Collier County Museum collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 17.0016

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This deaccessioned Collier County Museum, Naples, FL World War II collection includes four separate collections. The first collection relates to Technician Fourth Grade Sergeant Dale E. Hortin who served with the 210th Field Artillery Battalion, 33rd Infantry Division, in the Pacific Theater, which includes photographs, documents, foreign currency, and German stamps. The second collection includes U.S. ration booklets and ration documents. The third collection relates to Sheila Pritchard who served as an American Red Cross Nurse's Aide, which includes Red Cross documents and patches. The fourth collection relates to Corporal Frank Taylor who served in the Pacific Theater and includes postcards, Japanese occupation currency, and a vellum Domain of Neptune Rex certificate.

The collection also includes the volumes A History of the 90th Division in World War II, 6 June 1944 to 9 May 1945 and XII Corps: Spearhead of Patton's Third Army as well as a battle map of the 90th Infantry Division.

Dates

1942-1959
Other: Majority of material found within 1942-1945
Other: Date acquired: 08/03/2017

Creator

Collier County Museum (Organization)
Pritchard, Sheila (Person)
Taylor, Frank (Person)
Hortin, Dale E. (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

Dale E. Hortin was a Technician Fourth Grade Sergeant who served with the 210th Field Artillery Battalion, 33rd Infantry Division, in the Pacific Theater. He lived from 1917-2000.

Sheila Pritchard served as an American Red Cross Nurse's Aide.

Frank Taylor was a Corporal who served in the Pacific Theater.

Extent

4 folders (4 folders)

2 items (2 books)

1 items (1 oversize map)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Custodial History

This collection was donated by Jennifer Guida, Curator of Collections at Collier Country Museum. The collection was acquired by the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience on August 3, 2017.