Billy Thomas Miner collection
Scope and Contents
This collection contains papers and artifacts collected by Billy Thomas Miner, who served during World War II as a Pharmacist's Mate, 1st Class, U.S.Navy. Miner's service brought him honors such as the Marine Expeditionary Force Ribbon, Point System, Victory Medal World War II, Presidential Unit Citation, Navy Good Conduct Medal, and Asiatic Pacific Medal with 4-Stars.
The collection includes Miners' uniform, metals, ribbons, his newspaper collection, photographs, and his personal papers. It also includes various Japanese artifacts, such as a Senninbari, cloth items, plates, military papers, and manuals.
Dates
- Created: 1937-1992
- Other: Majority of material found in 1937-1945
- Other: Date acquired: 02/22/2013
Creator
- Miner, Billy Thomas (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
Billy Thomas Miner was born in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California on March 8, 1917. During the World War II, he served in US 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, Okinawa as a Pharmacist's Mate, 1st Class. His service brought him honors such as the Marine Expeditionary Force Ribbon, Point System, Victory Medal World War II, Presidential Unit Citation, Navy Good Conduct Medal, and Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal with 4-Stars.
Extent
1.00 boxes
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.
Source of Acquisition
Michael Miner
Method of Acquisition
Donated
- Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Iwo Jima, Battle of, 1945 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Japan--History, Military Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Military Uniforms. Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- United States. Marine Corps. Marine Aircraft Wing, 1st
- United States. Marine Corps. Marine Division, 1st
- United States. Navy-- History--20th century
- United States. Navy--Uniforms Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Japan Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Equipment and supplies Subject Source: Local sources
- Title
- Billy Thomas Miner collection
- Author
- Huaqing Shi
- Date
- 10/09/2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the FSU Special Collections & Archives Repository
116 Honors Way
PO Box 3062047
Tallahassee FL 32306-2047 US
850-644-3271
lib-specialcollections@fsu.edu
