Robert McGinnis collection
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a series of stories from The Burman News, a newsletter from Merrill's Marauders Association Inc. This collections contains excerpts of four newsletters ranging from 2005-2006 that detail personal stories of the China Burma India Theater of Operations.
Dates
- Majority of material found within 1939-1945
- Publication: Majority of material found within 2005-2006
- Other: Date accessioned: 2020-09-16
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
Robert McGinnis was born January 29, 1935. He received his Master of Science degree from Kansas State University and married Virginia Lee Brown on July 7, 1963, in Wichita. He worked as a medical technologist and was a World War II history buff. McGinnis passed away on November 6th, 2011 at age 76. He is buried at Elmwood Cemetery in Augusta, Kansas.
Extent
1 folders (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Transferred from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience to FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives in July 2022.
- B-25 (Bomber) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975
- Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959
- Matsumoto, Roy, 1913-2014
- MyitkyinÄ (Burma) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Richardson, David B., 1917?-2005
- Stilwell, Joseph W., 1883-1946
- Texas. National Guard Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. Army. Brigade, 5332nd
- United States. Army. Composite Unit (Provisional), 5307th
- United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
- United States. Army. Forces in China-Burma-India Theater
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Burma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--China Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Japan Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Pacific Area Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Source
- McGinnis, Robert S., 1935-2011 (Person)
- Title
- Robert McGinnis collection
- Author
- Beatrice Dain
- Date
- 09/19/2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the FSU Special Collections & Archives Repository
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PO Box 3062047
Tallahassee FL 32306-2047 US
850-644-3271
lib-specialcollections@fsu.edu
