Jack Izlar, Sr. and Mary Jones Izlar papers, 1929-2008, bulk 1942-1945

Summary

Creator:
Izlar family and Jones ((Family : Augusta, Ga.))
Date:
1929-2008, bulk 1942-1945
Extent:
2 folder(s)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Jack Izlar, Sr. and Mary Jones Izlar papers, ms3740, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection includes photographs of Jack Izlar, Sr., his fellow servicemen, and area locals during Izlar's U.S. Navy service in the Pacific Theater of World War II. It also includes a genealogy of the Jones family, a 1929 motor vehicle registration card issued to William William Jones, a handwritten letter from Izlar to his mother inscribed on a menu for the 1943 U.S. Naval Air Station Thanksgiving dinner, a newsletter from The Shoreliner announcing the end of the war, a photocopied announcement for the Jones-Knight wedding, and an official certificate of registration from the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation recognizing William William Jones' immigration to the United States from Wales.

Biographical / historical:

Jack Izlar, Sr. (1926-2008), a native of Augusta, Georgia, worked as a postal executive and postmaster. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II in the Pacific Theater. He was married to Mary Ellis Jones Izlar and had three sons: Jack, Jr., Charles, and Robert.

Access and use restrictions

Preferred citation:

Jack Izlar, Sr. and Mary Jones Izlar papers, ms3740, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.