Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
Gift, 2000.
Collection is arranged by format. The Wade Hall Collection of American Letters has been processed into discrete collections based on provenance.
American Letters collector Wade Hall is a native of Union Springs, Alabama. Since 1962, he has lived in Louisville, where he has taught English and chaired the English and Humanities/Arts programs at Kentucky Southern College and Bellarmine University. He has also taught at the University of Illinois and the University of Florida. He holds 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 is the author of books, monographs, articles, plays, and reviews relating to Kentucky, Alabama, and Southern history and literature. His most recent books include
2009ms132.0232: [identification of item], Wade Hall Collection of American Letters: Canadian WWI soldier diary, 1916-1917, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
The Canadian WWI soldier diary (dated 1916-1917; 0.04 cubic feet; 1 folder) comprises one diary that documents the experiences of a Canadian soldier overseas in France and England during World War I. The soldier authoring the diary worked primarily as an orderly corporal for a supply line for C Company, 3rd Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Forces. In many of the entries, he describes working with steel and reconstructing damaged rail lines around La Gorgue, France and dealing with artillery bombings from
The Canadian WWI soldier diary 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.
The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.