Robinson, Franklin A.
name: label: Collection Collector
content: Robinson, Franklin A., Jr., 1959- (actor)
label: Collection Creator
content: Quinn, Terry (photographer)
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content: Robinson and Via Family Papers
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content: Robinson and Via Family Papers / Series 2: Robinson Family
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1932-2023, undated
label: Date
content: undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0475, Subseries 2.6
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This subseries contains material and ephemera of Franklin Alexander Robinson (1932-2023).  He was the son of Frank A. and Elizabeth Bourne Robinson.  He married Adina Mae Via in 1958.  The series consists of personal and business papers, correspondence, diaries, his baby book, high-school yearbooks.  He was a charter member of the Gwynn Park chapter of the Future Farmers of America.  There are vacation papers, souvenir guide to Disneyland (1965) and his military records (restricted). Diaries contain personal as well as farm related entries. There is material from World War II on Victory gardens and a publication on Wartime Tractors.  Of particular interest are the letters from Robinson's fiancé Adina Mae Via received while he was stationed at Camp Gordon, Georgia and Camp Hanford, Washington State. This subseries also contains records relating to his early farming career, financial records, and travel ephemera. There is material from his involvement with 4-H and the Future Farmers of American (FFA). He was a delegate to the 25th annual convention of the FFA in 1953 in Kansas City, Missouri at which time he also received the American Farm Degree, the only recipient from Maryland that year. There is extensive material on his farm management.