Warren Joy Collection
Scope and Content
The Warren Joy Collection is about Warren Joy's military service, with the bulk of the collection consisting of photographs. The photographs include family, school, and those taken while he was in the service. The collection includes information on his military service including deployment to Greenland. The collection also consists of correspondence, scrapbooks, maps, military documents, and newspaper clippings.
Series I, Personal Information, contains correspondence, military documents, photographs and their negatives, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, maps, and travel brochures such as travel brochures of Iceland. Military documents pertain to Westover Air Reserve Base. Newspaper clippings pertain to Keesler Air Force Base. The date span is from 1945 to 1998.
Series II, Scrapbooks, contains deployment information, photographs with their descriptions taken at bases in Greenland, Massachusetts, and Mississippi. The scrapbooks also contain newspaper clippings, and business cards. Included in the photographs are photographs of aircraft such as the P-6, P-7, and P-9 aircraft. This series is dated 1945-1946.
Dates
- Creation: 1945-1998
Creator
- Joy, Warren, 1926-2010 (Person)
Restrictions on Access
There are no restrictions on accessing materials in this collection.
Restrictions on Use
Copyright restrictions may apply. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.
Biography of Warren Joy
Warren Joy was an engineer with General Electric in Cincinnati, Ohio, for 35 years and a veteran of World War II. His collection consists of correspondence, certificates, photographs, maps, scrapbooks, and other documents.
Extent
1.5 linear feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Warren Joy was an engineer with General Electric in Cincinnati, Ohio, for 35 years and a veteran of World War II. His collection consists of correspondence, certificates, photographs, maps, scrapbooks, and other documents.
Statement of Arrangement
The collection is organized into 3 series:
- Series I: Personal Information, 1945-1998
- Series II: Scrapbooks, 1945-1946
- Series III: Memorabilia, undated
Acquisition Information
Donated to Special Collection and Archives by Susan Joy Wilkins, March 2013.
Processing Information
Processed by Rajib Chaudhuri, October 2013.
Subject
- Joy, Warren, 1926-2010 (Person)
- General Electric Company. Flight Propulsion Division (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Warren Joy Collection (MS-476)
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Rajib Chaudhuri, October 2013
- Date
- 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
Wright State University Libraries
Special Collections and Archives
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy
Dayton OH 45435-0001 USA
937-775-2092
library-archives@wright.edu
