Dr. Cyril Floyd Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of scanned copies of Cyril Floyd's original journals covering (approximately) the time period between 1910 and 1965, as well as a year from the early 1990s. In these journals, Floyd reflects on his military service in the Marine Corps and his later service commissioned in the Army Reserves; his academic career at Alabama Polytechnic Institute (later Auburn University) and Tulane University from 1918 to 1928; his private medical practice from 1928 to 1933; his service as an Army medical officer with the Civilian Conservation Corps in Mississippi from 1933 to 1940; his service at Fort Benning, Georgia, serving on active duty orders during World War II from 1940 to 1941; and his cataract surgery and recuperation in the early 1990s.
Dates
- Creation: 1910 - 1990
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open to research without restrictions.
Biographical / Historical
Dr. Cyril Franklin Floyd, a native of Phenix City, Alabama, served in the Marine Corps and attended Alabama Polytechnic Institute following his discharge. Dr. Floyd was commissioned into the Army Reserves as a medical officer after graduating from A.P.I, later Auburn University. He attended medical school through Tulane University and opened a private medical practice following his graduation. In 1940-1941, Dr. Floyd was ordered into Active Duty to support the war effort during World War II, and was stationed at Fort. Benning, Georgia as a physician.
Full Extent
0.35 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is organized by accessions. Each accession represents an addition to the collection. Each accession also represents a transfer of physical and legal custody of archival materials from the donor(s) to Auburn University Special Collections and Archives.
Processing Information
Accession 93-31 processed by unknown, 1993; Accession 93-36 processed by Christopher Blackburn, 1993; Finding aid trascribed into ArchivesSpace by Sameena Massey, 2025. Finding aid edited by Abbott Kleiner, Emily Gibson, and Joanna Ashley, 2026.
Subject
- United States. Army.. Medical Officers' Reserve Corps (Organization)
- Alabama Polytechnic Institute (Organization)
- Tulane University. School of Medicine (Organization)
- United States. Marine Corps (Organization)
- Parris Island (S.C. : Recruit depot) (Organization)
- Floyd, Cyril, Dr. (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Dr. Cyril Floyd Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Subtitle
- Record Group 0937
- Author
- Unknown
- Date
- 1993
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Auburn University Special Collections and Archives Repository
Auburn University
Ralph Brown Draughon Library
231 Mell Street
Auburn Alabama 36849
334-844-1732
archives@auburn.edu
