Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
Towle Family papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 1984_015-UA
Scope and Contents
The Towle family papers span the years from the early 1900's to the 1950's. Material is sparse from 1912 to 1939 and from 1943 to 1952. Although Mr. Towle was prominent as an alderman and realtor in Louisville, this collection deals little with this aspect of his life. The papers give more insight into Virginia's personal life via her friends' letters. The material consists almost entirely of correspondence between Virginia and her friends and Mr. Towle, and Mr. Towle’s business friend, Paul...
Dates:
circa 1900's-1950's
U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps
Collection
Identifier: KORN367
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the Cadet Nursing records of the Louisville General Hospital School of nursing, along with posters, brochures, and other literature published by the Cadet Nurse Corps.
Dates:
1943-1948
U.S.S. Louisville Reunion Association records
Collection
Identifier: 2001_023-UA
Summary
The records include a few copies of a shipboard newsletter from the U.S.S. Louisville from 1941 to 1943 and a program from a Christmas celebration on ship in 1939. One issue of the Guinea Gold, an Allied military field newspaper, dated December 24, 1943, is in the collection. Correspondence, newsletters, programs and printed material from the cruiser's reunion association, dating from 1962 to 1997, are also present. There are two artifacts among the materials, a reunion association T-shirt...
Dates:
1939-2005; Majority of material found within 1939-1943
Victory News
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 1997_124-UA
Content Description
The "Victory News" was an informally produced newsletter, published by Sylvester Connell, and distributed world-wide to military personnel from the California and Parkland neighborhoods of Louisville, Kentucky. Most of the soldier recipients had lived in the vicinity of Victory Park, thus the name "Victory News." The issues contained sports scores, excerpts and/or summaries of other soldiers' letters home, jokes, cartoons, neighborhood gossip and morale boosts. The "News" was distributed...
Dates:
1943-1945
Inda Wangerin papers
Collection
Identifier: 2008_056-UA
Content Description
This collection consists of a small amount of personal papers including some related to the missing-in-action status of the donor’s first husband, while the rest is correspondence and memorabilia from servicemen serving in the military during World War II, including from the donor’s brother, step-brother, brother-in-law, and first husband. The personal papers are arranged by topic. The correspondence is arranged in alphabetical order by the name of the sender.
Dates:
1943-1953; Majority of material found within 1943-1947