Lee Grinnell Daniels papers
Overview
Sergeant Lee Grinnell Daniels, from Kansas City, Missouri, served as a medic in the Army Air Forces, 49th Fighter Squadron, 14th Fighter Group during World War II. The collection includes letters from family and friends during the latter part of the war, printed ephemera, motivational notes, military forms and information. Of particular interest are a diary Sgt. Daniels kept from late 1941 to early 1945 describing his time at U. S. bases and overseas in England, Italy and Africa and a large photograph of his unit, Company C, 31st Medical Training Battalion in Camp Grant, Illinois, in 1942.
Dates
- Creation: 1941 - 1945
Creator
- Daniels, Lee Grinnell (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
None
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Extent
.5 linear foot (1 box + 1 photograph) ; photograph 21 x 51 cm
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
RH MS 631
Physical Location
RH MS-P631(f)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Charles Apfelbaum, 2003
- Title
- Guide to the Lee Grinnell Daniels Collection
- Subtitle
- Lee Grinnell Daniels papers
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by mab, March 2006; revised by, cl 2010; Finding aid encoded by mab, 2006
- Date
- 2006
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in <language encodinganalog="language">English.</language>
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/6894197988
- Preferred citation
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Lee Grinnell Daniels Collection, Kansas Collection, RH MS 631, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas Libraries
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository