World War, 1939-1945.

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This collection of World War II ration stamps and books for various items such as fuel oil. The rations were issued to the Shade McIntosh family of Montgomery County, Kentucky. Included on the books is personal information about the individual receiving rations, such as age and description.

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The Richards/McKinney Family Papers contains correspondence, photographs, genaology, legan and financial documents, and documents related to EKU. The collection follows Mary Frances McKinney Richards (1900-1987) and Rollin Rhoten Richards aka "Dick" (1898 - 1997).  Both Mary Frances and Dick were faculty at Eastern for the length of their careers, and remained involved in Alumni affairs until their deaths. Many items in the collection relate to Mary Frances.

Scope and Contents The Carolina Broaddus Tipton Papers center upon James R. Tipton, who served in the US Army Air Corp during World War II. The collection consists of two folders and a scrapbook. The first folder contains certificates of merit earned by Tipton while a prisoner of war in Germany. The second is composed of correspondence, souvenir items, and an almanac. The correspondence includes letters from Tipton to his family while he was a POW at Stalag XVIIB. The scrapbook was compiled by James' mother so...

Scope and Contents This collection consists of correspondence, photographs, ephemera, financial records and legal documents that were left in Elmwood at the time of Emma Watts' death. The collection spans three branches of the family (Parkes, Walker, and Watts) and covers nearly 150 years. The bulk of material is from 1878 and later and pertains to the Watts family; however, the Parkes family, particularly James B. Parkes, is well-represented within the collection. The Watts family owned thousands of acres of...

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During World War II Eastern stayed financially afloat by providing training space on campus for the Women's Army Corp, Branch 6, 3589th Service Unit. This collection consists of the weekly schedule of classes taken by participants in the Army Administrative School. Besides class names and locations, the schedules also include study assignments and the name of the officer teaching the class.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of publications and other materials relating to World War II. These single items that were found in the Townsend Room and Dorris Museum Collections were pulled together into one artificial collection to provide ease of access for users. The materials document events from the war as well as provide a glimpse into life on the home front. The researcher should also look at the subject heading "...

Scope and Contents This scrapbook was created by Mrs. G.D. Hamilton of Richmond, Kentucky in 1941. It consists of nearly 300 syndicated and editorial political cartoons relating to WWII from various artists and newspapers as well as two cartoons that were created by hand. Artists include Svoboda, Cargill, Harold Talburt, Reg Manning, Herbert Block (Herblock), Robert York, Grover Page, Daniel Bishop, Rollin Kirby, Brown, Paul Carmack and others. Topics include Mussolini, Hitler and Stalin, American defense...