Guide to the Jeanette Sledge Rockwell archive related to to South Pacific Army Base libraries MSS.PHOTO.0578
Malgorzata Schaefer
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
February 2017
Green Library
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Stanford 94305-6064
specialcollections@stanford.edu
Note
This is a listing rather than a true finding aid.
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Jeanette Sledge Rockwell archive related to to South Pacific Army Base libraries
source:
Robert H. Rubin - Books
creator:
Rockwell, Jeanette Sledge
Identifier/Call Number: MSS.PHOTO.0578
Physical Description:
0.25 Linear Feet
1/2 mb
Date (inclusive): 1941-1945
Biographical / Historical
Jeanette Sledge Rockwell (died 1975) was a librarian. She received her library degree from Columbia University in 1938 and
went on to work at the New York Public Library and the Library of Hawaii, Honolulu. During World War II she worked to establish
recreational libraries for servicemen on the islands of Honolulu, Saipan, Iwo Jima, Guam, and others in the Marianas group
and became the Western Pacific Base Command Head Librarian.
Scope and Contents
Materials include photographs and documents related to the Army Library Service and Western Pacific Base Command. Includes
photographs of library locations and librarians (including Jeanette), news clippings and pamphlets with features about the
libraries, and other ephemera. Also includes a group of photographs, not specific to the libraries, documenting military base
life in these islands duing wartime.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase; 2017. Accession MSS 2017-372.
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
Conditions Governing Use
While Special Collections is the owner of the physical items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization
to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction
beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/spc/using-collections/permission-publish.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], Jeanette Sledge Rockwell archive related to to South Pacific Army Base libraries (Mss Photo 0578).
Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Robert H. Rubin - Books
Rockwell, Jeanette Sledge
half-box 1, folder 1-2
38 photographs featuring Jeanette Sledge, Head Librarian of Hickam Field Library at the HIckam Air Force Base, Honolulu, Hawaii
half-box 1, folder 3-4
50 photographs of Hickam Field Library, servicemen in the library, and library staff
half-box 1, folder 5-6
89 photographs relating to the post and island
half-box 1, folder 7
Ephemera, including letter of appreciation to Jeannette Sledge from Major General P. W. Clarkson; Personnel Prescribed Service
Uniform - Army Hostess and Librarian Service; issues of The Daily Target Saipan, Okinawa Recreation Bulletin, Twenty Niner;
greeting cards
