O'Connor Family Papers, 1938-1991

Collection Overview

Title: O'Connor Family Papers, 1938-1991

Predominant Dates:1938-1969

ID: 001/01/MSS 2017-038

Creator: O'Connor, Owen R. (1917-1983)

Extent: 3.0 Boxes

Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by subject matter and family member.

Date Acquired: 06/19/2017

Languages: English [eng], German [ger]

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Family papers of Owen Robert O'Connor and wife Beulah O'Connor (nee Rutter) including clippings, correspondence, photographs, school records, and military records. Military records of Owen O'Connor include U. S. Army service records, uniform patches, ration cards, photographs, medical and disability files, and place of duty records during WWII for Eqypt, Casablanca, and the Nuremberg Trials in Nuremberg, Germany. Family records include baby albums and funeral albums. Family members represented include Mary Susan O'Connor, Owen Robert O'Connor, Jr., Bessie Vernelson Rutter, and Roland L. Rutter. A small collection of rosaries and Knights of Columbus pins is also included.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions: This collection is open to all researchers.

Use Restrictions: The status of copyright for these materials is governed by Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.). Copyright restrictions may apply.

Acquisition Source: Claus Ihlemann and Robert Roman, Decorum Furniture, by donation

Preferred Citation: O'Connor Family Papers, MSS 2017-038, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.

Processing Information: Processed July 27, 2018.

Box and Folder Listing

Box 1: Records of Owen R. O'Connor, 1943-1969

Folder 1: Military records, 1943-1946
Folder 2: Documents from War Crime Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945
Folder 3: War Department identification card and military patches, 1945
Folder 4: Photographs and memorabilia from military travels, Egypt and Casablanca, 1943-1946
Folder 5: War ration books, 1943-1946
Folder 6: WWII map with handwritten annotations, 1943
Folder 7: Medical and disability correspondence, 1966-1968
Folder 8: Medical and disability correspondence, 1969
Folder 9: Miscellaneous records
Folder 10: Probate court record and correspondence, O'Connor v. O'Connor, 1960
Folder 11: Newsletters: Service to the Fleet and St. Paul Spirit, 1955-1956

Box 2: Records of Beulah O'Connor (nee Rutter) and family, 1938-1991

Folder 1: Correspondence, 1938-1944
Folder 2: Clippings, various
Folder 3: School records, various
Folder 4: Programs: church, theater, and school, 1943-1997
Folder 5: Disassembled baby album of Mary Susan O'Connor, 1949 July 29
Folder 6: School records of Mary Susan O'Connor, various
Folder 7: School records of Owen O'Connor, Jr., various
Folder 8: Disassembled funeral albums of Bessie Vernelson Rutter (1895-1989) and Roland L. Rutter (1894-1974)
Folder 9: Photographs of O'Connor family, undated
Folder 10: Disassembled photograph album, 1991
Folder 11: Photographs of wedding, undated

Box 3: Artifacts: 6 Catholic rosaries, 2 Knights of Columbus pins

Folder Oversized: Woodrow Wilson High School diploma of Beulah Rutter, 1938 June 15

Housed separately.