Earl Roaine Rhoads Collection
Scope and Contents
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U.S. Marine. Correspondence (1936–1944) from Rhoads to his brother Sherman, his sister-in-law Ruth, and his nieces Shirley and Gaytha, from military posts in the United States, Iceland, and Guam. The collection also includes correspondence between family members including Rhoads’s parents, Shirley and Lettie Rhoads, and his sister Della. The collection contains a diary (1942) kept by Rhoads while in Iceland; funeral register pages and a funeral announcement (1949) when his body was returned to the United States along with the U.S. flag covering his coffin; Rhoads’s military identification card; six medals, including the Purple Heart; and war ration books used by the Rhoads family during the war.
Dates
- 1936-1949
Creator
- Rhoads, Earl Roaine (Person)
Extent
.33 ft. (.33 ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of Shirley Clark.
- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Diaries Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Flags -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. Marine Corps
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Medals Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Western History Collections Repository
630 Parrington Oval
Room 300
Norman Oklahoma 73019 United States
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu
