Robert M. Briggs Papers
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
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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
- Dates
- created: circa 1943-1945
- Dates
- created: circa 1943-1945
- Dates
- created: circa 1943-1945