Scope and Contents
The collection contains personal correspondence organized by date, 1918 - 1960s, and biographical information.
Most of the letters are addressed to his wife and children, and also to his brother, Ralph E. Winger.
One group of letters were sent during 1918, when Winger was a private in Company E, at the Student Army Training Corps, in Presidio, California.
There is also a series of letters written during 1945-1946, when Winger taught in Army overseas schools, specifically at Biarritz American University, and at the Command School in Bremen, Germany. The letters are long and descriptive.
The last folder of correspondence contains letters written during the 1950s and 1960s.
The collection also contains an autobiographical sketch that also includes descriptive information about the correspondence in the collection.
Dates
- 1918-1968
Creator
- Winger, Roy Martin, 1885- (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to the public. Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room. Collection or parts of collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives in advance of your visit to allow for transportation time.
Conditions Governing Use
Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Biographical / Historical
Roy Martin Winger (1885- ?) was born in Kansas, and educated at Johns Hopkins University. He served as a private, in Company E, at the Student Army Training Corps, in Presidio, California, during World War I.
He became a professor of mathematics at the University of Oregon, and at universities in Washington and Illinois. He also taught in Army overseas schools, including Biarritz American University, and the Command School in Bremen, Germany.
Extent
0.5 linear feet (1 container) : 1 manuscript box
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Roy Martin Winger (1885- ?) served in WWI, taught at Army overseas schools during WWII, and was a professor of mathematics at the University of Oregon, and at universities in Washington and Illinois. The collection (1918-1968) contains personal letters sent while Winger was a private during WWI, when he taught in Army overseas schools during WWII, and also when he was a professor at the University of Washington.
Processing Information
Collection processed by staff, and Tanya Parlet, 2013.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
This collection received a basic level of processing including minimal organization and rehousing.
Description information is drawn in part from information supplied with the collection and initial surveys of the contents.
- Biarritz American University
- College teachers -- United States -- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Mathematicians -- United States -- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mathematics teachers -- United States -- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Soldiers -- California -- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Soldiers -- Education, Non-military -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. Army
- University of Oregon
- University of Washington
- Winger, Roy Martin, 1885-
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Roy Winger Papers
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Tanya Parlet.
- Date
- 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
- Sponsor
- Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
