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Billy Thomas Miner collection

 Collection
Identifier: 13.0019

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

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

Title
Billy Thomas Miner collection
Author
Huaqing Shi
Date
10/09/2017
Description rules
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Language of description note
eng

Repository Details

Part of the FSU Special Collections & Archives Repository

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