Conditions Governing Access
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Arrangement
Biographical / Historical
Preferred Citation
Content Description
Conditions Governing Use
Contributing Institution:
Center for American War Letters Archives
Title: Malcolm F. Farmer Second World War correspondence
source:
Farmer, Ann Dahlstrom, Ms.
source:
Farmer, Malcolm, Mr., 1915-2011
Identifier/Call Number: 2015.110.w.r
Physical Description:
0.2 Linear Feet
(5 folders)
Date (inclusive): 1943 - 2016
Date (bulk): 1943 - 1945
Abstract: This collection contains correspondence from 2LT Malcolm French Farmer, USA, to his mother during the Second World War, as
well as photographs and some biographical information.
Language of Material:
English
.
Container: WWII 11
Container: 11-15
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Ann Dahlstrom Farmer.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by material type and date:
- Series 1, Correspondence from Malcolm Farmer
- Series 2, Photographs
- Series 3, Biographical materials
- Series 4, Photocopies and map
Biographical / Historical
Second Lieutenant Malcolm French Farmer, United States Army, was born August 6, 1915 in Los Angeles, California, the son of
Ollef and Nellie Worst Farmer. He earned a Bachelor's degree in Anthropology in 1940 from the University of Arizona and later
did graduate work at the University of Washington.
He entered the United States Army Air Force in 1943 and trained at Fort MacArthur and mentioned training in North Dakota and
North Carolina. He was then assigned to the 320th Bomb Group, 444th Bomb Squadron and he arrived in North Africa in September
1943. He spent the next ten months in Sardinia and Corsica as he was promoted to Staff Sergeant and then moved to France
in December 1944 and was promoted to Technical Sergeant in February 1945.
2LT Farmer then entered Officer's Candidate School while in France in February and earned Second Lieutenant by late April.
He was then assigned to the United States Army Headquarters 423rd Infantry Regiment, 334th Reinforcement Company. He spent
the rest of the war there and did not need to see combat. After the war had ended, he spent some time in Germany and then
he was reassigned to Company L, 134th Infantry in Rheims, France at Camp Norfolk. He wrote two final letters from England
in August 1945.
2LT Farmer spent time before and after the war as a curator at several museums in San Diego and Flagstaff, Arizona. His wife
Doris died in 1950 and he remarried, to a woman named Ann and joined the faculty at Whittier College in California until he
retired in 1981. Lt. Farmer and Doris' son John died in 2005, and Farmer passed away April 6, 2011.
Preferred Citation
[Item title, Box number, Folder number], Malcolm F. Farmer Second World War correspondence (2015.110.w.r), Center for American
War Letters Archives, Chapman University, CA.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this
collection, including permanent URL's, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
Content Description
This collection contains correspondence from 2LT Malcolm French Farmer, USA, to his mother during the Second World War. The
correspondence consists of letters and V-mail. Also contained in this collection are biographical information, photographs,
photocopies of letters and a map, as well as a brief background identification of persons named in the letters written by
the donor. Inventory:
85 letters
76 v-mails
three postcards
10 pieces of related material such as photographs and maps.
four related biographical material
one clipping, photocopy, "WWII vet taught at Whittier College"
one clipping, obituary, Malcolm French Farmer
one letter, handwritten, Malcom Farmer, 2010
Conditions Governing Use
There are no restrictions on the use of this material except where previously copyrighted material is concerned. It is the
responsibility of the researcher to obtain all permissions. For further copyright information, please contact the archivist.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Correspondence -- World War, 1939-1945
World War II
World War (1939-1945)
World War (1939-1945) -- North Africa
World War (1939-1945) -- Germany
World War (1939-1945) -- Italy
World War (1939-1945) -- England
World War (1939-1945) -- France
United States -- Army -- Air Forces
United States -- Army -- European Theater of Operations
United States. -- Army.
Farmer, Ann Dahlstrom, Ms.
Farmer, Malcolm, Mr., 1915-2011