Holdings Alumni Association Alumni Russell A. Cone Papers Finding Aid By Marcella Lees
Title: Russell A. Cone Papers, 1899-2020
ID: 26/20/239
Primary Creator: Cone, Russell A. (1905-1992)
Extent: 1.5 cubic feet
Arrangement: Arranged into four series: Personal life and family, St. Albans High School, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and Air Force Career. Series are arranged chronologically except Air Force Career for which service medals are arranged separately by order of precedence in Box 3. Oversized items are housed in Box 4 and are indicated elsewhere on the finding aid with parentheses.
Date Acquired: 10/02/2021
Subjects: Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps, Fraternities, Military Service, World War II
Papers of Col. Russell A. Cone ‘27 (1905-1992) including newspaper clippings, correspondence, service medals, certificates, publications, programs, and scrapbooks relating to Cone’s time as a student at UIUC and his involvement with ROTC and Greek life; his distinguished U.S. Air Force Career—especially his service in Alaska during WWII; and his personal life and family, some of which pertains to Champaign, IL where he was based for much of his early career. This series also includes the Distinguished Flying Cross medal Cone earned for sinking a Japanese transporter in Kiska harbor during his WWII service..
Repository: University of Illinois Archives
Acquisition Source: These papers were donated by Russell A. Cone’s youngest daughter, Claire Robertson whose extensive notes and annotations provide identifications, dates, and contextual information.
URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/2620239.pdf
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