Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 368. Letters written to Frances Richards, a faculty member in the English department of Western Kentucky State Teachers College (now Western Kentucky University) by students during their military service in World War II. Correspondents include both men and women in all branches and theaters of war, and some family members

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Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 368. Letters written to Frances Richards, a faculty member in the English department of Western Kentucky State Teachers College (now Western Kentucky University) by students during their military service in World War II. Correspondents include both men and women in all branches and theaters of war, and some family members. This collection contains more than 700 items, a small sampling of which can be viewed by clicking on  Additional Files  below

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Western Kentucky UniversityTopSCHOLAR®MSS Finding Aids Manuscripts7-1-2011Richards, Frances, 1893-1991 (MSS 368)Manuscripts & Folklife ArchivesWestern Kentucky University, mssfa@wku.eduFollow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aidPart of the Military History Commons, and the United States History CommonsThis Finding Aid is brought to you for free and open access by TopSCHOLAR®. It has been accepted for inclusion in MSS Finding Aids by anauthorized administrator of TopSCHOLAR®. For more information, please contact connie.foster@wku.edu.Recommended CitationFolklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Richards, Frances, 1893-1991 (MSS 368)" (2011). MSS Finding Aids. Paper 1828.http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/18281  MSS 368 Manuscripts & Folklife Archives – Kentucky Library & Museum – Western Kentucky University  Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Special Collections Library Department of Library Special Collections Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY 42101-1092  Descriptive Inventory  MSS 368  RICHARDS, Frances, 1893-1991 – Letters to  3 boxes.  51 folders.  771 items.  1940-1948.  Originals, photostats, photographs.  1989.98.1   BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE    Frances Richards, the daughter of Edwin Lovin Richards and Minnie Dixon Richards, was born on 8 November 1893 in Allen County, Kentucky and grew up in Simpson County.  She taught public school in Simpson, Allen and Warren counties before enrolling at the Western Kentucky State Normal School (now WKU) in 1921.  She received her bachelor’s degree in 1925 and accepted a teaching position in WKU’s English department.    Miss Richards taught English and journalism at Western for the next 39 years, taking leave only in 1929-1930 to earn her master’s degree from Indiana University.  She was the first advisor to the student newspaper, the College Heights Herald, begun in 1925, and continued in that capacity until her retirement in 1964.  Frances Richards died in Franklin, Kentucky on 26 April 1991.  The following year, she was inducted into WKU’s Hall of Distinguished Alumni, and an annual journalism scholarship was established in her memory.   COLLECTION NOTE    This collection consists of letters written to Frances Richards by former students of Western Kentucky State Teachers College (now WKU) during their military service in World War II and immediately thereafter.  In addition to regularly enrolled students, correspondents include family members and members of the 321st College Training Detachment who attended classes at WKU while receiving aviation training in Bowling Green.  The letters are from both men and women, serving in all branches of the service and in all theatres of war.  A list of non-Army correspondents broken down by branch of service, and a list of women correspondents, is in Box 1, Folder 1. Responding to Miss Richards’ letters, the correspondents write, usually in some detail, of their military training, duties, travel and leisure activities.  They relay news of fellow students in military service, reminisce about their time spent at WKU, and request copies of the campus newspaper, The College Heights Herald.  Their correspondence includes V-mail, clippings, announcements, greeting cards, postcards and photographs. 2  MSS 368 Manuscripts & Folklife Archives – Kentucky Library & Museum – Western Kentucky University  One letter written by Miss Richards, but returned to her due to the death of the addressee, is in the collection (Box 1, Folder 16).  The folders in Boxes 1 and 2 each relate to a single correspondent, while Box 3 contains folders of letters from multiple correspondents, arranged alphabetically.   SHELF LIST  BOX 1 Richards, Frances    1941-1947   303 items  Folder 1 Inventory & biographical data      22 items  Folder 2 Orville R. Balton – Letters   Oct. 1943-Sept. 1945 5 items  Folder 3 Bert Joseph Borrone – Letters  Feb. 1942-Dec. 1945 84 items  Folder 4 Alexander “Sandy” Cather – Letters June 1942-Oct. 1945 24 items  Folder 5 John H. Clagett – Letters   Mar. 1943-June 1948 8 items  Folder 6 Basil E. Craddock – Letters  Sept. 1945-Apr. 1946 4 items  Folder 7 Paul F. Davis – Letters   Dec. 1942-Dec. 1945 9 items  Folder 8 Marion C. Follis – Letters   Oct. 1941-Mar. 1945 6 items  Folder 9 Julian Goodman – Letters   Apr. 1943-Nov. 1943 5 items  Folder 10 George C. Grise – Letters   Sept. 1941-Apr. 1945 10 items  Folder 11 Charles M. Hale – Letters   May 1943-Sept. 1945 19 items  Folder 12 Lowell H. Harrison – Letters  Apr. 1943-Oct. 1945 21 items  Folder 13 John E. “Bro Boy” Haynes – Letters Sept. 1943-Nov. 1945 6 items  Folder 14 Joseph M. Howard – Letters  July 1943-Mar. 1945 9 items  Folder 15 Robert C. Johnson – Letters  July 1944-Oct. 1945 15 items  Folder 16 Letters from Marlyn E. Kobiske   Oct. 1943-Feb. 1945 5 items and Elna Kobiske; returned letter  from Frances Richards  Folder 17 Chester R. Lane – Letters   Nov. 1943-Dec. 1945 6 items  3  MSS 368 Manuscripts & Folklife Archives – Kentucky Library & Museum – Western Kentucky University  Folder 18 John G. Minogue – Letters   Jan. 1945-Dec. 1945 6 items  Folder 19 Alton W. Mitchell – Letters   Apr. 1942-Jan. 1945  6 items          Folder 20 Edwin O. Mitchell – Letters   Nov. 1941-Feb. 1947 10 items  Folder 21 John W. “Jack” Muir, Sr. – Letters  Nov. 1943-July 1945 13 items  Folder 22 Jordan G. Myers – Letters   Dec. 1942-Dec. 1945 10 items   BOX 2 Richards, Frances    1940-1947   267 items  Folder 1 Genevieve Irene O’Leary – Letters June 1943-Aug. 1945  5 items   Folder 2 Robert L. Pay – Letters   Dec. 1942-Dec. 1944 5 items  Folder 3 Martin K. Plessinger – Letters  Nov. 1942-Dec. 1945 9 items  Folder 4 Emmett L. Raney – Letters   Sept. 1942-Mar. 1945 12 items  Folder 5 Robert L. Richards – Letters  Apr. 1946-Oct. 1946 7 items  Folder 6 Joe M. Robertson and Virginia   June 1941-July 1945 13 items   Robertson – Letters   Folder 7  John W. Searcy – Letters   June 1942-Dec. 1945 7 items  Folder 8 Preston Mark Sisk – Letters  Apr. 1943-Sept. 1945 16 items  Folder 9 Julia Sledge – Letters   Sept. 1943-Sept. 1945 7 items  Folder 10 Lester H. Spalding and Nell  Apr. 1942-Oct. 1943 7 items   Spalding – Letters   Folder 11 Samuel A. Steger – Letters  June 1942-Jan. 1945 8 items  Folder 12 Howard F. Stevenson and Lucille  Feb. 1940-Sept. 1947 44 items (Mrs. Upshur P.) Stevenson – Letters   Folder 13 James C. Stickles – Letters  Jan. 1943-Dec. 1945 5 items  Folder 14 Laurence L. “Larry” Stone – Letters Sept. 1944-Mar. 1946 7 items  Folder 15 John B. Thomas, Jr. – Letters  Oct. 1943-Dec. 1945 6 items  4  MSS 368 Manuscripts & Folklife Archives – Kentucky Library & Museum – Western Kentucky University  Folder 16 Thomas C. Tichenor – Letters  Apr. 1942-Dec. 1945 7 items  Folder 17 David B. Whitaker – Letters  July 1943-Apr. 1945 5 items  Folder 18 Glenn Russell Williams – News  September 1944  1 item   clipping  Folder 19 Garland A. Willoughby, Jr. – Letters June 1942-Oct. 1944 7 items  Folder 20 Wendel W. Wood – Letters  Oct. 1943-Dec. 1944 5 items  Folder 21 Walter A. Wright – Letters   May 1943-Feb. 1945 5 items  Folder 22 Incoming letters – V-mail   Oct. 1942-July 1945 79 items   BOX 3 Richards, Frances    1941-1947   201 items  Folder 1 Acuff-Crowdus – Letters   Oct. 1941-June 1947 42 items         Folder 2 Dann-Grise – Letters   Oct. 1941-Mar. 1946 28 items       Folder 3 Harman-Jurgensen – Letters   Dec. 1941-July 1945 33 items          Folder 4  Karant-Lovett – Letters   Apr. 1942-Nov. 1946 28 items          Folder 5 McChesney-Perkins – Letters  Apr. 1942-Apr. 1946 18 items          Folder 6 Randolph-Stuteville – Letters   Jan. 1942-July 1945 29 items          Folder 7 Thompson-Yarbrough – Letters  Aug. 1942-Dec. 1945 23 items           BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD  MSS RICHARDS, Frances,        1940-1948 368  1893-1991 – Letters to    Letters written to Frances Richards, a faculty  member in the English department of Western Kentucky  State Teachers College (now Western Kentucky University)  by students during their military service in World War II.  Correspondents include both men and women in all  branches and theatres of war, and some family members.   3 boxes. 51 folders.  771 items.  Originals, photostats,  photographs.   1989.98.1     5  MSS 368 Manuscripts & Folklife Archives – Kentucky Library & Museum – Western Kentucky University  SUBJECT ANALYTICS  Acuff, Harry F. B3,F1 Alexander, William A. B3,F1 Backer, Don  B3,F1 Bagby, Dorris B3,F1 Ballinger, Earl R. B3,F5 Balton, Orville R. B1,F2 Beatty, Sarah B3,F1 Blackwell, Thomas  B3,F1 Borrone, Bert Joseph B1,F3 Boyle, Mary Theresa  B3,F1 Brayman, Robert K.  B1,F12; B3,F1 Burr, Margaret Kathryn B3,F1 Cather, Alexander “Sandy”  B1,F4 Champion, Paul B3,F1 Christmas cards Clagett, John H., b. 1916  B1,F5 Cloe, Keith D. B3,F1 Cochran, Robert Gilmore, 1919-1971 B3,F1 Coleman, Linton H.  B3,F1 Conkin, George B3,F1 Cook, Jack L. B3,F1 Cooley, Ed  B3,F1 Covington, Joe B3,F1 Cox, G. C.    B3,F1 Cox, William G. B3,F1 Craddock, Basil E., 1923?-1987  B1,F6 Crowdus, W. Hugh  B3,F1 Dann, Muriel  B3,F2 Davis, Paul Ford B1,F7 Dougherty, Russell Elliott, 1920-2007 B3,F2 England – Comments about, 1942-1943   B1,F3; B3,F4 Ewing, John  B3,F2 Follis, Marion C. B1,F8 Forsythe, Charles B3,F2 Forsythe, Robert B3,F2 Fort Knox – Photos      B2,F6 Fowler, Dan K. B3,F2 Fox, Arthur  B3,F2 German, E.  B3,F5 Gibson, Dee  B3,F2 Gillaspie, Robert H.   B3,F2 Gillenwater, James E. B3,F2 Goff, Kenneth H. B3,F2 Goodman, Julian B., b. 1922 B1,F9 6  MSS 368 Manuscripts & Folklife Archives – Kentucky Library & Museum – Western Kentucky University  Grant, Clair  B3,F5 Griffin, Henry M. B3,F2 Grise, George Calvin, 1918-1961      B1,F10 Grise, Richard F., 1920-2004 B3,F2 Hale, Charles M. “Red” B1,F11 Harman, James Lewie, Jr., d. 1972    B3,F3 Harris, J. E.  B3,F3 Harris, William H. B3,F3 Harrison, Earl R. B3,F3 Harrison, Lowell Hayes, 1922-2011  B1,F12 Hart, Virginia Elizabeth B3,F3 Haynes, John E. “Bro Boy”  B1,F13 Heintz, Ray  B3,F5 Henderson, Arthur  B3,F3 Hendrickson, Samuel B3,F5 Henry, Jane Covington B3,F3 Hibbs, Joseph Miles B3,F3 Holbrook, Gilbert S.  B3,F3 Howard, Joseph M.  B1,F14 Janes, W. Jay B3,F3 Jennings, David B3,F3 Johnson, Carlos B3,F3 Johnson, Lillian B3,F3 Johnson, Marlyn B3,F3 Johnson, Robert C.     B1,F12,15 Jones, Joe W. B3,F3 Jones, Milton  B3,F3 Jones, William J. B3,F3 Jurgensen, Robert      B3,F3 Kane, Norman E. B3,F5 Karant, Martin B3,F4 Keen, Luther B. B3,F4 Kishego, Mark E. B3,F4 Kistles, Delbert B3,F4 Klapheke, Dorothy (Davis), 1921-1992  B3,F4 Knight, Horace B3,F4 Kobiske, Elna B1,F16 Kobiske, Marlyn E., d. 1944  B1,F16 Kruitson, Howey J. B3,F5 Lafferty, Joe  B3,F4 Lane, Chester R.  B1,F17 Lane, Ted  B3,F5 Lashbrook, Austin  B3,F4 Lease, JoAnne (Swango)   B3,F4 Lee, Vernon  B3,F4 Lester, Crait  B3,F4 7  MSS 368 Manuscripts & Folklife Archives – Kentucky Library & Museum – Western Kentucky University  Lilly, George  B3,F4 Lipton, Gilbert B3,F4 Lovett, John C. B3,F4 Manning, Bill  B3,F5 Mathews, Howard B3,F5 McChesney, Hardin Field, Jr.     B3,F5 McCubbin, Lowell Austin, 1922-1994 B3,F5 McInerney, Stephen F. B3,F5 Minogue, John G. B1,F18; B3,F5 Mitchell, Alton W. B1,F19 Mitchell, Edwin O. B1,F20 Montgomery, Dugan B3,F5 Morris, L. H.  B3,F5 Muir, John W. “Jack,” Sr.   B1,F21 Myers, Jordan G. B1,F22 Oates, William M. B3,F5 O’Leary, Genevieve Irene  B2,F1 Palmore, Jack S. B3,F5 Parrish, Charles B3,F5 Patterson, Charles E. B3,F5 Patton, Jim  B3,F5 Pay, Robert L. B2,F2 Penner, Faye B3,F5 Perkins, Arthur B3,F5 Plessinger, Martin K. B2,F3 Randolph, Olga B3,F6 Raney, Emmett L. B2,F4 Raney, John  L. B3,F6 Rassinier, Edgar A.  B3,F6 Ray, Henry W. B3,F5 Richards, Robert L. B2,F5 Robertson, Dorothy  B3,F6 Robertson, Joe M. B2,F6  Robertson, Virginia  B2,F6 Robinson, Bill B3,F6 Russ, James W. B3,F6 Sanders, Thomas E. B3,F6 Scherrens, Cyriel J.  B3,F6 Schwartz, T. Ray B3,F5 Searcy, John W. B2,F7 Seward, Glyn T. B3,F6 Sims, J. E.  B3,F6 Sisk, Preston Mark B2,F8 Sledge, Julia  B2,F9 Smith, Wilbur B3,F6 Snider, Oscar B. B3,F6 8  MSS 368 Manuscripts & Folklife Archives – Kentucky Library & Museum – Western Kentucky University  Spalding, Lester H B2,F10 Spalding, Nell B2,F10 Steger, Samuel A. B2,F11 Stephens, Blackburn B3,F6 Stephenson, Laurence W.   B3,F5 Stevenson, Howard F. B2,F12 Stevenson, Lucille B2,F12 Stickles, James C. B2,F13 Stone, Laurence L. “Larry”  B2,F14 Stuteville, James H.  B3,F6 Thomas, John B., Jr. B2,F15 Thompson, Edwin Kelly, 1909-1993 B3,F7 Tichenor, Thomas C. B2,F16 Toombs, William Anderson B3,F5; B3,F7 Trego, Jack K. B3,F5 Underwood, James T. B3,F7 Unger, Edward B3,F5 Walters, Jed E. B3,F7  Welch, John D. B3,F7 Whitaker, David B., d. 2005      B2,F17 Williams, Glenn Russell – Relating to B2,F18 Williams, Harold B3,F7 Willoughby, Garland A., Jr.  B2,F19  Wood, Wendel W. B2,F20 Woodring, Franklyn  B3,F7 World War II, 1939-1945 – Japanese – Comments about, 1945    B1,F6 World War II, 1939-1945 – Military life, 1941-1945 World War II, 1939-1945 – Military training World War II, 1939-1945 – North Africa, 1943     B1,F3 World War II, 1939-1945 – Postcards World War II, 1939-1945 – U.S. Naval Reserve (Women’s Reserve) – Relating to B2,F1,9; B3,F1,3 World War II, 1939-1945 – V-mails, 1942-1945    B2,F22 World War II, 1939-1945 – Women     World War II, 1939-1945 – Women’s Army Corps – Comments about, 1944   B2,F21 Wright, Walter A. B2,F21 Wroten, William H.  B3,F7 Wymond, Chess B3,F5 Yarbrough, Frank L.  B3,F7   SEE and SEE ALSO  World War II, 1939-1945 – WAVES  See:     World War II, 1939-1945 – U.S. Naval Reserve (Women’s Reserve) 9  MSS 368 Manuscripts & Folklife Archives – Kentucky Library & Museum – Western Kentucky University   World War II, 1939-1945 – WACs  See:    World War II, 1939-1945 – Women’s Army Corps     Crowley/Niedermeier/Jeffrey   07/01/2011 

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