In April 1994, the St. Petersburg Times
asked interested readers to submit their recollections of the Allied invasion
of Normandy during World War II. The Times compiled the submissions
and published a special section in the 25 May 1994 paper to commemorate
the fiftieth anniversary of D-Day (6 June 1944). The newspaper donated
some of the letters, journal entries, and clippings used in the D-Day
Remembered section to the Nelson Poynter Memorial Library in August
1994.
The materials in the Remembering D-Day Collection
occupy a half-size document box and reside in the Special Collections and
Archives Department. This collection includes no access, photocopy,
or publication restrictions. Citations should credit Special Collections
and Archives, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library, University of South Florida,
St. Petersburg.
Additional Sources of Information
A variety of books document the United States'
involvement in the Second World War. Search under the Library of
Congress subject headings for a selective list of works:
Operation Overlord
World War, 1939-1945--United States
World War, 1939-1945--Personal Narratives
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy
Many books on the Normandy invasion reside in
the call number area: D756.5.N6
Scope and Contents
Materials in the Remembering D-Day Collection
fall into two distinct series. A printed version of this finding
aid (with container listing), other background and secondary material,
and the publication printed by the St. Petersburg Times comprise
the first series. The second series includes first-hand accounts
by participants in the D-Day liberation, as well as a handful of primary
accounts from those who fought in other theatres of the Second World War.
The collection, which occupies 0.25 linear feet of shelf space, offers
a glimpse into the memories of a specific population: namely, residents
of the Tampa Bay area in 1994 who wrote about their involvement in, or
reaction to, the D-Day invasion of 1944. These voluntary submissions
vary in quality of presentation.
For a similar collection that captured memories of the Japanese attack
on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, please see the Remembering
Pearl Harbor collection. |
