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Finding aid created by Special Collections Staff. Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. Inventory of the Blizzard Family Papers, 1930-1949 A Collection in theManuscripts and Rare Books Department Mss. Acc. 2007.28

Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary 2009 Special Collections Staff Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary Overview of the Collection Special Collections Research Center Blizzard Family Papers 1930-19491942-1945 01/Mss. Acc. 2007.28 211.00 The papers are in: English Correspondence, papers, and a photograph concerning three Franklin, West Virginia brothers who served in the United States military during the Second World War. Collection consists of nearly 200 letters of outgoing correspondence penned by three brothers, Arlie, Arthur, and W. Russell Blizzard to their mother and sisters in Franklin, West Virginia. Most correspondence concerns training, work, and soldier life on military bases in the United States during World War II. Also included is Arlie Blizzard's visit to Japan and Korea in late 1945. Collection also contains a few pre and post-war letters and school papers. Blizzard, Arlie Raymond, 1909-1966 Blizzard, Arthur Roy, 1918-1992 Blizzard, William Russell, 1912-2000 Administrative Information Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to all researchers.

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Blizzard Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

 Acquisition Information

The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center from eBay on 04/01/2007.

 Processing Information

Processed by Zach Jones in 2007.

 Biographical Note

Arlie Raymond Blizzard (17 Sept. 1909 - 20 Oct. 1966) of Franklin, West Virginia and son of Granville Harris (1874-1934) and Sarah Jane Dahmer Blizzard, enlisted in the United States Army in 1940. In mid 1942, as First Sergeant, he was assigned to Camp Forrest, Tennessee. In the fall of 1942 he moved to army bases in Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina. In 1943 he was promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant and was assigned to various bases in the western United States; including bases in Montana, Oregon, and Washington. Throughout 1944 and early 1945 he was stationed in Hawaii. He spent July and August 1945 in the Pacific, part of it at Okinawa, Japan, and later at a base in Korea. As a Captain, in late December 1945 Blizzard was honorably discharged and returned home to West Virginia. Blizzard died at Rockingham, Virginia in 1966.

 Scope and Contents

Correspondence, papers, and a photograph concerning three Franklin, West Virginia brothers who served in the United States military during the Second World War. Collection consists of nearly 200 letters of outgoing correspondence penned by three brothers, Arlie, Arthur, and W. Russell Blizzard to their mother and sisters in Franklin, West Virginia. Most correspondence concerns training, work, and soldier life on military bases in the United States during World War II. Also included is Arlie Blizzard's visit to Japan and Korea in late 1945. Collection also contains a few pre and post-war letters and school papers.

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Genre/Form of Material: Certificates Correspondence Photographs Topical Term: World War, 1939-1945--Pacific Front World War, 1939-1945. Detailed Description of the Collection Series 1: Arlie R. Blizzard Arlie R. Blizzard, 1935-1947 1 Outgoing correspondence, 1 item, 1935, 1 1 Outgoing correspondence, 19 items, 1942, 1 2 Outgoing correspondence, 22 items, 1943, 1 3 Outgoing correspondence, 17 items, 1944, 1 4 Outgoing correspondence, 25 items, 1945, 1 5 Outgoing correspondence, 1 item, circa 1942-1945, 1 6 Photograph of Arlie Blizzard at Okinawa, Japan, 1 item, 1945, 1 7 US Army company arm-patch, 1 item, circa 1942-1945, 1 8 Outgoing correspondence, 3 items, 1947, 1 9 Series 2: Arthur R. and W. Russell Blizzard Arthur R. and W. Russell Blizzard, 1930-1946 2 Outgoing correspondence of A. Blizzard, 11 items, 1942, 2 1 Outgoing correspondence of A. Blizzard, 14 items, 1943, 2 2 Outgoing correspondence of A. Blizzard, 11 items, 1944, 2 3 Outgoing correspondence of A. Blizzard, 10 items, 1945, 2 4 Outgoing correspondence of A. Blizzard, 10 items, 1946-1949, 2 5 A. Blizzard's Shepherd State Teachers College yearbook, and a Presbyterian Church Kingdom Highways youth organization yearbook, 1939, 2 6 Outgoing correspondence of W. R. Blizzard, 15 items, 1942, 2 7 Outgoing correspondence of W. R. Blizzard, 13 items, 1943, 2 8 Outgoing correspondence of W. R. Blizzard, 17 items, 1944, 2 9 Outgoing correspondence of W. R. Blizzard, 14 items, 1945, 2 10 Incoming correspondence of W. R. Blizzard, 1 item, 1946, 2 11 High school report card of W. R. Blizzard, 1 item, 1930, 2 12 Incoming correspondence to the Blizzard family, 3 items, 1942-1945, 2 13