infantry Division in the U.S. Army in the European Theater (ETO). Willard Carr served as an officer in the 377th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion and served in the European Theater of Operations. Anna (Groover) Carr served in the Red Cross as Director of the Enlisted Men's Club, Luchbal Barracks in Antwerp, Belgium.






Biographical / historical:

Anna Groover Carr attended Florida State College for Women and graduated with a Bachelor's Associate in Education. She went on to serve in the American Red Cross as the Director of the Enlisted Men's Club in Antwerp, Belgium. It was there that she met and subsequently married Willard Carr. Willard Carr originated from Ansonian, Ohio, and began to serve in 1941. Willard was an officer in the 377th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion and served in the European Theater of Operations. He started the war as a private but finished out as 1st Lieutenant. He belonged to a Veteran's Group for the 377th AAA (AW) Bn.

Acquisition information:

Anna Carr

Donation

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.

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], Willard and Anna Carr collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_02_0165.

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