University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center
Wade Hall Collection of American Letters: V.E. Fowler photographs
Fowler, Virgil E., 1887-
2009ms132.0439
0.08 Cubic Feet
2 boxes
1946-1950, undated
The V.E. Fowler photographs (dated 1946-1950, undated; 0.08 cubic feet; 2 boxes) comprises negatives and photographs that show the lives of families in Kentucky and Ohio following World War II.
English
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Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, 2000.
Arrangement
Collection is arranged by original recipient. The Wade Hall Collection of American Letters has been processed into discrete collections based on provenance.
Biographical note
Virgil E. Fowler was born in Washington, D.C. in 1887 to James Fowler (1855-1923) and Lila Vanzandt (b. 1867). By 1900, Virgil was living in Portsmouth, Ohio with his mother and step-father. In 1909, Fowler married Ethel Mutchler (1887-1964) and together the couple had three sons: Virgil H. (1918-2002), Paul E. (1922-1998), and Robert E. (1924-2001). Fowler owned and operated three businesses in Portsmouth, a camera shop, a photo works, and an x-ray laboratory.
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.
Preferred Citation
2009ms132.0439: [identification of item], Wade Hall Collection of American Letters: V.E. Fowler photographs, 1946-1950, undated, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
Scope and Contents
The V.E. Fowler photographs (dated 1946-1950, undated; 0.08 cubic feet; 2 boxes) comprise negatives and photographs that show the lives of families in Kentucky and Ohio following World War II. The photographs are items that were returned to the developer due to being unclaimed by the recipients. The photographs depict daily life, spending time with family and friends, sightseeing, military service, and landscape views. Recipients include J.L. Allen, Lou Carter, William Lewis, and Earl Fultz.
The V.E. Fowler photographs are 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.
Conditions Governing Use
The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
Family.
Friendship.
Kentucky.
Military life.
Negatives (photographic)
Ohio.
Tourism.
Travel.
Fowler, Virgil E., 1887-
J.L. AllenSeries I.circa 1950Negative of an unidentified man holding a watermeloncirca 195011Negative of a wooden rollercoastercirca 195012Lou CarterSeries II.undatedNegative of unidentified man and young girl in wooded areaundated13Negative of unidentified woman standing in a fieldundated14Negative of unidentified woman posing with child sitting on ground next to herundated15Negative of unidentified man, woman, and child in front of barnundated16Negative of unidentified woman posing on chairundated17Negative of unidentified man, woman, and child kneeling in a yardundated18Negative of unidentified woman sitting in grassundated19Negative of unidentified woman posing in yardundated110Negative of unidentified woman and young girl in front of treesundated111Negative of unidentified young girl playing in grassundated112Negative of unidentified young girl standing in overgrown fieldundated113Negative of two unidentified women holding suitcasesundated114Negative of unidentified man and young girl kneeling in yard with two unidentified women in background115Negative of unidentified man and woman in front of a barn with the woman kissing the man's cheek116William LewisSeries III.circa 1946Negative of faded view of unidentified man sitting in a barrackscirca 1946117Negative of view down dirt road lined with army trucks and tentscirca 1946118Negative of army vehicle in fieldcirca 1946119Negative of army vehicles and artillery in fieldcirca 1946120Negative of three unidentified men posing, one in middle has MP sash pulled across chestcirca 1946121Negative of three unidentified men in military uniforms, one is crouchingcirca 1946122Negative of four unidentified men in military uniforms, one is crouchingcirca 1946123Negative of unidentified man in military uniform leaning against and amphibious vehiclecirca 1946124Negative of two unidentified men in military uniforms posing with knivescirca 1946125Negative of two unidentified men in military uniformscirca 1946126Negative of unidentified man in military uniform in front of a planecirca 1946127Negative of blurry image of unidentified men and women in a tentcirca 1946128Negative of two unidentified men in military uniforms with two womencirca 1946129Negative of unidentified man and woman hugging with second man in background pretending to strike couplecirca 1946130Negative of three unidentified men posing on front of a vehiclecirca 1946231Negative of three unidentified women in a windowcirca 1946232Negative of unidentified men working on a heavy artillery guncirca 1946233Negative of military vehicles and machinery in a fieldcirca 1946234Negative of three unidentified men standing next to a tank and amphibious vehiclecirca 1946235Negative of four unidentified men inside a tank, one standing outside itcirca 1946236Negative of heavy artillery weaponcirca 1946237Negative of two unidentified men pretending to fight with knivescirca 1946238Negative of two unidentified men standing next to a tankcirca 1946239Negative of view of military trucks across a fieldcirca 1946240Negative of two unidentified men in military uniform with two women in front of an armored carcirca 1946241Negative of two unidentified men in military uniform with two women standing on top of armored carcirca 1946242Negative of unidentified military man holding a woman while sitting on a wallcirca 1946243Negative of unidentified man in military uniform posing with a womancirca 1946244Negative of two unidentified women wearing sunglassescirca 1946245Negative of view of military vehicles and tents in a campcirca 1946246Negative of unidentified military men working on trucks with artillery gunscirca 1946247Negative of five unidentified military men sitting on and standing around a carcirca 1946248Earl FultzSeries IV.circa 1946Negative of four unidentified women standing on a ledgecirca 1946249Negative of unidentified man and two women walking along sidewalkcirca 1946250Negative of view of pigeons in parkcirca 1946251Negative of view of statue or monumentcirca 1946252Negative of parked carscirca 1946253Negative of unknown buildingcirca 1946254Negative of two unidentified men and a woman standing underneath a statuecirca 1946255Negative of unidentified woman standing underneath a statuecirca 1946256Negative of busy intersectioncirca 1946257Negative of parked cars in front of unknown buildingcirca 1946258Negative of unidentified woman walking along sidewalkcirca 1946259Negative of four unidentified women standing underneath a statuecirca 1946260Unknown familySeries V.circa 1949Negative of unidentified woman standing in yardcirca 1949261Negative of unidentified woman in yard with her hands on her hipscirca 1949262Negative of unidentified man in yard with his hands on his hipscirca 1949263Negative of unidentified young girl in yardcirca 1949264Negative of unidentified man kneeling next to young girlcirca 1949265Negative of close-up of unidentified woman with hands on her hipscirca 1949266