Wade Hall Collection of American Letters: United States military unit publications
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Wade Hall Collection of American Letters: United States military unit publications
- Date
- 1942-1947, undated (inclusive)
- Extent
- 0.12 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Publications.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Newsletters
- Menus
- Missals.
- Military life.
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged alphabetically by military unit. The Wade Hall Collection of American Letters has been processed into discrete collections based on provenance.
- Preferred Citation
- 2009ms132.0622: [identification of item], Wade Hall Collection of American Letters: United States military unit publications, 1942-1947, undated, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- No information available on military unit(s).
- 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 United States military unit publications (dated 1942-1947, undated; 0.12 cubic feet; 11 folders) comprises newsletters, menus, missals, newspapers, and dailies that document life in various military units during and post-World War II. Newsletters, newspapers, and dailies show life in military units in the Pacific, stateside, and on ships; updates from home, information from headquarters and leading military personnel, jokes about activities within the units, and comic strips. Menus are for formal dinners, namely Thanksgiving, and Missals are for church services hosted by units or military Chaplains. The publications come from various units across many branches, including the Seabees, Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, Coast Artillery Corps, Navy, Army, and Air Force.
- The United States military unit publications collection is part of the Wade Hall Collection of American Letters, 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
Bermuda Base Command newspaper "B.B.C. News", 1944 November 4
Squadron BM-11, wing 1 Thanksgiving dinner menu, 1947
USS General W.G. Haan news daily "The Bilgepump", 1945 September 25
USS Greiner newspaper "Greiner Gremlin", 1944
Pacific Fleet Schools divine service Missals, 1944
WAAC [Women's Army Auxiliary Corps] song-book, 1943
75th Naval Construction Battalion publications, 1944-1945, undated
87th Coast Artillery (A.A.) newsweekly "Time Zero", 1943
115th Naval Construction Battalion newsletter, 1945 March 24
195th Ordinance Depot Company Thanksgiving dinner menu, 1942 November 26
Transcript of speech given to Catholic Chaplains of the American Forces in the Philippines, 1944
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