Walter Goolsby Collection
The Walter Goolsby Collection includes correspondence to family and other officers, newspapers, photographs, and military and veteran documents from the 1940s and the late 1980s.
Series I: Correspondence and Communications includes letters written to his family, letters from friends and family, transcripts and papers from a 1987 Reunion, and a Christmas card.
Series II: Newspapers and Photographs includes several photographs and news clippings. Some of these documents are photocopies.
Series III: Military Documents and Booklets includes several instruction manuals and encyclopedias for forces in Hawaii, lists of dates and places travelled, several U.S. Naval documents, and multiple Japanese documents.
Series IV: Veteran Documents includes documents for soldiers as the exit active service alongside other material including a Christmas service bulletin, handwritten notes, and a digest of Tennessee State laws.
Dates
- 1943-1945, circa 1957, 1968, 1986-1988, undated
Language
English.
Conditions Governing Access
Collections are stored offsite and must be requested in advance. See www.special.lib.utk.edu for detailed information. Collections must be requested through a registered Special Collections research account.
Conditions Governing Use
The UT Libraries claims only physical ownership of most material in the collections. Persons wishing to broadcast or publish this material must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants on www.special.lib.utk.edu for detailed information. Collections must be requested through a registered Special Collections research account.
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet (4 folders)
Abstract
The Walter Goolsby Collection includes correspondence to family and other officers, newspapers, photographs, and military and veteran documents from the 1940s and the late 1980s.
Biographical/Historical Note
William Walter Goolsby was born August 26, 1917 in Livingston, Tennessee to John and Effie Cook Goolsby. He was drafted into the U. S. Navy on November 4, 1943 and served during World War II as a radar specialist on the USS McCoy Reynolds (DE-440), a destroyer escort based in the Pacific Area theater of war. Following the war, he worked as an industrial engineer with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory for 35 years. He married Ollie Rich Goolsby (1915-2007). In 1986, Goolsby spearheaded a reunion of his shipmates. Goolsby died July 6, 2013 and is buried in Roane County, Tennessee.
Previous Citation
This collection was previously listed as part of MS.1427.
Acquisition Note
This collection was donated through the University of Tennessee's Center for the Study of War and Society.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository