Willoughby Fountain McGehee Materials
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Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of materials relating to Willoughby McGehee and his family, and particularly to McGehee's service in the United States Navy during World War II. A notable inclusion is McGehee's personal diary of his experiences on the USS Miantonomah in 1942.
Dates
- ca 1895-1968
Creator
- McGehee, Willougby Fountain (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Access Information
Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.
Use Information
No Use Restrictions Apply.
No Interlibrary Loan.
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical Note
Willoughby Fountain McGehee was born July 18, 1906, to John Fountain McGehee and Essie Oliver McGehee of Fort Smith, Arkansas. He earned a bachelor in business administration from Emory University in 1929. McGehee served in the U.S. Navy during WWII onboard the USS Miantonomah, a minelayer that was commissioned in Boston in 1941, and launched from Yorktown, Virginia in 1942 for anti-submarine activities in the Atlantic and Caribbean that took the ship southward past the Florida Keys, Trinidad, and Tobago. Following the war, he served as an Internal Revenue Service agent. He married Lassie Jones Youmans on January 9, 1952, and they had one daughter, Anne. McGehee passed away January 14, 1970, in Fort Smith, Arkansas.
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet (1 box)
Arrangement of the Papers
Materials are arranged by format.
Acquisition Information
The Willoughby Fountain McGehee Materials were donated to the Special Collections Department by Ellen Compton of Fayetteville, Arkansas, on April 14, 2017.
Processing Information
Processed by Katrina Windon; completed in April 2017.
- Title
- Willoughby Fountain McGehee Materials
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Katrina Windon
- Date
- 2017
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Department Repository
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444
specoll@uark.edu