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Carroll, Hillary Bellerby, 1908-1999 (Mss 615), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Carroll, Hillary Bellerby, 1908-1999 (Mss 615), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 615. World War II letters written by Hillary B. Carroll, while serving in the U.S. Army in The Philippines and Japan, to his wife Katherine “Kate” (Whallen) Carroll, in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Also includes some information and photos related to Carroll’s family.
Carpenter, Sidney Crider, 1914-2014 (Sc 2884), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Carpenter, Sidney Crider, 1914-2014 (Sc 2884), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2884. Digital images of photographs, passports, Kentucky Senate resolution related to 100th birthday, certificate from the Cumberland Trace Chapter of the Military Officers Association, four pieces of currency—Japanese (3) and Russian (1); military identification, from Sidney Crider Carpenter of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Most of the material relates to Carpenter's military career and his role as a coach for several national and international marksmanship teams. Also digital copies of a Korean War photograph album and a 1929 Boy Scout diary kept by Carpenter.
Jackson Family Letters (Sc 2883), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jackson Family Letters (Sc 2883), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2883. V-mails to Aph P. Jackson, Eminence, Kentucky from her sons, Eli O. Jackson and Laban P. Jackson, written during their military service in World War II. Laban comments on a new birth in the family, on news of German and Japanese atrocities, and on the domestic peace movement; Eli asks about their farm and requests some twists of chewing tobacco.
Forsythe, Belmont, 1920-2005 (Mss 486), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Forsythe, Belmont, 1920-2005 (Mss 486), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 486. Biographical data, military, health and travel records, photographs and papers relating to the life, military service and hobbies of Belmont Forsythe, a native of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Military material documents his service in the U.S. Marine Corps and U. S. Army Signal Corps from 1941-1966. Includes audio recordings by Forsythe recounting his life and career.
Porter, Jack C. (Sc 862), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Porter, Jack C. (Sc 862), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 862. Paper titled “Malcolm Wolford World War II Veteran,” written by Jack C. Porter for a Western Kentucky University United States history class in November 1990. Personal narrative based on Porter’s interview with his grandfather Malcolm Wolford, who served in the Army Air Corps as a radar man from 1942-1945.
Perguson, Dee Carl, Jr., 1921-2010 (Mss 8), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Perguson, Dee Carl, Jr., 1921-2010 (Mss 8), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 8. Correspondence and diaries of Deel Carl Perguson, Jr., Horse Branch (Ohio County), Kentucky, and Seattle, Washington. Of interest are his letters written while serving in World War II in the United States, North Africa, and Italy, and his later memoirs of this period. Also of interest are diaries of his years as a student at Western Kentucky State Teachers College, 1939-1943. The collection also includes his recollections of growing up in Horse Branch in the 1920s and 1930s.
World War Ii, 1939-1945 - Letters (Mss 330), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
World War Ii, 1939-1945 - Letters (Mss 330), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 330. Letters written to parents, friends, faculty and staff of Western Kentucky University by students during their service in Word War II. Includes some press releases, newspaper articles and photos. Also includes a history and travel log of the USS Stevens.
Robertson, Gabrielle, 1889-1970 (Mss 323), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Robertson, Gabrielle, 1889-1970 (Mss 323), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 323. Chiefly letters to Gabrielle Robertson, History Department faculty member, Western Kentucky University, 1916 to 1960. Of particular interest are those letters from former students serving in the military during World War II. Also includes genealogical materials and family photographs.
Hamlett, Barksdale, 1908-1979 (Mss 292), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hamlett, Barksdale, 1908-1979 (Mss 292), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 292. Transcriptions of five interviews conducted with retired four-star general Barksdale Hamlett in which he reflects on his 34-year military career, including service in World War II, the Korean War, and on the Army's General Staff in Washington, D.C.
Frashure, Sherri (Troutman) (Mss 172), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Frashure, Sherri (Troutman) (Mss 172), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 172. Oral interviews, including cassette tapes and transcripts, with sixteen World War II veterans conducted by Frashure for her Honors thesis at Western Kentucky University. Also includes her completed paper titled: "Kentuckians at War: A Soldier's Perspective of World War II."
Stone, Dan Ray, 1921-2007 (Mss 196), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stone, Dan Ray, 1921-2007 (Mss 196), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 196. Letters sent to Stone and his mother, Nelle Stone, Bowling Green, Kentucky, during World War II from friends in armed service around the world. Includes letters, holiday greeting cards, telegrams, V-mail and postcards. Almost all correspondents were members of a local fraternal club known as the Senators which was composed of graduates of Bowling Green High School.
Kimbrough, William Joseph, Jr., 1930-2007 (Sc 1346), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kimbrough, William Joseph, Jr., 1930-2007 (Sc 1346), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1346. Chiefly letters written by William Joseph Kimbrough, Jr., to his Bowling Green, Kentucky parents, while serving in the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the U.S. Army in California and Japan. Also associated family data.
Smithey, Talmadge A. (Sc 1410), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Smithey, Talmadge A. (Sc 1410), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only and scan (Click on "additional files" below) Manuscripts Small Collection 1410. Paper entitled "Experiences of a Prisoner of War in Japan and the Philippines" written by Talmadge A. Smithey for a class at the University of South Carolina. Smithey was a prisoner of war from April 18, 1941 until August 15, 1945.
Brizendine, Thomas Swearer, 1919-2016 (Sc 1397), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Brizendine, Thomas Swearer, 1919-2016 (Sc 1397), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1397. World War II letters, 1941-1945, of Brizendine to his family in Greenville, Kentucky, concerning his military service with the United States Marine Corps in the South Pacific area. Includes associated items.