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Inventory of the Robert E. Kingsley Photographs, 1942-1967
Inventory of the Robert E. Kingsley Photographs, 1942-1967
Descriptive Summary
| Abstract: | The collection consists of approximately 90 photographs, 260 negatives, and three scrapbooks of Robert E. Kingsley, a U.S. Air Force staff photographer, taken during World War II, the Korean War, the 1963 fire aboard the TSMS Lakonia, and at North and Shaw Air Force Bases in South Carolina. Also included are 16 Holocaust atrocity photographs taken at Dachau and Mauthausen concentration camps. |
| Title: | Robert E. Kingsley photographs |
| Creator: | Kingsley, Robert E., 1921-1999 |
| Date(s): | 1942-1967 |
| Extent: | 1.25 linear feet (1 photograph album, 4 folders) |
| Repository: | Jewish Heritage Collection, Special Collections, College of Charleston Libraries 66 George Street Charleston, SC 29424 Phone: (843) 953-8016 Fax: (843) 953-6319 URL: http://archives.library.cofc.edu |
| Call Number: | Mss 1065-048 |
| Language of Material: | Materials in English |
Biographical Note
Robert E. Kingsley joined the U.S. Army as a member of the 11th Armored Division during World War II. The division liberated Gusen and Mauthausen, two German concentration camps located in Austria.
After the war, Kingsley reentered the military and joined the Air Force. He served as an information office photographer and was stationed in Korea and South Carolina before retiring from the military in 1968.
Collection Overview
The collection consists of approximately 90 photographs, 260 negatives, and three scrapbooks of Robert E. Kingsley, a U.S. Air Force staff photographer, taken during World War II, the Korean War, the 1963 fire aboard the TSMS Lakonia, a Greek-owned cruise ship that caught fire and sank, and at North and Shaw Air Force Bases in South Carolina. Also included are 16 Holocaust atrocity photographs taken at Dachau and Mauthausen concentration camps.
Collection Arrangement
Materials are described at the folder level.
Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person, family, or organization, by topical subject, by place, and by types of material.Names
- Kingsley, Robert E., 1921-1999
- United States. Air Force
- United States. Army. Armored Division, 11th
- Dachau (Concentration camp)
- Mauthausen (Concentration camp)
- Lakonia (Motorship)
Subjects
- Concentration camps--Austria
- Concentration camps--Germany
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Korean War, 1950-1953
- World War, 1939-1945
Places
- Austria
- Korea (South)
- South Carolina
Types of Material
- Black-and-white negatives
- Black-and-white photographs
- Magazines (periodicals)
- Photograph albums
- Scrapbooks
Inventory
Approximately 90 black-and-white photographs and 260 black-and-white negatives show Kingsley and other members of the U.S. military during World War II, the Korean War, the 1964 rescue of people aboard the TSMS Lakonia, a Greek-owned cruise ship that caught fire and sank, and at North and Shaw Air Force Bases in South Carolina. Includes 16 Holocaust atrocity photographs taken at Dachau and Mauthausen concentration camps.
Includes black-and-white photographs from the Korean War showing damage to U.S. planes; crashes, fires, injured airmen, and bomb damage to buildings; and portraits of American and South Korean servicemen.
Includes black-and-white photographs from the Korean War showing pilots, airmen, and South Korean civilians; U.S ships, planes, and airfields; landscapes, street scenes, and bomb damage to buildings; a 1952 group photograph of Kingsley and other lab personnel; and performers at a Christmas 1952 USO show. Also includes papers related to Kingsley's 1963 promotion to an information office photographer and other Air Force training certificates.
Includes black-and-white photographs from the Korean War showing Kimpo Air Base; planes, ships, and American barracks; bomb damage in cities and airfield construction; South Korean civilians; portraits of American pilots and airmen; and USO Camp Shows.
January 3, 1964, issue of Life covering the fire aboard the TSMS Lakonia.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Copyright Notice
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The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. copyright law. The user must assume 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 for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Robert E. Kingsley photographs, College of Charleston Libraries, Charleston, SC, USA.
Acquisitions Information
Materials were donated in 2009 by Rebecca Travis, Robert E. Kingsley's daughter.
Processing Information
Processed by Rebecca McClure, October 2012.
Encoded by Rebecca McClure, July 2013.
Reviewed and uploaded by Martha McTear, July 2013.
Funding from the Council on Library and Information Resources supported the processing of this collection and encoding of the finding aid.
