Gold Star Men Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection was a set of three photo albums labeled "Gold Star Men of Eastern Kentucky State Teachers College". It was compiled to honor Eastern men who were killed in World War II and consisted of a photograph of each soldier and a card with information about his rank, hometown, attendance at Eastern and death. One volume was "Graduates and Faculty"; the other volumes were "Former Students Who Did Not Graduate".
Dates
- Creation: 1942 - 1946
- Acquisition: 2002-03-06
Full Extent
1.00 folders
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement Note
Alphabetical
Source of Acquisition
Wolfe, Ron
Other Descriptive Information
Photographs were initially numbered with the accession number; however, a decision was made to change to collection number. The database was changed, but the numbers written on the images were not changed.
Topical
- Title
- Gold Star Men Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Jackie Couture
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Eastern Kentucky University Libraries, Research Center for Special Collections and Archives Repository