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Robert M. Briggs Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0453
 

Robert M. Briggs Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0453

The Robert M. Briggs Papers (1943-2004) document Brigg's military duty during the Second World War and his paintings and personal writings. Highlights include Briggs' scrapbook of photographs, newspaper clippings, sketches, and watercolors of fellow servicemen, local Okinawans, landscapes, and battleships during World War II.  Briggs drew many of the sketches rapidly while under enemy fire and painted them in later.  Filed alphabetically, the collection consists of newspaper clippings, photographs, sketches, watercolors, poems, essays about WWII and the Rocky Mountains, and an interview with Kathy Neal, Special Collections Librarian, discussing his experiences during WWII.  The majority of materials date from 1943-1945.

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Dates
Creation: 1943-2004
Creation: Majority of material found in 1943-1945
Extent
0.38 Linear Feet
Related Names
Briggs, Robert M.
Language of Materials
English
Dates
created: September 16, 2004

"Reflections" - illustrated poetry and essays by Robert Briggs

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: Folder 2

World War II Scrapbook, circa 1943-1945

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: Folder 3
Dates
created: circa 1943-1945

World War II Scrapbook, circa 1943-1945

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: Folder 4
Dates
created: circa 1943-1945
Dates
created: circa 1943-1945