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Strahm, Victor Herbert, 1897-1957 (Sc 2651), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Strahm, Victor Herbert, 1897-1957 (Sc 2651), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2651. Diary kept by Brigadier General Victor H. Strahm while serving with the Ninth Air Force during World War II. Brief daily entries for 1944 cover his work and the progress of the war, particularly the air war against the Germans. Includes loose items from diary and four photos of Strahm.
Stansbury, Edgar Bryant, 1906-2009 (Mss 438), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stansbury, Edgar Bryant, 1906-2009 (Mss 438), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 438. World War II diary kept by Edgar Bryant Stansbury, 1942, as well as articles by Stansbury, his thesis about industrial arts in Kentucky high schools, a scrapbook about his sports participation at Western Kentucky University, and several other items related to his experiences in World War II.
Malasky, Harris M. (Sc 2644), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Malasky, Harris M. (Sc 2644), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2644. Photocopy of a mimeographed letter written by General Harris M. Malasky to the officers and men of the 86th Infantry Division for their bravery during the “Battle of the Rose Pocket” in World War II.
Twitchell, Jacob Paul, 1909-1971 (Mss 433), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Twitchell, Jacob Paul, 1909-1971 (Mss 433), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 433. Correspondence, news clippings, photographs, and publications including prose and poetry of Jacob Paul Twitchell, a native of Paducah. Includes World War II correspondence with his wife, Camille, and letters to family, friends, as well as with editors and publishers.
Murphy, William Burl, 1912-1984 (Mss 424), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Murphy, William Burl, 1912-1984 (Mss 424), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 424. Five World War II diaries written by William Burl Murphy of Monroe County, Kentucky, who served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1945. The diaries contain details of military life surrounding the war in Europe, particularly Italy.
American Association Of University Women - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 727), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
American Association Of University Women - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 727), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Mansucripts Small Collection 727. Letters, 1949-52 (14), written to Sibyl Stonecipher, WKU professor, Bowling Green, Kentucky, from a Displaced
Person in Germnay, Aina Raits, whose family was adopted by the Bowling Green Branch. Letters relating the same, 1949, 1976 (2), and photos of Raits’ family (2).
Cook, Elizabeth Charlotte (Mss 403), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cook, Elizabeth Charlotte (Mss 403), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 403. Letters written by various male friends, many in military service during World War II, to Elizabeth Charlotte Cook while she was in school at Campbellsville College, Campbellsville, Kentucky and Western Kentucky State Teachers College, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Some of the letters are of a courtship nature.
Bush, Brenda Ruth, B. 1954 (Sc 2637), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bush, Brenda Ruth, B. 1954 (Sc 2637), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2637. Items relating to the infancy and childhood of Brenda Bush, principally writing and school assignments, and infant data entered into a magazine published by the H. J. Heinz Company. Also includes World War II discharge papers of Brenda’s father and an address book containing contacts he made during the war.
Owens, Philip, 1925-1944 (Sc 2614), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Owens, Philip, 1925-1944 (Sc 2614), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2614. Two letters from Philip Owens, of Russell Springs, Kentucky, to his sisters, written during Owens’ Army service in World War II. He comments on a rigorous march, warns about mail censorship, and asks them to keep his mother from worrying. Includes typescripts of the letters and of local newspaper articles published after Owens was killed in action in Germany.
Wade, Frances Ann, 1927-2008 (Sc 2599), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wade, Frances Ann, 1927-2008 (Sc 2599), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2599. World War II letters to Hopkinsville, Kentucky, teenager Frances Ann Wade from James T. Smith and David W. Kerr. Smith, a Kentuckian serving in the Navy, writes about his training in Vermont and his service in the Pacific. Kerr, a soldier from Ohio, writes from nearby Camp Campbell, Kentucky, and from France after his deployment. The letters describe their daily activities and reveal their plans for the future.
Moss, Joe David 1895-1973 (Mss 422), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Moss, Joe David 1895-1973 (Mss 422), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 422. Correspondence of Colonel Joe David Moss of Warren County, Kentucky, written mostly during his World War II military service in Europe. Includes material related to Moss’s career as a U.S. Army officer.
Interview With Pearl Perguson Regarding Her Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Pearl Perguson Regarding Her Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of an interview with Pearl Perguson conducted by Kevin Eans for an oral history project titled "A Generation Remembers, 1900-1949." Perguson discusses her life and times, including information about social life and reactions to national events in the small town of Horse Branch, Ohio County, Kentucky.
Baird, Nancy Disher, B. 1937 (Mss 415), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Baird, Nancy Disher, B. 1937 (Mss 415), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 415. This collection includes eight interviews with various people around the world that were associated with the United Service Organizations, Inc. (USO) during World War II. Interviews were conducted by Nancy Disher Baird.
Wininger, Charles Richard (Mss 421), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wininger, Charles Richard (Mss 421), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 421. This collection contains War of 1812 correspondence between James and Prudence (Stockton) Hall, as well as World War II correspondence between Charles and Novella (Tillery) Wininger, all of Barren County, Kentucky. Some letters with other correspondents, as well as family photos and genealogical information about the Hall, Stockton, and Wininger families is included.
Ferguson, Nora (Young), 1882-1969 (Mss 379), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ferguson, Nora (Young), 1882-1969 (Mss 379), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 379. Personal and family correspondence, papers, and genealogical research materials of Nora (Young) Ferguson, a native of Richardsville, Warren County, Kentucky. Includes original land, estate and guardianship records, and other early county records which Mrs. Ferguson was permitted to remove from the Warren County Courthouse for microfilming prior to its renovation in 1957. Click on "Additional Files" below to see receipts from the Warren County "Poor House."
Redmon, Chester Calvin, 1921-2012 (Mss 417), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Redmon, Chester Calvin, 1921-2012 (Mss 417), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 417. Items chiefly relating to the high schools that Chester Calvin Redmon served at as principal. This includes information about Hopkinsville (Kentucky) High School class reunions, Louisville Male High School, and Vine Grove (Kentucky) High School. Also includes diaries and miscellaneous material relating to Chester Calvin Redmon’s life.
Buckner, Simon Bolivar, Jr., 1886-1945 (Sc 628), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Buckner, Simon Bolivar, Jr., 1886-1945 (Sc 628), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 628. Correspondence of Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., of Munfordville, Kentucky, with Mary Leiper Moore, librarian of the Kentucky Library, Western Kentucky University, while he was serving in the U.S. Army during World War II in Alaska and Okinawa.
Buckberry, Ray B., Jr., B. 1934 - Compiler (Sc 2536), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Buckberry, Ray B., Jr., B. 1934 - Compiler (Sc 2536), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2536. List compiled by Ray B. Buckberry, Jr. of Warren County, Kentucky, World War II veterans interred in foreign cemeteries or recognized on “monuments to the missing,” based on records of the American Battle Monuments Commission. List provides name, rank, cemetery name and location.
Meriwether Family Papers (Mss 44), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Meriwether Family Papers (Mss 44), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 44. Typed copies of personal and legal papers, 1791-1840 (43) of Charles Meriwether, a pioneer doctor of Christian County, Kentucky; family letters of Caroline Gordon Tate, author and educator, 1938-1947 (18); and family letters of newspaper columnist Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer (“Dorothy Dix”), 1930-1949 (13).
Selby, Cornelia Frances, 1916-2005 (Sc 2530), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Selby, Cornelia Frances, 1916-2005 (Sc 2530), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2530. Letters from Cornelia Frances “Fran” Selby to her sister, Mary Agnes Selby in Utica, Ohio, written during Cornelia’s service in the Women’s Army Corps at Camp Campbell, Kentucky. She writes of her activities, her anticipated furlough and their male acquaintances.
Moore, Mary Elizabeth (Taylor) Leiper, 1885-1973 (Mss 387), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Moore, Mary Elizabeth (Taylor) Leiper, 1885-1973 (Mss 387), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 387. Radio scripts, correspondence, research notes, and newspaper clippings of Kentucky Building director, Mary (Taylor) Leiper Moore. Moore served as director of the Kentucky Building at Western Kentucky University from 1931 to 1956. Also includes articles and speeches written by Moore.
Gaetano Salvemini: An Anti-Fascist In Cambridge, Michael Diclemente
Gaetano Salvemini: An Anti-Fascist In Cambridge, Michael Diclemente
Graduate History Conference, UMass Boston
Gaetano Salvemini was one of the earliest political exiles during Fascism. Before his exile Salvemini had the reputation as a well-respected historian and political activist. He taught history at the University of Florence among other universities. Salvemini was known for his intelligence, detailed research and analysis, as well as his unflinching ideals. After his exile Salvemini spent some time in England and France. During this time he traveled to the United States for a lecture tour. He returned to Europe but soon after returned to the U.S. He settled in Cambridge, MA to teach at Harvard University. Salvemini’s time at …
Godby, Coye Perkins, 1918-2004 (Mss 453), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Godby, Coye Perkins, 1918-2004 (Mss 453), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 453. Chiefly World War II correspondence between Coye Perkins Godby, Elihu, Pulaski County, Kentucky, and his mother, Pearl Godby. Also, letters that his mother wrote to him. Godby was stationed in Orlando, Florida before being sent to England, France, the Rhineland, etc. in 1944. Topics include family news, relationships, and military life.
Fulkerson, Edwin Pierce, B. 1922 (Sc 2509), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Fulkerson, Edwin Pierce, B. 1922 (Sc 2509), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2509. Letters from Edwin Pierce Fulkerson, Germany, to his parents, Elmer M. and Nora Fulkerson, and uncle, Jesse Fulkerson, Sonora, Kentucky, in which he details his life in the military during World War II. Includes wartime log and other memorabilia documenting Fulkerson’s imprisonment in a German stalag during World War II, as well as Ben H. Phelper’s published and illustrated reminiscences from the same prison.
Davenport, Bowman, Jr., 1927-2003 (Sc 2508), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Davenport, Bowman, Jr., 1927-2003 (Sc 2508), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2508. Letters from Bowman Davenport, Jr., while serving in the U.S. Army at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to his mother Margaret L. Davenport , Bowling Green, Kentucky, in which he inquires about home and mentions his interactions on the military base.
Parnell, Willard Shelby, 1918-1984 (Sc 2507), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Parnell, Willard Shelby, 1918-1984 (Sc 2507), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2507. World War II service records for Willard Shelby Parnell, Perry County, Tennessee, and Jean Walker Sr., Wayne County, Tennessee. Includes discharge papers for both and several flight records for Walker.
Boutcher, Robert M., 1912-1975 (Sc 250), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Boutcher, Robert M., 1912-1975 (Sc 250), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 250. V-mail letter to Mr. and Mrs. William Kelly, Maceo, Kentucky, from Robert Boutcher, written during his military service in Italy. Boutcher thanks them for a Christmas gift and comments briefly on his unit’s aerial combat activities.
Owens, John Stiles, Jr., 1918-1945 (Sc 242), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Owens, John Stiles, Jr., 1918-1945 (Sc 242), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 242. Letter, 20 August 1945, written by John S. Owens, World War II pilot from Calhoun, McLean County, Kentucky, serving in the Far East to Mary E. Marks, a former teacher, regarding his flights from India to China, and the V-J Day celebration. Also, three examples of Chinese paper money from the period, and a 4 July 1969 letter from Miss Marks with information about Owens.
Baird, William J. (Sc 2497), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Baird, William J. (Sc 2497), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2497. V-mail letter from William J. Baird to H. H. Baird, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Writing from a military posting overseas, Baird comments briefly on the German cigars he intends to send, as well as the quality of European tobacco.
Paxton, Garland, B. 1919 (Sc 2493), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Paxton, Garland, B. 1919 (Sc 2493), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collecction 2493. Documents relating to Garland Paxton’s military service in the U.S. Army’s 319th Infantry Regiment during World War II.