DRAFT NOTICES, 1961-1962
File — Box: 135, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents
This folder has 4 documents and an address of an orthopedic doctor in Clinton, NY (or Utica). 1.) An Oct. 17, 1961 letter from Selective Service board telling me there's no way to know if I'll be drafted. (I wanted to know because I wished to spend a year after college with my grandmother in Barcelona, Spain.) 2.) A Nov. 2, 1961 notice from my Washington DC draft board transferring my Army physical to upstate New York. 3.) A Dec. 18, 1961 letter from my DC board setting up a Utica (ultimately Syracuse) physical in January 1962. (I took the physical, passed, then complained about my torn ACLs (from a hockey injury), and hit Syracuse for another physical...that I didn't pass, thank God.) 4.) A March 20, 1962 form finding me "not acceptable for induction under current standards." Hooray! 5.) Address of one Dr. Robinson whom I assume gave me documents about my torn ACLs to give to the Army. In the end, I went to Spain and wrote The Sterile Cuckoo while many of my cohorts were drafted and some sent into the early years of the Vietnam War. Folder has total of 5 pages.
Dates
- 1961-1962
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
English
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research, however, researchers must sign consent form prior to gaining access to materials. Calavera drawings, proofs, and etchings as well as "little diaries" (Boxes 14, 125, 126, 129, 142) are housed in high security and may require up to 24 hours for retrieval. Enlarged photocopies and typed transcriptions of "little diaries" in Box 142 are located in Box 184.
Extent
From the Collection: 184 boxes (172 cu. ft.)
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451