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Tinsley, Warren Landrum, 1922-1987 (Sc 1549), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Tinsley, Warren Landrum, 1922-1987 (Sc 1549), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and full text (click on "Additional Files") for Manuscripts Small Collection 1549. A typescripted reminiscence about Warren Landrum Tinsley's World War II experiences in the U.S. Navy at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, a typescript of a diary kept during his military service , and a typescripted reminiscence about his early church experiences in Logan County, Kentucky.
Hills, Henry E., 1917-1975 (Sc 1511), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hills, Henry E., 1917-1975 (Sc 1511), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1511. World War II letter written by Henry E. Hills from Italy to his cousin, William P. Stamps, Jr., in which he describes a battle that took place in Sicily. He makes some deprecatory remarks about the Italians and notes the fierce and smart fighting of the Germans.
Honaker, Marion Earl, 1914-2006 (Sc 1510), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Honaker, Marion Earl, 1914-2006 (Sc 1510), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1510. Letters, 1985-1997 (19); military papers, 1942-1990 (14); photos (21); newspapers clippings, 1942, 1992-2006 (5); of Marion Earl Honaker, Bowling Green, Kentucky, a Navy pharmacist mate stationed in the Pacific Area during World War II.
Strahm, Victor Herbert, 1897-1957 (Mss 27), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Strahm, Victor Herbert, 1897-1957 (Mss 27), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 27. Correspondence, clippings, photographs, etc., covering Bowling Green native Victor Herbert Strahm's U.S. Air Force career. There are over 100 letters written to his parents in Bowling Green, Kentucky, describing his World War I activities and 27 letters to his mother detailing his participation in the early days of World War II.
Settle, Margery Lucille, 1899-1980 (Mss 7), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Settle, Margery Lucille, 1899-1980 (Mss 7), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 7. Letters written by various armed forces personnel during World War I (7 items), World War II (77), and police duty afterward (6). The letters were written to Margery Lucille Settle, a secondary teacher and administrator in the McLean County and Daviess County, Kentucky school systems.
Dulaney, Elise, 1894-1966 (Mss 24), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Dulaney, Elise, 1894-1966 (Mss 24), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscript Collection 24. "Recollections of Bowling Green, Kentucky", written by Elise Dulaney in 1961 with emphasis on the Covington, Dulaney, and Wells families, various individuals, Christ Episcopal Church, and local schools. Also cemetery deed, 1881; Warren County tax receipt, 1882; letters, 1953-1962 (6); and miscellaneous items.
World War Ii Memory In The Palmetto State Vs. South Carolina's Civil War Legacy, Fritz Hamer
World War Ii Memory In The Palmetto State Vs. South Carolina's Civil War Legacy, Fritz Hamer
Faculty and Staff Publications
Presented at the workshop, Generational Memories of World War II: An International Perspective, held November 9-10, 2007 by the Center for the Study of History and Memory, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
Vanmeter, Wilburn S., 1920-1996 (Sc 1528), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Vanmeter, Wilburn S., 1920-1996 (Sc 1528), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1528. Letters from Wilburn S. Vanmeter, while serving in World War II, to his mother Emma Vanmeter in Bee Spring, Kentucky, and his brother, Junior Vanmeter of Annetta, Kentucky. Also includes several typed reminiscences (6 p.) of Vanmeter's World War II experience.
Stone, Richard Gabriel, Jr., B. 1937 (Mss 169), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stone, Richard Gabriel, Jr., B. 1937 (Mss 169), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 169. Drafts and proofs for two of Richard Gabriel Stone, Jr.'s books: "A Brittle Sword: The Kentucky Militia, 1776-1912" (1977) and "Kentucky Fighting Men, 1861-1945" (1982). Also includes oral interviews with nine Kentuckians who served in various branches of the military at varying times. Transcriptions or tape indexes are available.
Brown, John David, 1883-1961 (Mss 170), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Brown, John David, 1883-1961 (Mss 170), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 170. Letters to Brown, of South Hill in Butler County, Kentucky, from family. Includes letters sent by his son while serving in the Navy during World War II and in subsequent military service; also includes letters from his daughter, Emma Martin. Some business correspondence and materials concerning the Mammoth Cave Production Credit Association are also part of the collection.
Schenck, Martin B., 1921-2004 (Mss 163), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Schenck, Martin B., 1921-2004 (Mss 163), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 163. Correspondence, clippings, oral interview, personnel records, etc. related to the military career of New Jersey native, Martin B. Schenck, who served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He served on the U.S.S. Helena and on submarines and was a Pearl Harbor survivor. He later served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
Stamps, William Perry, Jr., 1914-2006 (Sc 1470), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stamps, William Perry, Jr., 1914-2006 (Sc 1470), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1470. Chiefly incoming letters to William P. Stamps, Jr., while he served in the Air Force during World War II. Included are report cards, sympathy letters written to Stamps on the death of his aunt and guardian, Sallie Hills, letters from friends serving in World War II, and a small notebook of flower orders kept by Stamps while in the Air Force.
Beasley, Robert, B. 1926 (Mss 162), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Beasley, Robert, B. 1926 (Mss 162), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Mansucripts Collection 162. Letters written by Robert Beasley, Sr. to his wife, Louise (Buckles) Beasley while he is serving in the 84th U.S. Infantry Division during World War II. Beasley served chiefly in Germany, but also saw action in Belgium and France. He discusses Army life and relates war news to his wife in Caneyville, Kentucky.
Cox Family Collection, 1919-1945 (Mss 161), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cox Family Collection, 1919-1945 (Mss 161), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 161. Correspondence, legal papers, and farm records of the Cox family of Hart County, Kentucky. Consists chiefly of letters sent to John Howard Cox, Sr. from his children and in-laws. Includes World War II letters from John Howard Cox, Jr. to immediate family members.
Fascism's European Empire: Italian Occupation During The Second World War, Maura E. Hametz
Fascism's European Empire: Italian Occupation During The Second World War, Maura E. Hametz
History Faculty Publications
Davide Rodogno offers an illuminating appraisal of Fascist Italy’s ambitions, achievements, and failures in the occupation of Mediterranean Europe from 1940 to 1943.