E. Thomas and Margaret Fitzell Tifft Gilliard collection
Scope and Contents
This collection includes letters, personal papers, manuscripts, books, maps, and artifacts from E. Thomas and Margaret Fitzell Tifft Gilliard. The letters are from before, during, and after World War II between friends and family of Thomas and Margaret. The bulk of the letters include correspondence with Therese "Teddy" "Butchi" Waelchli, Thomas's aunt. The personal papers are official military documents, non-military documents, and notes. There are family photographs, photographs taken while Thomas served with the 63rd Infantry Regiment, 6th Infantry Division, in the Pacific Campaign, and photographs from the many scientific expeditions they took.
Dates
- 1919-1991
- Other: Date acquired: 06/08/2017
- Other: Date accessioned: 2020-05-12
Creator
- Gilliard, E. Thomas (Person)
- Gilliard, Margaret Fitzell Tifft (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
E. (Ernest) Thomas Gilliard served in the U.S. Army from 1941-1945. He trained at Camp Van Dorn in Mississippi with the 63rd Infantry Regiment and at Camp Beale in California before he was sent to serve in New Guinea and the Philippines. Before, during, and after the war, his career was as an ornithologist, naturalist, and anthropologist, working at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. He conducted research on the indigenous peoples, birds, and plants in New Guinea and the Philippines. Before the war, he attended Deep Springs School in California and The Park School. Gilliard organized and conducted research expeditions to Venezuela, the Amazon Rain Forest, and Brazil. His wife, Margaret Fitzell Tifft Gilliard, also conducted research with her husband after the war. Both have multiple publications written by and about their research.
More information on E. Thomas Gilliard can be found at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Thomas_Gilliard.
Extent
6 Linear Feet
6 items (6 books)
6 items (6 maps)
1 items (1 oversized book)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
This collection was donated by Suzanne Gilliard Porter. The collection was acquired by the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience on June 8, 2017.
Custodial History
Transferred from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience to FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives in July 2022.
Processing Information
Revised 8/21/2017. Entered 8/18/2017.
- American Museum of Natural History
- Angel Falls (Venezuela) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Australia--History--20th Century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Bataan (Philippines : Province) Subject Source: Lcnaf
- Brazil--History--1930-1954 Subject Source: Local sources
- Camp Beale (Calif.) Subject Source: Lcnaf
- Camp Van Dorn (Miss.) Subject Source: Lcnaf
- Cycloner Subject Source: Local sources
- Depressions--1929 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Drawing Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Guyana--History--20th century. Subject Source: Lcnaf
- Memoirs. Subject Source: Local sources
- National geographic magazine Subject Source: Lcnaf
- New Deal, 1933-1939 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Newfoundland and Labrador Subject Source: Lcnaf
- Ornithology Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Papua New Guinea--History--20th Century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Pocono Pines (Pa.) Subject Source: Lcnaf
- Postcards Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Puerto Rico--History--20th Century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Thailand--History--20th Century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States Armed Forces Institute
- United States. Army--Campaigns--Pacific Area
- United States. Army. Division, 38th
- United States. Army. Infantry, 63rd
- University of Santo Tomás
- World War, 1939-1945 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Japan--Okinawa Island Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Maps Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Periodicals Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Philippines Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- E. Thomas and Margaret Fitzell Tifft Gilliard collection
- Author
- Mallory McGovern
- Date
- May 10, 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Container: 17.0007 - Box 1 (Text)
- Container: 17.0007 - Box 2 (Text)
- Container: 17.0007 - Box 3 (Text)
- Container: 17.0007 - Box 4 (Text)
- Container: 17.0007 - Box 5 (Text)
- Container: 17.0007 - Box 6 (Text)
- Container: 17.0007 - Box 7 (Text)
- Container: 17.0007- Box 8 (Text)
- Container: 17.0007 - Box 9 (Text)
- Container: 17.0007 - Box 10 (Text)
- Container: 17.0007 - Box 11 (Text)
- Container: 17.0007 - Box 12 (Text)
- Object: 17.0007 - Books (Text)
- Container: WWII General Collections: Oversize Box 10, Folder: 17.0007 (Books)
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
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