Title: Jasper "Blue" Friday Collection

Date/Date Range :   1935-1946

Extent: 0.3 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection contains some personal effects of Jasper "Blue" Friday of Jonesboro, Tenn. Included in the collection are orders instructing Friday to report for duty, documents pertaining to his life insurance policy, photographs, and some miscellaneous writings. Additionally, the collection contains a letter from the Veterans Administration pertaining to a disability claim for the disorder "neurasthenia."

Call number: MS-2790

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

Aquisition Information:

Collection was purchased by Special Collections on April 28, 2006.

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], Jasper Blue Friday Collection, MS-2790. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

This collection consists of ten folders.

Jasper Harold "Blue" Friday (July 27, 1921 - April 21, 1996) was a WWII private from Jonesboro, Tenn.

This collection contains some personal effects of Jasper "Blue" Friday of Jonesboro, Tenn. Included in the collection are orders instructing Friday to report for duty, documents pertaining to his life insurance policy, photographs, and some miscellaneous writings. Additionally, the collection contains a letter from the Veterans Administration pertaining to a disability claim for the disorder "neurasthenia."

• World War, 1939-1945 -- Tennessee.