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Edmund Jack Pecht World War II uniform and related materials

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0590
Finding aid note: Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a full World War II, U.S. Army enlisted uniform, minus boots. In addition there are patriotic cloth banners and a matchbook cover from the Houston Stage Canteen. Photographs were donated electronically and are accessible online at https://scholarship.rice.edu/handle/1911/78768.

Dates

  • 1942-1945

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This material is open for research.

Stored offsite at the Library Service Center and require 24-hour notice for retrieval. Please contact the Woodson Research Center at 713-348-2586 or woodson@rice.edu for more information.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish from this material must be facilitated through the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.

Biographical / Historical

Edmund Jack Pecht was inducted into the U.S. Army on 27 August 1942 and honorably discharged on 27 December 1945, having served in the Medical Corps both in the U.S. and Europe as a Dental Technician, Fifth Grade.

Extent

2 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Overview

World War II military uniform items and ephemera from Edmund Jack Pecht, who was inducted into the U.S. Army 1942 and honorably discharged in 1945.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift from Edmond L. "Lee" Pecht, September 2011.

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Edmund Jack Pecht World War II uniform and related materials, 1942-1945
Status
Completed
Author
Alan Bath
Date
2015
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository

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Contact:
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA

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