Elmore Winfield LeRoy papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 0256

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Elmore Winfield LeRoy papers (1917-1964) consist of military service records, certificates, correspondence, diaries, daybooks, and genealogical records for Elmore LeRoy, a commercial artist from Chicago who settled in Utah towards the end of his life.

Dates

1917-1964

Creator

LeRoy, Elmore Winfield, 1898-1966 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

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Conditions Governing Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Biographical Sketch

Elmore Winfield LeRoy Jr., the son of Elmore W. and Gertrude Almira Smith LeRoy, was born in Chicago, Illinois, on 7 August 1898. He was drafted into the United States Army in 1917 and served in France with the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I. After being discharged, Leroy returned to Chicago where he eventually took up a career in commercial art. In 1939, he left Chicago for New York and then four years later, moved to Philadelphia to be a draftsman for the Naval Aircraft Facility at the Navy Yard. LeRoy was converted to the LDS Faith in 1940 and moved to Utah in 1947. He continued work as a commercial artist, but was also interested in genealogy and model trains. Elmore Winfield LeRoy died in 1966 in Salt Lake City.