Willoughby Fountain McGehee Materials

Collection

Identifier: MC 2206

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Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of materials relating to Willoughby McGehee and his family, and particularly to McGehee's service in the United States Navy during World War II. A notable inclusion is McGehee's personal diary of his experiences on the USS Miantonomah in 1942.

Dates

ca 1895-1968

Creator

McGehee, Willougby Fountain (Person)

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Access Information

Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.

Use Information

No Use Restrictions Apply.

No Interlibrary Loan.

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Biographical Note

Willoughby Fountain McGehee was born July 18, 1906, to John Fountain McGehee and Essie Oliver McGehee of Fort Smith, Arkansas. He earned a bachelor in business administration from Emory University in 1929. McGehee served in the U.S. Navy during WWII onboard the USS Miantonomah, a minelayer that was commissioned in Boston in 1941, and launched from Yorktown, Virginia in 1942 for anti-submarine activities in the Atlantic and Caribbean that took the ship southward past the Florida Keys, Trinidad, and Tobago. Following the war, he served as an Internal Revenue Service agent. He married Lassie Jones Youmans on January 9, 1952, and they had one daughter, Anne. McGehee passed away January 14, 1970, in Fort Smith, Arkansas.

Extent

0.25 Linear Feet (1 box)

Additional Description

Arrangement of the Papers

Materials are arranged by format.

Acquisition Information

The Willoughby Fountain McGehee Materials were donated to the Special Collections Department by Ellen Compton of Fayetteville, Arkansas, on April 14, 2017.