Collections

Personal papers, 1957-1960, of William S. Rosasco, III, concerning the planning and application papers for a federal savings and loan association in Milton, Florida, 1957-1960. Records include biographical statements of the Board of Directors, correspondence and chronological files, newspaper clippings, and related information on the savings and Loan industry in 1959.

Personal paper, 1981-1985, of William S. Rosasco, III, concerning the planning, establishment, and opening of the First National Bank of Santa Rosa, Milton, Florida. Includes Board of Directors' records, correspondence with federal regulators, newspaper clippings, and related materials concerning bank operations and policies.

Lewis J. Feucht served in the Pacific Theater (PTO) as a radio operator in the US Marine Corps. Feucht enlisted 18 January 1944, and left the Marines on 7 May 1946. He later fought from 1950-51 in the Korean War. Feucht describes boot camp training in San Diego, his assignment to USS General M.M. Patrick (AP-150), and more training on Guadalcanal. He also tells of landing on Okinawa to reinforce already-held positions and to secure the remainder of the island. As a radio operator, he gives an account of his observation duty for the seizure of Shuri Castle on Okinawa. This typed memoir includes a copy of a poem he found composed by an unknown soldier of the First U.S. Marine Division, which was in the battle around Shuri Castle. Following Okinawa, his unit moved to China where they manned a radio observation unit at an airstrip in Tientsin. His collection is a typed memoir and includes some of his own poems along with the copy of the anonymous one he found on Okinawa.

The Roscoe Ralph Oglesby Collection is comprised of personal correspondence and memorabilia. The correspondence, dated November 26, 1928 to May 17, 1934, includes letters from Harrel N. Tague and representatives of the YMCA as well as a letter from Governor George C. Perry of Virginia (18 items). The memorabilia, dated 1929 to 1945, includes programs from various stage productions and YMCA functions and a signed appointment from Governor Perry (44 items).

This collection includes personal photographs, personal letters, and paper ephemera related to Rosemary Reed Powell who served in the Women's Army Corps with the 3rd Army during World War II.

Joseph Rosenberg (Josel Rozenberg) was a Russian-Jewish immigrant who arrived in New York in 1904 after avoiding re-conscription in the Russian Army. He served in the Russian Army from 1899-1904 as a non-commissioned, under-officer. He played the cornet and the string bass in the army band. The Rosenberg Collection includes a bound manuscript of music with over 100 titles covering such genres as: waltzes, mazurkas, quadrilles, marches, polkas, and polonaises. Mostly with parts, some solos for cornet, some full score. The majority of the songs are in Russian with several in Hebrew. One piece is dated 1897. There are also papers from his time in the army including a photograph of the army band, a temporary passport issued by the army, his service record, and his army reserve card. In addition, there is his ticket for passage on the Bremen from Frankfurt to New York, dated November 3, 1904.