Dayne Donovan Papers
Description of Contents
The collection consists of family records and papers, school notebooks and yearbooks, World War I memorabilia, postcards, photographs, and newspaper clippings.
Dates
- 1892 - 1967
Creator
- Donovan, Dayne (Person)
Access
The collection is available for use in Special Collections during the department's open hours.
Biography
Dayne Donovan was born to Daniel and Maud Laura (Williams) Donovan on July 19, 1892, in Auburn, Indiana. The family eventually relocated to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where Dayne attended Garfield Junior High and Minneapolis Central High, graduating in 1911. He enrolled at the University of Minnesota but ceased his studies in June 1913.
His military career was as follows: He applied for an officer's commission in the Officers' Reserve Corp (May 1917). Nearly a year later, he applied to the War Department's Aviation Examining Board, while he also took radio classes at Minneapolis's William Hood Dunwoody Industrial Institute. He was inducted into the Signal Corps (May 4, 1918) and was assigned to Company B, 6th Field Signal Battalion, Sixth Division, U.S. Army (June 12, 1918). He left for France on July 7, 1918.
Dayne Donovan died November 26, 1967, in Hennepin County, Minnesota.
Extent
1 boxes (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
- World War, 1914-1918 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Dayne Donovan Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Christopher G. Welter
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Hennepin County Library Special Collections Repository
Minneapolis Central Library
300 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis MN 55401 U.S.A.
612-543-8200
specialcoll@hclib.org
