Edmund Jack Pecht World War II uniform and related materials
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
- Creation: 1942-1945
Creator
- Pecht, Edmund Jack (Person)
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
Abstract
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.
- 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
Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA
713-348-2586
woodson@rice.edu