Lynn Rufty-Mooney papers on D-Day
Scope and Contents
Letters received, 1 diary, 2 photographs, and 1 leaflet. Lynn Marie Stranger was a young woman living in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 1963 and gathered materials for a term paper on the D-Day invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944. She wrote to American veterans and this collection is what they sent to her. All the materials relate to the invasion. The diary is from June 8 to July 15 1944. The photographs came from a camera taken from a German prisoner of war. They are pictures of two German soldiers. The leaflet is in French and was dropped over areas of Normandy advising French civilians to leave their houses.
Dates
- 1944-1963
Creator
- Rufty-Mooney, Lynn Marie Stranger (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Lynn Rufty-Mooney papers on D-Day must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Historical note
Rufty-Mooney was living in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 1963 and was working on a term paper about the invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944.
Extent
21 items (55 p.)(0.06 linear ft.)
Appraisal
LDS, Utah, and Western American women (20th century Western & Mormon Manuscripts collection development policy, 5.V, 2007).
- Title
- Register of Lynn Rufty-Mooney papers on D-Day
- Author
- Benjamin Sipes
- Date
- 2011 April 27
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States