Arthur D. (John) Adair Collection
Scope and Contents
The Arthur D. (John) Adair collection includes correspondence from Europe to the United States during WWII from August 1943 – February 1946. The letters are primarily written by Adair to his mother in Alabama. The collection also includes a scrapbook, trip memorabilia, photographs from Europe during WWII, WWII related documents, postcards, and newspaper and magazine clippings.
Dates
- Creation: 1943 - 1994
Creator
- Adair, Arthur D. (John) (Person)
- Sword, Sydney (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Extent
0.55 linear feet (0.25 linear feet of documents (1 box), .30 linear feet of photographs (285 black & white and color, 1 box))
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The collection has been arranged in two series: Series One containing correspondence and memorabilia and Series Two containing photographs. An index to the collection follows the box and folder list.
Source of Acquisition
Professor Colin F. Baxter
Method of Acquisition
The papers of Arthur D. (John) Adair were placed in the Archives of Appalachia on February 9, 2000 by Professor Colin F. Baxter, professor of history at ETSU.
Processing Information
Dusty Hibbs completed the processing and the collection was opened for research in May 2004.
Subject
- Adair, Betty (Person)
- Adair, Leila (Person)
- Draguignon Cemetery (France) (Organization)
- Epinal Cemetery (France) (Organization)
- Crocker, W.L (Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Author
- Dusty Hibbs
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the Archives of Appalachia Repository
PO Box 70295
344 J.L. Seehorn Jr. Rd.
Johnson City TN 37614 USA
423-439-4338
423/439-4338
archives@etsu.edu