Rust (Frederick) Papers, ca. 1897, 1935-1946, bulk 1941-1945

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Title:: Frederick Rust Papers
Dates:: ca. 1897, 1935-1946, bulk 1941-1945
Creators:: Rust, Frederick
Abstract:: The collection mainly contains WWII era correspondence between Frederick Rust, his wife Celia Adams Rust, and his mother Mariette Rust, as well as histories of units in the 18th Engineers, detailing their efforts to construct the Alaskan Highway under very difficult wartime and physical conditions, 1942-1943.
Extent:: 2 linear feet (5 document boxes)
Language:: English
Preferred citation:: [Item description, folder title, box number]. Frederick Rust Papers. Mss 108. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Scope and content:: The collection mainly contains WWII era correspondence between Frederick Rust, his wife Celia Adams Rust, and his mother Mariette Rust, as well as histories of units in the 18th Engineers, detailing their efforts to construct the Alaskan Highway under very difficult wartime and physical conditions, 1942-1943. Also included are general files which contain various Army and court documents, poems and short stories written by Rust, and a handful of black/white photographs, mostly of fellow soldiers.
Biographical / historical:: Frederick [Fred] E. Rust was born in Michigan ca. 1906 and moved to California in 1918, settling in Los Angeles. During World War II he served with the 18th Engineers Regiment (Combat) and worked on the Alaskan Highway where, as regimental historian, he wrote the histories of the units of the Regiment during the time, April 1942 to January 1943, that they were constructing the highway. Rust married Celia Adams in December 1944 and, after the war, they moved to Santa Barbara. He died in Santa Barbara, July 1969.
Acquisition information:: Undetermined.
Physical location:: Del Sur.
Rules or conventions:: Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Subjects:: World War, 1939-1945--Alaska.
World War, 1939-1945--Engineering and construction.
Alaska Highway.
Names:: Rust, Frederick

Collection Guide Author:: Arrangement and description by D. Tambo
Date Prepared:: © 2010
Date Encoded:: Machine-readable finding aid created by A. Demeter. Date of source: February 5, 2010.

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Restrictions:: None.
Terms of access:: Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred citation:: [Item description, folder title, box number]. Frederick Rust Papers. Mss 108. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:: UC Santa Barbara, Special Research Collections

UC Santa Barbara Library

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US