Marie Oscar collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 02.0031

Staff Only

Dates

1917-1945
Other: Date accessioned: 2002-07-22

Creator

Oscar, Marie, 1917-2004 (Owner, Person)

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

Marie Oscar was born on March 27, 1917 in New York. She attended high school at Saugerties High School and attended Nursing School at Columbia University. Marie Oscar joined the U.S. Army Nurse Corps and trained in Oregon at Camp White. She was stationed in France for most of the war, but also spent time in Northern Ireland, Ireland, England, Germany, and Sweden. While in France, she cared for former Allied POWs. Later in life, she moved to Florida and volunteered at the Historical Museum of Southern Florida in Miami. She passed away on December 1, 2003 in Hialeah, FL.

Extent

2 Linear Feet (In addition to the two photograph boxes, there are two army nurse's capes, and one army women's uniform jacket are included.)

Language of Materials

English

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

Camp White (Or.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Gunter Field (Ala.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Military nursing Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Military nursing--Europe Subject Source: Local sources
Military nursing--United States Subject Source: Local sources
Military nursing--United States Subject Source: Local sources
Photography, Military Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Saugerties (N.Y.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
United States--Armed Forces--Uniforms Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
United States--Armed Forces--Women Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
United States. Army--Uniforms Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--Europe Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--Photography Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--Women--United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings