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Finding Aid for the Robert Forrester, Jr., Collection, 1941-1942


MS-2034

University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN


Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, November 17, 2006.

Summary Information
Title: Robert Forrester, Jr., Collection

Date/Date Range :   1941-1942

Extent: 2.0 linear feet

Abstract:
This collection houses correspondence and personal effects documenting Robert L. Forrester, Jr.'s service and death in the Army Air Corps during World War II.

Call number: MS-2034

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Access and Use
Aquisition Information:
This collection is property of the University of Tennessee's Special Collections Library.
Access Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Copyright:
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of Item], Robert Forrester, Jr., Collection, MS-2034. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Arrangement

Collection consists of two boxes divided into two series:

  1. Series I: Correspondence
  2. Series II: Personal Effects

Biography / History

Robert L. Forrester, Jr. was born in 1918 in Watertown, Tennessee. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps as an aviation cadet on August 16, 1941. He trained at Hicks Field, Kelley Field, and Randolph Field (all in Texas) before being stationed in the Panama Canal Zone. Forrester died on July 30, 1942 when his plane went down near Ecuador during a training exercise.


Collection Scope and Content Note

This collection houses correspondence and personal effects documenting Robert L. Forrester, Jr.'s service and death in the Army Air Corps during World War II.

Subject Terms

  • Forrester, Robert L. Jr., 1918-1942.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
  • United States. Army Air Forces -- Airmen -- Biography.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Caribbean Area.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Casualties.
Contents List
   

Series I: Correspondence
   

Sub-Series A: Sympathy Letters
Box   1     Folder   1    
Name List (possibly of sympathy letter senders)
Box   1     Folder   2    
Sympathy Letters from U.S. Government
Box   1     Folder   3    
Friends/Family Sympathy Letters
Box   1     Folder   4    
Friends/Family Sympathy Letters
Box   1     Folder   5    
Friends/Family Sympathy Letters
Box   1     Folder   6    
Friends/Family Sympathy Letters
Box   1     Folder   7    
Friends/Family Sympathy Letters
Box   1     Folder   8    
Friends/Family Sympathy Letters
   

Sub-Series B: Correspondence to and from Robert Jr. and Robert Sr.
Box   1     Folder   9    
From Robert to Miscellaneous
Box   1     Folder   10    
From Robert to Home
Box   1     Folder   11    
From Robert to Home
Box   1     Folder   12    
From Robert (while in Texas) to Home
Box   1     Folder   13    
From Robert to Home
Box   1     Folder   14    
From Robert to Home
Box   1     Folder   15    
From Robert to Home
Box   1     Folder   16    
From Dad to Robert
Box   1     Folder   17    
From Robert to Dad
Box   1     Folder   18    
From U.S. Government (War Dept.) to Robert Sr. (Dad)
   

Sub-Series C: Correspondence after the notification of Robert Jr.'s Death
Box   1     Folder   19    
Letters inquiring information from friends and associates of Robert Jr.
Box   1     Folder   20    
Post-notification: official correspondence
Box   1     Folder   21    
Inquiries for knowledge: nonofficial
Box   1     Folder   22    
Inquiries with other families
Box   1     Folder   23    
Official correspondence with Army and friends
   

Series II: Personal Effects, 1941-1942
Box   2     Folder   1    
Personal Effects
Box   2     Folder   2    
Personal Effects
Box   2     Folder   3    
Personal Effects
Box   2     Folder   4    
Form One Magazine, 1941 October
Box   2     Folder   4    
Form One Magazine, 1941 December
Box   2     Folder   4    
Form One Magazine, 1942 January
Box   2     Folder   4    
The Exchange Magazine, 1942 September
Box   2     Folder   4    
The Exchange Magazine, 1942 November
Box   2     Folder   5    
Map: Texas
Box   2     Folder   5    
Map: Galapagos Islands
Box   2     Folder   6    
Newspaper Clippings
Box   2     Folder   7    
Randolph Field, Texas: Pictures
Box   2     Folder   8    
Pictures
Box   2     Folder   9    
Pictures
Box   2     Folder   10    
Pictures
Box   2     Folder   11    
Pictures
Box   2     Folder   12    
Pictures
Box   2     Folder   13    
Pictures
Box   2     Folder   14    
Pictures
Box   2     Folder   15    
Pictures
Box   2     Folder   16    
Articles, poems, etc. about relevant topics