Guide to the William Barsky Papers, 1942-1949
1942-1949
Metadata Details
- Title
- William Barsky papers papers 1942-1946
- Creator
- Subject
- Barsky, William , 1912-1945, Grucci, Sibyl Barsky, 1905-2007, Grucci, Joseph L , 1911-1982, World War, 1939-1945--Correspondence, Jews--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
- Description
- The William Barsky papers consist primarily of correspondence from and to William Barsky during his service in World War II., Mark Rubenstein, nephew of William Barsky gift 2008 2008.0314 papers., Mark Rubenstein, nephew of William Barsky gift 2010 2010.0029 Papers, William Barsky was born in Pittsburgh on April 12, 1912. After high school, he moved to California. He joined the Army in 1942 and served as a radio operator with the rank of Private in the Eight Hundred Fourth Tank Destroyer Battalion. He was killed in a tank explosion near Rome in April, 1945. He wrote to his sister, Sibyl Barsky Grucci, a Pittsburgh sculptor, at least once a week from his induction into the Army untill his death., Materials given in one accession in October, 2008. Acc. #2008.0314 Gift of Mark Rubenstein., Processed MSS 0500 12/29/2008 M.L. Berg, Inventory available.
- Publisher
- Contributor
- Barsky, William., Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center (depositor)
- Date
- 1942-1949
- Type
- Collection, Text
- Format
- Identifier
- Source
- Language
- eng
- Relation
- http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=hswpead;cc=hswpead;rgn=main;view=text;didno=US-QQS-MSS500, pdcp_noharvest
- Coverage
- Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
- Rights
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