Finding Aid for the Robert D. Mumaugh Second World War collection 2018.165.w.r
Andrew Harman
Center for American War Letters Archives
12/7/2018
Leatherby Libraries
Chapman University
Orange, CA 92866
speccoll@chapman.edu
Contributing Institution:
Center for American War Letters Archives
Title: Robert D. Mumaugh Second World War photographs and memorabilia
Creator:
Mumaugh, Robert Darst, Staff Sergeant, 1913-1974
source:
Galbreath, Joyce
Identifier/Call Number: 2018.165.w.r
Physical Description:
0.15 Linear Feet
(2 folders)
Date (inclusive): 1943 May 30 - 1945 December 11
Abstract: This collection contains photographs and memorabilia relating to SSgt. Robert D. Mumaugh, USA during and after the Second
World War. Included are photographs of SSgt. Mumaugh and a drawn picture, military documents as well as documents and memorabilia
from his leave in Switzerland and Belgium.
Language of Material: Passes in Series 2 in French.
Container: WWII 23
Container: 6-9
Container: 1-4
This collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Joyce Galbreath.
This collection is arranged by material type and subject:
- Series 1, Photographs
- Series 2, Military documents
- Series 3, Leave documents and memorabilia
- Series 4, Maps
Staff Sergeant Robert Darst Mumaugh, United States Army (7/8/1913 - 5/26/1974) was born in Michigan and lived in Fort Wayne,
Indiana. He was ordered to report for induction on May 15, 1943 in Indianapolis and served in the 210th and 3037th Quartermaster
Bakery Company in the European Theater during the Second World War. After the war, he was given leave and enjoyed the sites
in Switzerland and Belgium while stationed in the Berlin Sector. He was married to Nina Lucile Mumaugh neé Summers, who was
the sister of Signalman Second Class Harold Edgar Summers, United States Navy (1919 - 12/7/1941) who was killed on the USS
Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor (2018-164-w-r).
[Item title / description; Box "n" / Folder "n"], Robert D. Mumaugh Second World War photographs and memorabilia (2018.165.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 URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
This collection contains photographs and memorabilia relating to SSgt. Robert D. Mumaugh, USA during and after the Second
World War. Included are photographs of SSgt. Mumaugh and a drawn picture, military documents such as his order to report and
from his time overseas, as well as documents relating to leave and memorabilia from his leave in Switzerland and Belgium.
Also included are two maps from 1951.
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War (1939-1945)
World War (1939-1945) -- France
World War (1939-1945) -- Germany
World War (1939-1945) -- Belgium
Galbreath, Joyce
box WWII 23, folder 6, folder 1
Series 1, Photographs 1943 - 1945
Physical Description: 0.05 Linear feet(1 folder)
Language of Material: English.
This series contains seven black and white photographs of SSgt. Robert D. Mumaugh, USA during the Second World War and two
color photographs of his mother Nancy, as well as one drawn, color portrait of Mumaugh apparently years after the war. The
six of the black and white photos show SSgt. Mumaugh in uniform, some with other soldiers, and one portrait of him in a suit.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War (1939-1945)
Photographs
box WWII 23, folder 7, folder 2
Series 2, Military documents 1943 May 3 - 1945 August 30
Physical Description: 0.025 Linear Feet(1 folder)
Language of Material: English, French.
This series contains military documents belonging to SSgt. Robert D. Mumaugh, USA during the Second World War. Included are
hi order to report for induction in 1943, a Soldier's Individual Pay Record, one enlisted man's identification card, four
orange passes (in French) and one red pass for access to the Berlin District, one Authorization of Class B Allotment for Purchase
of War Savings Bonds, and one authorization for allotment of pay.
box WWII 23, folder 8, folder 3
Series 3, Leave memorabilia and other materials 1943 October 22 - 1945 December 11
Physical Description: 0.05 Linear Feet(1 folder)
Language of Material: English.
This series contains various memorabilia from the leaves taken by SSgt. Robert D. Mumaugh, USA during the Second World War,
as well as some other materials including a birthday card and napkin to his mother, Nancy, to cartoons, and mileage ration
tickets.
The series includes offical documents; one list of leave approval from the First Ariborne headquarters in the Berlin District
and a flight order for his return to Berlin from Frankfurt Eschborn Air Force Station as well as an information sheet for
the Switzerland Leave Center.
The series also includes memorabilia picked up while on leave including show tickets and cards from hotels and cafes, an information
sheet for Americans visiting the Zoological Garden in Basle, Switzerland, three travel brochures for Switzerland, and one
book on the Lago di Lugano. Also included is one enlisted man's pass for leave to Seattle, Washington in October 1943.
box WWII 23, folder 9, folder 4
Series 4, Maps 1951 September