Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to all researchers.

Conditions Governing Use

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred Citation

Robert L. Curtin Scrapbook, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information

The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 01/08/2009.

Processing Information

Accessioned and minimally processed by Ute Schechter, Warren E. Burger Archivist, in March 2009. Further rehoused by Emily Eklund, SCRC Staff, in April 2010.

Biographical Note

Robert L. Curtin of Connecticut and Massachusetts was married to Alice Eleanor Metz in 1941. He was an insurance adjuster who served in the U.S. Navy from 1943 to 1945.  Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: <a href="http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Robert L. Curtin">http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Robert L. Curtin</a>.

Scope and Contents

Scrapbook of Robert L. Curtin, covering the years 1941-1949, including his years served in the U.S. Navy, 1943-1945. Included are letters of both a private and military nature, photographs, newspaper clippings, military orders, wedding announcements, telegrams, invitations, and currency. Places mentioned in the scrapbook are Connecticut; Massachusetts; Camp Peary, Williamsburg, Virginia; California; and the Philippines.

Index Terms

Genre/Form of Material:

• Clippings (information artifacts)
• Correspondence
• Scrapbooks

Topical Term:

• United States. Navy. Construction Battalions
• World War, 1939-1945--United States--Scrapbooks

Additional Information