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Julia Elizabeth Eason Fuller Sauvageau papers

Julia Elizabeth Eason Fuller Sauvageau papers

Descriptive Summary

Title: Julia Elizabeth Eason Fuller Sauvageau papers
Creator: Unknown
Inclusive Dates: 1941-1946
Language(s): English
Extent: 3 Linear Feet 4 document boxes, 1 oversized box
Collection Number: ms3526
Repository: Hargrett Library

Collection Description

Historical Note

Julia Elizabeth Eason (b. 1915) was born in Atlanta, Georgia and married Leonard Elbert Fuller (1922-1944) on April 12, 1944. Fuller was killed in France on July 15, 1944 while serving in 1st Army, 4th Division, 12th Infantry, 2nd Battalion, F Company. Julia next married Ernest Alfred Sauvageau (b. 1915) of Lowell, Massachusetts on June 13, 1945. He served in the Medical Detachment, Section 1 as a dental lab technician and was stationed in Camp Blanding, Florida; Ft. Lewis, Washington; Camp Anza, California, and briefly in Hawaii. Ernest was discharged from the Army on February 12, 1946 and he and Elizabeth lived in Decatur, Georgia.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a scrapbook and correspondence. The scrapbook contains material relating to Leonard Fuller, including wedding announcement, photographs, notifications of Fuller's death, sympathy cards, Purple Heart certificate, and letters which were written to Fuller and returned marked "deceased." The correspondence are between Elizabeth and Ernest Sauvageau before and after their marriage and span the beginning of World War II until Ernest's discharge in 1946.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Julia Elizabeth Eason Fuller Sauvageau papers, ms3526, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.


Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Love letters.
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.

Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 
boxfolder
11-9Correspondence with Ernest Alfred Sauvageau, 1944 September-December
 
boxfolder
21-11Correspondence with Ernest Alfred Sauvageau, 1945 January-May
 
boxfolder
31-9Correspondence with Ernest Alfred Sauvageau, 1945 June-October
 
boxfolder
41-9Correspondence with Ernest Alfred Sauvageau, 1945 November-1946 February 18
 
410Personal items- identification cards
 
box
5Scrapbook (including news of Leonard Elbert Fuller's death in WWII), 1941-1946