{"id":8387,"date":"2015-04-20T14:47:46","date_gmt":"2015-04-20T18:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/home\/?p=8387"},"modified":"2015-04-20T14:48:24","modified_gmt":"2015-04-20T18:48:24","slug":"introducing-the-lee-and-rosemary-fisher-papers-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/home\/introducing-the-lee-and-rosemary-fisher-papers-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing: The Lee and Rosemary Fisher Papers Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"

I would like to introduce a new collection to the Walter Havighurst Special Collection at Miami University: The Lee and Rosemary Fisher Papers. \u00a0The collection was donated by Lee and Rosemary on August 22, 2014. \u00a0Both Lee (’68) and Rosemary (’69) are Miami graduates and \u00a0a Miami Merger in 1970.<\/p>\n

After graduating from Miami Lee served in the military. \u00a0He was stationed in Vietnam from 1969 to 1970 with the Army’s 101st Airborne Division. \u00a0The bulk of the collection are letters during this time written to, and from, Rosemary. \u00a0Rosemary worked as a teacher.<\/p>\n

After serving in the Army and prior to retiring in 2002, Lee held a number of managerial positions in corporate accounting and finance for a large transportation concern.\u00a0 Prior to his retirement, he also held a Series 7 NASD designation and worked as a Personal Financial Analyst for Citigroup, an international financial services provider.<\/p>\n

Lee retired to central West Virginia (Braxton County) where he and his wife, Rosemary, a retired educator, had a small farm since the mid-seventies.\u00a0 Lee and his wife served on Boards of a number of Braxton County non-profit organizations.\u00a0 This included Lee\u2019s serving as the President of the Braxton County Rotary.\u00a0 As a Vietnam veteran, Lee also served in a number of veteran service organizations in West Virginia.\u00a0 He and his wife, Rosemary, were also school volunteers at Little Birch Elementary School in Little Birch, WV for a number of years.<\/p>\n

At the state level, Lee served on the West Virginia Board of Accountancy (2006-2013, President 2011-12), and the West Virginia Broadband Deployment Council (2005-2013, Grant Committee Chair 2011-13).\u00a0 Lee also served as Treasurer of the Board and Executive Committee of TechConnectWV, a 501 (C3) organization that is dedicated to promoting technology based economic development in West Virginia.<\/p>\n

In 2008, Lee was nominated and selected to receive the prestigious West Virginia Governor\u2019s Service Award for his commitment to bringing broadband coverage to the communities throughout central West Virginia through his leadership in the Gilmer\/Braxton Research Institute.<\/p>\n

Lee and his wife relocated to their native state of Ohio in 2013.\u00a0 They reside at the Knolls of Oxford, a continuing care retirement community, in Oxford, Ohio.\u00a0 They are active members of the Oxford Rotary Club and of the Oxford Presbyterian Church.<\/p>\n

This collection is mainly comprised of letters written between Lee and Rosemary Fisher (n\u00e9e Holoviak) between 1969 and 1970, while Lee was serving in Vietnam with the 101st<\/sup> Airborne Division.\u00a0 Early 1968 correspondence between Lee and Rosemary originates from a European trip Lee took to visit a former Miami friend, Frank Castle, who was in the US Army and stationed in Berlin, West Germany at the time.\u00a0 Correspondence between Lee and Rosemary then shifts for the remainder of 1968 to a period when Lee was a Management Trainee on the Penn Central Railroad\u2019s Management Training Program.\u00a0 There are also a few items from after Lee\u2019s return from Vietnam.\u00a0 Included in the letters are also newspaper clippings, poetry, greeting cards and photographs.\u00a0 During his time in Vietnam, there are also letters written to and from Lee\u2019s friends and family.\u00a0 The collection also includes writing by Lee as well as miscellaneous items such as magazines, programs and Vietnam related audio tapes.<\/p>\n

Here are a few items from the collection:<\/p>\n

\"Front

Front of Postcard from Lee to Rosie<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Back

Back of Postcard from Lee to Rosie<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Letter

Letter and envelope from Rosie to Lee<\/p><\/div>\n

Please stop in to take a closer look at this wonderful new collection, or check out our finding aid below for more information about the collection.<\/p>\n

Lee and Rosemary Fisher Papers Finding Aid<\/a><\/p>\n

Johnathan Cooper<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I would like to introduce a new collection to the Walter Havighurst Special Collection at Miami University: The Lee and Rosemary Fisher Papers. \u00a0The collection was donated by Lee and Rosemary on August 22, 2014. \u00a0Both Lee (’68) and Rosemary…<\/span><\/p>\n

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