GEORGE C. MARSHALL RESEARCH FOUNDATION COLLECTION SUHW\RY

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1 GEORGE C. MARSHALL RESEARCH FOUNDATION COLLECTION SUHW\RY SHEET COLLECTIOn: FRANK LANE HOLLAND COLLECTION ACCESS ION IWHGER: (434, 440, 468) ~3 DOtWR: Mrs. Charles R. Karr, Mrs. Louise Holland Pease DATE OF GIFT: 1979, 1980 SIZE: 2.5 lf INCLUSIVE DATES: BIOGRAPHICAL AND SUBJECT Sur~jvJARY: Frank Lane Holland ( ) served as a casual officer in the Army during World War II. In 1941, after training at the Infantry School, Ft. Benning, Georgia, he went to the Philippine Islands. In 1942 he was captured by the Japanese, participated in the Bataan death march and was interned at various prison camps including Davao. In October of 1944, he died when the Japanese POW ship he was on~was sunk by US Air strikes. Dorothy Davis Holland lived in Roanoke, Virginia, teaching elementary school there. She became principal of a school there and was active in Girl Scouts, the Junior Ivomen's Club (president ) and the Ivomen I s Cl ub. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION AND ARRANGEMENT: The collection consists of correspondence between the Hollands, D. D. Holland's correspondence, a di ary kep t ly-fv l.. Holland while in the Philippines, publications, and clippings on the Philippines, Bataan and the Pacific Theater, as well as postcards and family photographs. RESTRICTIONS: No LOCATIOf~ : Vault-upper level COLLECTION REGISTER AVAILABLE: Yes

2 ~~ (434, 440, 468) FRANK LANE HOLLAND COLLECTION Container List Box/Folder(s) 1 Holland Davis Nuptuals. 2 Frank Lane Holland Diary, 1941 October-1942 February. 3 Dorothy Davis Holland Diary, pages, n.d. CORRESPONDENCE Frank L. Holland to Dorothy D. Holland, Frank L. Holland, POW cards, Dorothy D. Holland to Frank L. Holland, Dorothy D. Holland, Dorothy D. Holland, Shannon Davis re Commission, Davis Family, Greeting Cards, undated. 4 Frank L. Holland Military Career and Death, Frank L. Holland Appointments and Certificates, Dorothy D. Holland, Junior Women's Club, Ledger Sheets, n.d. Dorothy Davis Horoscopes, Pelmanism Course Test Sheets. PRINTED MATERIALS 10 Pelmanism Instruction Books 1-12 and Introduction. 11 Programs POW Booklets and Information.

3 Container List Box/Folder(s) PRINTED MATERIALS (continued) 3 14 "Hugh Scott II Ships Journal, Constitution and By-Laws, Roanoke Chapter of Reserve Officers Association. 16 Women's Club and Girl Scout Membership books, PUBLICATIONS America in World War II. Romul o, "I Have Talked With America," Rotarian, 1943 December. Rotarian, 1943 June. Royal Service, 1948 August. Second Battle of the Philippines: The U.S. Navy's Official Story Esquire Calendar. 4 SCRAPBOOK MATERIALS AND CLIPPINGS Miscellaneous scrapbook materials and clippings from scrapbooks. Postcards - Ft. Benning, Georgia; Atlanta, Georgia; Lumpkin, Georgia; Florida; Hawaiian Islands. CERTI FICATE Presidential Certificate of Merit, 1945.

4 GEORGE C. MARSHALL RESEARCH FOUNDATION SEPARATIQj~ RECORD COLLECTION: FRANK LANE HOLLAND COLLECTION The following items have been removed from the collection: ~3 ACCESSION NUMBER:(434, 440, 46~) Description of items Location PUBLICATIONS Army-Navy Journal, Vol. 80, #18, 23, 43 Vol. 81, #15, 31, 36 Vol. 82, #15, 19, 28, 44 Vol. 83, #15 Library (Box with Unboun Copies) PHOTOGRAPHS Frank Lane Holland in frame Frank Lane Holland (12) 3 x 5 Dorothy Davis Holland (4) 3 x 5 Group shots (10) 3 x 5 Cotton Bales (3) 3 x 5 Group shots (6) 2 x 4 Florida views (8) 3 x 5 Providence Canyons, Lumpkin, GA (4) 3 x 5 Ft. Benning, GA (24) 3 x 5 Ft. Benning, GA (7) 2 x 4 St. Augustine, FL (16) Marineland, FL (8) Dorothy D. Holland school class 5 strips Mormon Christman card, n.d. Holland Home Columbia, GA 3 x 5 Dorothy D. Holland? (2) Officers Wives Club Officers 8 x 10 F. Lane Holland 8 x 10 JuniorWonen's Club 8 x 10 General S. J. Chamberlain 8 x 10 Bronze monument to AF &AM War Dead 8 x 10 Grave markers - F. T. and F. L. Holland (2) Unaccessioned photograph drawer MISCELLANEOUS 1000 Mark Reichsbank note Administrative Security fil e

5 It.,rl. '1 _ Inventory of Museum Items added to the Frank Lane Holland collection on September 18, 1986: Painting of Frank Lane Holland in military uniform. Size is 23" wide X 27-1/2 high. In beautiful condition and beautifully framed. Shadow box frame including military medals of Frank Lane Holland: 1. American Defense Service Medal with foreign service clasp. 2. Purple heart 3. World War II Victory Medal 4. Legion of Honor