Emmett G. Rand Papers, circa 1940s-1980s

Collection Number: 5563

Collection Title: Emmett G. Rand Papers, circa 1940s-1980s

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Size	3 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 300 items)
Abstract	The papers of United States Army physician Emmett G. Rand chiefly document his military service during and after the Second World War. The collection contains correspondence, field journals, printed items, newspaper clippings, photographs, and Army and War Department documents such as forms, reports, orders, and certifications for service. Letters from Rand to his brother "Trip" describe Rand's wartime experience in Europe. Photographs depict Army personnel including Rand, a military hospital, aftermath of combat and bombings, and La Cambe, France after the Normandy Invasion. Printed items include a pamphlet with special orders on German and American relations from Lieutenant Omar Nelson Bradley and a 1942 year book titled "Historical and Pictorial Review Medical Department Station Hospital Fort Bragg." Other materials are military insignia, picture post cards he collected in Europe, undated petitions from residents of New Bloomfield, Pa., asking Rand to stay in town and continue practicing medicine, copies of Rand's obituary, and a memorial service guest book. Acquired as part of the Southern Historical Collection.
Creator	Rand, Emmett G.
Curatorial Unit	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language	English

Restrictions to Access: This collection is not available for immediate or same day access. Please contact Research and Instructional Service staff at wilsonlibrary@unc.edu to discuss options for consulting this collection.

Copyright Notice: Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], in the Emmett G. Rand Papers #5563, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Sensitive Materials Statement: Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

This summary description was created in February 2018 to provide information about unprocessed materials in Wilson Special Collections Library.

Encoded by: Laura Smith