Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- World War II letters, 1941-1946
- Subtitle:
- Rube Brothers correspondence
- Dates:
- 1941-1946
- Creators:
- Rube family
- Abstract:
- Includes correspondence from the seven Rube brothers and their family members during World War II. They write of their activities and experiences, both from Europe and the South Pacific and the home front.
- Extent:
- 1 Linear feet 1mb, 1half mb, and 1 flat
- Language:
- The materials are in English .
- Preferred citation:
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[identification of item], COLLECTION NAME (CALL#). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Includes correspondence from six of the seven Rube brothers and their family members during World War II. They write of their activities and experiences, both from Europe and the South Pacific and the home front. Also included are 8 negatives, 1 set of dog tags, printed ephemera including newsclippings about the brothers, and one uniform jacket. The four Rube sisters, Anne, Katherine, Margie, and Emma, are featured as well as domestic issues the family faced while the brothers were overseas.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Rube brothers--David, Conrad, Scott, William, Henry, John, and Peter--were from Fresno, California and all served in World War II. According to one newspaper clipping found in the collection, the brothers believed they held a national record as the largest group of siblings serving in the same war at the same time. At the war's conclusion, all seven brothers were alive.
- Processing information:
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This collection is fully processed using traditional archival methods and theory to describe the materials at the series, box, folder and, in most cases, the item level.
- Arrangement:
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The collection is arranged series by author. Within each series the letters are arranged chronologically.
- Physical description:
- 162 letters, most with corresponding envelopes
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared according to Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) .
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- 2014
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The materials are open for research use.
- Terms of access:
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All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94305-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/spc/using-collections/permission-publish.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
- Preferred citation:
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[identification of item], COLLECTION NAME (CALL#). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
- Location of this collection:
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Stanford University Archives, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6064, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022