Preliminary Guide to the Frederick Rust Papers
Arrangement and description by D. Tambo
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Preliminary Guide to the Frederick Rust Papers, ca. 1897, 1935-1946 [bulk dates 1941-1945]
Collection number: Mss 108
Department of Special Collections
Davidson Library
University of California, Santa Barbara
- Processed by:
- D. Tambo
- Date Completed:
- 2010
- Encoded by:
- A. Demeter
© 2010 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Frederick Rust Papers
Dates: ca. 1897, 1935-1946
Bulk: 1941-1945
Collection number: Mss 108
Creator:
Rust, Frederick
Collection Size:
2 linear feet
(5 document boxes)
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Dept. of Special Collections
Abstract: The collection mainly contains WWII era correspondence between Frederick Rust, his wife Celia Adams Rust, and his mother Mariette
Rust, as well as histories of units in the 18th Engineers, detailing their efforts to construct the Alaskan Highway under
very difficult wartime and physical conditions, 1942-1943.
Physical location: Del Sur.
Languages:
English
Access Restrictions
None.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Preferred Citation
[Item description, folder title, box number]. Frederick Rust Papers. Mss 108. Department of Special Collections, Davidson
Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Acquisition Information
Undetermined.
Biography
Frederick [Fred] E. Rust was born in Michigan ca. 1906 and moved to California in 1918, settling in Los Angeles. During World
War II he served with the 18th Engineers Regiment (Combat) and worked on the Alaskan Highway where, as regimental historian,
he wrote the histories of the units of the Regiment during the time, April 1942 to January 1943, that they were constructing
the highway. Rust married Celia Adams in December 1944 and, after the war, they moved to Santa Barbara. He died in Santa
Barbara, July 1969.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection mainly contains WWII era correspondence between Frederick Rust, his wife Celia Adams Rust, and his mother Mariette
Rust, as well as histories of units in the 18th Engineers, detailing their efforts to construct the Alaskan Highway under
very difficult wartime and physical conditions, 1942-1943. Also included are general files which contain various Army and
court documents, poems and short stories written by Rust, and a handful of black/white photographs, mostly of fellow soldiers.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Rust, Frederick
World War, 1939-1945--Alaska.
World War, 1939-1945--Engineering and construction.
Alaska Highway.
General – by year, includes Army documents, court documents
Box 1: 1
Inventory of household goods,
1897
Alaskan Highway – mainly histories of units in the 18th Engineers, by Fred Rust and others,
Apr. 1942-Jan. 1943
Box 1: 19
“Proposed History of the 18th Engineers,” including section on Yukon Territory – typescript,
Apr. 1942 – Jan. 1943
Correspondence – to/from, mostly family (wife Celia and mother Mariette) and friends, arranged by year
Box 5: 5
“Divorced the Hard Way” – novella length, typescript,
ca. 1946
Box 5: 6
“The Fourth Perfect Crime,”
ca. 1946 or later
Box 5: 7
“Pattern for Murder” – short story, typescript,
ca. 1940s
Box 5: 9
Photographs - WWII era, black and white
