Guide to the Edith Floyd Letter MSS.2768
Floyd, Edith Letter
- Author:
Finding aid prepared by James N. Gilbreath
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
August, 2010
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
- Creation:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2010-08-23T13:10-0500
- Language Usage:
English
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Edith Floyd Letter
- Unit ID:
MSS.2768
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet
- Dates:
1942 May 13
- Abstract:
This collection contains one letter from Edith Floyd to Eloise Jackson, possibly her sister. The letter concerns Charles Floyd, Edith's husband, who is missing following the fall of the Philippines in 1942.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Ronald and Elizabeth Howard, 2008
Scope and Contents note
This collection contains one letter and envelope from Edith Floyd to Eloise Jackson, possibly her sister. The letter contains a transcript of a telegram from the Navy to Edith, informing her that her husband is missing following the fall of his naval station in Manila Bay in 1942.
Biographical/Historical note
Edith Floyd, wife of Charles Elliott Floyd, lived in San Diego, California, in 1942. She notes having one sister, Margie, and possibly has another, Eloise Jackson.
Charles Elliott Floyd was a Chief Boatswain's Mate who was captured by the Japanese during the fall of the Philippines in 1942. Charles Floyd died as a POW of the Japanese.
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Edith Floyd Letter, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Processing Information:
Processed by
James N. Gilbreath, August, 2010
Source(s)
World War, 1939-1945 (lcsh)
Letter Box SC0039 Folder 2768.1