Charles Y. Barr collection

Access and use

Location of collection:
Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
Special Collections and Archives
James G. Leyburn Library
Washington and Lee University
204 W. Washington Street
Lexington, VA 24450
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Tom Camden
Phone: (540) 458-8649
Phone: (540) 463-8109
Fax: (540) 463-8964
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

Terms of access:

The materials from Washington and Lee University Special Collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used should be fully credited with the source.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Charles Y. Barr Collection (WLU Coll. 0403), Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va.

Summary

Extent:
tbd Linear Feet
Creator:
Barr, Charles Y.
Language:
The collection is in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Charles Y. Barr Collection (WLU Coll. 0403), Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains items related to Charles Y. Barr's military service during World War II. It includes his honorable discharge paperwork, a service album which includes USMC photographs of Saipan, numerous photographs related to the South Pacific Theater. The is a small number of artifacts including Barr's Bronze Star medal.

Biographical / historical:

Charles Y. Barr was born on July 8, 1923 in Westchester County, New York to James and Eva Yerger Barr. He attended R. I. T. in Rochester. Barr joined the United States Marine Corp in 1942 and served during World War II at Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands as well as Marianas, Saipan, and Tinian. He received the Bronze Star medal for action in Iwo Jima. He died on June 8, 2002.

Acquisition information:
Donated by Charles Barr's son, Michael Barr.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
World War (1939-1945)