Jerome R. Worsley Papers

1946-1953, undated
Manuscript Collection #1214
Portions of this collection are digitized (2 items)
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Creator(s)
Worsley, Jerome R.
Physical description
0.25 Cubic Feet, 1 archival box, consisting of printed documents, photographs, clippings, certificate, a letter, and ephemera.
Preferred Citation
Jerome R. Worsley Papers (#1214), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
Repository
ECU Manuscript Collection
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This collection was transferred to University Archives. Please contact Special Collections for more information.

This collection contains items that document community college administrator Jerome Worsley's life as a student at East Carolina Teachers College (now ECU) in the mid-1940s and as a member of the U.S. Army (1951-1953). Included are photographs, clippings and a certificate related to Mr. Worsley's participation in the Chi Pi Players at East Carolina Teachers College; photographs, documents, passport, dog tag, patches, and insignia concerning his service as office manager in Paris, France, for SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe) under the command of General Dwight D. Eisenhower. SHAPE is the military unit of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization).

Biographical/historical information

Jerome R. Worsley was born near Bethel, N.C., on October 20, 1928. He earned an BS in Business and Social Studies and an MA in Educational Administration from East Carolina Teachers College (now East Carolina University), and a Doctorate in Education including Vocational-Technical and Community College Administration from North Carolina State University. He taught at Pikeville High School in Wayne County, N.C., from 1949 until 1951 when he was drafted into the U.S. Army (1951-1953) where he rose to be a sergeant. In the Army he served as secretary to the Adjunct General of the 47th Infantry Division at Camp Rucker in Alabama, and then served in Paris, France, for one year as office manager for Special Services for the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) under command of General Dwight D. Eisenhower. SHAPE is the military unit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

He marrried Frances Sasser in 1956 and they have two sons, Steve and Jerome, Jr. After his service in the U.S. Army, he taught at Chicod School in Greenville, N.C., and as principal of Eureka School in Wayne County. Worsley then had a twenty-six year career at Durham Technical Community college in Durham, N.C, as a professor, Dean of Adult and General Education, and as Dean of the Faculty for Technical and Vocational Education Degrees.

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Custodial History

June 4, 2013 0.25 cubic feet; This collection contains items that document Jerome Worsley's life as a student at East Carolina Teachers College (now ECU) in the mid-1940s and as a member of the U.S. Army (1951-1953). Included are photographs, clippings and a certificate related to Mr. Worsley's participation in the Chi Pi Players at East Carolina Teachers College; photographs, documents, passport, dog tag, patches, and insignia concerning his time in the U.S. Army with SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe) under the command of General Dwight D. Eisenhower; and a letter (June 27, 1953) written by Clive Irving talking about his life in London during the time of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Gift of Jerome R. Worsley.

Source of acquisition

Gift of Jerome R. Worsley

Processing information

Processed by Jessica Reed, March 2020

Copyright notice

Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.

Key terms
Personal Names
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
Irving, Clive--Correspondence
Worsley, Jerome R.
Corporate Names
East Carolina Teachers College--Students
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
United States. Army--Officers
Topical
Communism--Great Britain
Container list
Box 1 Folder a Photographs, clippings and certificate related to Jerome Worsley's involvement with The Chi Pi Players while he was attending East Carolina Teachers College (now ECU), 1946-1949 [Two of the photographs were taken by Renfrew Studio, Greenville, N.C.]; undated envelope for photographer Hill Horne, Jr. of Greenville, N.C
Box 1 Folder c Documents and memorabilia (including his service medals, insignia patches and dog tag) related to Jerome Worsley's service with SHAPE which is the military unit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 1952
Box 1 Folder d Printed items including Jerome Worsley's passport (1951), a set of postcards of French chateaus, a London souvenir booklet, and a postcard (1952) and a Neptunus Rex certificate for a serviceman's first sea voyage related to the USS General Alexander M. Patch (T-AP 122)