John L. McQuigg collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 19.0018

Staff Only

Content Description

This collection relates to John L. McQuigg (Lieutenant Colonel with the US Army Air Force) who served with the 8th Air Force in Photographic Reconnaissance in the European and Mediterranean Theaters and participated in the North African and the Italian Allied Photo Reconnaissance Wing, including surveillance for the Anzio Landing. The collection contains military papers, ephemera, photographs, artifacts, and maps covering John L. McQuigg's communication with his wife and children, surveillance operations during the war, and documents from the Air Force reserves following the war.

Dates

1942-1945
Other: Date acquired: 2019-08-06
Other: Date accessioned: 2019-11-06

Creator

McQuigg, John L., 1907-1982 (Creator, Person)
McQuigg, Dorothy Elinor King, 1908-1983 (Correspondent, Person)

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

John Lyman McQuigg was born in 1907 in Los Angeles, CA, and died in 1982 in Stuart, FL. He was married to Dorothy Elinor King McQuigg, who was born March 20, 1908, in Fort Worth, TX, and died March 16, 1983, in Stuart, FL. The couple had two children: John "Jack" Dolph McQuigg, born October 19, 1931, in Abilene, TX (died June 16, 2019) and Sarah "Sassie" McQuigg McGagh, born in 1933 (died August 29, 2001).

Extent

6.5 Linear Feet (This collection contains six 1/2 boxes, one 1/4 box, and 3 binders (13.25"x12"))

2 folders (This collection includes one oversized folder and a folder of maps.)

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

Aerial photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
Aerial reconnaissance--United States Subject Source: Local sources
Air pilots, Military--United States Subject Source: Local sources
Airplanes, Military--United States--History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Anzio, Battle of, Anzio, Italy, 1944 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Bombers--United States--History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Bombing, Aerial Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945 -- Photography Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--Africa Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy--Arno River Valley Subject Source: Local sources
World War, 1939-1945--Children--United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--Maps Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--Mediterranean Region Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--Photography Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, ration point system Subject Source: Local sources