Leon Robert Vance, Jr., Collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: WHC-M-1358

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

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Soldier. Correspondence (1946-1953), newspaper clippings (1944-1953) and published materials, including magazines and event programs regarding his posthumous receipt of the Congressional Medal of Honor; the renaming of Enid Army Air Field in his honor, and the dedication of a dormitory at the University of Oklahoma, all in recognition of his wartime achievements. The collection also includes correspondence (1933-1945) regarding his father's death, as well as letters from his parents while Vance attended the University of Oklahoma. Leon Robert Vance Photograph Collection also in repository.

Dates

1933-1953

Restrictions on Access

Available for public access.

Extent

.45 ft. (.45 ft.)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Papers: Source of acquisition--Unknown. Method of acquisition--Unknown; Date of acquisition--9999.

Subjects

Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Enid Army Air Field (Okla.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Programs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Soldiers' monuments -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
University of Oklahoma -- : Students.
Vance Air Force Base (Okla.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Vance, Leon Robert, 1916-1944
World War, 1939-1945 -- Missing in action Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings