Stanley P. Koss collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 12.0030

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection relates to Stanley P. Koss who served as a paratrooper with the 101st Airborne Division during World War II. Koss participated in the battle for Bastogne, Belgium. The majority of this collection pertains to Stanley P. Koss's war bond tour of war production plants in New York and New Jersey as part of an effort to boost war worker morale. The collection includes military orders, itineraries, letters, photographs, and newspaper clippings related to this tour, as well as several souvenirs acquired during the trip. Also included are letters from Koss's pre-service employer, Christmas cards, and a telegram informing Koss's mother that Stanley's brother had been killed in action. The collection includes various post-war newspaper clippings, including a full copy of the VJ Day issue of the Chicago Herald-American.

Dates

Created: 1942-1994
Other: Majority of material found in 1945
Other: Date acquired: 2012-06-11

Creator

Koss, Stanley P. (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 or Historical Information

Stanley P. Koss was born April 7, 1918, in Chicago, IL and served as a paratrooper with the 101st Airborne Division who fought at the Battle of Bastogne and later toured war production plants in the Northeast United States as part of an effort to boost war worker morale. Two artillerymen who toured with Koss were African American. Before the war, he worked for Central Power and Light in Corpus Christi, TX. He later retired to central Florida. Koss passed away on April 11, 2001, in Leesburg, FL. Stanley P. Koss's brother, Technical Sergeant Charles E. Koss, 8th Army Air Force, was killed in action over Belgium, May 12, 1944.

Extent

2.75 Linear Feet (1 half box, 1 OS (21x17"))

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.

Source of Acquisition

Phillip Koss and Carla K. Campbell (Son and daughter of Stanley P. Koss)

Method of Acquisition

Donation

Subjects

Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Bastogne, Battle of, 1944-1945 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Bound Brook (N.J.) Subject Source: Lcnaf
Camp MacKall (N.C.) Subject Source: Lcnaf
Carteret (N.J.) Subject Source: Lcnaf
Chicago (Ill.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Corpus Christi (Tex.) Subject Source: Lcnaf
Defense industry Subject Source: Lctgm
Florida. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Harrison (N.J.) Subject Source: Lcnaf
Leesburg (Fla.) Subject Source: Lcnaf
New Brunswick (N.J.) Subject Source: Lcnaf
New Jersey Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
New York (City) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Parachute troops Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Perth Amboy (N.J.) Subject Source: Lcnaf
Plainfield (N.J.) Subject Source: Lcnaf
Savings bonds--United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Texas Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
United States--Armed Forces--Parachute troops Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 8th
United States. Army. Airborne Division, 101st
World War, 1939-1945 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--African Americans Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Western Front Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects--United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--Veterans Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings