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.
No biographical information available on Indiana woman.
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
2009ms132.0953: [identification of item], Wade Hall Collection of American Letters: Indiana woman diary, circa 1918-1919, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
The Indiana woman diary (dated circa 1918-1919; 0.03 cubic feet; 1 folder) comprises one diary that documents the daily life of part of a year for a woman living in Indiana in the early twentieth century. Entries are minimal and mainly discuss traveling to Tennessee and Florida, visiting with friends and family, personal health, and chores completed at home.
The Indiana woman diary 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.
The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.