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United States History

World War II

2023

Western Kentucky University

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James Parks Wilson Family Collection (Mss 755), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2023

James Parks Wilson Family Collection (Mss 755), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscript Collection 755. Primarily genealogical research on the descendants of James Parks Wilson of Hart County, Kentucky. Includes biographical data and papers regarding the military service of his grandson, James Admiral Wilson.


Bewley, Stanley Clyde, 1915-1979 (Sc 3693), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2023

Bewley, Stanley Clyde, 1915-1979 (Sc 3693), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3693. V-mail letter, 28 March 1945, from Army private Stanley Bewley to his sister Mrs. Glen Cole, Austin, Kentucky. He reports on his arrival in Belgium and his homesickness, and asks to be sent some soap and pipe tobacco.


Perkins, John Casey, 1918-2010 (Mss 753), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2023

Perkins, John Casey, 1918-2010 (Mss 753), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 753. Reports of the operations of the U.S. Army, Third Infantry Division in Italy, Sicily, France and Germany during World War II. Includes reports relating to the service of Lieutenant Colonel John C. Perkins of Bowling Green, Kentucky in the Third Signal Company. Also includes memoranda of surrender written by Nazi SS officer Otto Skorzeny, taken into custody by Perkins in Austria in May 1945 (Click on "Additional Files" below for scans).


Stewart, James Minor, 1916-2017 (Mss 748), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2023

Stewart, James Minor, 1916-2017 (Mss 748), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 748. Wartime log kept by James M. Stewart, Bowling Green, Kentucky, during his 2½ years as a prisoner of war in Germany during World War II. Includes artwork, poetry and photographs of the prison camp and fellow prisoners.