Summary Information

Title: Tere Rios Versace Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1941-1977

Creator:

• Versace, Tere Rios, 1917-1999

Call Number: Mss 268; Micro 823; Audio 516A; DC 724-725

Quantity: 3.0 c.f. (7 archives boxes), 1 reel of microfilm (35mm), 24 tape recordings, and 2 film reels

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers of Tere Versace, a free-lance writer who became active in the POW/MIA controversy of the Vietnam War era when her son Humbert Roque “Rocky” Versace was captured and executed by the Viet Cong. The collection includes correspondence, biographical material, clippings, writings, tape recordings, a film, and groups of personal papers of Rocky Versace and of Sister Mary Aquinas, the “flying nun,” about whom Mrs. Versace planned to write a biography.

Note:

There is a restriction on use of this material; see the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.

Language: English, French, Vietnamese

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00268