Winifred Lund Caraway collection

Collection — Container: 98.0838 Box 1

Identifier: 98.0838

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection relates to Corporal Winifred Lund Caraway who served with the United States Marine Corps during World War II. This collection contains scrapbooks, letters, postcards and photographs sent and collected by Caraway throughout World War II.

Dates

1941-1946
Other: Date accessioned: 1998-12-28

Creator

Caraway, Winifred Lund, 1923-2002 (Author, Person)

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open to all researchers.

Conditions Governing Use

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.

Biographical / Historical Note

Winifred Lund Caraway was born on September 14, 1923 and served with the United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve at the end of World War II. She began her military training at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina and was later transferred as a mess orderly to San Francisco, California in 1944. After the war, she lived in Peoria, AZ and passed away on November 17, 2002 in Payson, AZ. She is buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ.

Extent

1 Linear Feet (1 full box)

Additional Description

Custodial History

Transferred from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience to FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives in July 2022.

Subjects

Armed Forces--Reserves Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Armed Forces--Reserves Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Camp Lejeune (N.C.) Subject Source: Lcnaf
Letters Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Phoenix (Ariz.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Postcards Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
United States -- Armed Forces -- Women's reserves Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
United States--Armed Forces--Women Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
United States. Marine Corps Women's Reserve Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
United States. Marine Corps--History--20th century Subject Source: Local sources
World War, 1939-1945 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings