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 postcard creator or owner.
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
2009ms132.0684: [identification of item], Wade Hall Collection of American Letters: World War I postcards, circa 1914-1918, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
The World War I postcards (dated circa 1914-1918; 0.025 cubic feet; 1 folder) comprises three postcards that depict notices posted to French citizens by the Germany military in German-occupied parts of France during World War I. The postcards show three different notices given in both French and English; these notices alert the residents to new rules they have to adhere to, when they can leave their homes, when and where potatoes can be dug, when gatherings are allowed, requirements to turn in any weapons, and that any hostile actions will result in the person doing them getting shot.
The World War I postcards 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.