Owen G. Jarboe Scrapbooks
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Scope and Contents
The following description was excerpted from a note by the seller: "Two scrapbooks, 1928-1948, of Owen Jarboe, General Traffic Supervisor of the Associated Telephone Co. and later of the US Army Signal Corps. Included are newspaper clippings, greeting cards, correspondence and photographs. There are original Signal Corp photographs that are duplicated in magazine articles, some of which include Owen Jarboe, who also wrote some of the articles. There are also Rotarian items in the books but Signal Corps and Associated Telephone Co. items are featured predominantly. "
Also includes documentation on the United Nations Conference on International Organization (1945 : San Francisco, Calif.) that Jarboe attended.
Volume I of the scrapbooks contains documents from Jarboe's days in the telephone industry prior to World War II, with Volume II documenting Jarboe's time with the US Army Signal Corps during World War II.
Dates
- Creation: 1928-1948
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access:
Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.
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.
Biographical Information:
Owen G. Jarboe worked in the telephone industry since 1914. From 1936-1943 he was General Traffic Supervisor of Associated Telephones, first in California, then in New York City. In 1943 he was commissioned as Captain in the U.S. Army Reserve and reported for Signal Corps basic training at Fort Monmouth, NJ.
Extent
0.80 Linear Feet
Physical Characteristics or Technical Requirements:
The fragile condition of the scrapbooks may limit handling.
Acquisition Information:
Purchase.
Physical Description
2 vols.
Processing Information:
Accessioned and processed by Ute Schechter, April 2009, with further rehousing by Kelsey Kavanaugh, SCRC Staff, in April 2009.
Subject
- United States. Army. Signal Corps (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Owen G. Jarboe Scrapbooks
- Author
- Finding Aid Authors: Ute Schechter, Warren E. Burger Archivist, Kelsey Kavanaugh, SCRC Staff.
- Date
- 2009-04-10
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- The collection description/finding aid is written in English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository