Wade Hall Collection of American Letters: Campbell family letters
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Wade Hall Collection of American Letters: Campbell family letters
- Date
- 1912-1966, undated (inclusive)
- Extent
- 0.2 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Death
- Draft
- Family.
- Illinois
- Love-letters
- Letters.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged by subject. The Wade Hall Collection of American Letters has been processed into discrete collections based on provenance.
- Preferred Citation
- 2009ms132.0342: [identification of item], Wade Hall Collection of American Letters: Campbell family letters, 1912-1966, undated, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- The Campbell family of La Grange Park, Illinois included paternal grandparents Samuel Campbell (1856-1925) and Jennie Campbell (1862-1921), maternal grandparents William Travis (b. 1860) and May Travis (b. 1863), parents Eugene Reynolds Campbell (1889-1964) and Marjorie Travis (1891-1975) and their son Roderick Campbell (b.1927). According to Michigan Marriage Records, Eugene and Marjorie married in May of 1917 before Eugene was drafted into World War I. They later had one child, Roderick Campbell. During the 1940s, Eugene was drafted again in World War II.
- American Letters collector Wade Hall (1934-2015) was a native of Union Springs, Alabama. Starting in 1962, he lived in Louisville, where he taught English and chaired the English and Humanities/Arts programs at Kentucky Southern College and Bellarmine University. He also taught at the University of Illinois and the University of Florida. He held degrees from Troy State University (B.S.), the University of Alabama (M.A.), and the University of Illinois (Ph.D.). He served for two years in the U.S. Army in the mid-fifties. Dr. Hall was the author of books, monographs, articles, plays, and reviews relating to Kentucky, Alabama, and Southern history and literature. His most recent books include A Visit with Harlan Hubbard; High Upon a Hill: A History of Bellarmine College; A Song in Native Pastures: Randy Atcher's Life in Country Music; and Waters of Life from Conecuh Ridge.
- Scope and Content
- The Campbell family letters (dated 1912-1966, undated; 0.2 cubic feet; 8 folders) comprise letters written to Eugene and Marjorie Campbell of La Grange Illinois, during the twentieth century. This collection includes the letters that Marjorie and Eugene wrote one another while Eugene was stationed in both Chicago and New York during World War I. These letters discuss his life at camp, including the cold weather, the clothes and items soldiers were issued, and the lack of privacy. There are also letters written to Eugene from his parents and other relatives during this time and the time period after his marriage to Marjorie 1917. These family members write about family gossip, daily activities and wishes that couple are doing well. Marjorie also received multiple letters from friends and relatives. From 1947 to 1948, Marjorie was in correspondence with the Kemmerer Orphan's Home, where Marjorie and Eugene would host young girls over holiday breaks. Marjorie's mother May would write the couple often, and these letters discuss family deaths, daily gossip, and the well being of her grandson.
- The Campbell family letters are part of the Wade Hall Collection of American Letter, which includes correspondence and diaries from all over North America covering the time period of the Civil to Korean Wars. The materials were collected by Wade Hall and document everyday men and women.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
Contents of the Collection
Letters to Eugene Campbell, 1912-1915, undated
Marjorie Travis letters to Eugene Campbell, 1915-1916
Eugene Campbell letters to Marjorie Travis, 1915-1918, undated
Letters to Marjorie Campbell, 1921-1925, 1930-1934
Kemmerer Orphan House letters to Marjorie Campbell, 1947-1948
Campbell family letters, 1947-1949, undated
Eugene and Marjorie Campbell letters from Mother, 1922, 1954-1958, undated
Letters to Marjorie Campbell, 1950-1966, undated
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