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He attended Weston High School, and after graduating with honors at age fourteen, Holt applied to the University of Cincinnati; however, the register rejected the application because Holt, while academically qualified, was considered too young. Not one to admit defeat, a trait that would prove to be a lifelong characteristic, Holt turned to West Virginia University where he was accepted. As the youngest member of the freshman class, Holt found it difficult to obtain full acceptance as a college student, and his academic record reflected his apparent dissatisfaction. After two years at West Virginia University, Holt transferred to Salem College where the enrollment was smaller (approximately 300 students) and where he was able to live with his uncle, Professor Samuel Dew. It was at Salem College that Holt regained his self-confidence. His academic performance improved, and he maintained a B-plus average. In addition to academics, Holt excelled on the debate team. He was the editor-in-chief of the school paper, and he managed the tennis team.","In 1924, Holt received a Bachelor of Arts Degree and qualification to teach at secondary schools. Shortly after his graduation, he was hired to teach at Bedford High School in Virginia where he taught English and history in addition to serving as the school's athletic director. After one academic year, Holt returned to Weston, West Virginia, where he took a position at St. Patrick's High School as the athletic director. Holt also coached the basketball team with abundant success, leading the team to two national tournaments for Catholic schools. During this time, Holt also taught history as a part-time instructor at Glenville Normal School and Salem College, but his fascination with athletics persisted. In addition to coaching and occasional officiating, Holt also began writing about sports. Eventually, he began to contribute columns to daily West Virginia newspapers.","By the late 1920s, Holt was attracted to the political environment, and he began to contribute to candidates who were friends of and/or who shared the views of his father. In the summer of 1928, Holt went one step further by announcing his candidacy as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates. Despite Lewis County having been predominately Republican, in addition to not having received significant party backing, Holt still obtained a higher-than-expected amount of support, losing his race by only 500 votes. Once again, however, Holt would not admit defeat. In 1930 Holt again announced his candidacy for the West Virginia House of Delegates. During the campaign, he visited locations all around Lewis County, spoke to anyone who would listen, and ensured that the grievances such as those concerning government cost, increased taxes, and the power of privately owned public utilities would all be addressed. As expected with any campaign, Holt received criticism, and those who opposed him likened the young politician to his father who they declared was a radical, a socialist, and an atheist. Despite the scornful claims, Holt, by a margin of 2,150 votes, was elected to his first public office as a Democrat to the West Virginia Legislature where he served from 1931-1935. During his years as a delegate, as promised during his campaign, Holt spoke out against corrupt practices such as government spending, an issue he addressed not even a week into the 1931 session. In addition to debating issues in the House, Holt also wrote to state supported universities, highway commissioners, and auditors in West Virginia and numerous other states to gather financial figures concerning spending, salaries, and taxes among others. Holt also began an investigation in 1931 to uncover rates, operating costs, and profits of privately and publically owned utility companies. All of these endeavors were only the first chapter in Holt's political career.","By 1934 he had gained the political support and the backing of union workers which was enough to defeat incumbent United States Senator Henry Hatfield. At age twenty-nine, Holt became the youngest person to win a United States Senate seat; however, there was immediate criticism. No sooner had the votes been tallied before a protest was filed concerning Holt's credentials: the fact that he had run for an office when he had not been of the required age. In addition to discontent within his own state, Holt also received overwhelming opposition in Washington, D.C. from Senate Republicans who threatened to object on the grounds of the constitutional age requirement. Despite the criticism, Holt's election was not overturned; however, he had to wait until he turned thirty, over five months after the Seventy-forth Congress had convened, before he could participate in senatorial proceedings.","Just as he had been active in the West Virginia Legislature, Holt did not hesitate to address both major and minor issues on Capitol Hill either. During his time in the Senate, Holt served on several committees including Education and Labor, Immigration, Mines and Mining, Naval Affairs, and Post Offices and Post Roads. He also served as a member of the United States delegation to the 1939 Interparliamentary Conference in Oslo, Norway.","Although Holt had once been referred to as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's \"Golden Boy,\" such alliances and the policies that had formed them began to dissolve by 1936. He became estranged from fellow Democrat and West Virginian Senator Matthew Neely, and Holt ended his support for the United Mine Workers of America and the Works Progress Administration, the latter of which he claimed was corrupt. Eventually, Holt criticized the Roosevelt administration for its New Deal policies, he adamantly fought Roosevelt's attempt to alter the Supreme Court by changing the number of sitting justices from nine to twelve, and he spoke out against the proposition of allowing a presidential third term. Furthermore, as unrest began in Europe with Germany's invasion of Poland, Holt campaigned against any attempts by the administration to involve the United States in the War. The responses from constituents about Holt's actions were mixed; nevertheless, the young senator's sudden change led to his unsuccessful renomination attempt in 1940. Holt did not even make it past the primary election.","After his Senate term ended, Holt remained in Washington, D.C. and began to support himself as a lecturer and a writer of political issues, particularly neutrality for which he received the support of the America First Committee. It was also during this time that Holt met Helen Louise Froelich, a biology teacher at National Park College near Washington. They were married a year later and moved to West Virginia. The couple had two children: a daughter, Helen Jane Holt (born in 1945) and a son, Rush Dew Holt, Jr. (born in 1948). When Senator Holt's sister, Jane (Holt) Chase, died in 1952, the couple adopted her son, David. After the Holts returned to West Virginia in 1941, Holt stayed involved in politics by accepting speaking engagements. ","During the remainder of the 1940s, Holt ran several times for state offices with modest success. He was elected to the State House of Delegates in 1942 and was reelected in 1944 by write-in vote and 1946 without opposition. After a failed attempt to win the West Virginia Democratic gubernatorial nomination in 1944 and the nomination for United States Senator in 1948, Holt changed political affiliation. Despite this, his lack of success to achieve positions beyond the House of Delegates continued. In 1950, he won the Republican nomination to represent West Virginia's Third District in the United States House of Representatives but lost in the general election, and in 1952 Holt came very close to winning the race for West Virginia governor as the Republican candidate but lost to William Marland by fewer than 30,000 votes. Success returned in 1954 when Holt was elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates by the voters of Lewis County, but he was unable to finish his term due to illness.","Holt died on February 8, 1955 after a long, tough campaign against cancer.","Chronological List of Events:","June 19, 1905: born","1920: graduated from high school","1920-1922: attended West Virginia University","1922-1924: attended Salem College, received a BA degree ","1924-1925: taught English and history and served as athletic director at Bedford High School in Virginia","1925-1928: served as athletic director and basketball coach at St. Patrick's High School (Catholic school) in Weston, West Virginia; taught history as a part-time instructor at Glenville Normal School and Salem College; and contributed sport columns to daily West Virginia newspapers","1928: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates, lost by 500 votes ","1930: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates, won by 2,150 votes, served from 1931-1935 ","1934: ran as a Democrat for the United States Senate and won despite being only twenty-nine years old","1939: served as a member of the United States delegation to the Interparliamentary Conference in Oslo, Norway","1940: ran for renomination to the Senate, failed to win the primary election","1941: married Helen Louise Froelich","1942: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates and won, reelected in 1944, 1946, and 1948, served until 1950.","1944: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia gubernatorial nomination but was unsuccessful  ","1945: birth of Helen Jane Holt","1948: birth of Rush Dew Holt, Jr.","1948: ran as a Democrat for the United States Senate nomination but was unsuccessful ","1948: switched political affiliation to the Republican Party ","1952: ran as the Republican candidate for West Virginia Governor but lost to William Marland by fewer than 30,000 votes","1954: ran as a Republican for the West Virginia House of Delegates and won","February 8, 1955: death ","Sources:","Coffey, William Ellis.  Rush Dew Holt: The Boy Senator.  Dissertation, West Virginia University, 1970. ","A\u0026M 0873, Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries.  ","1858, 3001, 3943, 4039, 4218, 4386","Papers of Rush Dew Holt, Sr. (1905-1955) relating to his personal and political activities. Types of material include publications, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera, among others. The collection is divided into six series: Personal and Political Papers (1840-2000 and undated) includes correspondence; invitations and cards; material representing campaign activities; and material from college courses, among other material that represents Rush Holt's personal life and political career; and ephemera collected by Rush Holt. Artifacts (1939-1952 and undated) includes personal and political items collected by Rush Holt. Legislative Records (1920-1955 and undated) includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, statistics, transcripts, financial records, and project records, among other miscellaneous material relative to Rush Holt's committee-based and general legislative activity. Constituent Services (1923-1954 and undated) includes mail received by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate from constituents providing political opinions to Holt or requesting government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, educational material, and Rush Holt's recommendation to the United States Military or Naval Academy. Press and Media Activity (1925-2003 and undated) includes original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications, typescripts of press releases, pen-and-ink drawn political cartoons, transcripts of speeches, and sound recordings, among other material representing Rush Holt's involvement with the press and media. Administrative Files (1937-1940) includes material documenting the daily office activities of Rush Holt and his staff during the former's senatorial term.","The collection is divided into six series as follows:","Series 1. Personal and Political Papers; 1840-2000 and undated (bulk 1918-1955)","Includes material related to Rush Holt's personal, family, and political life. Additional material related to his work in politics can be found in Series 3 through 6. Types of material include correspondence; invitations and cards; material representing campaign activities; material from college courses; bills for recordings, radio station receipts, and election expenditures; typescripts, newsletters, manuscripts, and photocopies of material written by Rush Holt; publications to which Rush Holt subscribed and collected; photographs that represent Rush Holt's personal life and political career; ephemera collected by Rush Holt; and election results collected by Rush Holt.","Series 2. Artifacts; 1939-1952 and undated","Includes personal and political items collected by Rush Holt.","Series 3. Legislative Records; 1920-1955 and undated","Includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, statistics, transcripts, financial records, and project records, among other miscellaneous material relative to Rush Holt's committee-based and general legislative activity.","Series 4. Constituent Services; 1923-1954 and undated","Includes mail received by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate from constituents requesting government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, educational material, and Rush Holt's recommendation to the United States Military or Naval Academy. In some cases, this series also includes typescript responses, many of which are generic.","Series 5. Press and Media Activity; 1925-2003 and undated (bulk 1925-1955)","Includes original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications, typescripts of press releases, pen-and-ink drawn political cartoons, transcripts of speeches, and sound recordings, among other material representing Rush Holt's involvement with the press and media.    ","Series 6. Administrative Files; 1937-1940","Includes material documenting the daily office activities of Rush Holt and his staff during the former's senatorial term.   ","Includes material related to Rush Holt's personal, family, and political life. Additional material related to his work in politics can be found in Series 3 through 6. Types of material include correspondence; invitations and cards; material representing campaign activities; material from college courses; bills for recordings, radio station receipts, and election expenditures; typescripts, newsletters, manuscripts, and photocopies of material written by Rush Holt; publications to which Rush Holt subscribed and collected; photographs that represent Rush Holt's personal life and political career; ephemera collected by Rush Holt; and election results collected by Rush Holt.","Includes correspondence relating to the personal and political issues of Rush Holt's life. "," Because of different original series of correspondence, in addition to maintaining this original order, the material of this series, as a whole, is not in chronological order. "," Personal correspondence topics include Rush Holt's marriage to Helen Louise Froelich, family matters such as births and deaths, holidays, Rush Holt's illness, and general correspondence with family and friends, among others."," Political correspondence topics include an anti-lynching bill which is represented by letters between Rush Holt and Walter White, former secretary for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; the United Mine Workers of America which is represented by correspondence between Rush Holt and Frank Miley, former president of the United Mine Workers of America, District 31; and the seating issue from when Rush Holt was first elected to the Senate; among others."," Other prominent correspondents/subjects of correspondence include Joe Alderson, former WPA Director in Lewis County, West Virginia; Van A. Bittner, former president of United Mine Workers Association District 12; James A. Farley, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee; and Frank Miley, former president of the United Mine Workers of America, District 31, among others. "," Items of note include political-related correspondence with Spencer Bonaventure Tracey (located in box 229, folder 7), Louise B. Mayer (located in box 229, folder 8), Walt Disney (located in box 229, folder 9), and James Cagney (located in box 229, folder 11). Other items of note include a poem titled Rejected (not Holt's) that is set in Hell and portrays President Franklin D. Roosevelt as a sinner (located in box 238, folder 3), and a letter from President Harry S. Truman (located in box 357, folder 1)."," For correspondence directly related to Rush Holt's campaigns, please see Series 1. Personal and Political Papers—Campaign Material."," For Utility Investigating Committee-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—West Virginia House of Delegates Utility Investigating Committee"," For Government Costs Committee-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—West Virginia House of Delegates State Government Costs Committee."," For Interstate Cooperation Commission-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—West Virginia House of Delegates Interstate Cooperation Commission. "," For Works Progress Administration-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—Works Progress Administration.","Includes invitations and cards retained by Rush Holt. Also includes a small subset of Holt's responses."," Invitations represent both public and private events including graduations, weddings, and dinners, among others."," Cards are inclusive of general greeting cards, sympathy cards for the deaths of Rush Holt's parents, and get-well cards."," Significant items include invitations to attend events at the White House (located in box 312, folder 10) and an invitation to attend the 1939 World's Fair (located in box 340, folder 5)."," Included in this series are letters and telegrams that are interleaved with cards and that possess a similar theme.","Includes material representing Rush Holt's activities during his political campaigns for West Virginia and national offices."," Types of material include broadsides, correspondence, newspaper mats, publicity releases, and speeches, among others."," Items of note include certificates of election for the West Virginia House of Delegates (located in box 369, folder 1).","Includes Rush Holt's diploma from Weston High School and material from LaSalle Extension University Law and Practical Accounting courses in which Rush Holt enrolled."," Types of material include coursework, examinations, and records of final grades."," An item of note is Rush Holt's high school diploma (located in box 1, folder 6).","Includes bills for recordings, radio station receipts, and election expenditures information that Rush Holt retained."," For the sound recordings mentioned in this material in addition to other recordings by Rush Holt, please see Series 5. Press and Media Activity--Recordings.","Includes typescripts, newsletters, manuscripts, and photocopies of newspaper articles written by Rush Holt."," Typescripts include  Facts and Figures  (numbers 1-224) and  Politics in West Virginia  (numbers 1-118). These serial publications are also partially represented by the photocopied articles.  Facts and Figures  appears to be a regular column that Holt wrote from 1947 through 1953, though perhaps not continuously."," Copies of  The West Virginia Taxpayer , a newsletter written and published by Rush Holt, are also included and span from December 1948 to November 1954. Correspondence regarding support for this publication can be found in Series 4. Constituent Services—General Constituent Mail."," Manuscripts by Rush Holt include  Who's Who Among the War Mongers: Merchants of Death and Their Stooges  (located in box 306, folders 1 and 2),  The British Network: A Study of Fifth Column Activities in the United States  (located in box 306, folders 3 and 4), and  The President Moves Toward War  (located in box 339, folders 4 and 5).","Includes publications such as magazines, newsletters, bulletins, brochures, and pamphlets, among other types of publications to which Rush Holt subscribed and collected."," Topics include neutrality, war propaganda, taxes, and utilities, among others."," Publications include Uncensored, Social Justice, Public Assistance, West Virginia utility reports, and tax publications from different states, among others."," An item of note is the photocopied section of Sherwood Anderson's Puzzled America that mentions Rush Holt (located in box 370, folder 10). A copy of the whole book is available through West Virginia University's Downtown Library (call number: E806.A652 1970).","Includes photographs that represent Rush Holt's personal life and political career. Photographs depict Rush Holt and his family, among other prominent individuals."," Personal life photographs include Rush Holt's and Helen Louise Froelich's wedding and photographs taken of Rush Holt and his family during holidays and other special occasions."," Political career photographs comprise the majority of this series and represent occasions such as sessions of the West Virginia Legislature, political conventions, and campaign events including Dwight Eisenhower's \"Whistle Stop\" presidential campaign through West Virginia (located in box 370, folder 13), among others."," Prominent individuals include James Farley, former postmaster general during the first two administrations of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (signed photograph located in box 1, folder 1); individuals involved with WCHS News, including Ron Edwards; and former Vice President John N. Garner (signed photograph located in box 370, folder 16), among other politicians."," For additional photographs of Rush Holt, please see the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center's digitized OnView collection.","Includes items collected by Rush Holt such as personal nameplates, political and historical ephemera, tickets to events, and personal items, among others."," Political and historical ephemera includes an \"America First\" ribbon (located in box 341, folder 2), a campaign ribbon from the 1840 Van Buren and Johnson election (located in box 341, folder 2), and a Confederate ten dollar bill (located in box 341, folder 2)."," Tickets to events are representative of commencements and sporting events in West Virginia, the premiere of Disney's  Fantasia  in Washington, D.C., and the 1952 Republican National Convention, among others."," Personal items include material from a fraternity to which Rush Holt belonged, items (pictures, cards, licenses) from his wallets, and material from a Bible class Rush Holt taught."," The wallets from which the personal pictures, cards, and licenses were removed are located in Series 2. Artifacts.","Includes miscellaneous material collected by Rush Holt.","Types of material include newspaper clippings, reports, publications, and correspondence, and election-related records, among others.","Topics include other senators (e.g., Joe Guffey of Pennsylvania and H. D. Hatfield of West Virginia), labor, railroads, and the Supreme Court, among others.","Items of note include a certificate confirming Rush Holt's initiation into the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (located in box 1, loose); maps that detail election results for different offices including governor, House of Delegates, etc. in West Virginia (located in box 147, folder 8); Rush Holt's diary (located in box 166, folder 1), material relating to John L. Lewis and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (located in box 151, folders 1 to 3); a list of individuals who have sat in the same Senate desk that Rush Holt did (located in box 369, folder 13); a prayer authored by Rush Holt (located in box 372, folder 7); and material relating to the Rush Holt Endowment at West Virginia University (located in box 372, folder 8).","Includes election material collected by Holt, such as facsimile abstracts of votes, primary election results, lists of voters, and more. The main geographical focus is Lewis County, WV.","Includes personal and political items collected by Rush Holt."," Items of note include a personalized \"Holt for Governor\" license plate and a senatorial campaign button (located in box 374), a \"liberty\" embroidered cloth (located in box 4), and a West Virginia state flag (located in box 4).","Includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, statistics, transcripts, financial records, and project records, among other miscellaneous material relative to Rush Holt's committee-based and general legislative activity."," For records of speeches delivered in the West Virginia Legislature and the United States Senate, please see Series 5. Press and Media Activity—Speeches."," It should be noted that there exists a gap in the legislative records; thus, Rush Holt's senatorial papers are not represented as completely as those from the West Virginia House of Delegates. For material pertaining to the senatorial years, please refer to the Miscellaneous section of this series, or check the Records of the U.S. Senate at the National Archives and Records Administration.","Includes correspondence, reports, and clippings bearing primarily upon Rush Holt's activities as chairman of the Utility Investigating Committee "," The material is representative of Rush Holt's interaction with and study of utility companies throughout West Virginia and the United States."," Topics include gas, electricity, fuel rates, and municipal-owned utilities, among others."," Material of note includes testimonies of utility representatives during special hearings to examine the costs of state utilities. These hearings were held in Charleston, West Virginia between February 6, 1933 and April 11, 1933 (located in box 177, folder 1 to box 180, folder 4).","Includes correspondence, statistics, reports, and transcripts relative to Rush Holt's activity with the Government Costs Committee."," Correspondence includes letters sent and received by Rush Holt regarding expenditures for West Virginia and other states. "," Statistics and reports include information sent to and gathered by Rush Holt regarding state-owned cars in West Virginia."," Institutions and departments represented include the Department of Agriculture, West Virginia University, Huntington State Hospital, the Department of Mines, and the State Road Commission, among others."," The transcript document testimonies in the February 5 to March 1, 1943 hearings to investigate the cost of state government for which Rush Holt served as chairman. Entities represented by the testimonies include the Publicity Commission, the Bureau of Negro Welfare, the Road Commission, and the Labor Department, among others.","Includes financial records requested by and maintained by Rush Holt during his time as a member of the Interstate Cooperation Commission."," Types of records include correspondence, financial and payroll statistics, and budgetary reports, among others."," Entities represented include departments of state, governmental offices of state, educational institutions (including West Virginia University), and hospitals, among others.","Includes correspondence, payroll records, project records, and other miscellaneous material relative to the activities of the Works Progress Administration that Rush Holt gathered. It should be noted that while he was not an administrator of the Works Progress Administration, Rush Holt used his legislative position to discover and draw attention to the organization that he believed had been corrupted."," Correspondence is comprised of letters to and from Rush Holt concerning the status of projects in West Virginia counties. Also included are incoming letters from around the United States relating to Holt's speeches, actions, and beliefs concerning the Works Progress Administration."," Payroll records include copies of salaries received for positions of different projects in West Virginia counties. These records include location information, project numbers, position titles, and salary amounts."," Project records include information relating to the cost of rentals, supplies, and bids, among other project expenditures.","Includes typescripts, statistics, publications, reports, and other miscellaneous records pertaining to Rush Holt's legislative activity.","Topics represented by the material include municipal operations, education, neutrality, and immigration, among others.","Records of note include copies of the West  Virginia Legislature Journal  for the 1944 first extraordinary session of the state's House of Delegates and Senate (located in box 339, folder 14), a five-year plan for West Virginia highways (located in box 294, folder 6), and annual reports written and sent to the West Virginia Public Service Commission (located in box 296, folder 2 to box 297, folder 2)."," Additional correspondence related to Holt's legislative activity, and more general political topics, can be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers—Correspondence and Miscellaneous.","Includes mail received by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate from constituents requesting government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, educational material, and Rush Holt's recommendation to the United States Military or Naval Academy. In some cases, this series also includes typescript responses, many of which are generic.","Includes constituent mail received and sent by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate. ","Because of different original series of correspondence (including general correspondence, second copies, and correspondence sorted by topic), in addition to maintaining this original order, the material of this series, as a whole, is not in chronological order. It should also be noted that the letters that have been sorted by topic are not a complete representation of that subject. ","Topics include World War II, neutrality, political issues (such as the Supreme Court proposed alteration, Rush Holt's age at the time of his election to the Senate, presidential third terms, etc.), state construction projects (such as roads and infrastructure), and state programs and relief efforts for issues such as the 1936 silicosis incident in West Virginia, among others.","General correspondence is arranged chronologically, then foldered by first letter of last name. It includes basic requests for material, facts, or brief opinions. Copies of typescript responses are stapled to the original constituent letter. ","Second copies correspondence is arranged chronologically, but it contains only the typescript copies of Rush Holt's responses. For some, the first copy typescript and original letter are located in general correspondence; however, others are not. ","Supreme Court correspondence is organized into two groups: Individuals for and against the proposed change. Attached to the initial letters from constituents is Rush Holt's response, and for those against the change, there are also form letters offering a publication commemorating the 150th anniversary of the first congressional meeting. ","There are also a few boxes of  West Virginia Taxpayer  correspondence that include outgoing typescript copies of letters, mostly letters of thanks and solicitation for donations/subscription to support Holt's newsletter/publication, the  West Virginia Taxpayer . There is a small amount of incoming correspondence as well. Copies of this publication can be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers, Publications."," For an example of a constituent mail log, please see Series 6. Administrative Files."," Additional constituent mail may also be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers—Correspondence.","Includes copies of correspondence between Rush Holt and constituents asking for the former's recommendation to the United States Military Academy (West Point) or Naval Academy (Annapolis).","Includes constituent letters asking for government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, and educational material. The material is generally separated by date and state or correspondent."," Requests for government publications and bulletins include a mixture of educational and personal use requests for publications such as the  Agricultural Yearbook  and the  Farmer's Bulletin . Also included are requests for publications about political topics (e.g. a presidential third term)."," Requests for speeches include letters from constituents reflecting their opinions about Rush Holt's speeches in addition to asking for copies. Topics of speeches requested include World War II (particularly the \"Youth Faces War\" and \"Keep America Neutral\" speeches), the Works Progress Administration, the Supreme Court issue, the Conscription bill, and the Burke-Wardsworth bill, among others. "," Requests for educational material are primarily from teachers and students asking Rush Holt for material to support curriculum activities. Subjects represented include vocational school topics and issues, West Virginia and United States geography, and United States commerce, among others.","Includes original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications, typescripts of press releases, pen-and-ink drawn political cartoons, transcripts of speeches, and sound recordings, among other material representing Rush Holt's involvement with the press and media.","Includes both original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications retained by Rush Holt. Entire issues are also included in this series. Some clippings have been pasted into scrapbooks."," Topics represented are a combination of personal and political interests. "," Personal topics include Rush Holt's wedding to Helen Louise Froelich, the Holt family, and the Rush Holt History Conference at West Virginia University (1998-2003), among others."," Political topics include Rush Holt's campaigns and elections, the Congress of Industrial Organizations, the Works Progress Administration, and neutrality issues, among others.","Includes copies of typed press releases regarding speeches delivered by Rush Holt, or those with similar opinions, throughout his political career. "," Topics addressed include neutrality, foreign policy, social security, and the presidential third term issue, among others.","Includes pen and ink drawings by a variety of artists for political cartoons documenting news issues of the day including the West Virginia politics, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, World War II, and isolationism, among others."," Twenty-three of these cartoons were used for a campaign booklet advocating Rush Holt's candidacy for governor of West Virginia (1952)."," To see digitized copies of these Holt political cartoons, please visit the Rush Holt Political Cartoons digital collection: https://holt.lib.wvu.edu/?utf8=%E2%9C%93\u0026search_field=all_fields\u0026q.","Includes material documenting the daily office activities of Rush Holt and his staff during the former's senatorial term. "," Types of material include daily reports, lists of letters received requesting information, and records of work performed by the office staff. "," Daily reports document visits, appointments, and calls to Rush Holt's office for the periods of December 6, 1937 to December 31, 1938, the entire year of 1939, and January 3, 1940 to November 9, 1940."," Lists of letters received provide a chronological register of constituents' writings to Rush Holt between 1939 and 1940. It should be noted, however, that these records provide only basic information and do not indicate the subject of the correspondence. "," Records of work performed provide documentation of tasks completed by Rush Holt's Senate office employees. It should be noted that these records, while detailed, are limited to the first half of 1940 (January to June). "," For an example of outgoing political form letters, mass mailings, and mailing lists, see Series 4. Constituent Services—General Constituent Mail (boxes 291 and 292).","Ephemeral items not specific to Rush Dew Holt were moved to the Printed Ephemera Collection. Several local basketball scorecards were moved to A\u0026M 4216, the Annual West Virginia State High School Basketball Tournament Programs collection.","17 reels of undated sound recordings, chiefly relating to the political career of Rush Dew Holt, were separated to the oral history collection, C432 R699-R715 (17 tapes). These tapes include some personal material as well.","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the  Permissions and Copyright page  on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.","Papers of Rush Dew Holt, Sr. (1905-1955) relating to his personal and political activities. Types of material include publications, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera, among others. The collection is divided into six series: Personal and Political Papers (1840-2000 and undated), Artifacts (1939-1952 and undated), Legislative Records (1920-1955 and undated), Constituent Services (1923-1954 and undated), Press and Media Activity (1925-2003 and undated), and Administrative Files (1937-1940).","West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. 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","In an attempt to organize the collections in a more coherent fashion for patron use and to reflect the creator(s) in a more concise manner, the material was reevaluated and reorganized into the three sets of papers with distinct series and subseries: A\u0026M 873: Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers; A\u0026M 1858: Helen Holt (1913-2015) Papers; and A\u0026M 4218: Rush Dew Holt Family Papers.","Because of the 2016-2017 reorganization, the physical arrangement no longer matches the intellectual arrangement and series order. Furthermore, any box and folder citations created prior to the above-mentioned project are likely no longer accurate. ","For assistance locating material using an older citation, please ask a staff member of the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center.    "],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRush Dew Holt was born in Weston, West Virginia, on June 19, 1905 to parents, Dr. Matthew S. Holt and Chihela (Dew) Holt. From an early age, Holt displayed scholarly potential. By age three, he was able to read first-grade primers, and eventually became interested in numerous topics for which he was able to provide detailed statistics. Among these interests was politics, and by age six, Holt had decided he would become a Democrat.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe potential displayed by Holt as a child continued into his school years. At age five, he began public education in the second grade, and he skipped grades on two more occasions. He attended Weston High School, and after graduating with honors at age fourteen, Holt applied to the University of Cincinnati; however, the register rejected the application because Holt, while academically qualified, was considered too young. Not one to admit defeat, a trait that would prove to be a lifelong characteristic, Holt turned to West Virginia University where he was accepted. As the youngest member of the freshman class, Holt found it difficult to obtain full acceptance as a college student, and his academic record reflected his apparent dissatisfaction. After two years at West Virginia University, Holt transferred to Salem College where the enrollment was smaller (approximately 300 students) and where he was able to live with his uncle, Professor Samuel Dew. It was at Salem College that Holt regained his self-confidence. His academic performance improved, and he maintained a B-plus average. In addition to academics, Holt excelled on the debate team. He was the editor-in-chief of the school paper, and he managed the tennis team.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn 1924, Holt received a Bachelor of Arts Degree and qualification to teach at secondary schools. Shortly after his graduation, he was hired to teach at Bedford High School in Virginia where he taught English and history in addition to serving as the school's athletic director. After one academic year, Holt returned to Weston, West Virginia, where he took a position at St. Patrick's High School as the athletic director. Holt also coached the basketball team with abundant success, leading the team to two national tournaments for Catholic schools. During this time, Holt also taught history as a part-time instructor at Glenville Normal School and Salem College, but his fascination with athletics persisted. In addition to coaching and occasional officiating, Holt also began writing about sports. Eventually, he began to contribute columns to daily West Virginia newspapers.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBy the late 1920s, Holt was attracted to the political environment, and he began to contribute to candidates who were friends of and/or who shared the views of his father. In the summer of 1928, Holt went one step further by announcing his candidacy as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates. Despite Lewis County having been predominately Republican, in addition to not having received significant party backing, Holt still obtained a higher-than-expected amount of support, losing his race by only 500 votes. Once again, however, Holt would not admit defeat. In 1930 Holt again announced his candidacy for the West Virginia House of Delegates. During the campaign, he visited locations all around Lewis County, spoke to anyone who would listen, and ensured that the grievances such as those concerning government cost, increased taxes, and the power of privately owned public utilities would all be addressed. As expected with any campaign, Holt received criticism, and those who opposed him likened the young politician to his father who they declared was a radical, a socialist, and an atheist. Despite the scornful claims, Holt, by a margin of 2,150 votes, was elected to his first public office as a Democrat to the West Virginia Legislature where he served from 1931-1935. During his years as a delegate, as promised during his campaign, Holt spoke out against corrupt practices such as government spending, an issue he addressed not even a week into the 1931 session. In addition to debating issues in the House, Holt also wrote to state supported universities, highway commissioners, and auditors in West Virginia and numerous other states to gather financial figures concerning spending, salaries, and taxes among others. Holt also began an investigation in 1931 to uncover rates, operating costs, and profits of privately and publically owned utility companies. All of these endeavors were only the first chapter in Holt's political career.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBy 1934 he had gained the political support and the backing of union workers which was enough to defeat incumbent United States Senator Henry Hatfield. At age twenty-nine, Holt became the youngest person to win a United States Senate seat; however, there was immediate criticism. No sooner had the votes been tallied before a protest was filed concerning Holt's credentials: the fact that he had run for an office when he had not been of the required age. In addition to discontent within his own state, Holt also received overwhelming opposition in Washington, D.C. from Senate Republicans who threatened to object on the grounds of the constitutional age requirement. Despite the criticism, Holt's election was not overturned; however, he had to wait until he turned thirty, over five months after the Seventy-forth Congress had convened, before he could participate in senatorial proceedings.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJust as he had been active in the West Virginia Legislature, Holt did not hesitate to address both major and minor issues on Capitol Hill either. During his time in the Senate, Holt served on several committees including Education and Labor, Immigration, Mines and Mining, Naval Affairs, and Post Offices and Post Roads. He also served as a member of the United States delegation to the 1939 Interparliamentary Conference in Oslo, Norway.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAlthough Holt had once been referred to as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's \"Golden Boy,\" such alliances and the policies that had formed them began to dissolve by 1936. He became estranged from fellow Democrat and West Virginian Senator Matthew Neely, and Holt ended his support for the United Mine Workers of America and the Works Progress Administration, the latter of which he claimed was corrupt. Eventually, Holt criticized the Roosevelt administration for its New Deal policies, he adamantly fought Roosevelt's attempt to alter the Supreme Court by changing the number of sitting justices from nine to twelve, and he spoke out against the proposition of allowing a presidential third term. Furthermore, as unrest began in Europe with Germany's invasion of Poland, Holt campaigned against any attempts by the administration to involve the United States in the War. The responses from constituents about Holt's actions were mixed; nevertheless, the young senator's sudden change led to his unsuccessful renomination attempt in 1940. Holt did not even make it past the primary election.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAfter his Senate term ended, Holt remained in Washington, D.C. and began to support himself as a lecturer and a writer of political issues, particularly neutrality for which he received the support of the America First Committee. It was also during this time that Holt met Helen Louise Froelich, a biology teacher at National Park College near Washington. They were married a year later and moved to West Virginia. The couple had two children: a daughter, Helen Jane Holt (born in 1945) and a son, Rush Dew Holt, Jr. (born in 1948). When Senator Holt's sister, Jane (Holt) Chase, died in 1952, the couple adopted her son, David. After the Holts returned to West Virginia in 1941, Holt stayed involved in politics by accepting speaking engagements. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDuring the remainder of the 1940s, Holt ran several times for state offices with modest success. He was elected to the State House of Delegates in 1942 and was reelected in 1944 by write-in vote and 1946 without opposition. After a failed attempt to win the West Virginia Democratic gubernatorial nomination in 1944 and the nomination for United States Senator in 1948, Holt changed political affiliation. Despite this, his lack of success to achieve positions beyond the House of Delegates continued. In 1950, he won the Republican nomination to represent West Virginia's Third District in the United States House of Representatives but lost in the general election, and in 1952 Holt came very close to winning the race for West Virginia governor as the Republican candidate but lost to William Marland by fewer than 30,000 votes. Success returned in 1954 when Holt was elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates by the voters of Lewis County, but he was unable to finish his term due to illness.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHolt died on February 8, 1955 after a long, tough campaign against cancer.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eChronological List of Events:\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJune 19, 1905: born\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1920: graduated from high school\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1920-1922: attended West Virginia University\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1922-1924: attended Salem College, received a BA degree \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1924-1925: taught English and history and served as athletic director at Bedford High School in Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1925-1928: served as athletic director and basketball coach at St. Patrick's High School (Catholic school) in Weston, West Virginia; taught history as a part-time instructor at Glenville Normal School and Salem College; and contributed sport columns to daily West Virginia newspapers\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1928: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates, lost by 500 votes \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1930: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates, won by 2,150 votes, served from 1931-1935 \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1934: ran as a Democrat for the United States Senate and won despite being only twenty-nine years old\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1939: served as a member of the United States delegation to the Interparliamentary Conference in Oslo, Norway\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1940: ran for renomination to the Senate, failed to win the primary election\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1941: married Helen Louise Froelich\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1942: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates and won, reelected in 1944, 1946, and 1948, served until 1950.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1944: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia gubernatorial nomination but was unsuccessful  \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1945: birth of Helen Jane Holt\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1948: birth of Rush Dew Holt, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1948: ran as a Democrat for the United States Senate nomination but was unsuccessful \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1948: switched political affiliation to the Republican Party \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1952: ran as the Republican candidate for West Virginia Governor but lost to William Marland by fewer than 30,000 votes\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1954: ran as a Republican for the West Virginia House of Delegates and won\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFebruary 8, 1955: death \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSources:\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCoffey, William Ellis. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eRush Dew Holt: The Boy Senator.\u003c/emph\u003e Dissertation, West Virginia University, 1970. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eA\u0026amp;M 0873, Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries.  \u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Rush Dew Holt was born in Weston, West Virginia, on June 19, 1905 to parents, Dr. Matthew S. Holt and Chihela (Dew) Holt. From an early age, Holt displayed scholarly potential. By age three, he was able to read first-grade primers, and eventually became interested in numerous topics for which he was able to provide detailed statistics. Among these interests was politics, and by age six, Holt had decided he would become a Democrat.","The potential displayed by Holt as a child continued into his school years. At age five, he began public education in the second grade, and he skipped grades on two more occasions. He attended Weston High School, and after graduating with honors at age fourteen, Holt applied to the University of Cincinnati; however, the register rejected the application because Holt, while academically qualified, was considered too young. Not one to admit defeat, a trait that would prove to be a lifelong characteristic, Holt turned to West Virginia University where he was accepted. As the youngest member of the freshman class, Holt found it difficult to obtain full acceptance as a college student, and his academic record reflected his apparent dissatisfaction. After two years at West Virginia University, Holt transferred to Salem College where the enrollment was smaller (approximately 300 students) and where he was able to live with his uncle, Professor Samuel Dew. It was at Salem College that Holt regained his self-confidence. His academic performance improved, and he maintained a B-plus average. In addition to academics, Holt excelled on the debate team. He was the editor-in-chief of the school paper, and he managed the tennis team.","In 1924, Holt received a Bachelor of Arts Degree and qualification to teach at secondary schools. Shortly after his graduation, he was hired to teach at Bedford High School in Virginia where he taught English and history in addition to serving as the school's athletic director. After one academic year, Holt returned to Weston, West Virginia, where he took a position at St. Patrick's High School as the athletic director. Holt also coached the basketball team with abundant success, leading the team to two national tournaments for Catholic schools. During this time, Holt also taught history as a part-time instructor at Glenville Normal School and Salem College, but his fascination with athletics persisted. In addition to coaching and occasional officiating, Holt also began writing about sports. Eventually, he began to contribute columns to daily West Virginia newspapers.","By the late 1920s, Holt was attracted to the political environment, and he began to contribute to candidates who were friends of and/or who shared the views of his father. In the summer of 1928, Holt went one step further by announcing his candidacy as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates. Despite Lewis County having been predominately Republican, in addition to not having received significant party backing, Holt still obtained a higher-than-expected amount of support, losing his race by only 500 votes. Once again, however, Holt would not admit defeat. In 1930 Holt again announced his candidacy for the West Virginia House of Delegates. During the campaign, he visited locations all around Lewis County, spoke to anyone who would listen, and ensured that the grievances such as those concerning government cost, increased taxes, and the power of privately owned public utilities would all be addressed. As expected with any campaign, Holt received criticism, and those who opposed him likened the young politician to his father who they declared was a radical, a socialist, and an atheist. Despite the scornful claims, Holt, by a margin of 2,150 votes, was elected to his first public office as a Democrat to the West Virginia Legislature where he served from 1931-1935. During his years as a delegate, as promised during his campaign, Holt spoke out against corrupt practices such as government spending, an issue he addressed not even a week into the 1931 session. In addition to debating issues in the House, Holt also wrote to state supported universities, highway commissioners, and auditors in West Virginia and numerous other states to gather financial figures concerning spending, salaries, and taxes among others. Holt also began an investigation in 1931 to uncover rates, operating costs, and profits of privately and publically owned utility companies. All of these endeavors were only the first chapter in Holt's political career.","By 1934 he had gained the political support and the backing of union workers which was enough to defeat incumbent United States Senator Henry Hatfield. At age twenty-nine, Holt became the youngest person to win a United States Senate seat; however, there was immediate criticism. No sooner had the votes been tallied before a protest was filed concerning Holt's credentials: the fact that he had run for an office when he had not been of the required age. In addition to discontent within his own state, Holt also received overwhelming opposition in Washington, D.C. from Senate Republicans who threatened to object on the grounds of the constitutional age requirement. Despite the criticism, Holt's election was not overturned; however, he had to wait until he turned thirty, over five months after the Seventy-forth Congress had convened, before he could participate in senatorial proceedings.","Just as he had been active in the West Virginia Legislature, Holt did not hesitate to address both major and minor issues on Capitol Hill either. During his time in the Senate, Holt served on several committees including Education and Labor, Immigration, Mines and Mining, Naval Affairs, and Post Offices and Post Roads. He also served as a member of the United States delegation to the 1939 Interparliamentary Conference in Oslo, Norway.","Although Holt had once been referred to as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's \"Golden Boy,\" such alliances and the policies that had formed them began to dissolve by 1936. He became estranged from fellow Democrat and West Virginian Senator Matthew Neely, and Holt ended his support for the United Mine Workers of America and the Works Progress Administration, the latter of which he claimed was corrupt. Eventually, Holt criticized the Roosevelt administration for its New Deal policies, he adamantly fought Roosevelt's attempt to alter the Supreme Court by changing the number of sitting justices from nine to twelve, and he spoke out against the proposition of allowing a presidential third term. Furthermore, as unrest began in Europe with Germany's invasion of Poland, Holt campaigned against any attempts by the administration to involve the United States in the War. The responses from constituents about Holt's actions were mixed; nevertheless, the young senator's sudden change led to his unsuccessful renomination attempt in 1940. Holt did not even make it past the primary election.","After his Senate term ended, Holt remained in Washington, D.C. and began to support himself as a lecturer and a writer of political issues, particularly neutrality for which he received the support of the America First Committee. It was also during this time that Holt met Helen Louise Froelich, a biology teacher at National Park College near Washington. They were married a year later and moved to West Virginia. The couple had two children: a daughter, Helen Jane Holt (born in 1945) and a son, Rush Dew Holt, Jr. (born in 1948). When Senator Holt's sister, Jane (Holt) Chase, died in 1952, the couple adopted her son, David. After the Holts returned to West Virginia in 1941, Holt stayed involved in politics by accepting speaking engagements. ","During the remainder of the 1940s, Holt ran several times for state offices with modest success. He was elected to the State House of Delegates in 1942 and was reelected in 1944 by write-in vote and 1946 without opposition. After a failed attempt to win the West Virginia Democratic gubernatorial nomination in 1944 and the nomination for United States Senator in 1948, Holt changed political affiliation. Despite this, his lack of success to achieve positions beyond the House of Delegates continued. In 1950, he won the Republican nomination to represent West Virginia's Third District in the United States House of Representatives but lost in the general election, and in 1952 Holt came very close to winning the race for West Virginia governor as the Republican candidate but lost to William Marland by fewer than 30,000 votes. Success returned in 1954 when Holt was elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates by the voters of Lewis County, but he was unable to finish his term due to illness.","Holt died on February 8, 1955 after a long, tough campaign against cancer.","Chronological List of Events:","June 19, 1905: born","1920: graduated from high school","1920-1922: attended West Virginia University","1922-1924: attended Salem College, received a BA degree ","1924-1925: taught English and history and served as athletic director at Bedford High School in Virginia","1925-1928: served as athletic director and basketball coach at St. Patrick's High School (Catholic school) in Weston, West Virginia; taught history as a part-time instructor at Glenville Normal School and Salem College; and contributed sport columns to daily West Virginia newspapers","1928: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates, lost by 500 votes ","1930: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates, won by 2,150 votes, served from 1931-1935 ","1934: ran as a Democrat for the United States Senate and won despite being only twenty-nine years old","1939: served as a member of the United States delegation to the Interparliamentary Conference in Oslo, Norway","1940: ran for renomination to the Senate, failed to win the primary election","1941: married Helen Louise Froelich","1942: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates and won, reelected in 1944, 1946, and 1948, served until 1950.","1944: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia gubernatorial nomination but was unsuccessful  ","1945: birth of Helen Jane Holt","1948: birth of Rush Dew Holt, Jr.","1948: ran as a Democrat for the United States Senate nomination but was unsuccessful ","1948: switched political affiliation to the Republican Party ","1952: ran as the Republican candidate for West Virginia Governor but lost to William Marland by fewer than 30,000 votes","1954: ran as a Republican for the West Virginia House of Delegates and won","February 8, 1955: death ","Sources:","Coffey, William Ellis.  Rush Dew Holt: The Boy Senator.  Dissertation, West Virginia University, 1970. ","A\u0026M 0873, Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries.  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The collection is divided into six series: Personal and Political Papers (1840-2000 and undated) includes correspondence; invitations and cards; material representing campaign activities; and material from college courses, among other material that represents Rush Holt's personal life and political career; and ephemera collected by Rush Holt. Artifacts (1939-1952 and undated) includes personal and political items collected by Rush Holt. Legislative Records (1920-1955 and undated) includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, statistics, transcripts, financial records, and project records, among other miscellaneous material relative to Rush Holt's committee-based and general legislative activity. Constituent Services (1923-1954 and undated) includes mail received by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate from constituents providing political opinions to Holt or requesting government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, educational material, and Rush Holt's recommendation to the United States Military or Naval Academy. Press and Media Activity (1925-2003 and undated) includes original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications, typescripts of press releases, pen-and-ink drawn political cartoons, transcripts of speeches, and sound recordings, among other material representing Rush Holt's involvement with the press and media. Administrative Files (1937-1940) includes material documenting the daily office activities of Rush Holt and his staff during the former's senatorial term.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe collection is divided into six series as follows:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 1. Personal and Political Papers; 1840-2000 and undated (bulk 1918-1955)\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIncludes material related to Rush Holt's personal, family, and political life. Additional material related to his work in politics can be found in Series 3 through 6. Types of material include correspondence; invitations and cards; material representing campaign activities; material from college courses; bills for recordings, radio station receipts, and election expenditures; typescripts, newsletters, manuscripts, and photocopies of material written by Rush Holt; publications to which Rush Holt subscribed and collected; photographs that represent Rush Holt's personal life and political career; ephemera collected by Rush Holt; and election results collected by Rush Holt.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 2. Artifacts; 1939-1952 and undated\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIncludes personal and political items collected by Rush Holt.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 3. Legislative Records; 1920-1955 and undated\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, statistics, transcripts, financial records, and project records, among other miscellaneous material relative to Rush Holt's committee-based and general legislative activity.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 4. Constituent Services; 1923-1954 and undated\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIncludes mail received by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate from constituents requesting government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, educational material, and Rush Holt's recommendation to the United States Military or Naval Academy. In some cases, this series also includes typescript responses, many of which are generic.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 5. Press and Media Activity; 1925-2003 and undated (bulk 1925-1955)\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIncludes original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications, typescripts of press releases, pen-and-ink drawn political cartoons, transcripts of speeches, and sound recordings, among other material representing Rush Holt's involvement with the press and media.    \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 6. Administrative Files; 1937-1940\u003c/emph\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIncludes material documenting the daily office activities of Rush Holt and his staff during the former's senatorial term.   \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes material related to Rush Holt's personal, family, and political life. Additional material related to his work in politics can be found in Series 3 through 6. Types of material include correspondence; invitations and cards; material representing campaign activities; material from college courses; bills for recordings, radio station receipts, and election expenditures; typescripts, newsletters, manuscripts, and photocopies of material written by Rush Holt; publications to which Rush Holt subscribed and collected; photographs that represent Rush Holt's personal life and political career; ephemera collected by Rush Holt; and election results collected by Rush Holt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence relating to the personal and political issues of Rush Holt's life. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Because of different original series of correspondence, in addition to maintaining this original order, the material of this series, as a whole, is not in chronological order. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Personal correspondence topics include Rush Holt's marriage to Helen Louise Froelich, family matters such as births and deaths, holidays, Rush Holt's illness, and general correspondence with family and friends, among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Political correspondence topics include an anti-lynching bill which is represented by letters between Rush Holt and Walter White, former secretary for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; the United Mine Workers of America which is represented by correspondence between Rush Holt and Frank Miley, former president of the United Mine Workers of America, District 31; and the seating issue from when Rush Holt was first elected to the Senate; among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Other prominent correspondents/subjects of correspondence include Joe Alderson, former WPA Director in Lewis County, West Virginia; Van A. Bittner, former president of United Mine Workers Association District 12; James A. Farley, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee; and Frank Miley, former president of the United Mine Workers of America, District 31, among others. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Items of note include political-related correspondence with Spencer Bonaventure Tracey (located in box 229, folder 7), Louise B. Mayer (located in box 229, folder 8), Walt Disney (located in box 229, folder 9), and James Cagney (located in box 229, folder 11). Other items of note include a poem titled Rejected (not Holt's) that is set in Hell and portrays President Franklin D. Roosevelt as a sinner (located in box 238, folder 3), and a letter from President Harry S. Truman (located in box 357, folder 1).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e For correspondence directly related to Rush Holt's campaigns, please see Series 1. Personal and Political Papers—Campaign Material.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e For Utility Investigating Committee-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—West Virginia House of Delegates Utility Investigating Committee\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e For Government Costs Committee-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—West Virginia House of Delegates State Government Costs Committee.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e For Interstate Cooperation Commission-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—West Virginia House of Delegates Interstate Cooperation Commission. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e For Works Progress Administration-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—Works Progress Administration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes invitations and cards retained by Rush Holt. Also includes a small subset of Holt's responses.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Invitations represent both public and private events including graduations, weddings, and dinners, among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Cards are inclusive of general greeting cards, sympathy cards for the deaths of Rush Holt's parents, and get-well cards.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Significant items include invitations to attend events at the White House (located in box 312, folder 10) and an invitation to attend the 1939 World's Fair (located in box 340, folder 5).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Included in this series are letters and telegrams that are interleaved with cards and that possess a similar theme.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes material representing Rush Holt's activities during his political campaigns for West Virginia and national offices.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Types of material include broadsides, correspondence, newspaper mats, publicity releases, and speeches, among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Items of note include certificates of election for the West Virginia House of Delegates (located in box 369, folder 1).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes Rush Holt's diploma from Weston High School and material from LaSalle Extension University Law and Practical Accounting courses in which Rush Holt enrolled.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Types of material include coursework, examinations, and records of final grades.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e An item of note is Rush Holt's high school diploma (located in box 1, folder 6).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes bills for recordings, radio station receipts, and election expenditures information that Rush Holt retained.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e For the sound recordings mentioned in this material in addition to other recordings by Rush Holt, please see Series 5. Press and Media Activity--Recordings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes typescripts, newsletters, manuscripts, and photocopies of newspaper articles written by Rush Holt.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Typescripts include \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eFacts and Figures\u003c/emph\u003e (numbers 1-224) and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003ePolitics in West Virginia\u003c/emph\u003e (numbers 1-118). These serial publications are also partially represented by the photocopied articles. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eFacts and Figures\u003c/emph\u003e appears to be a regular column that Holt wrote from 1947 through 1953, though perhaps not continuously.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Copies of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe West Virginia Taxpayer\u003c/emph\u003e, a newsletter written and published by Rush Holt, are also included and span from December 1948 to November 1954. Correspondence regarding support for this publication can be found in Series 4. Constituent Services—General Constituent Mail.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Manuscripts by Rush Holt include \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWho's Who Among the War Mongers: Merchants of Death and Their Stooges\u003c/emph\u003e (located in box 306, folders 1 and 2), \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe British Network: A Study of Fifth Column Activities in the United States\u003c/emph\u003e (located in box 306, folders 3 and 4), and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe President Moves Toward War\u003c/emph\u003e (located in box 339, folders 4 and 5).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes publications such as magazines, newsletters, bulletins, brochures, and pamphlets, among other types of publications to which Rush Holt subscribed and collected.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Topics include neutrality, war propaganda, taxes, and utilities, among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Publications include Uncensored, Social Justice, Public Assistance, West Virginia utility reports, and tax publications from different states, among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e An item of note is the photocopied section of Sherwood Anderson's Puzzled America that mentions Rush Holt (located in box 370, folder 10). A copy of the whole book is available through West Virginia University's Downtown Library (call number: E806.A652 1970).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes photographs that represent Rush Holt's personal life and political career. Photographs depict Rush Holt and his family, among other prominent individuals.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Personal life photographs include Rush Holt's and Helen Louise Froelich's wedding and photographs taken of Rush Holt and his family during holidays and other special occasions.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Political career photographs comprise the majority of this series and represent occasions such as sessions of the West Virginia Legislature, political conventions, and campaign events including Dwight Eisenhower's \"Whistle Stop\" presidential campaign through West Virginia (located in box 370, folder 13), among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Prominent individuals include James Farley, former postmaster general during the first two administrations of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (signed photograph located in box 1, folder 1); individuals involved with WCHS News, including Ron Edwards; and former Vice President John N. Garner (signed photograph located in box 370, folder 16), among other politicians.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e For additional photographs of Rush Holt, please see the West Virginia \u0026amp; Regional History Center's digitized OnView collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes items collected by Rush Holt such as personal nameplates, political and historical ephemera, tickets to events, and personal items, among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Political and historical ephemera includes an \"America First\" ribbon (located in box 341, folder 2), a campaign ribbon from the 1840 Van Buren and Johnson election (located in box 341, folder 2), and a Confederate ten dollar bill (located in box 341, folder 2).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Tickets to events are representative of commencements and sporting events in West Virginia, the premiere of Disney's \u003cemph renderrender=\"italic\"\u003eFantasia\u003c/emph\u003e in Washington, D.C., and the 1952 Republican National Convention, among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Personal items include material from a fraternity to which Rush Holt belonged, items (pictures, cards, licenses) from his wallets, and material from a Bible class Rush Holt taught.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e The wallets from which the personal pictures, cards, and licenses were removed are located in Series 2. Artifacts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes miscellaneous material collected by Rush Holt.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTypes of material include newspaper clippings, reports, publications, and correspondence, and election-related records, among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTopics include other senators (e.g., Joe Guffey of Pennsylvania and H. D. Hatfield of West Virginia), labor, railroads, and the Supreme Court, among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eItems of note include a certificate confirming Rush Holt's initiation into the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (located in box 1, loose); maps that detail election results for different offices including governor, House of Delegates, etc. in West Virginia (located in box 147, folder 8); Rush Holt's diary (located in box 166, folder 1), material relating to John L. Lewis and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (located in box 151, folders 1 to 3); a list of individuals who have sat in the same Senate desk that Rush Holt did (located in box 369, folder 13); a prayer authored by Rush Holt (located in box 372, folder 7); and material relating to the Rush Holt Endowment at West Virginia University (located in box 372, folder 8).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes election material collected by Holt, such as facsimile abstracts of votes, primary election results, lists of voters, and more. The main geographical focus is Lewis County, WV.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes personal and political items collected by Rush Holt.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Items of note include a personalized \"Holt for Governor\" license plate and a senatorial campaign button (located in box 374), a \"liberty\" embroidered cloth (located in box 4), and a West Virginia state flag (located in box 4).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, statistics, transcripts, financial records, and project records, among other miscellaneous material relative to Rush Holt's committee-based and general legislative activity.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e For records of speeches delivered in the West Virginia Legislature and the United States Senate, please see Series 5. Press and Media Activity—Speeches.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e It should be noted that there exists a gap in the legislative records; thus, Rush Holt's senatorial papers are not represented as completely as those from the West Virginia House of Delegates. For material pertaining to the senatorial years, please refer to the Miscellaneous section of this series, or check the Records of the U.S. Senate at the National Archives and Records Administration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, reports, and clippings bearing primarily upon Rush Holt's activities as chairman of the Utility Investigating Committee \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e The material is representative of Rush Holt's interaction with and study of utility companies throughout West Virginia and the United States.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Topics include gas, electricity, fuel rates, and municipal-owned utilities, among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Material of note includes testimonies of utility representatives during special hearings to examine the costs of state utilities. These hearings were held in Charleston, West Virginia between February 6, 1933 and April 11, 1933 (located in box 177, folder 1 to box 180, folder 4).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, statistics, reports, and transcripts relative to Rush Holt's activity with the Government Costs Committee.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Correspondence includes letters sent and received by Rush Holt regarding expenditures for West Virginia and other states. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Statistics and reports include information sent to and gathered by Rush Holt regarding state-owned cars in West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Institutions and departments represented include the Department of Agriculture, West Virginia University, Huntington State Hospital, the Department of Mines, and the State Road Commission, among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e The transcript document testimonies in the February 5 to March 1, 1943 hearings to investigate the cost of state government for which Rush Holt served as chairman. Entities represented by the testimonies include the Publicity Commission, the Bureau of Negro Welfare, the Road Commission, and the Labor Department, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes financial records requested by and maintained by Rush Holt during his time as a member of the Interstate Cooperation Commission.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Types of records include correspondence, financial and payroll statistics, and budgetary reports, among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Entities represented include departments of state, governmental offices of state, educational institutions (including West Virginia University), and hospitals, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, payroll records, project records, and other miscellaneous material relative to the activities of the Works Progress Administration that Rush Holt gathered. It should be noted that while he was not an administrator of the Works Progress Administration, Rush Holt used his legislative position to discover and draw attention to the organization that he believed had been corrupted.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Correspondence is comprised of letters to and from Rush Holt concerning the status of projects in West Virginia counties. Also included are incoming letters from around the United States relating to Holt's speeches, actions, and beliefs concerning the Works Progress Administration.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Payroll records include copies of salaries received for positions of different projects in West Virginia counties. These records include location information, project numbers, position titles, and salary amounts.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Project records include information relating to the cost of rentals, supplies, and bids, among other project expenditures.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes typescripts, statistics, publications, reports, and other miscellaneous records pertaining to Rush Holt's legislative activity.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTopics represented by the material include municipal operations, education, neutrality, and immigration, among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eRecords of note include copies of the West \u003cemph renderrender=\"italic\"\u003eVirginia Legislature Journal\u003c/emph\u003e for the 1944 first extraordinary session of the state's House of Delegates and Senate (located in box 339, folder 14), a five-year plan for West Virginia highways (located in box 294, folder 6), and annual reports written and sent to the West Virginia Public Service Commission (located in box 296, folder 2 to box 297, folder 2).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Additional correspondence related to Holt's legislative activity, and more general political topics, can be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers—Correspondence and Miscellaneous.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes mail received by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate from constituents requesting government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, educational material, and Rush Holt's recommendation to the United States Military or Naval Academy. In some cases, this series also includes typescript responses, many of which are generic.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes constituent mail received and sent by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBecause of different original series of correspondence (including general correspondence, second copies, and correspondence sorted by topic), in addition to maintaining this original order, the material of this series, as a whole, is not in chronological order. It should also be noted that the letters that have been sorted by topic are not a complete representation of that subject. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTopics include World War II, neutrality, political issues (such as the Supreme Court proposed alteration, Rush Holt's age at the time of his election to the Senate, presidential third terms, etc.), state construction projects (such as roads and infrastructure), and state programs and relief efforts for issues such as the 1936 silicosis incident in West Virginia, among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGeneral correspondence is arranged chronologically, then foldered by first letter of last name. It includes basic requests for material, facts, or brief opinions. Copies of typescript responses are stapled to the original constituent letter. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSecond copies correspondence is arranged chronologically, but it contains only the typescript copies of Rush Holt's responses. For some, the first copy typescript and original letter are located in general correspondence; however, others are not. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSupreme Court correspondence is organized into two groups: Individuals for and against the proposed change. Attached to the initial letters from constituents is Rush Holt's response, and for those against the change, there are also form letters offering a publication commemorating the 150th anniversary of the first congressional meeting. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThere are also a few boxes of \u003cemph renderrender=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Taxpayer\u003c/emph\u003e correspondence that include outgoing typescript copies of letters, mostly letters of thanks and solicitation for donations/subscription to support Holt's newsletter/publication, the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Taxpayer\u003c/emph\u003e. There is a small amount of incoming correspondence as well. Copies of this publication can be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers, Publications.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e For an example of a constituent mail log, please see Series 6. Administrative Files.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Additional constituent mail may also be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers—Correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes copies of correspondence between Rush Holt and constituents asking for the former's recommendation to the United States Military Academy (West Point) or Naval Academy (Annapolis).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes constituent letters asking for government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, and educational material. The material is generally separated by date and state or correspondent.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Requests for government publications and bulletins include a mixture of educational and personal use requests for publications such as the \u003cemph renderrender=\"italic\"\u003eAgricultural Yearbook\u003c/emph\u003e and the \u003cemph renderrender=\"italic\"\u003eFarmer's Bulletin\u003c/emph\u003e. Also included are requests for publications about political topics (e.g. a presidential third term).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Requests for speeches include letters from constituents reflecting their opinions about Rush Holt's speeches in addition to asking for copies. Topics of speeches requested include World War II (particularly the \"Youth Faces War\" and \"Keep America Neutral\" speeches), the Works Progress Administration, the Supreme Court issue, the Conscription bill, and the Burke-Wardsworth bill, among others. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Requests for educational material are primarily from teachers and students asking Rush Holt for material to support curriculum activities. Subjects represented include vocational school topics and issues, West Virginia and United States geography, and United States commerce, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications, typescripts of press releases, pen-and-ink drawn political cartoons, transcripts of speeches, and sound recordings, among other material representing Rush Holt's involvement with the press and media.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes both original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications retained by Rush Holt. Entire issues are also included in this series. Some clippings have been pasted into scrapbooks.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Topics represented are a combination of personal and political interests. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Personal topics include Rush Holt's wedding to Helen Louise Froelich, the Holt family, and the Rush Holt History Conference at West Virginia University (1998-2003), among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Political topics include Rush Holt's campaigns and elections, the Congress of Industrial Organizations, the Works Progress Administration, and neutrality issues, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes copies of typed press releases regarding speeches delivered by Rush Holt, or those with similar opinions, throughout his political career. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Topics addressed include neutrality, foreign policy, social security, and the presidential third term issue, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes pen and ink drawings by a variety of artists for political cartoons documenting news issues of the day including the West Virginia politics, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, World War II, and isolationism, among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Twenty-three of these cartoons were used for a campaign booklet advocating Rush Holt's candidacy for governor of West Virginia (1952).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e To see digitized copies of these Holt political cartoons, please visit the Rush Holt Political Cartoons digital collection: https://holt.lib.wvu.edu/?utf8=%E2%9C%93\u0026amp;search_field=all_fields\u0026amp;q.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes material documenting the daily office activities of Rush Holt and his staff during the former's senatorial term. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Types of material include daily reports, lists of letters received requesting information, and records of work performed by the office staff. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Daily reports document visits, appointments, and calls to Rush Holt's office for the periods of December 6, 1937 to December 31, 1938, the entire year of 1939, and January 3, 1940 to November 9, 1940.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Lists of letters received provide a chronological register of constituents' writings to Rush Holt between 1939 and 1940. It should be noted, however, that these records provide only basic information and do not indicate the subject of the correspondence. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Records of work performed provide documentation of tasks completed by Rush Holt's Senate office employees. It should be noted that these records, while detailed, are limited to the first half of 1940 (January to June). \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e For an example of outgoing political form letters, mass mailings, and mailing lists, see Series 4. Constituent Services—General Constituent Mail (boxes 291 and 292).\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers of Rush Dew Holt, Sr. (1905-1955) relating to his personal and political activities. Types of material include publications, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera, among others. The collection is divided into six series: Personal and Political Papers (1840-2000 and undated) includes correspondence; invitations and cards; material representing campaign activities; and material from college courses, among other material that represents Rush Holt's personal life and political career; and ephemera collected by Rush Holt. Artifacts (1939-1952 and undated) includes personal and political items collected by Rush Holt. Legislative Records (1920-1955 and undated) includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, statistics, transcripts, financial records, and project records, among other miscellaneous material relative to Rush Holt's committee-based and general legislative activity. Constituent Services (1923-1954 and undated) includes mail received by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate from constituents providing political opinions to Holt or requesting government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, educational material, and Rush Holt's recommendation to the United States Military or Naval Academy. Press and Media Activity (1925-2003 and undated) includes original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications, typescripts of press releases, pen-and-ink drawn political cartoons, transcripts of speeches, and sound recordings, among other material representing Rush Holt's involvement with the press and media. Administrative Files (1937-1940) includes material documenting the daily office activities of Rush Holt and his staff during the former's senatorial term.","The collection is divided into six series as follows:","Series 1. Personal and Political Papers; 1840-2000 and undated (bulk 1918-1955)","Includes material related to Rush Holt's personal, family, and political life. Additional material related to his work in politics can be found in Series 3 through 6. Types of material include correspondence; invitations and cards; material representing campaign activities; material from college courses; bills for recordings, radio station receipts, and election expenditures; typescripts, newsletters, manuscripts, and photocopies of material written by Rush Holt; publications to which Rush Holt subscribed and collected; photographs that represent Rush Holt's personal life and political career; ephemera collected by Rush Holt; and election results collected by Rush Holt.","Series 2. Artifacts; 1939-1952 and undated","Includes personal and political items collected by Rush Holt.","Series 3. Legislative Records; 1920-1955 and undated","Includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, statistics, transcripts, financial records, and project records, among other miscellaneous material relative to Rush Holt's committee-based and general legislative activity.","Series 4. Constituent Services; 1923-1954 and undated","Includes mail received by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate from constituents requesting government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, educational material, and Rush Holt's recommendation to the United States Military or Naval Academy. In some cases, this series also includes typescript responses, many of which are generic.","Series 5. Press and Media Activity; 1925-2003 and undated (bulk 1925-1955)","Includes original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications, typescripts of press releases, pen-and-ink drawn political cartoons, transcripts of speeches, and sound recordings, among other material representing Rush Holt's involvement with the press and media.    ","Series 6. Administrative Files; 1937-1940","Includes material documenting the daily office activities of Rush Holt and his staff during the former's senatorial term.   ","Includes material related to Rush Holt's personal, family, and political life. Additional material related to his work in politics can be found in Series 3 through 6. Types of material include correspondence; invitations and cards; material representing campaign activities; material from college courses; bills for recordings, radio station receipts, and election expenditures; typescripts, newsletters, manuscripts, and photocopies of material written by Rush Holt; publications to which Rush Holt subscribed and collected; photographs that represent Rush Holt's personal life and political career; ephemera collected by Rush Holt; and election results collected by Rush Holt.","Includes correspondence relating to the personal and political issues of Rush Holt's life. "," Because of different original series of correspondence, in addition to maintaining this original order, the material of this series, as a whole, is not in chronological order. "," Personal correspondence topics include Rush Holt's marriage to Helen Louise Froelich, family matters such as births and deaths, holidays, Rush Holt's illness, and general correspondence with family and friends, among others."," Political correspondence topics include an anti-lynching bill which is represented by letters between Rush Holt and Walter White, former secretary for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; the United Mine Workers of America which is represented by correspondence between Rush Holt and Frank Miley, former president of the United Mine Workers of America, District 31; and the seating issue from when Rush Holt was first elected to the Senate; among others."," Other prominent correspondents/subjects of correspondence include Joe Alderson, former WPA Director in Lewis County, West Virginia; Van A. Bittner, former president of United Mine Workers Association District 12; James A. Farley, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee; and Frank Miley, former president of the United Mine Workers of America, District 31, among others. "," Items of note include political-related correspondence with Spencer Bonaventure Tracey (located in box 229, folder 7), Louise B. Mayer (located in box 229, folder 8), Walt Disney (located in box 229, folder 9), and James Cagney (located in box 229, folder 11). Other items of note include a poem titled Rejected (not Holt's) that is set in Hell and portrays President Franklin D. Roosevelt as a sinner (located in box 238, folder 3), and a letter from President Harry S. Truman (located in box 357, folder 1)."," For correspondence directly related to Rush Holt's campaigns, please see Series 1. Personal and Political Papers—Campaign Material."," For Utility Investigating Committee-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—West Virginia House of Delegates Utility Investigating Committee"," For Government Costs Committee-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—West Virginia House of Delegates State Government Costs Committee."," For Interstate Cooperation Commission-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—West Virginia House of Delegates Interstate Cooperation Commission. "," For Works Progress Administration-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—Works Progress Administration.","Includes invitations and cards retained by Rush Holt. Also includes a small subset of Holt's responses."," Invitations represent both public and private events including graduations, weddings, and dinners, among others."," Cards are inclusive of general greeting cards, sympathy cards for the deaths of Rush Holt's parents, and get-well cards."," Significant items include invitations to attend events at the White House (located in box 312, folder 10) and an invitation to attend the 1939 World's Fair (located in box 340, folder 5)."," Included in this series are letters and telegrams that are interleaved with cards and that possess a similar theme.","Includes material representing Rush Holt's activities during his political campaigns for West Virginia and national offices."," Types of material include broadsides, correspondence, newspaper mats, publicity releases, and speeches, among others."," Items of note include certificates of election for the West Virginia House of Delegates (located in box 369, folder 1).","Includes Rush Holt's diploma from Weston High School and material from LaSalle Extension University Law and Practical Accounting courses in which Rush Holt enrolled."," Types of material include coursework, examinations, and records of final grades."," An item of note is Rush Holt's high school diploma (located in box 1, folder 6).","Includes bills for recordings, radio station receipts, and election expenditures information that Rush Holt retained."," For the sound recordings mentioned in this material in addition to other recordings by Rush Holt, please see Series 5. Press and Media Activity--Recordings.","Includes typescripts, newsletters, manuscripts, and photocopies of newspaper articles written by Rush Holt."," Typescripts include  Facts and Figures  (numbers 1-224) and  Politics in West Virginia  (numbers 1-118). These serial publications are also partially represented by the photocopied articles.  Facts and Figures  appears to be a regular column that Holt wrote from 1947 through 1953, though perhaps not continuously."," Copies of  The West Virginia Taxpayer , a newsletter written and published by Rush Holt, are also included and span from December 1948 to November 1954. Correspondence regarding support for this publication can be found in Series 4. Constituent Services—General Constituent Mail."," Manuscripts by Rush Holt include  Who's Who Among the War Mongers: Merchants of Death and Their Stooges  (located in box 306, folders 1 and 2),  The British Network: A Study of Fifth Column Activities in the United States  (located in box 306, folders 3 and 4), and  The President Moves Toward War  (located in box 339, folders 4 and 5).","Includes publications such as magazines, newsletters, bulletins, brochures, and pamphlets, among other types of publications to which Rush Holt subscribed and collected."," Topics include neutrality, war propaganda, taxes, and utilities, among others."," Publications include Uncensored, Social Justice, Public Assistance, West Virginia utility reports, and tax publications from different states, among others."," An item of note is the photocopied section of Sherwood Anderson's Puzzled America that mentions Rush Holt (located in box 370, folder 10). A copy of the whole book is available through West Virginia University's Downtown Library (call number: E806.A652 1970).","Includes photographs that represent Rush Holt's personal life and political career. Photographs depict Rush Holt and his family, among other prominent individuals."," Personal life photographs include Rush Holt's and Helen Louise Froelich's wedding and photographs taken of Rush Holt and his family during holidays and other special occasions."," Political career photographs comprise the majority of this series and represent occasions such as sessions of the West Virginia Legislature, political conventions, and campaign events including Dwight Eisenhower's \"Whistle Stop\" presidential campaign through West Virginia (located in box 370, folder 13), among others."," Prominent individuals include James Farley, former postmaster general during the first two administrations of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (signed photograph located in box 1, folder 1); individuals involved with WCHS News, including Ron Edwards; and former Vice President John N. Garner (signed photograph located in box 370, folder 16), among other politicians."," For additional photographs of Rush Holt, please see the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center's digitized OnView collection.","Includes items collected by Rush Holt such as personal nameplates, political and historical ephemera, tickets to events, and personal items, among others."," Political and historical ephemera includes an \"America First\" ribbon (located in box 341, folder 2), a campaign ribbon from the 1840 Van Buren and Johnson election (located in box 341, folder 2), and a Confederate ten dollar bill (located in box 341, folder 2)."," Tickets to events are representative of commencements and sporting events in West Virginia, the premiere of Disney's  Fantasia  in Washington, D.C., and the 1952 Republican National Convention, among others."," Personal items include material from a fraternity to which Rush Holt belonged, items (pictures, cards, licenses) from his wallets, and material from a Bible class Rush Holt taught."," The wallets from which the personal pictures, cards, and licenses were removed are located in Series 2. Artifacts.","Includes miscellaneous material collected by Rush Holt.","Types of material include newspaper clippings, reports, publications, and correspondence, and election-related records, among others.","Topics include other senators (e.g., Joe Guffey of Pennsylvania and H. D. Hatfield of West Virginia), labor, railroads, and the Supreme Court, among others.","Items of note include a certificate confirming Rush Holt's initiation into the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (located in box 1, loose); maps that detail election results for different offices including governor, House of Delegates, etc. in West Virginia (located in box 147, folder 8); Rush Holt's diary (located in box 166, folder 1), material relating to John L. Lewis and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (located in box 151, folders 1 to 3); a list of individuals who have sat in the same Senate desk that Rush Holt did (located in box 369, folder 13); a prayer authored by Rush Holt (located in box 372, folder 7); and material relating to the Rush Holt Endowment at West Virginia University (located in box 372, folder 8).","Includes election material collected by Holt, such as facsimile abstracts of votes, primary election results, lists of voters, and more. The main geographical focus is Lewis County, WV.","Includes personal and political items collected by Rush Holt."," Items of note include a personalized \"Holt for Governor\" license plate and a senatorial campaign button (located in box 374), a \"liberty\" embroidered cloth (located in box 4), and a West Virginia state flag (located in box 4).","Includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, statistics, transcripts, financial records, and project records, among other miscellaneous material relative to Rush Holt's committee-based and general legislative activity."," For records of speeches delivered in the West Virginia Legislature and the United States Senate, please see Series 5. Press and Media Activity—Speeches."," It should be noted that there exists a gap in the legislative records; thus, Rush Holt's senatorial papers are not represented as completely as those from the West Virginia House of Delegates. For material pertaining to the senatorial years, please refer to the Miscellaneous section of this series, or check the Records of the U.S. Senate at the National Archives and Records Administration.","Includes correspondence, reports, and clippings bearing primarily upon Rush Holt's activities as chairman of the Utility Investigating Committee "," The material is representative of Rush Holt's interaction with and study of utility companies throughout West Virginia and the United States."," Topics include gas, electricity, fuel rates, and municipal-owned utilities, among others."," Material of note includes testimonies of utility representatives during special hearings to examine the costs of state utilities. These hearings were held in Charleston, West Virginia between February 6, 1933 and April 11, 1933 (located in box 177, folder 1 to box 180, folder 4).","Includes correspondence, statistics, reports, and transcripts relative to Rush Holt's activity with the Government Costs Committee."," Correspondence includes letters sent and received by Rush Holt regarding expenditures for West Virginia and other states. "," Statistics and reports include information sent to and gathered by Rush Holt regarding state-owned cars in West Virginia."," Institutions and departments represented include the Department of Agriculture, West Virginia University, Huntington State Hospital, the Department of Mines, and the State Road Commission, among others."," The transcript document testimonies in the February 5 to March 1, 1943 hearings to investigate the cost of state government for which Rush Holt served as chairman. Entities represented by the testimonies include the Publicity Commission, the Bureau of Negro Welfare, the Road Commission, and the Labor Department, among others.","Includes financial records requested by and maintained by Rush Holt during his time as a member of the Interstate Cooperation Commission."," Types of records include correspondence, financial and payroll statistics, and budgetary reports, among others."," Entities represented include departments of state, governmental offices of state, educational institutions (including West Virginia University), and hospitals, among others.","Includes correspondence, payroll records, project records, and other miscellaneous material relative to the activities of the Works Progress Administration that Rush Holt gathered. It should be noted that while he was not an administrator of the Works Progress Administration, Rush Holt used his legislative position to discover and draw attention to the organization that he believed had been corrupted."," Correspondence is comprised of letters to and from Rush Holt concerning the status of projects in West Virginia counties. Also included are incoming letters from around the United States relating to Holt's speeches, actions, and beliefs concerning the Works Progress Administration."," Payroll records include copies of salaries received for positions of different projects in West Virginia counties. These records include location information, project numbers, position titles, and salary amounts."," Project records include information relating to the cost of rentals, supplies, and bids, among other project expenditures.","Includes typescripts, statistics, publications, reports, and other miscellaneous records pertaining to Rush Holt's legislative activity.","Topics represented by the material include municipal operations, education, neutrality, and immigration, among others.","Records of note include copies of the West  Virginia Legislature Journal  for the 1944 first extraordinary session of the state's House of Delegates and Senate (located in box 339, folder 14), a five-year plan for West Virginia highways (located in box 294, folder 6), and annual reports written and sent to the West Virginia Public Service Commission (located in box 296, folder 2 to box 297, folder 2)."," Additional correspondence related to Holt's legislative activity, and more general political topics, can be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers—Correspondence and Miscellaneous.","Includes mail received by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate from constituents requesting government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, educational material, and Rush Holt's recommendation to the United States Military or Naval Academy. In some cases, this series also includes typescript responses, many of which are generic.","Includes constituent mail received and sent by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate. ","Because of different original series of correspondence (including general correspondence, second copies, and correspondence sorted by topic), in addition to maintaining this original order, the material of this series, as a whole, is not in chronological order. It should also be noted that the letters that have been sorted by topic are not a complete representation of that subject. ","Topics include World War II, neutrality, political issues (such as the Supreme Court proposed alteration, Rush Holt's age at the time of his election to the Senate, presidential third terms, etc.), state construction projects (such as roads and infrastructure), and state programs and relief efforts for issues such as the 1936 silicosis incident in West Virginia, among others.","General correspondence is arranged chronologically, then foldered by first letter of last name. It includes basic requests for material, facts, or brief opinions. Copies of typescript responses are stapled to the original constituent letter. ","Second copies correspondence is arranged chronologically, but it contains only the typescript copies of Rush Holt's responses. For some, the first copy typescript and original letter are located in general correspondence; however, others are not. ","Supreme Court correspondence is organized into two groups: Individuals for and against the proposed change. Attached to the initial letters from constituents is Rush Holt's response, and for those against the change, there are also form letters offering a publication commemorating the 150th anniversary of the first congressional meeting. ","There are also a few boxes of  West Virginia Taxpayer  correspondence that include outgoing typescript copies of letters, mostly letters of thanks and solicitation for donations/subscription to support Holt's newsletter/publication, the  West Virginia Taxpayer . There is a small amount of incoming correspondence as well. Copies of this publication can be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers, Publications."," For an example of a constituent mail log, please see Series 6. Administrative Files."," Additional constituent mail may also be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers—Correspondence.","Includes copies of correspondence between Rush Holt and constituents asking for the former's recommendation to the United States Military Academy (West Point) or Naval Academy (Annapolis).","Includes constituent letters asking for government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, and educational material. The material is generally separated by date and state or correspondent."," Requests for government publications and bulletins include a mixture of educational and personal use requests for publications such as the  Agricultural Yearbook  and the  Farmer's Bulletin . Also included are requests for publications about political topics (e.g. a presidential third term)."," Requests for speeches include letters from constituents reflecting their opinions about Rush Holt's speeches in addition to asking for copies. Topics of speeches requested include World War II (particularly the \"Youth Faces War\" and \"Keep America Neutral\" speeches), the Works Progress Administration, the Supreme Court issue, the Conscription bill, and the Burke-Wardsworth bill, among others. "," Requests for educational material are primarily from teachers and students asking Rush Holt for material to support curriculum activities. Subjects represented include vocational school topics and issues, West Virginia and United States geography, and United States commerce, among others.","Includes original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications, typescripts of press releases, pen-and-ink drawn political cartoons, transcripts of speeches, and sound recordings, among other material representing Rush Holt's involvement with the press and media.","Includes both original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications retained by Rush Holt. Entire issues are also included in this series. Some clippings have been pasted into scrapbooks."," Topics represented are a combination of personal and political interests. "," Personal topics include Rush Holt's wedding to Helen Louise Froelich, the Holt family, and the Rush Holt History Conference at West Virginia University (1998-2003), among others."," Political topics include Rush Holt's campaigns and elections, the Congress of Industrial Organizations, the Works Progress Administration, and neutrality issues, among others.","Includes copies of typed press releases regarding speeches delivered by Rush Holt, or those with similar opinions, throughout his political career. "," Topics addressed include neutrality, foreign policy, social security, and the presidential third term issue, among others.","Includes pen and ink drawings by a variety of artists for political cartoons documenting news issues of the day including the West Virginia politics, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, World War II, and isolationism, among others."," Twenty-three of these cartoons were used for a campaign booklet advocating Rush Holt's candidacy for governor of West Virginia (1952)."," To see digitized copies of these Holt political cartoons, please visit the Rush Holt Political Cartoons digital collection: https://holt.lib.wvu.edu/?utf8=%E2%9C%93\u0026search_field=all_fields\u0026q.","Includes material documenting the daily office activities of Rush Holt and his staff during the former's senatorial term. "," Types of material include daily reports, lists of letters received requesting information, and records of work performed by the office staff. "," Daily reports document visits, appointments, and calls to Rush Holt's office for the periods of December 6, 1937 to December 31, 1938, the entire year of 1939, and January 3, 1940 to November 9, 1940."," Lists of letters received provide a chronological register of constituents' writings to Rush Holt between 1939 and 1940. It should be noted, however, that these records provide only basic information and do not indicate the subject of the correspondence. "," Records of work performed provide documentation of tasks completed by Rush Holt's Senate office employees. It should be noted that these records, while detailed, are limited to the first half of 1940 (January to June). "," For an example of outgoing political form letters, mass mailings, and mailing lists, see Series 4. Constituent Services—General Constituent Mail (boxes 291 and 292)."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eEphemeral items not specific to Rush Dew Holt were moved to the Printed Ephemera Collection. Several local basketball scorecards were moved to A\u0026amp;M 4216, the Annual West Virginia State High School Basketball Tournament Programs collection.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e17 reels of undated sound recordings, chiefly relating to the political career of Rush Dew Holt, were separated to the oral history collection, C432 R699-R715 (17 tapes). These tapes include some personal material as well.\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Ephemeral items not specific to Rush Dew Holt were moved to the Printed Ephemera Collection. Several local basketball scorecards were moved to A\u0026M 4216, the Annual West Virginia State High School Basketball Tournament Programs collection.","17 reels of undated sound recordings, chiefly relating to the political career of Rush Dew Holt, were separated to the oral history collection, C432 R699-R715 (17 tapes). These tapes include some personal material as well."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the \u003ca href=\"https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/visit/permissions-and-copyright\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePermissions and Copyright page\u003c/a\u003e on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the  Permissions and Copyright page  on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_7f7aca18f594cb9e240c48f7fdefc04e\"\u003ePapers of Rush Dew Holt, Sr. (1905-1955) relating to his personal and political activities. Types of material include publications, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera, among others. The collection is divided into six series: Personal and Political Papers (1840-2000 and undated), Artifacts (1939-1952 and undated), Legislative Records (1920-1955 and undated), Constituent Services (1923-1954 and undated), Press and Media Activity (1925-2003 and undated), and Administrative Files (1937-1940).\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Papers of Rush Dew Holt, Sr. (1905-1955) relating to his personal and political activities. Types of material include publications, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera, among others. 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The records have been gathered via multiple accruals from 1956 to 2016. Originally, these collections were divided between A\u0026M 873 and A\u0026M 1701, the latter also being composed of thirteen addenda and A\u0026M 1858. ","In an attempt to organize the collections in a more coherent fashion for patron use and to reflect the creator(s) in a more concise manner, the material was reevaluated and reorganized into the three sets of papers with distinct series and subseries: A\u0026M 873: Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers; A\u0026M 1858: Helen Holt (1913-2015) Papers; and A\u0026M 4218: Rush Dew Holt Family Papers.","Because of the 2016-2017 reorganization, the physical arrangement no longer matches the intellectual arrangement and series order. Furthermore, any box and folder citations created prior to the above-mentioned project are likely no longer accurate. ","For assistance locating material using an older citation, please ask a staff member of the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center.    ","Rush Dew Holt was born in Weston, West Virginia, on June 19, 1905 to parents, Dr. Matthew S. Holt and Chihela (Dew) Holt. From an early age, Holt displayed scholarly potential. By age three, he was able to read first-grade primers, and eventually became interested in numerous topics for which he was able to provide detailed statistics. Among these interests was politics, and by age six, Holt had decided he would become a Democrat.","The potential displayed by Holt as a child continued into his school years. At age five, he began public education in the second grade, and he skipped grades on two more occasions. He attended Weston High School, and after graduating with honors at age fourteen, Holt applied to the University of Cincinnati; however, the register rejected the application because Holt, while academically qualified, was considered too young. Not one to admit defeat, a trait that would prove to be a lifelong characteristic, Holt turned to West Virginia University where he was accepted. As the youngest member of the freshman class, Holt found it difficult to obtain full acceptance as a college student, and his academic record reflected his apparent dissatisfaction. After two years at West Virginia University, Holt transferred to Salem College where the enrollment was smaller (approximately 300 students) and where he was able to live with his uncle, Professor Samuel Dew. It was at Salem College that Holt regained his self-confidence. His academic performance improved, and he maintained a B-plus average. In addition to academics, Holt excelled on the debate team. He was the editor-in-chief of the school paper, and he managed the tennis team.","In 1924, Holt received a Bachelor of Arts Degree and qualification to teach at secondary schools. Shortly after his graduation, he was hired to teach at Bedford High School in Virginia where he taught English and history in addition to serving as the school's athletic director. After one academic year, Holt returned to Weston, West Virginia, where he took a position at St. Patrick's High School as the athletic director. Holt also coached the basketball team with abundant success, leading the team to two national tournaments for Catholic schools. During this time, Holt also taught history as a part-time instructor at Glenville Normal School and Salem College, but his fascination with athletics persisted. In addition to coaching and occasional officiating, Holt also began writing about sports. Eventually, he began to contribute columns to daily West Virginia newspapers.","By the late 1920s, Holt was attracted to the political environment, and he began to contribute to candidates who were friends of and/or who shared the views of his father. In the summer of 1928, Holt went one step further by announcing his candidacy as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates. Despite Lewis County having been predominately Republican, in addition to not having received significant party backing, Holt still obtained a higher-than-expected amount of support, losing his race by only 500 votes. Once again, however, Holt would not admit defeat. In 1930 Holt again announced his candidacy for the West Virginia House of Delegates. During the campaign, he visited locations all around Lewis County, spoke to anyone who would listen, and ensured that the grievances such as those concerning government cost, increased taxes, and the power of privately owned public utilities would all be addressed. As expected with any campaign, Holt received criticism, and those who opposed him likened the young politician to his father who they declared was a radical, a socialist, and an atheist. Despite the scornful claims, Holt, by a margin of 2,150 votes, was elected to his first public office as a Democrat to the West Virginia Legislature where he served from 1931-1935. During his years as a delegate, as promised during his campaign, Holt spoke out against corrupt practices such as government spending, an issue he addressed not even a week into the 1931 session. In addition to debating issues in the House, Holt also wrote to state supported universities, highway commissioners, and auditors in West Virginia and numerous other states to gather financial figures concerning spending, salaries, and taxes among others. Holt also began an investigation in 1931 to uncover rates, operating costs, and profits of privately and publically owned utility companies. All of these endeavors were only the first chapter in Holt's political career.","By 1934 he had gained the political support and the backing of union workers which was enough to defeat incumbent United States Senator Henry Hatfield. At age twenty-nine, Holt became the youngest person to win a United States Senate seat; however, there was immediate criticism. No sooner had the votes been tallied before a protest was filed concerning Holt's credentials: the fact that he had run for an office when he had not been of the required age. In addition to discontent within his own state, Holt also received overwhelming opposition in Washington, D.C. from Senate Republicans who threatened to object on the grounds of the constitutional age requirement. Despite the criticism, Holt's election was not overturned; however, he had to wait until he turned thirty, over five months after the Seventy-forth Congress had convened, before he could participate in senatorial proceedings.","Just as he had been active in the West Virginia Legislature, Holt did not hesitate to address both major and minor issues on Capitol Hill either. During his time in the Senate, Holt served on several committees including Education and Labor, Immigration, Mines and Mining, Naval Affairs, and Post Offices and Post Roads. He also served as a member of the United States delegation to the 1939 Interparliamentary Conference in Oslo, Norway.","Although Holt had once been referred to as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's \"Golden Boy,\" such alliances and the policies that had formed them began to dissolve by 1936. He became estranged from fellow Democrat and West Virginian Senator Matthew Neely, and Holt ended his support for the United Mine Workers of America and the Works Progress Administration, the latter of which he claimed was corrupt. Eventually, Holt criticized the Roosevelt administration for its New Deal policies, he adamantly fought Roosevelt's attempt to alter the Supreme Court by changing the number of sitting justices from nine to twelve, and he spoke out against the proposition of allowing a presidential third term. Furthermore, as unrest began in Europe with Germany's invasion of Poland, Holt campaigned against any attempts by the administration to involve the United States in the War. The responses from constituents about Holt's actions were mixed; nevertheless, the young senator's sudden change led to his unsuccessful renomination attempt in 1940. Holt did not even make it past the primary election.","After his Senate term ended, Holt remained in Washington, D.C. and began to support himself as a lecturer and a writer of political issues, particularly neutrality for which he received the support of the America First Committee. It was also during this time that Holt met Helen Louise Froelich, a biology teacher at National Park College near Washington. They were married a year later and moved to West Virginia. The couple had two children: a daughter, Helen Jane Holt (born in 1945) and a son, Rush Dew Holt, Jr. (born in 1948). When Senator Holt's sister, Jane (Holt) Chase, died in 1952, the couple adopted her son, David. After the Holts returned to West Virginia in 1941, Holt stayed involved in politics by accepting speaking engagements. ","During the remainder of the 1940s, Holt ran several times for state offices with modest success. He was elected to the State House of Delegates in 1942 and was reelected in 1944 by write-in vote and 1946 without opposition. After a failed attempt to win the West Virginia Democratic gubernatorial nomination in 1944 and the nomination for United States Senator in 1948, Holt changed political affiliation. Despite this, his lack of success to achieve positions beyond the House of Delegates continued. In 1950, he won the Republican nomination to represent West Virginia's Third District in the United States House of Representatives but lost in the general election, and in 1952 Holt came very close to winning the race for West Virginia governor as the Republican candidate but lost to William Marland by fewer than 30,000 votes. Success returned in 1954 when Holt was elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates by the voters of Lewis County, but he was unable to finish his term due to illness.","Holt died on February 8, 1955 after a long, tough campaign against cancer.","Chronological List of Events:","June 19, 1905: born","1920: graduated from high school","1920-1922: attended West Virginia University","1922-1924: attended Salem College, received a BA degree ","1924-1925: taught English and history and served as athletic director at Bedford High School in Virginia","1925-1928: served as athletic director and basketball coach at St. Patrick's High School (Catholic school) in Weston, West Virginia; taught history as a part-time instructor at Glenville Normal School and Salem College; and contributed sport columns to daily West Virginia newspapers","1928: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates, lost by 500 votes ","1930: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates, won by 2,150 votes, served from 1931-1935 ","1934: ran as a Democrat for the United States Senate and won despite being only twenty-nine years old","1939: served as a member of the United States delegation to the Interparliamentary Conference in Oslo, Norway","1940: ran for renomination to the Senate, failed to win the primary election","1941: married Helen Louise Froelich","1942: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates and won, reelected in 1944, 1946, and 1948, served until 1950.","1944: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia gubernatorial nomination but was unsuccessful  ","1945: birth of Helen Jane Holt","1948: birth of Rush Dew Holt, Jr.","1948: ran as a Democrat for the United States Senate nomination but was unsuccessful ","1948: switched political affiliation to the Republican Party ","1952: ran as the Republican candidate for West Virginia Governor but lost to William Marland by fewer than 30,000 votes","1954: ran as a Republican for the West Virginia House of Delegates and won","February 8, 1955: death ","Sources:","Coffey, William Ellis.  Rush Dew Holt: The Boy Senator.  Dissertation, West Virginia University, 1970. ","A\u0026M 0873, Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries.  ","1858, 3001, 3943, 4039, 4218, 4386","Papers of Rush Dew Holt, Sr. (1905-1955) relating to his personal and political activities. Types of material include publications, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera, among others. The collection is divided into six series: Personal and Political Papers (1840-2000 and undated) includes correspondence; invitations and cards; material representing campaign activities; and material from college courses, among other material that represents Rush Holt's personal life and political career; and ephemera collected by Rush Holt. Artifacts (1939-1952 and undated) includes personal and political items collected by Rush Holt. Legislative Records (1920-1955 and undated) includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, statistics, transcripts, financial records, and project records, among other miscellaneous material relative to Rush Holt's committee-based and general legislative activity. Constituent Services (1923-1954 and undated) includes mail received by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate from constituents providing political opinions to Holt or requesting government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, educational material, and Rush Holt's recommendation to the United States Military or Naval Academy. Press and Media Activity (1925-2003 and undated) includes original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications, typescripts of press releases, pen-and-ink drawn political cartoons, transcripts of speeches, and sound recordings, among other material representing Rush Holt's involvement with the press and media. Administrative Files (1937-1940) includes material documenting the daily office activities of Rush Holt and his staff during the former's senatorial term.","The collection is divided into six series as follows:","Series 1. Personal and Political Papers; 1840-2000 and undated (bulk 1918-1955)","Includes material related to Rush Holt's personal, family, and political life. Additional material related to his work in politics can be found in Series 3 through 6. Types of material include correspondence; invitations and cards; material representing campaign activities; material from college courses; bills for recordings, radio station receipts, and election expenditures; typescripts, newsletters, manuscripts, and photocopies of material written by Rush Holt; publications to which Rush Holt subscribed and collected; photographs that represent Rush Holt's personal life and political career; ephemera collected by Rush Holt; and election results collected by Rush Holt.","Series 2. Artifacts; 1939-1952 and undated","Includes personal and political items collected by Rush Holt.","Series 3. Legislative Records; 1920-1955 and undated","Includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, statistics, transcripts, financial records, and project records, among other miscellaneous material relative to Rush Holt's committee-based and general legislative activity.","Series 4. Constituent Services; 1923-1954 and undated","Includes mail received by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate from constituents requesting government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, educational material, and Rush Holt's recommendation to the United States Military or Naval Academy. In some cases, this series also includes typescript responses, many of which are generic.","Series 5. Press and Media Activity; 1925-2003 and undated (bulk 1925-1955)","Includes original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications, typescripts of press releases, pen-and-ink drawn political cartoons, transcripts of speeches, and sound recordings, among other material representing Rush Holt's involvement with the press and media.    ","Series 6. Administrative Files; 1937-1940","Includes material documenting the daily office activities of Rush Holt and his staff during the former's senatorial term.   ","Includes material related to Rush Holt's personal, family, and political life. Additional material related to his work in politics can be found in Series 3 through 6. Types of material include correspondence; invitations and cards; material representing campaign activities; material from college courses; bills for recordings, radio station receipts, and election expenditures; typescripts, newsletters, manuscripts, and photocopies of material written by Rush Holt; publications to which Rush Holt subscribed and collected; photographs that represent Rush Holt's personal life and political career; ephemera collected by Rush Holt; and election results collected by Rush Holt.","Includes correspondence relating to the personal and political issues of Rush Holt's life. "," Because of different original series of correspondence, in addition to maintaining this original order, the material of this series, as a whole, is not in chronological order. "," Personal correspondence topics include Rush Holt's marriage to Helen Louise Froelich, family matters such as births and deaths, holidays, Rush Holt's illness, and general correspondence with family and friends, among others."," Political correspondence topics include an anti-lynching bill which is represented by letters between Rush Holt and Walter White, former secretary for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; the United Mine Workers of America which is represented by correspondence between Rush Holt and Frank Miley, former president of the United Mine Workers of America, District 31; and the seating issue from when Rush Holt was first elected to the Senate; among others."," Other prominent correspondents/subjects of correspondence include Joe Alderson, former WPA Director in Lewis County, West Virginia; Van A. Bittner, former president of United Mine Workers Association District 12; James A. Farley, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee; and Frank Miley, former president of the United Mine Workers of America, District 31, among others. "," Items of note include political-related correspondence with Spencer Bonaventure Tracey (located in box 229, folder 7), Louise B. Mayer (located in box 229, folder 8), Walt Disney (located in box 229, folder 9), and James Cagney (located in box 229, folder 11). Other items of note include a poem titled Rejected (not Holt's) that is set in Hell and portrays President Franklin D. Roosevelt as a sinner (located in box 238, folder 3), and a letter from President Harry S. Truman (located in box 357, folder 1)."," For correspondence directly related to Rush Holt's campaigns, please see Series 1. Personal and Political Papers—Campaign Material."," For Utility Investigating Committee-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—West Virginia House of Delegates Utility Investigating Committee"," For Government Costs Committee-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—West Virginia House of Delegates State Government Costs Committee."," For Interstate Cooperation Commission-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—West Virginia House of Delegates Interstate Cooperation Commission. "," For Works Progress Administration-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—Works Progress Administration.","Includes invitations and cards retained by Rush Holt. Also includes a small subset of Holt's responses."," Invitations represent both public and private events including graduations, weddings, and dinners, among others."," Cards are inclusive of general greeting cards, sympathy cards for the deaths of Rush Holt's parents, and get-well cards."," Significant items include invitations to attend events at the White House (located in box 312, folder 10) and an invitation to attend the 1939 World's Fair (located in box 340, folder 5)."," Included in this series are letters and telegrams that are interleaved with cards and that possess a similar theme.","Includes material representing Rush Holt's activities during his political campaigns for West Virginia and national offices."," Types of material include broadsides, correspondence, newspaper mats, publicity releases, and speeches, among others."," Items of note include certificates of election for the West Virginia House of Delegates (located in box 369, folder 1).","Includes Rush Holt's diploma from Weston High School and material from LaSalle Extension University Law and Practical Accounting courses in which Rush Holt enrolled."," Types of material include coursework, examinations, and records of final grades."," An item of note is Rush Holt's high school diploma (located in box 1, folder 6).","Includes bills for recordings, radio station receipts, and election expenditures information that Rush Holt retained."," For the sound recordings mentioned in this material in addition to other recordings by Rush Holt, please see Series 5. Press and Media Activity--Recordings.","Includes typescripts, newsletters, manuscripts, and photocopies of newspaper articles written by Rush Holt."," Typescripts include  Facts and Figures  (numbers 1-224) and  Politics in West Virginia  (numbers 1-118). These serial publications are also partially represented by the photocopied articles.  Facts and Figures  appears to be a regular column that Holt wrote from 1947 through 1953, though perhaps not continuously."," Copies of  The West Virginia Taxpayer , a newsletter written and published by Rush Holt, are also included and span from December 1948 to November 1954. Correspondence regarding support for this publication can be found in Series 4. Constituent Services—General Constituent Mail."," Manuscripts by Rush Holt include  Who's Who Among the War Mongers: Merchants of Death and Their Stooges  (located in box 306, folders 1 and 2),  The British Network: A Study of Fifth Column Activities in the United States  (located in box 306, folders 3 and 4), and  The President Moves Toward War  (located in box 339, folders 4 and 5).","Includes publications such as magazines, newsletters, bulletins, brochures, and pamphlets, among other types of publications to which Rush Holt subscribed and collected."," Topics include neutrality, war propaganda, taxes, and utilities, among others."," Publications include Uncensored, Social Justice, Public Assistance, West Virginia utility reports, and tax publications from different states, among others."," An item of note is the photocopied section of Sherwood Anderson's Puzzled America that mentions Rush Holt (located in box 370, folder 10). A copy of the whole book is available through West Virginia University's Downtown Library (call number: E806.A652 1970).","Includes photographs that represent Rush Holt's personal life and political career. Photographs depict Rush Holt and his family, among other prominent individuals."," Personal life photographs include Rush Holt's and Helen Louise Froelich's wedding and photographs taken of Rush Holt and his family during holidays and other special occasions."," Political career photographs comprise the majority of this series and represent occasions such as sessions of the West Virginia Legislature, political conventions, and campaign events including Dwight Eisenhower's \"Whistle Stop\" presidential campaign through West Virginia (located in box 370, folder 13), among others."," Prominent individuals include James Farley, former postmaster general during the first two administrations of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (signed photograph located in box 1, folder 1); individuals involved with WCHS News, including Ron Edwards; and former Vice President John N. Garner (signed photograph located in box 370, folder 16), among other politicians."," For additional photographs of Rush Holt, please see the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center's digitized OnView collection.","Includes items collected by Rush Holt such as personal nameplates, political and historical ephemera, tickets to events, and personal items, among others."," Political and historical ephemera includes an \"America First\" ribbon (located in box 341, folder 2), a campaign ribbon from the 1840 Van Buren and Johnson election (located in box 341, folder 2), and a Confederate ten dollar bill (located in box 341, folder 2)."," Tickets to events are representative of commencements and sporting events in West Virginia, the premiere of Disney's  Fantasia  in Washington, D.C., and the 1952 Republican National Convention, among others."," Personal items include material from a fraternity to which Rush Holt belonged, items (pictures, cards, licenses) from his wallets, and material from a Bible class Rush Holt taught."," The wallets from which the personal pictures, cards, and licenses were removed are located in Series 2. Artifacts.","Includes miscellaneous material collected by Rush Holt.","Types of material include newspaper clippings, reports, publications, and correspondence, and election-related records, among others.","Topics include other senators (e.g., Joe Guffey of Pennsylvania and H. D. Hatfield of West Virginia), labor, railroads, and the Supreme Court, among others.","Items of note include a certificate confirming Rush Holt's initiation into the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (located in box 1, loose); maps that detail election results for different offices including governor, House of Delegates, etc. in West Virginia (located in box 147, folder 8); Rush Holt's diary (located in box 166, folder 1), material relating to John L. Lewis and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (located in box 151, folders 1 to 3); a list of individuals who have sat in the same Senate desk that Rush Holt did (located in box 369, folder 13); a prayer authored by Rush Holt (located in box 372, folder 7); and material relating to the Rush Holt Endowment at West Virginia University (located in box 372, folder 8).","Includes election material collected by Holt, such as facsimile abstracts of votes, primary election results, lists of voters, and more. The main geographical focus is Lewis County, WV.","Includes personal and political items collected by Rush Holt."," Items of note include a personalized \"Holt for Governor\" license plate and a senatorial campaign button (located in box 374), a \"liberty\" embroidered cloth (located in box 4), and a West Virginia state flag (located in box 4).","Includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, statistics, transcripts, financial records, and project records, among other miscellaneous material relative to Rush Holt's committee-based and general legislative activity."," For records of speeches delivered in the West Virginia Legislature and the United States Senate, please see Series 5. Press and Media Activity—Speeches."," It should be noted that there exists a gap in the legislative records; thus, Rush Holt's senatorial papers are not represented as completely as those from the West Virginia House of Delegates. For material pertaining to the senatorial years, please refer to the Miscellaneous section of this series, or check the Records of the U.S. Senate at the National Archives and Records Administration.","Includes correspondence, reports, and clippings bearing primarily upon Rush Holt's activities as chairman of the Utility Investigating Committee "," The material is representative of Rush Holt's interaction with and study of utility companies throughout West Virginia and the United States."," Topics include gas, electricity, fuel rates, and municipal-owned utilities, among others."," Material of note includes testimonies of utility representatives during special hearings to examine the costs of state utilities. These hearings were held in Charleston, West Virginia between February 6, 1933 and April 11, 1933 (located in box 177, folder 1 to box 180, folder 4).","Includes correspondence, statistics, reports, and transcripts relative to Rush Holt's activity with the Government Costs Committee."," Correspondence includes letters sent and received by Rush Holt regarding expenditures for West Virginia and other states. "," Statistics and reports include information sent to and gathered by Rush Holt regarding state-owned cars in West Virginia."," Institutions and departments represented include the Department of Agriculture, West Virginia University, Huntington State Hospital, the Department of Mines, and the State Road Commission, among others."," The transcript document testimonies in the February 5 to March 1, 1943 hearings to investigate the cost of state government for which Rush Holt served as chairman. Entities represented by the testimonies include the Publicity Commission, the Bureau of Negro Welfare, the Road Commission, and the Labor Department, among others.","Includes financial records requested by and maintained by Rush Holt during his time as a member of the Interstate Cooperation Commission."," Types of records include correspondence, financial and payroll statistics, and budgetary reports, among others."," Entities represented include departments of state, governmental offices of state, educational institutions (including West Virginia University), and hospitals, among others.","Includes correspondence, payroll records, project records, and other miscellaneous material relative to the activities of the Works Progress Administration that Rush Holt gathered. It should be noted that while he was not an administrator of the Works Progress Administration, Rush Holt used his legislative position to discover and draw attention to the organization that he believed had been corrupted."," Correspondence is comprised of letters to and from Rush Holt concerning the status of projects in West Virginia counties. Also included are incoming letters from around the United States relating to Holt's speeches, actions, and beliefs concerning the Works Progress Administration."," Payroll records include copies of salaries received for positions of different projects in West Virginia counties. These records include location information, project numbers, position titles, and salary amounts."," Project records include information relating to the cost of rentals, supplies, and bids, among other project expenditures.","Includes typescripts, statistics, publications, reports, and other miscellaneous records pertaining to Rush Holt's legislative activity.","Topics represented by the material include municipal operations, education, neutrality, and immigration, among others.","Records of note include copies of the West  Virginia Legislature Journal  for the 1944 first extraordinary session of the state's House of Delegates and Senate (located in box 339, folder 14), a five-year plan for West Virginia highways (located in box 294, folder 6), and annual reports written and sent to the West Virginia Public Service Commission (located in box 296, folder 2 to box 297, folder 2)."," Additional correspondence related to Holt's legislative activity, and more general political topics, can be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers—Correspondence and Miscellaneous.","Includes mail received by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate from constituents requesting government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, educational material, and Rush Holt's recommendation to the United States Military or Naval Academy. In some cases, this series also includes typescript responses, many of which are generic.","Includes constituent mail received and sent by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate. ","Because of different original series of correspondence (including general correspondence, second copies, and correspondence sorted by topic), in addition to maintaining this original order, the material of this series, as a whole, is not in chronological order. It should also be noted that the letters that have been sorted by topic are not a complete representation of that subject. ","Topics include World War II, neutrality, political issues (such as the Supreme Court proposed alteration, Rush Holt's age at the time of his election to the Senate, presidential third terms, etc.), state construction projects (such as roads and infrastructure), and state programs and relief efforts for issues such as the 1936 silicosis incident in West Virginia, among others.","General correspondence is arranged chronologically, then foldered by first letter of last name. It includes basic requests for material, facts, or brief opinions. Copies of typescript responses are stapled to the original constituent letter. ","Second copies correspondence is arranged chronologically, but it contains only the typescript copies of Rush Holt's responses. For some, the first copy typescript and original letter are located in general correspondence; however, others are not. ","Supreme Court correspondence is organized into two groups: Individuals for and against the proposed change. Attached to the initial letters from constituents is Rush Holt's response, and for those against the change, there are also form letters offering a publication commemorating the 150th anniversary of the first congressional meeting. ","There are also a few boxes of  West Virginia Taxpayer  correspondence that include outgoing typescript copies of letters, mostly letters of thanks and solicitation for donations/subscription to support Holt's newsletter/publication, the  West Virginia Taxpayer . There is a small amount of incoming correspondence as well. Copies of this publication can be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers, Publications."," For an example of a constituent mail log, please see Series 6. Administrative Files."," Additional constituent mail may also be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers—Correspondence.","Includes copies of correspondence between Rush Holt and constituents asking for the former's recommendation to the United States Military Academy (West Point) or Naval Academy (Annapolis).","Includes constituent letters asking for government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, and educational material. The material is generally separated by date and state or correspondent."," Requests for government publications and bulletins include a mixture of educational and personal use requests for publications such as the  Agricultural Yearbook  and the  Farmer's Bulletin . Also included are requests for publications about political topics (e.g. a presidential third term)."," Requests for speeches include letters from constituents reflecting their opinions about Rush Holt's speeches in addition to asking for copies. Topics of speeches requested include World War II (particularly the \"Youth Faces War\" and \"Keep America Neutral\" speeches), the Works Progress Administration, the Supreme Court issue, the Conscription bill, and the Burke-Wardsworth bill, among others. "," Requests for educational material are primarily from teachers and students asking Rush Holt for material to support curriculum activities. Subjects represented include vocational school topics and issues, West Virginia and United States geography, and United States commerce, among others.","Includes original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications, typescripts of press releases, pen-and-ink drawn political cartoons, transcripts of speeches, and sound recordings, among other material representing Rush Holt's involvement with the press and media.","Includes both original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications retained by Rush Holt. Entire issues are also included in this series. Some clippings have been pasted into scrapbooks."," Topics represented are a combination of personal and political interests. "," Personal topics include Rush Holt's wedding to Helen Louise Froelich, the Holt family, and the Rush Holt History Conference at West Virginia University (1998-2003), among others."," Political topics include Rush Holt's campaigns and elections, the Congress of Industrial Organizations, the Works Progress Administration, and neutrality issues, among others.","Includes copies of typed press releases regarding speeches delivered by Rush Holt, or those with similar opinions, throughout his political career. "," Topics addressed include neutrality, foreign policy, social security, and the presidential third term issue, among others.","Includes pen and ink drawings by a variety of artists for political cartoons documenting news issues of the day including the West Virginia politics, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, World War II, and isolationism, among others."," Twenty-three of these cartoons were used for a campaign booklet advocating Rush Holt's candidacy for governor of West Virginia (1952)."," To see digitized copies of these Holt political cartoons, please visit the Rush Holt Political Cartoons digital collection: https://holt.lib.wvu.edu/?utf8=%E2%9C%93\u0026search_field=all_fields\u0026q.","Includes material documenting the daily office activities of Rush Holt and his staff during the former's senatorial term. "," Types of material include daily reports, lists of letters received requesting information, and records of work performed by the office staff. "," Daily reports document visits, appointments, and calls to Rush Holt's office for the periods of December 6, 1937 to December 31, 1938, the entire year of 1939, and January 3, 1940 to November 9, 1940."," Lists of letters received provide a chronological register of constituents' writings to Rush Holt between 1939 and 1940. It should be noted, however, that these records provide only basic information and do not indicate the subject of the correspondence. "," Records of work performed provide documentation of tasks completed by Rush Holt's Senate office employees. It should be noted that these records, while detailed, are limited to the first half of 1940 (January to June). "," For an example of outgoing political form letters, mass mailings, and mailing lists, see Series 4. Constituent Services—General Constituent Mail (boxes 291 and 292).","Ephemeral items not specific to Rush Dew Holt were moved to the Printed Ephemera Collection. Several local basketball scorecards were moved to A\u0026M 4216, the Annual West Virginia State High School Basketball Tournament Programs collection.","17 reels of undated sound recordings, chiefly relating to the political career of Rush Dew Holt, were separated to the oral history collection, C432 R699-R715 (17 tapes). These tapes include some personal material as well.","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the  Permissions and Copyright page  on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.","Papers of Rush Dew Holt, Sr. (1905-1955) relating to his personal and political activities. Types of material include publications, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera, among others. The collection is divided into six series: Personal and Political Papers (1840-2000 and undated), Artifacts (1939-1952 and undated), Legislative Records (1920-1955 and undated), Constituent Services (1923-1954 and undated), Press and Media Activity (1925-2003 and undated), and Administrative Files (1937-1940).","West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. 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","In an attempt to organize the collections in a more coherent fashion for patron use and to reflect the creator(s) in a more concise manner, the material was reevaluated and reorganized into the three sets of papers with distinct series and subseries: A\u0026M 873: Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers; A\u0026M 1858: Helen Holt (1913-2015) Papers; and A\u0026M 4218: Rush Dew Holt Family Papers.","Because of the 2016-2017 reorganization, the physical arrangement no longer matches the intellectual arrangement and series order. Furthermore, any box and folder citations created prior to the above-mentioned project are likely no longer accurate. ","For assistance locating material using an older citation, please ask a staff member of the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center.    "],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRush Dew Holt was born in Weston, West Virginia, on June 19, 1905 to parents, Dr. Matthew S. Holt and Chihela (Dew) Holt. From an early age, Holt displayed scholarly potential. By age three, he was able to read first-grade primers, and eventually became interested in numerous topics for which he was able to provide detailed statistics. Among these interests was politics, and by age six, Holt had decided he would become a Democrat.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe potential displayed by Holt as a child continued into his school years. At age five, he began public education in the second grade, and he skipped grades on two more occasions. He attended Weston High School, and after graduating with honors at age fourteen, Holt applied to the University of Cincinnati; however, the register rejected the application because Holt, while academically qualified, was considered too young. Not one to admit defeat, a trait that would prove to be a lifelong characteristic, Holt turned to West Virginia University where he was accepted. As the youngest member of the freshman class, Holt found it difficult to obtain full acceptance as a college student, and his academic record reflected his apparent dissatisfaction. After two years at West Virginia University, Holt transferred to Salem College where the enrollment was smaller (approximately 300 students) and where he was able to live with his uncle, Professor Samuel Dew. It was at Salem College that Holt regained his self-confidence. His academic performance improved, and he maintained a B-plus average. In addition to academics, Holt excelled on the debate team. He was the editor-in-chief of the school paper, and he managed the tennis team.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn 1924, Holt received a Bachelor of Arts Degree and qualification to teach at secondary schools. Shortly after his graduation, he was hired to teach at Bedford High School in Virginia where he taught English and history in addition to serving as the school's athletic director. After one academic year, Holt returned to Weston, West Virginia, where he took a position at St. Patrick's High School as the athletic director. Holt also coached the basketball team with abundant success, leading the team to two national tournaments for Catholic schools. During this time, Holt also taught history as a part-time instructor at Glenville Normal School and Salem College, but his fascination with athletics persisted. In addition to coaching and occasional officiating, Holt also began writing about sports. Eventually, he began to contribute columns to daily West Virginia newspapers.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBy the late 1920s, Holt was attracted to the political environment, and he began to contribute to candidates who were friends of and/or who shared the views of his father. In the summer of 1928, Holt went one step further by announcing his candidacy as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates. Despite Lewis County having been predominately Republican, in addition to not having received significant party backing, Holt still obtained a higher-than-expected amount of support, losing his race by only 500 votes. Once again, however, Holt would not admit defeat. In 1930 Holt again announced his candidacy for the West Virginia House of Delegates. During the campaign, he visited locations all around Lewis County, spoke to anyone who would listen, and ensured that the grievances such as those concerning government cost, increased taxes, and the power of privately owned public utilities would all be addressed. As expected with any campaign, Holt received criticism, and those who opposed him likened the young politician to his father who they declared was a radical, a socialist, and an atheist. Despite the scornful claims, Holt, by a margin of 2,150 votes, was elected to his first public office as a Democrat to the West Virginia Legislature where he served from 1931-1935. During his years as a delegate, as promised during his campaign, Holt spoke out against corrupt practices such as government spending, an issue he addressed not even a week into the 1931 session. In addition to debating issues in the House, Holt also wrote to state supported universities, highway commissioners, and auditors in West Virginia and numerous other states to gather financial figures concerning spending, salaries, and taxes among others. Holt also began an investigation in 1931 to uncover rates, operating costs, and profits of privately and publically owned utility companies. All of these endeavors were only the first chapter in Holt's political career.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBy 1934 he had gained the political support and the backing of union workers which was enough to defeat incumbent United States Senator Henry Hatfield. At age twenty-nine, Holt became the youngest person to win a United States Senate seat; however, there was immediate criticism. No sooner had the votes been tallied before a protest was filed concerning Holt's credentials: the fact that he had run for an office when he had not been of the required age. In addition to discontent within his own state, Holt also received overwhelming opposition in Washington, D.C. from Senate Republicans who threatened to object on the grounds of the constitutional age requirement. Despite the criticism, Holt's election was not overturned; however, he had to wait until he turned thirty, over five months after the Seventy-forth Congress had convened, before he could participate in senatorial proceedings.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJust as he had been active in the West Virginia Legislature, Holt did not hesitate to address both major and minor issues on Capitol Hill either. During his time in the Senate, Holt served on several committees including Education and Labor, Immigration, Mines and Mining, Naval Affairs, and Post Offices and Post Roads. He also served as a member of the United States delegation to the 1939 Interparliamentary Conference in Oslo, Norway.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAlthough Holt had once been referred to as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's \"Golden Boy,\" such alliances and the policies that had formed them began to dissolve by 1936. He became estranged from fellow Democrat and West Virginian Senator Matthew Neely, and Holt ended his support for the United Mine Workers of America and the Works Progress Administration, the latter of which he claimed was corrupt. Eventually, Holt criticized the Roosevelt administration for its New Deal policies, he adamantly fought Roosevelt's attempt to alter the Supreme Court by changing the number of sitting justices from nine to twelve, and he spoke out against the proposition of allowing a presidential third term. Furthermore, as unrest began in Europe with Germany's invasion of Poland, Holt campaigned against any attempts by the administration to involve the United States in the War. The responses from constituents about Holt's actions were mixed; nevertheless, the young senator's sudden change led to his unsuccessful renomination attempt in 1940. Holt did not even make it past the primary election.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAfter his Senate term ended, Holt remained in Washington, D.C. and began to support himself as a lecturer and a writer of political issues, particularly neutrality for which he received the support of the America First Committee. It was also during this time that Holt met Helen Louise Froelich, a biology teacher at National Park College near Washington. They were married a year later and moved to West Virginia. The couple had two children: a daughter, Helen Jane Holt (born in 1945) and a son, Rush Dew Holt, Jr. (born in 1948). When Senator Holt's sister, Jane (Holt) Chase, died in 1952, the couple adopted her son, David. After the Holts returned to West Virginia in 1941, Holt stayed involved in politics by accepting speaking engagements. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDuring the remainder of the 1940s, Holt ran several times for state offices with modest success. He was elected to the State House of Delegates in 1942 and was reelected in 1944 by write-in vote and 1946 without opposition. After a failed attempt to win the West Virginia Democratic gubernatorial nomination in 1944 and the nomination for United States Senator in 1948, Holt changed political affiliation. Despite this, his lack of success to achieve positions beyond the House of Delegates continued. In 1950, he won the Republican nomination to represent West Virginia's Third District in the United States House of Representatives but lost in the general election, and in 1952 Holt came very close to winning the race for West Virginia governor as the Republican candidate but lost to William Marland by fewer than 30,000 votes. Success returned in 1954 when Holt was elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates by the voters of Lewis County, but he was unable to finish his term due to illness.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHolt died on February 8, 1955 after a long, tough campaign against cancer.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eChronological List of Events:\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJune 19, 1905: born\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1920: graduated from high school\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1920-1922: attended West Virginia University\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1922-1924: attended Salem College, received a BA degree \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1924-1925: taught English and history and served as athletic director at Bedford High School in Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1925-1928: served as athletic director and basketball coach at St. Patrick's High School (Catholic school) in Weston, West Virginia; taught history as a part-time instructor at Glenville Normal School and Salem College; and contributed sport columns to daily West Virginia newspapers\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1928: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates, lost by 500 votes \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1930: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates, won by 2,150 votes, served from 1931-1935 \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1934: ran as a Democrat for the United States Senate and won despite being only twenty-nine years old\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1939: served as a member of the United States delegation to the Interparliamentary Conference in Oslo, Norway\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1940: ran for renomination to the Senate, failed to win the primary election\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1941: married Helen Louise Froelich\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1942: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates and won, reelected in 1944, 1946, and 1948, served until 1950.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1944: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia gubernatorial nomination but was unsuccessful  \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1945: birth of Helen Jane Holt\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1948: birth of Rush Dew Holt, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1948: ran as a Democrat for the United States Senate nomination but was unsuccessful \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1948: switched political affiliation to the Republican Party \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1952: ran as the Republican candidate for West Virginia Governor but lost to William Marland by fewer than 30,000 votes\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1954: ran as a Republican for the West Virginia House of Delegates and won\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFebruary 8, 1955: death \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSources:\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCoffey, William Ellis. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eRush Dew Holt: The Boy Senator.\u003c/emph\u003e Dissertation, West Virginia University, 1970. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eA\u0026amp;M 0873, Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries.  \u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Rush Dew Holt was born in Weston, West Virginia, on June 19, 1905 to parents, Dr. Matthew S. Holt and Chihela (Dew) Holt. From an early age, Holt displayed scholarly potential. By age three, he was able to read first-grade primers, and eventually became interested in numerous topics for which he was able to provide detailed statistics. Among these interests was politics, and by age six, Holt had decided he would become a Democrat.","The potential displayed by Holt as a child continued into his school years. At age five, he began public education in the second grade, and he skipped grades on two more occasions. He attended Weston High School, and after graduating with honors at age fourteen, Holt applied to the University of Cincinnati; however, the register rejected the application because Holt, while academically qualified, was considered too young. Not one to admit defeat, a trait that would prove to be a lifelong characteristic, Holt turned to West Virginia University where he was accepted. As the youngest member of the freshman class, Holt found it difficult to obtain full acceptance as a college student, and his academic record reflected his apparent dissatisfaction. After two years at West Virginia University, Holt transferred to Salem College where the enrollment was smaller (approximately 300 students) and where he was able to live with his uncle, Professor Samuel Dew. It was at Salem College that Holt regained his self-confidence. His academic performance improved, and he maintained a B-plus average. In addition to academics, Holt excelled on the debate team. He was the editor-in-chief of the school paper, and he managed the tennis team.","In 1924, Holt received a Bachelor of Arts Degree and qualification to teach at secondary schools. Shortly after his graduation, he was hired to teach at Bedford High School in Virginia where he taught English and history in addition to serving as the school's athletic director. After one academic year, Holt returned to Weston, West Virginia, where he took a position at St. Patrick's High School as the athletic director. Holt also coached the basketball team with abundant success, leading the team to two national tournaments for Catholic schools. During this time, Holt also taught history as a part-time instructor at Glenville Normal School and Salem College, but his fascination with athletics persisted. In addition to coaching and occasional officiating, Holt also began writing about sports. Eventually, he began to contribute columns to daily West Virginia newspapers.","By the late 1920s, Holt was attracted to the political environment, and he began to contribute to candidates who were friends of and/or who shared the views of his father. In the summer of 1928, Holt went one step further by announcing his candidacy as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates. Despite Lewis County having been predominately Republican, in addition to not having received significant party backing, Holt still obtained a higher-than-expected amount of support, losing his race by only 500 votes. Once again, however, Holt would not admit defeat. In 1930 Holt again announced his candidacy for the West Virginia House of Delegates. During the campaign, he visited locations all around Lewis County, spoke to anyone who would listen, and ensured that the grievances such as those concerning government cost, increased taxes, and the power of privately owned public utilities would all be addressed. As expected with any campaign, Holt received criticism, and those who opposed him likened the young politician to his father who they declared was a radical, a socialist, and an atheist. Despite the scornful claims, Holt, by a margin of 2,150 votes, was elected to his first public office as a Democrat to the West Virginia Legislature where he served from 1931-1935. During his years as a delegate, as promised during his campaign, Holt spoke out against corrupt practices such as government spending, an issue he addressed not even a week into the 1931 session. In addition to debating issues in the House, Holt also wrote to state supported universities, highway commissioners, and auditors in West Virginia and numerous other states to gather financial figures concerning spending, salaries, and taxes among others. Holt also began an investigation in 1931 to uncover rates, operating costs, and profits of privately and publically owned utility companies. All of these endeavors were only the first chapter in Holt's political career.","By 1934 he had gained the political support and the backing of union workers which was enough to defeat incumbent United States Senator Henry Hatfield. At age twenty-nine, Holt became the youngest person to win a United States Senate seat; however, there was immediate criticism. No sooner had the votes been tallied before a protest was filed concerning Holt's credentials: the fact that he had run for an office when he had not been of the required age. In addition to discontent within his own state, Holt also received overwhelming opposition in Washington, D.C. from Senate Republicans who threatened to object on the grounds of the constitutional age requirement. Despite the criticism, Holt's election was not overturned; however, he had to wait until he turned thirty, over five months after the Seventy-forth Congress had convened, before he could participate in senatorial proceedings.","Just as he had been active in the West Virginia Legislature, Holt did not hesitate to address both major and minor issues on Capitol Hill either. During his time in the Senate, Holt served on several committees including Education and Labor, Immigration, Mines and Mining, Naval Affairs, and Post Offices and Post Roads. He also served as a member of the United States delegation to the 1939 Interparliamentary Conference in Oslo, Norway.","Although Holt had once been referred to as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's \"Golden Boy,\" such alliances and the policies that had formed them began to dissolve by 1936. He became estranged from fellow Democrat and West Virginian Senator Matthew Neely, and Holt ended his support for the United Mine Workers of America and the Works Progress Administration, the latter of which he claimed was corrupt. Eventually, Holt criticized the Roosevelt administration for its New Deal policies, he adamantly fought Roosevelt's attempt to alter the Supreme Court by changing the number of sitting justices from nine to twelve, and he spoke out against the proposition of allowing a presidential third term. Furthermore, as unrest began in Europe with Germany's invasion of Poland, Holt campaigned against any attempts by the administration to involve the United States in the War. The responses from constituents about Holt's actions were mixed; nevertheless, the young senator's sudden change led to his unsuccessful renomination attempt in 1940. Holt did not even make it past the primary election.","After his Senate term ended, Holt remained in Washington, D.C. and began to support himself as a lecturer and a writer of political issues, particularly neutrality for which he received the support of the America First Committee. It was also during this time that Holt met Helen Louise Froelich, a biology teacher at National Park College near Washington. They were married a year later and moved to West Virginia. The couple had two children: a daughter, Helen Jane Holt (born in 1945) and a son, Rush Dew Holt, Jr. (born in 1948). When Senator Holt's sister, Jane (Holt) Chase, died in 1952, the couple adopted her son, David. After the Holts returned to West Virginia in 1941, Holt stayed involved in politics by accepting speaking engagements. ","During the remainder of the 1940s, Holt ran several times for state offices with modest success. He was elected to the State House of Delegates in 1942 and was reelected in 1944 by write-in vote and 1946 without opposition. After a failed attempt to win the West Virginia Democratic gubernatorial nomination in 1944 and the nomination for United States Senator in 1948, Holt changed political affiliation. Despite this, his lack of success to achieve positions beyond the House of Delegates continued. In 1950, he won the Republican nomination to represent West Virginia's Third District in the United States House of Representatives but lost in the general election, and in 1952 Holt came very close to winning the race for West Virginia governor as the Republican candidate but lost to William Marland by fewer than 30,000 votes. Success returned in 1954 when Holt was elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates by the voters of Lewis County, but he was unable to finish his term due to illness.","Holt died on February 8, 1955 after a long, tough campaign against cancer.","Chronological List of Events:","June 19, 1905: born","1920: graduated from high school","1920-1922: attended West Virginia University","1922-1924: attended Salem College, received a BA degree ","1924-1925: taught English and history and served as athletic director at Bedford High School in Virginia","1925-1928: served as athletic director and basketball coach at St. Patrick's High School (Catholic school) in Weston, West Virginia; taught history as a part-time instructor at Glenville Normal School and Salem College; and contributed sport columns to daily West Virginia newspapers","1928: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates, lost by 500 votes ","1930: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates, won by 2,150 votes, served from 1931-1935 ","1934: ran as a Democrat for the United States Senate and won despite being only twenty-nine years old","1939: served as a member of the United States delegation to the Interparliamentary Conference in Oslo, Norway","1940: ran for renomination to the Senate, failed to win the primary election","1941: married Helen Louise Froelich","1942: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates and won, reelected in 1944, 1946, and 1948, served until 1950.","1944: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia gubernatorial nomination but was unsuccessful  ","1945: birth of Helen Jane Holt","1948: birth of Rush Dew Holt, Jr.","1948: ran as a Democrat for the United States Senate nomination but was unsuccessful ","1948: switched political affiliation to the Republican Party ","1952: ran as the Republican candidate for West Virginia Governor but lost to William Marland by fewer than 30,000 votes","1954: ran as a Republican for the West Virginia House of Delegates and won","February 8, 1955: death ","Sources:","Coffey, William Ellis.  Rush Dew Holt: The Boy Senator.  Dissertation, West Virginia University, 1970. ","A\u0026M 0873, Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries.  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The collection is divided into six series: Personal and Political Papers (1840-2000 and undated) includes correspondence; invitations and cards; material representing campaign activities; and material from college courses, among other material that represents Rush Holt's personal life and political career; and ephemera collected by Rush Holt. Artifacts (1939-1952 and undated) includes personal and political items collected by Rush Holt. Legislative Records (1920-1955 and undated) includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, statistics, transcripts, financial records, and project records, among other miscellaneous material relative to Rush Holt's committee-based and general legislative activity. Constituent Services (1923-1954 and undated) includes mail received by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate from constituents providing political opinions to Holt or requesting government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, educational material, and Rush Holt's recommendation to the United States Military or Naval Academy. Press and Media Activity (1925-2003 and undated) includes original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications, typescripts of press releases, pen-and-ink drawn political cartoons, transcripts of speeches, and sound recordings, among other material representing Rush Holt's involvement with the press and media. Administrative Files (1937-1940) includes material documenting the daily office activities of Rush Holt and his staff during the former's senatorial term.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe collection is divided into six series as follows:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 1. Personal and Political Papers; 1840-2000 and undated (bulk 1918-1955)\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIncludes material related to Rush Holt's personal, family, and political life. Additional material related to his work in politics can be found in Series 3 through 6. Types of material include correspondence; invitations and cards; material representing campaign activities; material from college courses; bills for recordings, radio station receipts, and election expenditures; typescripts, newsletters, manuscripts, and photocopies of material written by Rush Holt; publications to which Rush Holt subscribed and collected; photographs that represent Rush Holt's personal life and political career; ephemera collected by Rush Holt; and election results collected by Rush Holt.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 2. Artifacts; 1939-1952 and undated\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIncludes personal and political items collected by Rush Holt.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 3. Legislative Records; 1920-1955 and undated\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, statistics, transcripts, financial records, and project records, among other miscellaneous material relative to Rush Holt's committee-based and general legislative activity.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 4. Constituent Services; 1923-1954 and undated\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIncludes mail received by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate from constituents requesting government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, educational material, and Rush Holt's recommendation to the United States Military or Naval Academy. In some cases, this series also includes typescript responses, many of which are generic.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 5. Press and Media Activity; 1925-2003 and undated (bulk 1925-1955)\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIncludes original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications, typescripts of press releases, pen-and-ink drawn political cartoons, transcripts of speeches, and sound recordings, among other material representing Rush Holt's involvement with the press and media.    \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 6. Administrative Files; 1937-1940\u003c/emph\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIncludes material documenting the daily office activities of Rush Holt and his staff during the former's senatorial term.   \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes material related to Rush Holt's personal, family, and political life. Additional material related to his work in politics can be found in Series 3 through 6. Types of material include correspondence; invitations and cards; material representing campaign activities; material from college courses; bills for recordings, radio station receipts, and election expenditures; typescripts, newsletters, manuscripts, and photocopies of material written by Rush Holt; publications to which Rush Holt subscribed and collected; photographs that represent Rush Holt's personal life and political career; ephemera collected by Rush Holt; and election results collected by Rush Holt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence relating to the personal and political issues of Rush Holt's life. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Because of different original series of correspondence, in addition to maintaining this original order, the material of this series, as a whole, is not in chronological order. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Personal correspondence topics include Rush Holt's marriage to Helen Louise Froelich, family matters such as births and deaths, holidays, Rush Holt's illness, and general correspondence with family and friends, among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Political correspondence topics include an anti-lynching bill which is represented by letters between Rush Holt and Walter White, former secretary for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; the United Mine Workers of America which is represented by correspondence between Rush Holt and Frank Miley, former president of the United Mine Workers of America, District 31; and the seating issue from when Rush Holt was first elected to the Senate; among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Other prominent correspondents/subjects of correspondence include Joe Alderson, former WPA Director in Lewis County, West Virginia; Van A. Bittner, former president of United Mine Workers Association District 12; James A. Farley, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee; and Frank Miley, former president of the United Mine Workers of America, District 31, among others. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Items of note include political-related correspondence with Spencer Bonaventure Tracey (located in box 229, folder 7), Louise B. Mayer (located in box 229, folder 8), Walt Disney (located in box 229, folder 9), and James Cagney (located in box 229, folder 11). Other items of note include a poem titled Rejected (not Holt's) that is set in Hell and portrays President Franklin D. Roosevelt as a sinner (located in box 238, folder 3), and a letter from President Harry S. Truman (located in box 357, folder 1).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e For correspondence directly related to Rush Holt's campaigns, please see Series 1. Personal and Political Papers—Campaign Material.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e For Utility Investigating Committee-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—West Virginia House of Delegates Utility Investigating Committee\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e For Government Costs Committee-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—West Virginia House of Delegates State Government Costs Committee.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e For Interstate Cooperation Commission-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—West Virginia House of Delegates Interstate Cooperation Commission. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e For Works Progress Administration-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—Works Progress Administration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes invitations and cards retained by Rush Holt. Also includes a small subset of Holt's responses.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Invitations represent both public and private events including graduations, weddings, and dinners, among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Cards are inclusive of general greeting cards, sympathy cards for the deaths of Rush Holt's parents, and get-well cards.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Significant items include invitations to attend events at the White House (located in box 312, folder 10) and an invitation to attend the 1939 World's Fair (located in box 340, folder 5).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Included in this series are letters and telegrams that are interleaved with cards and that possess a similar theme.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes material representing Rush Holt's activities during his political campaigns for West Virginia and national offices.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Types of material include broadsides, correspondence, newspaper mats, publicity releases, and speeches, among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Items of note include certificates of election for the West Virginia House of Delegates (located in box 369, folder 1).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes Rush Holt's diploma from Weston High School and material from LaSalle Extension University Law and Practical Accounting courses in which Rush Holt enrolled.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Types of material include coursework, examinations, and records of final grades.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e An item of note is Rush Holt's high school diploma (located in box 1, folder 6).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes bills for recordings, radio station receipts, and election expenditures information that Rush Holt retained.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e For the sound recordings mentioned in this material in addition to other recordings by Rush Holt, please see Series 5. Press and Media Activity--Recordings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes typescripts, newsletters, manuscripts, and photocopies of newspaper articles written by Rush Holt.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Typescripts include \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eFacts and Figures\u003c/emph\u003e (numbers 1-224) and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003ePolitics in West Virginia\u003c/emph\u003e (numbers 1-118). These serial publications are also partially represented by the photocopied articles. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eFacts and Figures\u003c/emph\u003e appears to be a regular column that Holt wrote from 1947 through 1953, though perhaps not continuously.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Copies of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe West Virginia Taxpayer\u003c/emph\u003e, a newsletter written and published by Rush Holt, are also included and span from December 1948 to November 1954. Correspondence regarding support for this publication can be found in Series 4. Constituent Services—General Constituent Mail.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Manuscripts by Rush Holt include \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWho's Who Among the War Mongers: Merchants of Death and Their Stooges\u003c/emph\u003e (located in box 306, folders 1 and 2), \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe British Network: A Study of Fifth Column Activities in the United States\u003c/emph\u003e (located in box 306, folders 3 and 4), and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe President Moves Toward War\u003c/emph\u003e (located in box 339, folders 4 and 5).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes publications such as magazines, newsletters, bulletins, brochures, and pamphlets, among other types of publications to which Rush Holt subscribed and collected.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Topics include neutrality, war propaganda, taxes, and utilities, among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Publications include Uncensored, Social Justice, Public Assistance, West Virginia utility reports, and tax publications from different states, among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e An item of note is the photocopied section of Sherwood Anderson's Puzzled America that mentions Rush Holt (located in box 370, folder 10). A copy of the whole book is available through West Virginia University's Downtown Library (call number: E806.A652 1970).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes photographs that represent Rush Holt's personal life and political career. Photographs depict Rush Holt and his family, among other prominent individuals.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Personal life photographs include Rush Holt's and Helen Louise Froelich's wedding and photographs taken of Rush Holt and his family during holidays and other special occasions.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Political career photographs comprise the majority of this series and represent occasions such as sessions of the West Virginia Legislature, political conventions, and campaign events including Dwight Eisenhower's \"Whistle Stop\" presidential campaign through West Virginia (located in box 370, folder 13), among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Prominent individuals include James Farley, former postmaster general during the first two administrations of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (signed photograph located in box 1, folder 1); individuals involved with WCHS News, including Ron Edwards; and former Vice President John N. Garner (signed photograph located in box 370, folder 16), among other politicians.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e For additional photographs of Rush Holt, please see the West Virginia \u0026amp; Regional History Center's digitized OnView collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes items collected by Rush Holt such as personal nameplates, political and historical ephemera, tickets to events, and personal items, among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Political and historical ephemera includes an \"America First\" ribbon (located in box 341, folder 2), a campaign ribbon from the 1840 Van Buren and Johnson election (located in box 341, folder 2), and a Confederate ten dollar bill (located in box 341, folder 2).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Tickets to events are representative of commencements and sporting events in West Virginia, the premiere of Disney's \u003cemph renderrender=\"italic\"\u003eFantasia\u003c/emph\u003e in Washington, D.C., and the 1952 Republican National Convention, among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Personal items include material from a fraternity to which Rush Holt belonged, items (pictures, cards, licenses) from his wallets, and material from a Bible class Rush Holt taught.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e The wallets from which the personal pictures, cards, and licenses were removed are located in Series 2. Artifacts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes miscellaneous material collected by Rush Holt.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTypes of material include newspaper clippings, reports, publications, and correspondence, and election-related records, among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTopics include other senators (e.g., Joe Guffey of Pennsylvania and H. D. Hatfield of West Virginia), labor, railroads, and the Supreme Court, among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eItems of note include a certificate confirming Rush Holt's initiation into the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (located in box 1, loose); maps that detail election results for different offices including governor, House of Delegates, etc. in West Virginia (located in box 147, folder 8); Rush Holt's diary (located in box 166, folder 1), material relating to John L. Lewis and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (located in box 151, folders 1 to 3); a list of individuals who have sat in the same Senate desk that Rush Holt did (located in box 369, folder 13); a prayer authored by Rush Holt (located in box 372, folder 7); and material relating to the Rush Holt Endowment at West Virginia University (located in box 372, folder 8).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes election material collected by Holt, such as facsimile abstracts of votes, primary election results, lists of voters, and more. The main geographical focus is Lewis County, WV.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes personal and political items collected by Rush Holt.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Items of note include a personalized \"Holt for Governor\" license plate and a senatorial campaign button (located in box 374), a \"liberty\" embroidered cloth (located in box 4), and a West Virginia state flag (located in box 4).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, statistics, transcripts, financial records, and project records, among other miscellaneous material relative to Rush Holt's committee-based and general legislative activity.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e For records of speeches delivered in the West Virginia Legislature and the United States Senate, please see Series 5. Press and Media Activity—Speeches.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e It should be noted that there exists a gap in the legislative records; thus, Rush Holt's senatorial papers are not represented as completely as those from the West Virginia House of Delegates. For material pertaining to the senatorial years, please refer to the Miscellaneous section of this series, or check the Records of the U.S. Senate at the National Archives and Records Administration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, reports, and clippings bearing primarily upon Rush Holt's activities as chairman of the Utility Investigating Committee \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e The material is representative of Rush Holt's interaction with and study of utility companies throughout West Virginia and the United States.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Topics include gas, electricity, fuel rates, and municipal-owned utilities, among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Material of note includes testimonies of utility representatives during special hearings to examine the costs of state utilities. These hearings were held in Charleston, West Virginia between February 6, 1933 and April 11, 1933 (located in box 177, folder 1 to box 180, folder 4).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, statistics, reports, and transcripts relative to Rush Holt's activity with the Government Costs Committee.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Correspondence includes letters sent and received by Rush Holt regarding expenditures for West Virginia and other states. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Statistics and reports include information sent to and gathered by Rush Holt regarding state-owned cars in West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Institutions and departments represented include the Department of Agriculture, West Virginia University, Huntington State Hospital, the Department of Mines, and the State Road Commission, among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e The transcript document testimonies in the February 5 to March 1, 1943 hearings to investigate the cost of state government for which Rush Holt served as chairman. Entities represented by the testimonies include the Publicity Commission, the Bureau of Negro Welfare, the Road Commission, and the Labor Department, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes financial records requested by and maintained by Rush Holt during his time as a member of the Interstate Cooperation Commission.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Types of records include correspondence, financial and payroll statistics, and budgetary reports, among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Entities represented include departments of state, governmental offices of state, educational institutions (including West Virginia University), and hospitals, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, payroll records, project records, and other miscellaneous material relative to the activities of the Works Progress Administration that Rush Holt gathered. It should be noted that while he was not an administrator of the Works Progress Administration, Rush Holt used his legislative position to discover and draw attention to the organization that he believed had been corrupted.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Correspondence is comprised of letters to and from Rush Holt concerning the status of projects in West Virginia counties. Also included are incoming letters from around the United States relating to Holt's speeches, actions, and beliefs concerning the Works Progress Administration.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Payroll records include copies of salaries received for positions of different projects in West Virginia counties. These records include location information, project numbers, position titles, and salary amounts.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Project records include information relating to the cost of rentals, supplies, and bids, among other project expenditures.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes typescripts, statistics, publications, reports, and other miscellaneous records pertaining to Rush Holt's legislative activity.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTopics represented by the material include municipal operations, education, neutrality, and immigration, among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eRecords of note include copies of the West \u003cemph renderrender=\"italic\"\u003eVirginia Legislature Journal\u003c/emph\u003e for the 1944 first extraordinary session of the state's House of Delegates and Senate (located in box 339, folder 14), a five-year plan for West Virginia highways (located in box 294, folder 6), and annual reports written and sent to the West Virginia Public Service Commission (located in box 296, folder 2 to box 297, folder 2).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Additional correspondence related to Holt's legislative activity, and more general political topics, can be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers—Correspondence and Miscellaneous.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes mail received by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate from constituents requesting government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, educational material, and Rush Holt's recommendation to the United States Military or Naval Academy. In some cases, this series also includes typescript responses, many of which are generic.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes constituent mail received and sent by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBecause of different original series of correspondence (including general correspondence, second copies, and correspondence sorted by topic), in addition to maintaining this original order, the material of this series, as a whole, is not in chronological order. It should also be noted that the letters that have been sorted by topic are not a complete representation of that subject. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTopics include World War II, neutrality, political issues (such as the Supreme Court proposed alteration, Rush Holt's age at the time of his election to the Senate, presidential third terms, etc.), state construction projects (such as roads and infrastructure), and state programs and relief efforts for issues such as the 1936 silicosis incident in West Virginia, among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGeneral correspondence is arranged chronologically, then foldered by first letter of last name. It includes basic requests for material, facts, or brief opinions. Copies of typescript responses are stapled to the original constituent letter. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSecond copies correspondence is arranged chronologically, but it contains only the typescript copies of Rush Holt's responses. For some, the first copy typescript and original letter are located in general correspondence; however, others are not. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSupreme Court correspondence is organized into two groups: Individuals for and against the proposed change. Attached to the initial letters from constituents is Rush Holt's response, and for those against the change, there are also form letters offering a publication commemorating the 150th anniversary of the first congressional meeting. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThere are also a few boxes of \u003cemph renderrender=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Taxpayer\u003c/emph\u003e correspondence that include outgoing typescript copies of letters, mostly letters of thanks and solicitation for donations/subscription to support Holt's newsletter/publication, the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Taxpayer\u003c/emph\u003e. There is a small amount of incoming correspondence as well. Copies of this publication can be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers, Publications.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e For an example of a constituent mail log, please see Series 6. Administrative Files.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Additional constituent mail may also be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers—Correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes copies of correspondence between Rush Holt and constituents asking for the former's recommendation to the United States Military Academy (West Point) or Naval Academy (Annapolis).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes constituent letters asking for government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, and educational material. The material is generally separated by date and state or correspondent.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Requests for government publications and bulletins include a mixture of educational and personal use requests for publications such as the \u003cemph renderrender=\"italic\"\u003eAgricultural Yearbook\u003c/emph\u003e and the \u003cemph renderrender=\"italic\"\u003eFarmer's Bulletin\u003c/emph\u003e. Also included are requests for publications about political topics (e.g. a presidential third term).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Requests for speeches include letters from constituents reflecting their opinions about Rush Holt's speeches in addition to asking for copies. Topics of speeches requested include World War II (particularly the \"Youth Faces War\" and \"Keep America Neutral\" speeches), the Works Progress Administration, the Supreme Court issue, the Conscription bill, and the Burke-Wardsworth bill, among others. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Requests for educational material are primarily from teachers and students asking Rush Holt for material to support curriculum activities. Subjects represented include vocational school topics and issues, West Virginia and United States geography, and United States commerce, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications, typescripts of press releases, pen-and-ink drawn political cartoons, transcripts of speeches, and sound recordings, among other material representing Rush Holt's involvement with the press and media.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes both original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications retained by Rush Holt. Entire issues are also included in this series. Some clippings have been pasted into scrapbooks.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Topics represented are a combination of personal and political interests. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Personal topics include Rush Holt's wedding to Helen Louise Froelich, the Holt family, and the Rush Holt History Conference at West Virginia University (1998-2003), among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Political topics include Rush Holt's campaigns and elections, the Congress of Industrial Organizations, the Works Progress Administration, and neutrality issues, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes copies of typed press releases regarding speeches delivered by Rush Holt, or those with similar opinions, throughout his political career. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Topics addressed include neutrality, foreign policy, social security, and the presidential third term issue, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes pen and ink drawings by a variety of artists for political cartoons documenting news issues of the day including the West Virginia politics, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, World War II, and isolationism, among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Twenty-three of these cartoons were used for a campaign booklet advocating Rush Holt's candidacy for governor of West Virginia (1952).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e To see digitized copies of these Holt political cartoons, please visit the Rush Holt Political Cartoons digital collection: https://holt.lib.wvu.edu/?utf8=%E2%9C%93\u0026amp;search_field=all_fields\u0026amp;q.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes material documenting the daily office activities of Rush Holt and his staff during the former's senatorial term. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Types of material include daily reports, lists of letters received requesting information, and records of work performed by the office staff. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Daily reports document visits, appointments, and calls to Rush Holt's office for the periods of December 6, 1937 to December 31, 1938, the entire year of 1939, and January 3, 1940 to November 9, 1940.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Lists of letters received provide a chronological register of constituents' writings to Rush Holt between 1939 and 1940. It should be noted, however, that these records provide only basic information and do not indicate the subject of the correspondence. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Records of work performed provide documentation of tasks completed by Rush Holt's Senate office employees. It should be noted that these records, while detailed, are limited to the first half of 1940 (January to June). \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e For an example of outgoing political form letters, mass mailings, and mailing lists, see Series 4. 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The collection is divided into six series: Personal and Political Papers (1840-2000 and undated) includes correspondence; invitations and cards; material representing campaign activities; and material from college courses, among other material that represents Rush Holt's personal life and political career; and ephemera collected by Rush Holt. Artifacts (1939-1952 and undated) includes personal and political items collected by Rush Holt. Legislative Records (1920-1955 and undated) includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, statistics, transcripts, financial records, and project records, among other miscellaneous material relative to Rush Holt's committee-based and general legislative activity. Constituent Services (1923-1954 and undated) includes mail received by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate from constituents providing political opinions to Holt or requesting government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, educational material, and Rush Holt's recommendation to the United States Military or Naval Academy. Press and Media Activity (1925-2003 and undated) includes original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications, typescripts of press releases, pen-and-ink drawn political cartoons, transcripts of speeches, and sound recordings, among other material representing Rush Holt's involvement with the press and media. Administrative Files (1937-1940) includes material documenting the daily office activities of Rush Holt and his staff during the former's senatorial term.","The collection is divided into six series as follows:","Series 1. Personal and Political Papers; 1840-2000 and undated (bulk 1918-1955)","Includes material related to Rush Holt's personal, family, and political life. Additional material related to his work in politics can be found in Series 3 through 6. Types of material include correspondence; invitations and cards; material representing campaign activities; material from college courses; bills for recordings, radio station receipts, and election expenditures; typescripts, newsletters, manuscripts, and photocopies of material written by Rush Holt; publications to which Rush Holt subscribed and collected; photographs that represent Rush Holt's personal life and political career; ephemera collected by Rush Holt; and election results collected by Rush Holt.","Series 2. Artifacts; 1939-1952 and undated","Includes personal and political items collected by Rush Holt.","Series 3. Legislative Records; 1920-1955 and undated","Includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, statistics, transcripts, financial records, and project records, among other miscellaneous material relative to Rush Holt's committee-based and general legislative activity.","Series 4. Constituent Services; 1923-1954 and undated","Includes mail received by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate from constituents requesting government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, educational material, and Rush Holt's recommendation to the United States Military or Naval Academy. In some cases, this series also includes typescript responses, many of which are generic.","Series 5. Press and Media Activity; 1925-2003 and undated (bulk 1925-1955)","Includes original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications, typescripts of press releases, pen-and-ink drawn political cartoons, transcripts of speeches, and sound recordings, among other material representing Rush Holt's involvement with the press and media.    ","Series 6. Administrative Files; 1937-1940","Includes material documenting the daily office activities of Rush Holt and his staff during the former's senatorial term.   ","Includes material related to Rush Holt's personal, family, and political life. Additional material related to his work in politics can be found in Series 3 through 6. Types of material include correspondence; invitations and cards; material representing campaign activities; material from college courses; bills for recordings, radio station receipts, and election expenditures; typescripts, newsletters, manuscripts, and photocopies of material written by Rush Holt; publications to which Rush Holt subscribed and collected; photographs that represent Rush Holt's personal life and political career; ephemera collected by Rush Holt; and election results collected by Rush Holt.","Includes correspondence relating to the personal and political issues of Rush Holt's life. "," Because of different original series of correspondence, in addition to maintaining this original order, the material of this series, as a whole, is not in chronological order. "," Personal correspondence topics include Rush Holt's marriage to Helen Louise Froelich, family matters such as births and deaths, holidays, Rush Holt's illness, and general correspondence with family and friends, among others."," Political correspondence topics include an anti-lynching bill which is represented by letters between Rush Holt and Walter White, former secretary for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; the United Mine Workers of America which is represented by correspondence between Rush Holt and Frank Miley, former president of the United Mine Workers of America, District 31; and the seating issue from when Rush Holt was first elected to the Senate; among others."," Other prominent correspondents/subjects of correspondence include Joe Alderson, former WPA Director in Lewis County, West Virginia; Van A. Bittner, former president of United Mine Workers Association District 12; James A. Farley, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee; and Frank Miley, former president of the United Mine Workers of America, District 31, among others. "," Items of note include political-related correspondence with Spencer Bonaventure Tracey (located in box 229, folder 7), Louise B. Mayer (located in box 229, folder 8), Walt Disney (located in box 229, folder 9), and James Cagney (located in box 229, folder 11). Other items of note include a poem titled Rejected (not Holt's) that is set in Hell and portrays President Franklin D. Roosevelt as a sinner (located in box 238, folder 3), and a letter from President Harry S. Truman (located in box 357, folder 1)."," For correspondence directly related to Rush Holt's campaigns, please see Series 1. Personal and Political Papers—Campaign Material."," For Utility Investigating Committee-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—West Virginia House of Delegates Utility Investigating Committee"," For Government Costs Committee-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—West Virginia House of Delegates State Government Costs Committee."," For Interstate Cooperation Commission-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—West Virginia House of Delegates Interstate Cooperation Commission. "," For Works Progress Administration-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—Works Progress Administration.","Includes invitations and cards retained by Rush Holt. Also includes a small subset of Holt's responses."," Invitations represent both public and private events including graduations, weddings, and dinners, among others."," Cards are inclusive of general greeting cards, sympathy cards for the deaths of Rush Holt's parents, and get-well cards."," Significant items include invitations to attend events at the White House (located in box 312, folder 10) and an invitation to attend the 1939 World's Fair (located in box 340, folder 5)."," Included in this series are letters and telegrams that are interleaved with cards and that possess a similar theme.","Includes material representing Rush Holt's activities during his political campaigns for West Virginia and national offices."," Types of material include broadsides, correspondence, newspaper mats, publicity releases, and speeches, among others."," Items of note include certificates of election for the West Virginia House of Delegates (located in box 369, folder 1).","Includes Rush Holt's diploma from Weston High School and material from LaSalle Extension University Law and Practical Accounting courses in which Rush Holt enrolled."," Types of material include coursework, examinations, and records of final grades."," An item of note is Rush Holt's high school diploma (located in box 1, folder 6).","Includes bills for recordings, radio station receipts, and election expenditures information that Rush Holt retained."," For the sound recordings mentioned in this material in addition to other recordings by Rush Holt, please see Series 5. Press and Media Activity--Recordings.","Includes typescripts, newsletters, manuscripts, and photocopies of newspaper articles written by Rush Holt."," Typescripts include  Facts and Figures  (numbers 1-224) and  Politics in West Virginia  (numbers 1-118). These serial publications are also partially represented by the photocopied articles.  Facts and Figures  appears to be a regular column that Holt wrote from 1947 through 1953, though perhaps not continuously."," Copies of  The West Virginia Taxpayer , a newsletter written and published by Rush Holt, are also included and span from December 1948 to November 1954. Correspondence regarding support for this publication can be found in Series 4. Constituent Services—General Constituent Mail."," Manuscripts by Rush Holt include  Who's Who Among the War Mongers: Merchants of Death and Their Stooges  (located in box 306, folders 1 and 2),  The British Network: A Study of Fifth Column Activities in the United States  (located in box 306, folders 3 and 4), and  The President Moves Toward War  (located in box 339, folders 4 and 5).","Includes publications such as magazines, newsletters, bulletins, brochures, and pamphlets, among other types of publications to which Rush Holt subscribed and collected."," Topics include neutrality, war propaganda, taxes, and utilities, among others."," Publications include Uncensored, Social Justice, Public Assistance, West Virginia utility reports, and tax publications from different states, among others."," An item of note is the photocopied section of Sherwood Anderson's Puzzled America that mentions Rush Holt (located in box 370, folder 10). A copy of the whole book is available through West Virginia University's Downtown Library (call number: E806.A652 1970).","Includes photographs that represent Rush Holt's personal life and political career. Photographs depict Rush Holt and his family, among other prominent individuals."," Personal life photographs include Rush Holt's and Helen Louise Froelich's wedding and photographs taken of Rush Holt and his family during holidays and other special occasions."," Political career photographs comprise the majority of this series and represent occasions such as sessions of the West Virginia Legislature, political conventions, and campaign events including Dwight Eisenhower's \"Whistle Stop\" presidential campaign through West Virginia (located in box 370, folder 13), among others."," Prominent individuals include James Farley, former postmaster general during the first two administrations of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (signed photograph located in box 1, folder 1); individuals involved with WCHS News, including Ron Edwards; and former Vice President John N. Garner (signed photograph located in box 370, folder 16), among other politicians."," For additional photographs of Rush Holt, please see the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center's digitized OnView collection.","Includes items collected by Rush Holt such as personal nameplates, political and historical ephemera, tickets to events, and personal items, among others."," Political and historical ephemera includes an \"America First\" ribbon (located in box 341, folder 2), a campaign ribbon from the 1840 Van Buren and Johnson election (located in box 341, folder 2), and a Confederate ten dollar bill (located in box 341, folder 2)."," Tickets to events are representative of commencements and sporting events in West Virginia, the premiere of Disney's  Fantasia  in Washington, D.C., and the 1952 Republican National Convention, among others."," Personal items include material from a fraternity to which Rush Holt belonged, items (pictures, cards, licenses) from his wallets, and material from a Bible class Rush Holt taught."," The wallets from which the personal pictures, cards, and licenses were removed are located in Series 2. Artifacts.","Includes miscellaneous material collected by Rush Holt.","Types of material include newspaper clippings, reports, publications, and correspondence, and election-related records, among others.","Topics include other senators (e.g., Joe Guffey of Pennsylvania and H. D. Hatfield of West Virginia), labor, railroads, and the Supreme Court, among others.","Items of note include a certificate confirming Rush Holt's initiation into the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (located in box 1, loose); maps that detail election results for different offices including governor, House of Delegates, etc. in West Virginia (located in box 147, folder 8); Rush Holt's diary (located in box 166, folder 1), material relating to John L. Lewis and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (located in box 151, folders 1 to 3); a list of individuals who have sat in the same Senate desk that Rush Holt did (located in box 369, folder 13); a prayer authored by Rush Holt (located in box 372, folder 7); and material relating to the Rush Holt Endowment at West Virginia University (located in box 372, folder 8).","Includes election material collected by Holt, such as facsimile abstracts of votes, primary election results, lists of voters, and more. The main geographical focus is Lewis County, WV.","Includes personal and political items collected by Rush Holt."," Items of note include a personalized \"Holt for Governor\" license plate and a senatorial campaign button (located in box 374), a \"liberty\" embroidered cloth (located in box 4), and a West Virginia state flag (located in box 4).","Includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, statistics, transcripts, financial records, and project records, among other miscellaneous material relative to Rush Holt's committee-based and general legislative activity."," For records of speeches delivered in the West Virginia Legislature and the United States Senate, please see Series 5. Press and Media Activity—Speeches."," It should be noted that there exists a gap in the legislative records; thus, Rush Holt's senatorial papers are not represented as completely as those from the West Virginia House of Delegates. For material pertaining to the senatorial years, please refer to the Miscellaneous section of this series, or check the Records of the U.S. Senate at the National Archives and Records Administration.","Includes correspondence, reports, and clippings bearing primarily upon Rush Holt's activities as chairman of the Utility Investigating Committee "," The material is representative of Rush Holt's interaction with and study of utility companies throughout West Virginia and the United States."," Topics include gas, electricity, fuel rates, and municipal-owned utilities, among others."," Material of note includes testimonies of utility representatives during special hearings to examine the costs of state utilities. These hearings were held in Charleston, West Virginia between February 6, 1933 and April 11, 1933 (located in box 177, folder 1 to box 180, folder 4).","Includes correspondence, statistics, reports, and transcripts relative to Rush Holt's activity with the Government Costs Committee."," Correspondence includes letters sent and received by Rush Holt regarding expenditures for West Virginia and other states. "," Statistics and reports include information sent to and gathered by Rush Holt regarding state-owned cars in West Virginia."," Institutions and departments represented include the Department of Agriculture, West Virginia University, Huntington State Hospital, the Department of Mines, and the State Road Commission, among others."," The transcript document testimonies in the February 5 to March 1, 1943 hearings to investigate the cost of state government for which Rush Holt served as chairman. Entities represented by the testimonies include the Publicity Commission, the Bureau of Negro Welfare, the Road Commission, and the Labor Department, among others.","Includes financial records requested by and maintained by Rush Holt during his time as a member of the Interstate Cooperation Commission."," Types of records include correspondence, financial and payroll statistics, and budgetary reports, among others."," Entities represented include departments of state, governmental offices of state, educational institutions (including West Virginia University), and hospitals, among others.","Includes correspondence, payroll records, project records, and other miscellaneous material relative to the activities of the Works Progress Administration that Rush Holt gathered. It should be noted that while he was not an administrator of the Works Progress Administration, Rush Holt used his legislative position to discover and draw attention to the organization that he believed had been corrupted."," Correspondence is comprised of letters to and from Rush Holt concerning the status of projects in West Virginia counties. Also included are incoming letters from around the United States relating to Holt's speeches, actions, and beliefs concerning the Works Progress Administration."," Payroll records include copies of salaries received for positions of different projects in West Virginia counties. These records include location information, project numbers, position titles, and salary amounts."," Project records include information relating to the cost of rentals, supplies, and bids, among other project expenditures.","Includes typescripts, statistics, publications, reports, and other miscellaneous records pertaining to Rush Holt's legislative activity.","Topics represented by the material include municipal operations, education, neutrality, and immigration, among others.","Records of note include copies of the West  Virginia Legislature Journal  for the 1944 first extraordinary session of the state's House of Delegates and Senate (located in box 339, folder 14), a five-year plan for West Virginia highways (located in box 294, folder 6), and annual reports written and sent to the West Virginia Public Service Commission (located in box 296, folder 2 to box 297, folder 2)."," Additional correspondence related to Holt's legislative activity, and more general political topics, can be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers—Correspondence and Miscellaneous.","Includes mail received by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate from constituents requesting government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, educational material, and Rush Holt's recommendation to the United States Military or Naval Academy. In some cases, this series also includes typescript responses, many of which are generic.","Includes constituent mail received and sent by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate. ","Because of different original series of correspondence (including general correspondence, second copies, and correspondence sorted by topic), in addition to maintaining this original order, the material of this series, as a whole, is not in chronological order. It should also be noted that the letters that have been sorted by topic are not a complete representation of that subject. ","Topics include World War II, neutrality, political issues (such as the Supreme Court proposed alteration, Rush Holt's age at the time of his election to the Senate, presidential third terms, etc.), state construction projects (such as roads and infrastructure), and state programs and relief efforts for issues such as the 1936 silicosis incident in West Virginia, among others.","General correspondence is arranged chronologically, then foldered by first letter of last name. It includes basic requests for material, facts, or brief opinions. Copies of typescript responses are stapled to the original constituent letter. ","Second copies correspondence is arranged chronologically, but it contains only the typescript copies of Rush Holt's responses. For some, the first copy typescript and original letter are located in general correspondence; however, others are not. ","Supreme Court correspondence is organized into two groups: Individuals for and against the proposed change. Attached to the initial letters from constituents is Rush Holt's response, and for those against the change, there are also form letters offering a publication commemorating the 150th anniversary of the first congressional meeting. ","There are also a few boxes of  West Virginia Taxpayer  correspondence that include outgoing typescript copies of letters, mostly letters of thanks and solicitation for donations/subscription to support Holt's newsletter/publication, the  West Virginia Taxpayer . There is a small amount of incoming correspondence as well. Copies of this publication can be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers, Publications."," For an example of a constituent mail log, please see Series 6. Administrative Files."," Additional constituent mail may also be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers—Correspondence.","Includes copies of correspondence between Rush Holt and constituents asking for the former's recommendation to the United States Military Academy (West Point) or Naval Academy (Annapolis).","Includes constituent letters asking for government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, and educational material. The material is generally separated by date and state or correspondent."," Requests for government publications and bulletins include a mixture of educational and personal use requests for publications such as the  Agricultural Yearbook  and the  Farmer's Bulletin . Also included are requests for publications about political topics (e.g. a presidential third term)."," Requests for speeches include letters from constituents reflecting their opinions about Rush Holt's speeches in addition to asking for copies. Topics of speeches requested include World War II (particularly the \"Youth Faces War\" and \"Keep America Neutral\" speeches), the Works Progress Administration, the Supreme Court issue, the Conscription bill, and the Burke-Wardsworth bill, among others. "," Requests for educational material are primarily from teachers and students asking Rush Holt for material to support curriculum activities. Subjects represented include vocational school topics and issues, West Virginia and United States geography, and United States commerce, among others.","Includes original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications, typescripts of press releases, pen-and-ink drawn political cartoons, transcripts of speeches, and sound recordings, among other material representing Rush Holt's involvement with the press and media.","Includes both original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications retained by Rush Holt. Entire issues are also included in this series. Some clippings have been pasted into scrapbooks."," Topics represented are a combination of personal and political interests. "," Personal topics include Rush Holt's wedding to Helen Louise Froelich, the Holt family, and the Rush Holt History Conference at West Virginia University (1998-2003), among others."," Political topics include Rush Holt's campaigns and elections, the Congress of Industrial Organizations, the Works Progress Administration, and neutrality issues, among others.","Includes copies of typed press releases regarding speeches delivered by Rush Holt, or those with similar opinions, throughout his political career. "," Topics addressed include neutrality, foreign policy, social security, and the presidential third term issue, among others.","Includes pen and ink drawings by a variety of artists for political cartoons documenting news issues of the day including the West Virginia politics, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, World War II, and isolationism, among others."," Twenty-three of these cartoons were used for a campaign booklet advocating Rush Holt's candidacy for governor of West Virginia (1952)."," To see digitized copies of these Holt political cartoons, please visit the Rush Holt Political Cartoons digital collection: https://holt.lib.wvu.edu/?utf8=%E2%9C%93\u0026search_field=all_fields\u0026q.","Includes material documenting the daily office activities of Rush Holt and his staff during the former's senatorial term. "," Types of material include daily reports, lists of letters received requesting information, and records of work performed by the office staff. "," Daily reports document visits, appointments, and calls to Rush Holt's office for the periods of December 6, 1937 to December 31, 1938, the entire year of 1939, and January 3, 1940 to November 9, 1940."," Lists of letters received provide a chronological register of constituents' writings to Rush Holt between 1939 and 1940. It should be noted, however, that these records provide only basic information and do not indicate the subject of the correspondence. "," Records of work performed provide documentation of tasks completed by Rush Holt's Senate office employees. It should be noted that these records, while detailed, are limited to the first half of 1940 (January to June). "," For an example of outgoing political form letters, mass mailings, and mailing lists, see Series 4. Constituent Services—General Constituent Mail (boxes 291 and 292)."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eEphemeral items not specific to Rush Dew Holt were moved to the Printed Ephemera Collection. Several local basketball scorecards were moved to A\u0026amp;M 4216, the Annual West Virginia State High School Basketball Tournament Programs collection.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e17 reels of undated sound recordings, chiefly relating to the political career of Rush Dew Holt, were separated to the oral history collection, C432 R699-R715 (17 tapes). These tapes include some personal material as well.\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Ephemeral items not specific to Rush Dew Holt were moved to the Printed Ephemera Collection. Several local basketball scorecards were moved to A\u0026M 4216, the Annual West Virginia State High School Basketball Tournament Programs collection.","17 reels of undated sound recordings, chiefly relating to the political career of Rush Dew Holt, were separated to the oral history collection, C432 R699-R715 (17 tapes). These tapes include some personal material as well."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the \u003ca href=\"https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/visit/permissions-and-copyright\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePermissions and Copyright page\u003c/a\u003e on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the  Permissions and Copyright page  on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_7f7aca18f594cb9e240c48f7fdefc04e\"\u003ePapers of Rush Dew Holt, Sr. (1905-1955) relating to his personal and political activities. Types of material include publications, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera, among others. The collection is divided into six series: Personal and Political Papers (1840-2000 and undated), Artifacts (1939-1952 and undated), Legislative Records (1920-1955 and undated), Constituent Services (1923-1954 and undated), Press and Media Activity (1925-2003 and undated), and Administrative Files (1937-1940).\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Papers of Rush Dew Holt, Sr. (1905-1955) relating to his personal and political activities. Types of material include publications, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera, among others. 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Bill Royall, Jr. contain a variety of personal material and ephemera, much of it related to Williamsburg, Virginia. The collection includes samples of printing from Bill Royall's press relating to Williamsburg organizations and events such as tags, calendars, posters, programs, stickers, flyers, bulletins and other items.","Tax stamps for liquor and tobacco given by the United States Internal Revenue for R. A. Lively of Williamsburg, Virginia. 26 June 1883.","Matthew Whaley diploma of S. F. Royall, 4 June 1937.","Letter to Mr. and Mrs. S.F. Royall from Mrs. Zoe (Thomas) Graves of the College of William and Mary remarking on the Williamsburg Reunions. Written sometime in the 1970's.","Photographs of Jean Etheridge: one possibly as a freshman at William and Mary and the other as an older woman, possibly in her 60's.","Botetourt Bibliography Society fall program, 1979, sample of COMMON GLORY stationery, newspaper advertisement for a traveling gift show at Cameron Hall in Williamsburg and a letter to Bill Royall from Clifford Currie, Director of Swem Library, about the printing of Swem Library's stationery, 8 August 1979.","A small book \"From the Books of Clem Samford\" printed by S.F. Royall, copy of 1940 graduation program at Matthew Whaley School, Williamsburg Baptist Church Rules of Order (1969), July 3, 1936 edition of Mathew Whaley High School's newspaper, \"Summer Shines,\" May 13, 1936 mailing from Jamestown, list of cast members in \"Latini Discipuli\" (undated), list of equipment offered for sale in February and March 1979 by Murphy Advertising, typed school notes, script for \"The Map Tea Party,\" ribbon for the Modern Language Association 53rd Annual Meeting, Dec. 29-31, 1936, Powder Horn newspaper from Matthew Whaley (transferred to Williamsburg Reunion Collection) (1928 and 1938), 1938 receipt from the Williamsburg Drug Company, and \"Souvenir Guide, Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown, 1607-1907\" by J. Blair Spencer.","Letter of V.M. Geddy, Jr. to Bill and Mae Royall concerning contribution to his campaign, 5 May 1976. 15 issues of of The Powder Horn, 1931-1937 (transferred to the Williamsburg Reunion Collection).","Approximately 40 letters to S.F. Royall, Williamsburg Press, thanking him for fine printing and for extra help.","Photocopies. Sixteen wartime incoming letters to Bill Royall of Williamsburg, Va. from Lt. Ellsworth Palmer Ayers, Jr. (of the 2691 Sig. AW Bn., 64th Fighter Wing) mentioning Williamsburg residents W. A. R. Goodwin Jr. and Dewey Renick and their efforts in the war. Also contains a newspaper article about Williamsburg veterans of both World Wars, Korea, and Vietnam.","Samples of printing from Bill Royall's press relating to Williamsburg organizations and events. Includes items such as tags, calendars, posters, programs, stickers, flyers, bulletins and much more.","Samples of printing from Bill Royall's press relating to Williamsburg organizations and events. Includes items such as tags, calendars, posters, programs, stickers, flyers, bulletins and much more. 500 items. 2 Boxes.","Addition includes artifacts, printed materials, artifacts and a scrapbook. Printed materials include conference brochures as well as William \u0026 Mary class directories. Artifacts include William \u0026 Mary memorabilia including a doc cap and pillow."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eTransferred to Rare Books: Directory of the City of Williamsburg, James City County, and York County (Williamsburg, 1940), Cover for child's music school book, compliments of the First National Bank, Williamsburg. Wayne Fulton Gibb's copy. \"Second Year Music, Hollis Dann Music Course\" by Hollis Dann and published by the American Book Company. 1915 and \"The Heart of Old Virginia,\" by Alice Maude Ewell,New York and Washington, Neale Publishing Company, 1907. Poetry book with allusions to local area.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Matthew Whaley yearbooks and other material related to the Williamsburg Reunion were transferred to the Williamsburg Reunion Collection.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Ephemera transferred to the the Williamsburg (Va) Postcard and Ephemera Collection: Xerox of broadside advertising cabinet manufacture of William Rouse of Smithfield, Virginia. April 1859. Printed at the Day Book Mammoth Press, Norfolk, Va. Location of original unknown. One original and two copies of Williamsburg Tourist Accommodation map, 1940. Approximately 25 pieces of Williamsburg publications printed by S.F. 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Poetry book with allusions to local area."," Matthew Whaley yearbooks and other material related to the Williamsburg Reunion were transferred to the Williamsburg Reunion Collection."," Ephemera transferred to the the Williamsburg (Va) Postcard and Ephemera Collection: Xerox of broadside advertising cabinet manufacture of William Rouse of Smithfield, Virginia. April 1859. Printed at the Day Book Mammoth Press, Norfolk, Va. Location of original unknown. One original and two copies of Williamsburg Tourist Accommodation map, 1940. Approximately 25 pieces of Williamsburg publications printed by S.F. 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Acc. 2008.35","/repositories/2/resources/1459"],"text":["Mss. Acc. 2008.35","/repositories/2/resources/1459","Sixty-Seventh Field Hospital Collection","World War, 1939-1945","World War, 1939-1945--Medical and sanitary affairs.","Booklets","Correspondence","Diaries","Manuscripts (document genre)","Photographs","Receipts (financial records)","Newsletters","Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","During World War II, troops in a combat operation were not permitted to stop and care for the wounded. All soldiers carried emergency field-dressing kits and, if possible, attempted to treat their own wounds. Wounded soldiers waited for the stretcher-bearers who would take them to a Regimental Aid Post, just behind the lines. Here, a Regimental Medical Officer and assistants cleaned the wounds, applied dressings, and gave injections. When necessary, they were then taken to the Advanced Dressing Station for further treatment and emergency amputation and then moved to the \"field hospital\", also known as \"ambulances\" or \"casualty clearing stations,\" where needed surgeries were carried out. The function of the field hospital was to operate solely on casualties hit in the chest, abdomen, or large bone of the leg. Other wounds were fixed at the same time, of course, but the idea was to bring a facility to perform major surgery as close to the line as possible. All casualties, treated patients and evacuees were then sent to the evacuation hospital (\"evac hospital\") for further treatment and redeployment. Typically, each of a field hospital's three platoons consisted of about 60 enlisted men, six nurses, and about a half dozen surgeons. In the Korean Conflict, field hospitals became known as MASH (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) units.","During the European, phase of World War II, U. S. Army Field Hospitals supported infantry divisions as they marched across Europe to Berlin after the D-Day invasion. The 67th Field Hospital, in support of the 9th Army, was one such unit. In its support role, the 67th not only treated American military casualties, but civilians and enemy soldiers needing treatment as well.","Brief History of the 67th Field Hospital in World War II","The 67th Field Hospital was officially activated on March 20, 1944 at Camp Ellis in Illinois under the command of Major Benjamin B. Black, AMC. The unit adopted \"To Conserve Fighting Strength\" as its motto. Many of the members of the 67th were \"washed-out, would-be pilots\" relieved from further flight training, but given credit for ground service. Eighty-one came from the 60th College Training Detachment (Air Crew Training) stationed in Pittsburgh. Seventeen other non-commissioned officers and other enlisted men were assigned to the 67th from the 1879th Service Unit stationed at Camp Livingston, Louisiana. Still others came from San Antonio Cadet Training Center and a flight crew-training center at Oklahoma A\u0026M University in Stillwater.","On April 20, 1944, the newly formed unit began training to support battlefield surgery at The O'Reilly General Hospital in Springfield, MO. On D-Day (June 6, 1944), the unit was still in training there. On October 12, 1944, the 67th sailed for Liverpool, England from Boston aboard the troopship Wakefield, formerly the USS Manhattan. Upon arriving in Liverpool, they were transported across the English Channel and landed at Omaha Beach on October 25, 1944. The unit bivouacked near the village of Montebourg, on the Cherbourg Peninsula, before being assigned to the 9th Army preparing to move east across Europe towards Berlin.","In its support of the 9th Army, at The Battle of the Bulge, the 67th set up field hospitals and treated the wounded in Hoepertingen Belgium, Valkenberg, Holland. The 67th crossed the Rhine River on March 25, 1946 and set up field hospitals at Suchteln, Beckum, Forderstedt and Rosche in Germany. Shortly after VE Day (May 7, 1945), the 67th treated casualties at Ludwigslust, Burg, Bremen, Arolsen, Bad Nueheim and Fulda in Germany.","The advance of the 9th Army was ordered to stop short of entering Berlin, and assigned to eliminate the small pockets of resistance clearing the way for other units to enter the city. During March and April 1945, three units of the 67th were with 82nd Airborne when it liberated Wöbbelin, a hard labor concentration camp located near an abandoned Luftwaffe Airdrome just north of Ludwigslust, Germany. They cared for more than 200 men and women rescued from the piles of many more who had been starved to death by the Nazis. They survivors were treated in aircraft hangar of a nearby Luftwaffe airfield that was converted into a hospital.","The unit was partially disbanded with some members being redeployed back the States and others were assigned further duty at Bad Nueheim and Fulda with the 57th Field Hospital before being redeployed as a \"carrier unit\" , caring for the wounded on the way home, with the 20th Field Hospital.","The 67th was decommissioned in June 1946.","Years later, members of the unit met at a reunion and referred to themselves as \"M*A*S*H '45.\" ","The contents of William B. Welling's folder is slated to be added to W\u0026M Libraries Transcription site; 2020 November. ","Transcriptions of select entries are as follows: ","10 December 1944. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen, Belgium – Trucking to Cherbourg, we took a hospital trail via Le Havre, Paris, Brussels to Liege. From there we took trucks through Tongeren to Hoepertingen and were quartered in a schoolhouse in the little town. With our cotts taking up all floor space, the Belgian children made things often crowded. \n \n12 December 1944. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Unloading equipment – tis only the beginning! While walking one afternoon Rod, Sarna, Stilt, and I met several of the town's Belles who invited us to their house in the evening. Thus began nightly visits at the Lux's house, and some of their friend's houses, around family circles where French only spoken. ","14 December 1944. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Rod, Paul, and I did some shopping \u0026 went to a G.I. theater in the city of St. Trond, north of Hoepertingen. 3rd unit moved out into tents in a nearby field. Started playing some Belgian-type csapp$(?) games at Lucy's (Lux) house. Her aunt, a skinny old lady that was really very amusing, won the most! We go to a nearby place often to get \"ice\" ice cream over which we shave our \"D\" bars of chocolat. Very good! ","20 December 1944. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Local mayor \"Louis,\" a 1st rate character, plans to bring in Christmas trees for the stage of the schoolroom. Louis did his best to talk 5 languages at once. We plan a choir from the 67th to sing in the church across the street. Buzz bombs resemble moving comets in the sky when viewed at night on guard duty. They appear to travel slowly and make a noise unlike anything else. A nearby air strip was their main target \u0026 several landed around us \u0026 several passed over pretty low. ","22 December 1944. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Kay Dewey(?) has arrived to join the nurses in time to play for the little choir group. A Christmas party also is planned. Steak dinners 40F next door café.  ","25 December 1944. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Our choir made a big hit in the Belgian church. Brussels-bottled Coca Cola served. Nurses \u0026 officers gave us presents from PX supplies and went to the trouble of wrapping each present. Potter stole the show later in the evening on the stage with his magician act. Johnny played \u0026 sang his song \u0026 at the end, lead community singing. Saw the movie \"Mrs. Parkington.\" ","28 December 1944. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Rod, Johnny, Colandrea \u0026 I went bicycling with the gals. Went to see a buzz bomb crater nearby, later going to a family home to be introduced to a countess who was very old.  ","1 January 1945. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – New Years Eve Party at \"une autre maison.\" Rod, John, Colandrea, the girls, 6 boys, \u0026 some elderly people. Left at 5:45 – would have been \"insulting\" to have left sooner. German plane shot down nearby. Civilians would have killed pilot. His belongings were looted mostly by Drucker(?).  ","4 January 1945. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Col. Block(?) refused my application for transfer to 3rd unit. 3rd unit set up in tents behind the convent. With excess money I could sell my K.P. duty (?). (300F) ","12 January 1945. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Started pin-up collection on walls. Fast became center of attraction. Began \"profiles\" column. Guard duty \u0026 other \"details.\"  ","6 February 1945. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Spend some time observing the dispensary process with Rod in 3rd tent for civilians. A lot of skin diseases. ","10 February 1945. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Henson with Rod's 3rd unit moved to Maastricht has planned an outfit(?) paper to which I am to forward articles. I tried to help Lucy write a letter to Rod in English. Schoolbuilding frequently without lights. Mascot \"Ziggy\" put to death after prolonged sickness. 3 rabbitts, a goat, and dogs have taken up residence with us. I accompany the \"rations run,\" usually with Julien(?) drawing(?) a 2 ½, frequently on visits to Rod \u0026 John in Maastricht. ","16 February 1945. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Became 2nd unit mail clerk. New C.O. Lt. Col Beeler(?)  ","20 February 1945. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Return of 3rd unit prior to 67th movement. \"Spring has sprung \u0026 the grass has riz – I wonder where the flowers is?\" Snow largely melted. 21 mark reached!  ","Processed by Joe Catanzaro, SCRC Staff, sometime prior to 1/21/2009.","William Welling Papers (Mss. Acc. 2010.709)","The 67th Field Hospital Collection contains documents and photographs depicting the history of the 67th Field Hospital during the European Theater of World War II and the seventeen reunions of the 67th Field Hospital held from 1986 to 2002.","Manuscript Journal chronicling the experiences of William B. Welling with the 67th Field Hospital, from August 11, 1943 to February 23, 1946. Transcriptions of select dates can be read under Additional Description below.  ","Manuscript entitled \"67th Field Hospital (near Monte Bourg) October/November 1944\" by William Welling, not dated. ","Manuscript notes entitled \"Hoepertingen, Belgium December – February '44/'45\" by William B. Welling, not dated. ","Typewritten biographical sketches of members of the 67th written, tongue in cheek, by William Welling for the \"Who's News Today\" column of \"Hypodermically Speaking.\" They can be dated to circa January 1945. The men whose biographies can be found here are: John Marston Wiedman, Ralph Edward \"Legs\" Barendt, Sgt. George Willie Redd, Benjamin Sckolnik, Henry James Reul, Vincent Edward, Wendel Norman, Barton Weatherbee, William Otto Doeppe, and Arthur Trampler, \"The Amiable Airscews.\" ","Manuscript biographical sketch by William Welling of Harry D. Gaudio, dated January 31, 1945. ","Eight issues of Daily Bulletin 67th Field Hospital-Published Each Week Day by the \"I\u0026E Office …\" while at Bremenhaven for the period around VJ Day. The issues are dated August 9-11, 14, 15, 21, 27, and 29, 1945. ","Typewritten manuscript and copy written for English 77 class at Yale University entitled \"On a Night before Christmas in Belgium\" by William Welling, not dated.","Copy of article appearing in Newsweek December 24, 1945 entitled \"Fifteenth's Heavy Thinkers Do Themselves Right, Newsweek's Berlin Bureau sends this account of Gen. George S. Patton, Jr.'s Fifteenth Army. \" Author unknown. * Manuscript notes taken during the planning stages for the 1986 reunion, dated February 5 and 12, 1985. Author unknown. * PL to \"Dear 67th Field Hospital Bubby\" from William Doeppe dated October 1985 requesting names and addresses of known unit members. * PLS and unsigned copy from Bill Doeppe at Mechanicsville, VA, to Miss Stout, dated November 20, 1985 relating whereabouts of unit members. * PL from William Welling at New York to William Doeppe at Mechanicsville, VA., dated December 6, 1985 expressing intent to attend coming reunion. * Manuscript notes taken during planning stages for the 1986 reunion, dated march 3, 1986. Author unknown. * ALS from (Carrie) Pauline Stout to Bill Doeppe, dated March 8, 1986 speaking of intention to send unit member information \"hopefully Monday.\" * \"67th Field Hospital Personal Data Sheet\" – blank, dated April, 1986. * PLS and unsigned copy from William Welling (signed \"Blodger\") at New York to Rod, dated April 11, 1986 relating news of unit members. * PL from William Welling to Rod, dated May 6, 1986 relating itinerary for time around the reunion. * Manuscript notes taken during planning stages for the 1986 reunion dated May 10, 1986. Author unknown. * Postcard from Pauline Stout at San Francisco, CA to William Welling at New York dated June 1, 1986 transmitting information on the death of John Hurtz (?). * Typewritten list of \"Home Addresses of Enlisted Personnel of the 67th Field Hospital \"received before reunion.\" * PL from the Reunion Committee at Mechanicsville, VA to \"67th Field Hospital Veteran\", not dated, containing the reunion itinerary, diner menu. Reservation form missing. * Travel Tips: Pittsburgh, PA.\" * Promotional flyer – \"Travel Arrangements to the 67th Field Hospital Reunion\", FTI Travel International. * Brochure of The Sheraton Hotel at Station Square, Pittsburgh, PA. * Table card The Sheraton Hotel at Station Square, Pittsburg, PA. * Brochure – \"The Gateway Clipper Fleet\", Station Square Dock, Pittsburgh, PA. * Typewritten list of \"1986 Reunion Pittsburgh, PA Attendees\" (3 copies). * Typewritten list of \"Home Addresses of Enlisted Personnel of the 67th Field Hospital \"obtained at reunion 6-6-1986.\" * Receipt to William Welling for payment of one night's stay at Sheraton dated June 6, 1986. * Brochure of The Redwood Inn, Pittsburgh, PA. * Receipt to William Welling for payment one night's stay at Redwood Inn dated June 8, 1986. * PL from Bill and Norma Doeppe, Nick and Muriel Fokakis and C. Pauline Stout, \"To All Reunion Attendees\" ca. July 1986 summarizing expenses incurred by the reunion Committee associated with the 1986 reunion. * Commemorative booklet of \"67th Field Hospital Reunion1986 Pittsburgh.\" * Postcard from Nick and Muriel Fokakis at Thailand to William Welling at New York dated August 16, 1986 expressing thanks for helping to make the 1986 reunion a success. * Envelope containing four photographs taken at reunion. 1. William Doeepe, William Welling, Sabrino Rodriquez, left to right 2. William Welling, Sabrino Rodriquez, left to right 3. Sabrino Rodriquez, William Welling, Lee Kraus, unknown woman, left to right 4. Lee Kraus, Gloria and Raymond Renninger, Sabrino Rodriquez, left to right.","* PL from the Reunion Committee at Mechanicsville, VA to \"67th Field Hospital Veteran\", not dated, containing the reunion itinerary, diner menu and reservation form. * ALS to Bill at New York from A. B. Ruhly a.k.a. \"Ted\" at New York, dated June 1, 1987 making arrangements for transportation to and from reunion. * PLS from William Welling to City Editor Baltimore Evening Sun from dated June 6, 1987 with attached photocopy of and article titled \"EXTRACT from the 82nd Airborne Division E News\" dated for May 7, 1945 with photocopy of six photographs titled \"Concentration Camp Patients\" as a group. * Brochure – Brookshire Hotel, Baltimore, MD. * List of Attendees, 1987 Reunion Baltimore, MD.","* PLS from Linda Pittman at Catonsville, MD to Lee and Shirley Kraus at Baltimore MD dated November 16, 1987 containing details of a proposed 67th reunion in Europe. * PL from the Reunion Committee at Mechanicsville, VA to potential reunion attendees. Not dated. Containing the reunion details and itinerary.","* Sleeve of photographic negatives labeled \"W9989 W. B. Welling 145 East 27th ST NY, NY. * Contact prints of negatives in sleeve. * Prints made from five of the negatives on sleeve: 1. two copies 2. Unidentified woman 3. Unidentifed man, unidentified woman 4. Unidentified woman, unidentified woman, Pauline Stout, unidentified woman 5. Man, woman unknown * ALS to WBW from Ray Mac Neil, postmarked 2/8/1990 – thank you note Envelope attached. * PLS to WBW from Pauline Stout 9/23/1989-post reunion. * Clipped together: List of Attendees Letter to potential reunion attendees List of Attendees Bill Welling's name tag \"Hello\" Manuscript of letter to Roaring 67 to find members travel itinerary from Linda Marone travel agent. Note from Ted to WBW about sharing cab back to airport Brochure of the Emily Morgan Hotel, San Antonio Cashed $25 check from WBW to 67 reunion fund Credit card receipt for dinner at Emily Morgan signed by WBW Travel itinerary/Invoice Q Travel.","* ALS from Pauline to Bill Welling, not dated, transmitting information about the unit. * PL from the Reunion Committee at Mechanicsville, VA to \"67th Field Hospital Veteran\", not dated, containing the reunion details and itinerary. * PLS to \"men and women of 67th Field Hospital from William Fleming at Silver Lake Ohio, dated September, requesting information about unit members. * Itinerary for air travel for William Welling from New York to Las Vegas to New York, September 13-16, 1990. * List of Attendees, 67th Field Hospital Reunion * Receipts for expenses incurred during reunion. * PLS from Bill Welling at New York to Ralph and Lois, dated October 9, 1990, describing activities during trip to Cleveland in September 1990.","* PL to potential reunion attendees from the Reunion Committee containing the reunion details and itinerary. * PLS to William Welling at New York from William O. Doeppe at Mechanicsville, VA, dated September 6, 1991 expressing his regret that Welling cannot attend the reunion and thanking him for the contribution.","* PL from William O. Doeppe Mechanicsville, VA to potential attendees to the 7th Annual reunion, not dated, containing the reunion itinerary. Reservation form missing. * Brochure and reservation application for The Atlanta Marriott Perimeter Center. * Typewritten list of reunion attendees. * Small note with address and phone numbers for the Howard Johnson Midtown. * Car rental ad appearing in New York Timer September 6, 1992 inscribed with details of a car rental September 18-19, 1992.","* Envelope labeled \"New Orleans Aug 27-29, 1993\" containing 22 photographs taken at the reunion. 1. William Welling 2. William Welling 3. William Welling and Sabrino Rodriquez 4. William Welling and Sabrino Rodriquez 5. William Welling and unidentified woman 6. Unidentified men. Copy of same. 7. Unidentified man and woman. Copy of same. 8. William Welling and Sabrino Rodriquez 9. Unidentified man and woman 10. William Welling and Sabrino Rodriquez 11. Unidentified man and woman 12. Unidentified man and woman 13. Unidentified woman 14. William Welling. Copy of same. 15. Unidentified group 16. State of General G.T. Beauregard, CSA 17. Unidentified object. 18. Unidentified object. 19. Unidentified object. * Postcard (unused) of the sternwheeler Natchez at New Orleans. * PL from The Reunion Committee to potential attendees to the eighth Annual reunion, not dated, containing the reunion itinerary. Reservation form missing. * Envelope of canceled checks and gasoline receipt from William Welling. * PLS to Bill and Norma from Tramp at St. George, Utah, dated June 21, 1993 recalling their experiences in the Army from November, 1943 until the end of the war. * ALS to Bill from Nick and Muriel dated September 21, 1993 thanking him for he gift.","* Brochure of George Washington Inn and Conference Center, Williamsburg, VA. * PL from the Reunion Committee to potential attendees to the 9th Annual reunion, not dated, containing the reunion itinerary and response form. * Reservation application, George Washington Inn. * Ground Transportation In Williamsburg.","* PL from William Doeppe at Mechanicsville, VA to potential attendees of the 10th Annual reunion, not dated, containing the reunion itinerary and response form. * Reservation card for the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA for reunion period. * Cancelled check for $50 payable to The \"67th Field Hospital\" signed by William Welling, dated August 31, 1995. * Manuscript flight, car rental and hotel information.","* Letter to potential Attendees. * Copy of The Flying APC Volume 5 no 1. * Letter to WBW from Krause with cotton swatches. * Hotel information - The Galt House.","* List of possible venues for next reunion, not dated. * PLS to Ted and Donna from William Welling at New York dated August 3, 1997 transmitting eleven photographs. Photographs attached. Persons unknown. * Postcard to William Welling at New York from Pauline Stout dated May 1997 relating intention to attend the reunion. * PL to potential attendees of the 12th Annual reunion from William Doeppe at Mechanicsville., not dated, containing the reunion itinerary and response form. * Reservation form, Holiday Inn Select, Baltimore, MD. * ALS to William Welling from Lee and Shirley dated October 11, 1997 thanking him for attending the reunion. * ALS to Bill from Irma Askey dated February 6, 1998 thanking him for the pictures taken at the reunion.","* PL to potential attendees of the 13th Annual reunion from William Doeppe at Mechanicsville, not dated, containing the reunion itinerary and response form. * Hotel reservation form, Holiday Inn Select, Baltimore MD for reunion period.","* Newspaper clipping Richmond Times Dispatch not dated re: Agecroft Hall. * PL to potential attendees of the 14th Annual reunion from William Doeppe at Mechanicsville, VA, not dated, containing the reunion itinerary and response form. * Hyatt Richmond Hotel Information and reservation form. * PL to William Doeppe at Mechanicsville, VA from W. B. Welling at New York dated July 7, 1999 concerning the itinerary for the Reunion and a possible visit to Wilton. * PLS to W. B. Welling at New York from William Doeppe at Mechanicsville, VA dated August 23, 1999, regarding a visit to Agecroft Hall. Plus copy. * PL to Bill from William Doeppe at Mechanicsville, VA dated September 17, 1999 regarding the Wilton versus Agecroft Hall visit. * Christmas card, dated 1999, from Shirley and Lee Kraus.","* PL from William Doeppe, Mechanicsville, VA to potential attendees 15th Reunion to be held October 5-8, 2000 at The Radisson Hotel St. Louis Airport, not dated, containing itinerary and reservation applications. * Booklet \"Circle of Friends 15th Reunion of the 67th Field Hospital October 7, 2000\" with accompanying manuscript note to Bill from Lee and Shirley, not dated. * PL from William Doeppe, Mechanicsville, VA to potential attendees 16th Reunion to be held October 4-7, 2001 at The Holiday Inn San Antonio Downtown, not dated, containing itinerary and reservation applications w envelope addressed to William Welling. * PL from William Doeppe, Mechanicsville, VA to potential attendees 17th Reunion to be held October 3-6, 2002 at The Chattanooga Clarion Hotel Holiday, not dated, containing itinerary and reservation applications.","* Copies of The Flying APC: 1. Winter 1991 2. Spring 1992 3. Winter 1992 4. Spring 1993 5. Winter 1993 6. Winter 1994 7. Spring 1995 8. Winter 1995 9. Winter 1996 10. Spring 1997 11. Winter 1997 12. Spring 1998 13. Winter 1998 14. Winter 1999 15. Spring 1999 16. Spring 2000 17. Winter 2000 18. Spring 2001 19. Winter 2001 20. Winter 2002. * Christmas '97 Season's Greetings from Pauline.","* \"Home Addresses of Enlisted Personnel of the 67th Field Hospital\", not dated. * \"Home Addresses of Enlisted Personnel of the 67th Field Hospital\", 1989. * \"Home Addresses of Enlisted Personnel of the 67th Field Hospital\", 1993. * \"Home Addresses of Enlisted Personnel of the 67th Field Hospital\", 1995. * Envelope addressed to Bill Welling at New York from Irma Spellman at Clay Center, KS postmarked February 7, 1998. * Computer address labels.","* Card to Bill from Ciche, Alice, Louise and Lucia at Hoepertingen dated February 2, 1945 wishing him a safety throughout the war and expressing a desire that he return to Hoepertingen after the war. * ALS in French to William Welling at Scarsdale NY from Josee at Hoepertingen, Belgium dated February 2, 1946, envelope attached, in French. * ALS to Bill from Frank at Westport, CT, dated December 17, 1946 expressing difficulties in adjusting to the post war world. * ALS to Bill from \"Francois,\" (Frank Collandrea) dated December 17, 1946 relating the difficulties of adjusting to civilian life. * ALS to Bill from T.N. Johnson at Laurel MS, dated December 28, 1946 describing disappointing circumstances upon mustering out of the Army. * ALS to W. B. from Bill Potter at Hyde Park MA, dated January 14, 1947 catching up on the whereabouts of former members of the 67th. * PLS to Bill from Frank Colandrea at Westport, CT dated January 11, 1948 informing him of his marriage. * Article titled \"The Waves in World War II\" by Susan H. Godson from Proceedings, December 1981. * ALS to William Welling at New York from Pauline Stout at San Leandro, dated November 8, 1989 transmitting Kay Dewey Martin's telephone number. Envelope attached. * ALS to William B. Welling at New York from Carrie P. Stout at San Leandro, Ca, dated May, 24, 1990 transmitting whereabouts of members of the 67th. Envelope attached. * Christmas card to Bill from \"Leggs\" (Ralph Barendt) dated December 14, 1991 relating the circumstances of the death of his wife. * Valentine 's Day card to WBW from Pauline dated February 11, 1992. Envelope attached. * Christmas card to Bill from \"Leggs\" (Ralph Barendt), dated December 1992. * Al to Bill, author unknown regarding the 50th anniversary of the formation of the unit and the reunion to be held in New Orleans. * Christmas card to Bill from \"Leggs\" (Ralph Barendt), dated December 1994. * ALS to William Welling at New York from Carrie Pauline Stout at San Leandro, CA, dated February 1998, transmitting obituaries of Kay Dewy Martin. Envelope attached. * PLS from BW to 67th Filed Hospital 2000 reunion, dated June 21. 2000.","Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.","Special Collections Research Center","Reunions","Sixty-Seventh Field Hospital","Sixty-Seventh Field Hospital","Welling, William Blodget, 1924-2006","English"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 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Wounded soldiers waited for the stretcher-bearers who would take them to a Regimental Aid Post, just behind the lines. Here, a Regimental Medical Officer and assistants cleaned the wounds, applied dressings, and gave injections. When necessary, they were then taken to the Advanced Dressing Station for further treatment and emergency amputation and then moved to the \"field hospital\", also known as \"ambulances\" or \"casualty clearing stations,\" where needed surgeries were carried out. The function of the field hospital was to operate solely on casualties hit in the chest, abdomen, or large bone of the leg. Other wounds were fixed at the same time, of course, but the idea was to bring a facility to perform major surgery as close to the line as possible. All casualties, treated patients and evacuees were then sent to the evacuation hospital (\"evac hospital\") for further treatment and redeployment. Typically, each of a field hospital's three platoons consisted of about 60 enlisted men, six nurses, and about a half dozen surgeons. In the Korean Conflict, field hospitals became known as MASH (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) units.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDuring the European, phase of World War II, U. S. Army Field Hospitals supported infantry divisions as they marched across Europe to Berlin after the D-Day invasion. The 67th Field Hospital, in support of the 9th Army, was one such unit. In its support role, the 67th not only treated American military casualties, but civilians and enemy soldiers needing treatment as well.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBrief History of the 67th Field Hospital in World War II\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe 67th Field Hospital was officially activated on March 20, 1944 at Camp Ellis in Illinois under the command of Major Benjamin B. Black, AMC. The unit adopted \"To Conserve Fighting Strength\" as its motto. Many of the members of the 67th were \"washed-out, would-be pilots\" relieved from further flight training, but given credit for ground service. Eighty-one came from the 60th College Training Detachment (Air Crew Training) stationed in Pittsburgh. Seventeen other non-commissioned officers and other enlisted men were assigned to the 67th from the 1879th Service Unit stationed at Camp Livingston, Louisiana. Still others came from San Antonio Cadet Training Center and a flight crew-training center at Oklahoma A\u0026amp;M University in Stillwater.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOn April 20, 1944, the newly formed unit began training to support battlefield surgery at The O'Reilly General Hospital in Springfield, MO. On D-Day (June 6, 1944), the unit was still in training there. On October 12, 1944, the 67th sailed for Liverpool, England from Boston aboard the troopship Wakefield, formerly the USS Manhattan. Upon arriving in Liverpool, they were transported across the English Channel and landed at Omaha Beach on October 25, 1944. The unit bivouacked near the village of Montebourg, on the Cherbourg Peninsula, before being assigned to the 9th Army preparing to move east across Europe towards Berlin.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn its support of the 9th Army, at The Battle of the Bulge, the 67th set up field hospitals and treated the wounded in Hoepertingen Belgium, Valkenberg, Holland. The 67th crossed the Rhine River on March 25, 1946 and set up field hospitals at Suchteln, Beckum, Forderstedt and Rosche in Germany. Shortly after VE Day (May 7, 1945), the 67th treated casualties at Ludwigslust, Burg, Bremen, Arolsen, Bad Nueheim and Fulda in Germany.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe advance of the 9th Army was ordered to stop short of entering Berlin, and assigned to eliminate the small pockets of resistance clearing the way for other units to enter the city. During March and April 1945, three units of the 67th were with 82nd Airborne when it liberated Wöbbelin, a hard labor concentration camp located near an abandoned Luftwaffe Airdrome just north of Ludwigslust, Germany. They cared for more than 200 men and women rescued from the piles of many more who had been starved to death by the Nazis. They survivors were treated in aircraft hangar of a nearby Luftwaffe airfield that was converted into a hospital.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe unit was partially disbanded with some members being redeployed back the States and others were assigned further duty at Bad Nueheim and Fulda with the 57th Field Hospital before being redeployed as a \"carrier unit\" , caring for the wounded on the way home, with the 20th Field Hospital.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe 67th was decommissioned in June 1946.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eYears later, members of the unit met at a reunion and referred to themselves as \"M*A*S*H '45.\" \u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information:"],"bioghist_tesim":["During World War II, troops in a combat operation were not permitted to stop and care for the wounded. All soldiers carried emergency field-dressing kits and, if possible, attempted to treat their own wounds. 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Typically, each of a field hospital's three platoons consisted of about 60 enlisted men, six nurses, and about a half dozen surgeons. In the Korean Conflict, field hospitals became known as MASH (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) units.","During the European, phase of World War II, U. S. Army Field Hospitals supported infantry divisions as they marched across Europe to Berlin after the D-Day invasion. The 67th Field Hospital, in support of the 9th Army, was one such unit. In its support role, the 67th not only treated American military casualties, but civilians and enemy soldiers needing treatment as well.","Brief History of the 67th Field Hospital in World War II","The 67th Field Hospital was officially activated on March 20, 1944 at Camp Ellis in Illinois under the command of Major Benjamin B. Black, AMC. The unit adopted \"To Conserve Fighting Strength\" as its motto. Many of the members of the 67th were \"washed-out, would-be pilots\" relieved from further flight training, but given credit for ground service. Eighty-one came from the 60th College Training Detachment (Air Crew Training) stationed in Pittsburgh. Seventeen other non-commissioned officers and other enlisted men were assigned to the 67th from the 1879th Service Unit stationed at Camp Livingston, Louisiana. Still others came from San Antonio Cadet Training Center and a flight crew-training center at Oklahoma A\u0026M University in Stillwater.","On April 20, 1944, the newly formed unit began training to support battlefield surgery at The O'Reilly General Hospital in Springfield, MO. On D-Day (June 6, 1944), the unit was still in training there. On October 12, 1944, the 67th sailed for Liverpool, England from Boston aboard the troopship Wakefield, formerly the USS Manhattan. Upon arriving in Liverpool, they were transported across the English Channel and landed at Omaha Beach on October 25, 1944. The unit bivouacked near the village of Montebourg, on the Cherbourg Peninsula, before being assigned to the 9th Army preparing to move east across Europe towards Berlin.","In its support of the 9th Army, at The Battle of the Bulge, the 67th set up field hospitals and treated the wounded in Hoepertingen Belgium, Valkenberg, Holland. The 67th crossed the Rhine River on March 25, 1946 and set up field hospitals at Suchteln, Beckum, Forderstedt and Rosche in Germany. Shortly after VE Day (May 7, 1945), the 67th treated casualties at Ludwigslust, Burg, Bremen, Arolsen, Bad Nueheim and Fulda in Germany.","The advance of the 9th Army was ordered to stop short of entering Berlin, and assigned to eliminate the small pockets of resistance clearing the way for other units to enter the city. During March and April 1945, three units of the 67th were with 82nd Airborne when it liberated Wöbbelin, a hard labor concentration camp located near an abandoned Luftwaffe Airdrome just north of Ludwigslust, Germany. They cared for more than 200 men and women rescued from the piles of many more who had been starved to death by the Nazis. They survivors were treated in aircraft hangar of a nearby Luftwaffe airfield that was converted into a hospital.","The unit was partially disbanded with some members being redeployed back the States and others were assigned further duty at Bad Nueheim and Fulda with the 57th Field Hospital before being redeployed as a \"carrier unit\" , caring for the wounded on the way home, with the 20th Field Hospital.","The 67th was decommissioned in June 1946.","Years later, members of the unit met at a reunion and referred to themselves as \"M*A*S*H '45.\" "],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe contents of William B. 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Hoepertingen – Rod, Paul, and I did some shopping \u0026amp; went to a G.I. theater in the city of St. Trond, north of Hoepertingen. 3rd unit moved out into tents in a nearby field. Started playing some Belgian-type csapp$(?) games at Lucy's (Lux) house. Her aunt, a skinny old lady that was really very amusing, won the most! We go to a nearby place often to get \"ice\" ice cream over which we shave our \"D\" bars of chocolat. Very good! \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e20 December 1944. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Local mayor \"Louis,\" a 1st rate character, plans to bring in Christmas trees for the stage of the schoolroom. Louis did his best to talk 5 languages at once. We plan a choir from the 67th to sing in the church across the street. Buzz bombs resemble moving comets in the sky when viewed at night on guard duty. They appear to travel slowly and make a noise unlike anything else. A nearby air strip was their main target \u0026amp; several landed around us \u0026amp; several passed over pretty low. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e22 December 1944. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Kay Dewey(?) has arrived to join the nurses in time to play for the little choir group. A Christmas party also is planned. Steak dinners 40F next door café.  \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e25 December 1944. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Our choir made a big hit in the Belgian church. Brussels-bottled Coca Cola served. Nurses \u0026amp; officers gave us presents from PX supplies and went to the trouble of wrapping each present. Potter stole the show later in the evening on the stage with his magician act. Johnny played \u0026amp; sang his song \u0026amp; at the end, lead community singing. Saw the movie \"Mrs. Parkington.\" \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e28 December 1944. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Rod, Johnny, Colandrea \u0026amp; I went bicycling with the gals. Went to see a buzz bomb crater nearby, later going to a family home to be introduced to a countess who was very old.  \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1 January 1945. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – New Years Eve Party at \"une autre maison.\" Rod, John, Colandrea, the girls, 6 boys, \u0026amp; some elderly people. Left at 5:45 – would have been \"insulting\" to have left sooner. German plane shot down nearby. Civilians would have killed pilot. His belongings were looted mostly by Drucker(?).  \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e4 January 1945. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Col. Block(?) refused my application for transfer to 3rd unit. 3rd unit set up in tents behind the convent. With excess money I could sell my K.P. duty (?). (300F) \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e12 January 1945. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Started pin-up collection on walls. Fast became center of attraction. Began \"profiles\" column. Guard duty \u0026amp; other \"details.\"  \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e6 February 1945. 67th F.H. 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Thus began nightly visits at the Lux's house, and some of their friend's houses, around family circles where French only spoken. ","14 December 1944. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Rod, Paul, and I did some shopping \u0026 went to a G.I. theater in the city of St. Trond, north of Hoepertingen. 3rd unit moved out into tents in a nearby field. Started playing some Belgian-type csapp$(?) games at Lucy's (Lux) house. Her aunt, a skinny old lady that was really very amusing, won the most! We go to a nearby place often to get \"ice\" ice cream over which we shave our \"D\" bars of chocolat. Very good! ","20 December 1944. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Local mayor \"Louis,\" a 1st rate character, plans to bring in Christmas trees for the stage of the schoolroom. Louis did his best to talk 5 languages at once. We plan a choir from the 67th to sing in the church across the street. Buzz bombs resemble moving comets in the sky when viewed at night on guard duty. They appear to travel slowly and make a noise unlike anything else. A nearby air strip was their main target \u0026 several landed around us \u0026 several passed over pretty low. ","22 December 1944. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Kay Dewey(?) has arrived to join the nurses in time to play for the little choir group. A Christmas party also is planned. Steak dinners 40F next door café.  ","25 December 1944. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Our choir made a big hit in the Belgian church. Brussels-bottled Coca Cola served. Nurses \u0026 officers gave us presents from PX supplies and went to the trouble of wrapping each present. Potter stole the show later in the evening on the stage with his magician act. Johnny played \u0026 sang his song \u0026 at the end, lead community singing. Saw the movie \"Mrs. Parkington.\" ","28 December 1944. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Rod, Johnny, Colandrea \u0026 I went bicycling with the gals. Went to see a buzz bomb crater nearby, later going to a family home to be introduced to a countess who was very old.  ","1 January 1945. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – New Years Eve Party at \"une autre maison.\" Rod, John, Colandrea, the girls, 6 boys, \u0026 some elderly people. Left at 5:45 – would have been \"insulting\" to have left sooner. German plane shot down nearby. Civilians would have killed pilot. His belongings were looted mostly by Drucker(?).  ","4 January 1945. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Col. Block(?) refused my application for transfer to 3rd unit. 3rd unit set up in tents behind the convent. With excess money I could sell my K.P. duty (?). (300F) ","12 January 1945. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Started pin-up collection on walls. Fast became center of attraction. Began \"profiles\" column. Guard duty \u0026 other \"details.\"  ","6 February 1945. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Spend some time observing the dispensary process with Rod in 3rd tent for civilians. A lot of skin diseases. 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Welling, not dated. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTypewritten biographical sketches of members of the 67th written, tongue in cheek, by William Welling for the \"Who's News Today\" column of \"Hypodermically Speaking.\" They can be dated to circa January 1945. The men whose biographies can be found here are: John Marston Wiedman, Ralph Edward \"Legs\" Barendt, Sgt. George Willie Redd, Benjamin Sckolnik, Henry James Reul, Vincent Edward, Wendel Norman, Barton Weatherbee, William Otto Doeppe, and Arthur Trampler, \"The Amiable Airscews.\" \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eManuscript biographical sketch by William Welling of Harry D. Gaudio, dated January 31, 1945. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eEight issues of Daily Bulletin 67th Field Hospital-Published Each Week Day by the \"I\u0026amp;E Office …\" while at Bremenhaven for the period around VJ Day. The issues are dated August 9-11, 14, 15, 21, 27, and 29, 1945. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTypewritten manuscript and copy written for English 77 class at Yale University entitled \"On a Night before Christmas in Belgium\" by William Welling, not dated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of article appearing in Newsweek December 24, 1945 entitled \"Fifteenth's Heavy Thinkers Do Themselves Right, Newsweek's Berlin Bureau sends this account of Gen. George S. Patton, Jr.'s Fifteenth Army. \" Author unknown. * Manuscript notes taken during the planning stages for the 1986 reunion, dated February 5 and 12, 1985. Author unknown. * PL to \"Dear 67th Field Hospital Bubby\" from William Doeppe dated October 1985 requesting names and addresses of known unit members. * PLS and unsigned copy from Bill Doeppe at Mechanicsville, VA, to Miss Stout, dated November 20, 1985 relating whereabouts of unit members. * PL from William Welling at New York to William Doeppe at Mechanicsville, VA., dated December 6, 1985 expressing intent to attend coming reunion. * Manuscript notes taken during planning stages for the 1986 reunion, dated march 3, 1986. Author unknown. * ALS from (Carrie) Pauline Stout to Bill Doeppe, dated March 8, 1986 speaking of intention to send unit member information \"hopefully Monday.\" * \"67th Field Hospital Personal Data Sheet\" – blank, dated April, 1986. * PLS and unsigned copy from William Welling (signed \"Blodger\") at New York to Rod, dated April 11, 1986 relating news of unit members. * PL from William Welling to Rod, dated May 6, 1986 relating itinerary for time around the reunion. * Manuscript notes taken during planning stages for the 1986 reunion dated May 10, 1986. Author unknown. * Postcard from Pauline Stout at San Francisco, CA to William Welling at New York dated June 1, 1986 transmitting information on the death of John Hurtz (?). * Typewritten list of \"Home Addresses of Enlisted Personnel of the 67th Field Hospital \"received before reunion.\" * PL from the Reunion Committee at Mechanicsville, VA to \"67th Field Hospital Veteran\", not dated, containing the reunion itinerary, diner menu. Reservation form missing. * Travel Tips: Pittsburgh, PA.\" * Promotional flyer – \"Travel Arrangements to the 67th Field Hospital Reunion\", FTI Travel International. * Brochure of The Sheraton Hotel at Station Square, Pittsburgh, PA. * Table card The Sheraton Hotel at Station Square, Pittsburg, PA. * Brochure – \"The Gateway Clipper Fleet\", Station Square Dock, Pittsburgh, PA. * Typewritten list of \"1986 Reunion Pittsburgh, PA Attendees\" (3 copies). * Typewritten list of \"Home Addresses of Enlisted Personnel of the 67th Field Hospital \"obtained at reunion 6-6-1986.\" * Receipt to William Welling for payment of one night's stay at Sheraton dated June 6, 1986. * Brochure of The Redwood Inn, Pittsburgh, PA. * Receipt to William Welling for payment one night's stay at Redwood Inn dated June 8, 1986. * PL from Bill and Norma Doeppe, Nick and Muriel Fokakis and C. Pauline Stout, \"To All Reunion Attendees\" ca. July 1986 summarizing expenses incurred by the reunion Committee associated with the 1986 reunion. * Commemorative booklet of \"67th Field Hospital Reunion1986 Pittsburgh.\" * Postcard from Nick and Muriel Fokakis at Thailand to William Welling at New York dated August 16, 1986 expressing thanks for helping to make the 1986 reunion a success. * Envelope containing four photographs taken at reunion. 1. William Doeepe, William Welling, Sabrino Rodriquez, left to right 2. William Welling, Sabrino Rodriquez, left to right 3. Sabrino Rodriquez, William Welling, Lee Kraus, unknown woman, left to right 4. Lee Kraus, Gloria and Raymond Renninger, Sabrino Rodriquez, left to right.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e* PL from the Reunion Committee at Mechanicsville, VA to \"67th Field Hospital Veteran\", not dated, containing the reunion itinerary, diner menu and reservation form. * ALS to Bill at New York from A. B. Ruhly a.k.a. \"Ted\" at New York, dated June 1, 1987 making arrangements for transportation to and from reunion. * PLS from William Welling to City Editor Baltimore Evening Sun from dated June 6, 1987 with attached photocopy of and article titled \"EXTRACT from the 82nd Airborne Division E News\" dated for May 7, 1945 with photocopy of six photographs titled \"Concentration Camp Patients\" as a group. * Brochure – Brookshire Hotel, Baltimore, MD. * List of Attendees, 1987 Reunion Baltimore, MD.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e* PLS from Linda Pittman at Catonsville, MD to Lee and Shirley Kraus at Baltimore MD dated November 16, 1987 containing details of a proposed 67th reunion in Europe. * PL from the Reunion Committee at Mechanicsville, VA to potential reunion attendees. Not dated. Containing the reunion details and itinerary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e* Sleeve of photographic negatives labeled \"W9989 W. B. Welling 145 East 27th ST NY, NY. * Contact prints of negatives in sleeve. * Prints made from five of the negatives on sleeve: 1. two copies 2. Unidentified woman 3. Unidentifed man, unidentified woman 4. Unidentified woman, unidentified woman, Pauline Stout, unidentified woman 5. Man, woman unknown * ALS to WBW from Ray Mac Neil, postmarked 2/8/1990 – thank you note Envelope attached. * PLS to WBW from Pauline Stout 9/23/1989-post reunion. * Clipped together: List of Attendees Letter to potential reunion attendees List of Attendees Bill Welling's name tag \"Hello\" Manuscript of letter to Roaring 67 to find members travel itinerary from Linda Marone travel agent. Note from Ted to WBW about sharing cab back to airport Brochure of the Emily Morgan Hotel, San Antonio Cashed $25 check from WBW to 67 reunion fund Credit card receipt for dinner at Emily Morgan signed by WBW Travel itinerary/Invoice Q Travel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e* ALS from Pauline to Bill Welling, not dated, transmitting information about the unit. * PL from the Reunion Committee at Mechanicsville, VA to \"67th Field Hospital Veteran\", not dated, containing the reunion details and itinerary. * PLS to \"men and women of 67th Field Hospital from William Fleming at Silver Lake Ohio, dated September, requesting information about unit members. * Itinerary for air travel for William Welling from New York to Las Vegas to New York, September 13-16, 1990. * List of Attendees, 67th Field Hospital Reunion * Receipts for expenses incurred during reunion. * PLS from Bill Welling at New York to Ralph and Lois, dated October 9, 1990, describing activities during trip to Cleveland in September 1990.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e* PL to potential reunion attendees from the Reunion Committee containing the reunion details and itinerary. * PLS to William Welling at New York from William O. Doeppe at Mechanicsville, VA, dated September 6, 1991 expressing his regret that Welling cannot attend the reunion and thanking him for the contribution.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e* PL from William O. Doeppe Mechanicsville, VA to potential attendees to the 7th Annual reunion, not dated, containing the reunion itinerary. Reservation form missing. * Brochure and reservation application for The Atlanta Marriott Perimeter Center. * Typewritten list of reunion attendees. * Small note with address and phone numbers for the Howard Johnson Midtown. * Car rental ad appearing in New York Timer September 6, 1992 inscribed with details of a car rental September 18-19, 1992.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e* Envelope labeled \"New Orleans Aug 27-29, 1993\" containing 22 photographs taken at the reunion. 1. William Welling 2. William Welling 3. William Welling and Sabrino Rodriquez 4. William Welling and Sabrino Rodriquez 5. William Welling and unidentified woman 6. Unidentified men. Copy of same. 7. Unidentified man and woman. Copy of same. 8. William Welling and Sabrino Rodriquez 9. Unidentified man and woman 10. William Welling and Sabrino Rodriquez 11. Unidentified man and woman 12. Unidentified man and woman 13. Unidentified woman 14. William Welling. Copy of same. 15. Unidentified group 16. State of General G.T. Beauregard, CSA 17. Unidentified object. 18. Unidentified object. 19. Unidentified object. * Postcard (unused) of the sternwheeler Natchez at New Orleans. * PL from The Reunion Committee to potential attendees to the eighth Annual reunion, not dated, containing the reunion itinerary. Reservation form missing. * Envelope of canceled checks and gasoline receipt from William Welling. * PLS to Bill and Norma from Tramp at St. George, Utah, dated June 21, 1993 recalling their experiences in the Army from November, 1943 until the end of the war. * ALS to Bill from Nick and Muriel dated September 21, 1993 thanking him for he gift.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e* Brochure of George Washington Inn and Conference Center, Williamsburg, VA. * PL from the Reunion Committee to potential attendees to the 9th Annual reunion, not dated, containing the reunion itinerary and response form. * Reservation application, George Washington Inn. * Ground Transportation In Williamsburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e* PL from William Doeppe at Mechanicsville, VA to potential attendees of the 10th Annual reunion, not dated, containing the reunion itinerary and response form. * Reservation card for the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA for reunion period. * Cancelled check for $50 payable to The \"67th Field Hospital\" signed by William Welling, dated August 31, 1995. * Manuscript flight, car rental and hotel information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e* Letter to potential Attendees. * Copy of The Flying APC Volume 5 no 1. * Letter to WBW from Krause with cotton swatches. * Hotel information - The Galt House.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e* List of possible venues for next reunion, not dated. * PLS to Ted and Donna from William Welling at New York dated August 3, 1997 transmitting eleven photographs. Photographs attached. Persons unknown. * Postcard to William Welling at New York from Pauline Stout dated May 1997 relating intention to attend the reunion. * PL to potential attendees of the 12th Annual reunion from William Doeppe at Mechanicsville., not dated, containing the reunion itinerary and response form. * Reservation form, Holiday Inn Select, Baltimore, MD. * ALS to William Welling from Lee and Shirley dated October 11, 1997 thanking him for attending the reunion. * ALS to Bill from Irma Askey dated February 6, 1998 thanking him for the pictures taken at the reunion.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e* PL to potential attendees of the 13th Annual reunion from William Doeppe at Mechanicsville, not dated, containing the reunion itinerary and response form. * Hotel reservation form, Holiday Inn Select, Baltimore MD for reunion period.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e* Newspaper clipping Richmond Times Dispatch not dated re: Agecroft Hall. * PL to potential attendees of the 14th Annual reunion from William Doeppe at Mechanicsville, VA, not dated, containing the reunion itinerary and response form. * Hyatt Richmond Hotel Information and reservation form. * PL to William Doeppe at Mechanicsville, VA from W. B. Welling at New York dated July 7, 1999 concerning the itinerary for the Reunion and a possible visit to Wilton. * PLS to W. B. Welling at New York from William Doeppe at Mechanicsville, VA dated August 23, 1999, regarding a visit to Agecroft Hall. Plus copy. * PL to Bill from William Doeppe at Mechanicsville, VA dated September 17, 1999 regarding the Wilton versus Agecroft Hall visit. * Christmas card, dated 1999, from Shirley and Lee Kraus.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e* PL from William Doeppe, Mechanicsville, VA to potential attendees 15th Reunion to be held October 5-8, 2000 at The Radisson Hotel St. Louis Airport, not dated, containing itinerary and reservation applications. * Booklet \"Circle of Friends 15th Reunion of the 67th Field Hospital October 7, 2000\" with accompanying manuscript note to Bill from Lee and Shirley, not dated. * PL from William Doeppe, Mechanicsville, VA to potential attendees 16th Reunion to be held October 4-7, 2001 at The Holiday Inn San Antonio Downtown, not dated, containing itinerary and reservation applications w envelope addressed to William Welling. * PL from William Doeppe, Mechanicsville, VA to potential attendees 17th Reunion to be held October 3-6, 2002 at The Chattanooga Clarion Hotel Holiday, not dated, containing itinerary and reservation applications.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e* Copies of The Flying APC: 1. Winter 1991 2. Spring 1992 3. Winter 1992 4. Spring 1993 5. Winter 1993 6. Winter 1994 7. Spring 1995 8. Winter 1995 9. Winter 1996 10. Spring 1997 11. Winter 1997 12. Spring 1998 13. Winter 1998 14. Winter 1999 15. Spring 1999 16. Spring 2000 17. Winter 2000 18. Spring 2001 19. Winter 2001 20. Winter 2002. * Christmas '97 Season's Greetings from Pauline.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e* \"Home Addresses of Enlisted Personnel of the 67th Field Hospital\", not dated. * \"Home Addresses of Enlisted Personnel of the 67th Field Hospital\", 1989. * \"Home Addresses of Enlisted Personnel of the 67th Field Hospital\", 1993. * \"Home Addresses of Enlisted Personnel of the 67th Field Hospital\", 1995. * Envelope addressed to Bill Welling at New York from Irma Spellman at Clay Center, KS postmarked February 7, 1998. * Computer address labels.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e* Card to Bill from Ciche, Alice, Louise and Lucia at Hoepertingen dated February 2, 1945 wishing him a safety throughout the war and expressing a desire that he return to Hoepertingen after the war. * ALS in French to William Welling at Scarsdale NY from Josee at Hoepertingen, Belgium dated February 2, 1946, envelope attached, in French. * ALS to Bill from Frank at Westport, CT, dated December 17, 1946 expressing difficulties in adjusting to the post war world. * ALS to Bill from \"Francois,\" (Frank Collandrea) dated December 17, 1946 relating the difficulties of adjusting to civilian life. * ALS to Bill from T.N. Johnson at Laurel MS, dated December 28, 1946 describing disappointing circumstances upon mustering out of the Army. * ALS to W. B. from Bill Potter at Hyde Park MA, dated January 14, 1947 catching up on the whereabouts of former members of the 67th. * PLS to Bill from Frank Colandrea at Westport, CT dated January 11, 1948 informing him of his marriage. * Article titled \"The Waves in World War II\" by Susan H. Godson from Proceedings, December 1981. * ALS to William Welling at New York from Pauline Stout at San Leandro, dated November 8, 1989 transmitting Kay Dewey Martin's telephone number. Envelope attached. * ALS to William B. Welling at New York from Carrie P. Stout at San Leandro, Ca, dated May, 24, 1990 transmitting whereabouts of members of the 67th. Envelope attached. * Christmas card to Bill from \"Leggs\" (Ralph Barendt) dated December 14, 1991 relating the circumstances of the death of his wife. * Valentine 's Day card to WBW from Pauline dated February 11, 1992. Envelope attached. * Christmas card to Bill from \"Leggs\" (Ralph Barendt), dated December 1992. * Al to Bill, author unknown regarding the 50th anniversary of the formation of the unit and the reunion to be held in New Orleans. * Christmas card to Bill from \"Leggs\" (Ralph Barendt), dated December 1994. * ALS to William Welling at New York from Carrie Pauline Stout at San Leandro, CA, dated February 1998, transmitting obituaries of Kay Dewy Martin. Envelope attached. * PLS from BW to 67th Filed Hospital 2000 reunion, dated June 21. 2000.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The 67th Field Hospital Collection contains documents and photographs depicting the history of the 67th Field Hospital during the European Theater of World War II and the seventeen reunions of the 67th Field Hospital held from 1986 to 2002.","Manuscript Journal chronicling the experiences of William B. Welling with the 67th Field Hospital, from August 11, 1943 to February 23, 1946. Transcriptions of select dates can be read under Additional Description below.  ","Manuscript entitled \"67th Field Hospital (near Monte Bourg) October/November 1944\" by William Welling, not dated. ","Manuscript notes entitled \"Hoepertingen, Belgium December – February '44/'45\" by William B. Welling, not dated. ","Typewritten biographical sketches of members of the 67th written, tongue in cheek, by William Welling for the \"Who's News Today\" column of \"Hypodermically Speaking.\" They can be dated to circa January 1945. The men whose biographies can be found here are: John Marston Wiedman, Ralph Edward \"Legs\" Barendt, Sgt. George Willie Redd, Benjamin Sckolnik, Henry James Reul, Vincent Edward, Wendel Norman, Barton Weatherbee, William Otto Doeppe, and Arthur Trampler, \"The Amiable Airscews.\" ","Manuscript biographical sketch by William Welling of Harry D. Gaudio, dated January 31, 1945. ","Eight issues of Daily Bulletin 67th Field Hospital-Published Each Week Day by the \"I\u0026E Office …\" while at Bremenhaven for the period around VJ Day. The issues are dated August 9-11, 14, 15, 21, 27, and 29, 1945. ","Typewritten manuscript and copy written for English 77 class at Yale University entitled \"On a Night before Christmas in Belgium\" by William Welling, not dated.","Copy of article appearing in Newsweek December 24, 1945 entitled \"Fifteenth's Heavy Thinkers Do Themselves Right, Newsweek's Berlin Bureau sends this account of Gen. George S. Patton, Jr.'s Fifteenth Army. \" Author unknown. * Manuscript notes taken during the planning stages for the 1986 reunion, dated February 5 and 12, 1985. Author unknown. * PL to \"Dear 67th Field Hospital Bubby\" from William Doeppe dated October 1985 requesting names and addresses of known unit members. * PLS and unsigned copy from Bill Doeppe at Mechanicsville, VA, to Miss Stout, dated November 20, 1985 relating whereabouts of unit members. * PL from William Welling at New York to William Doeppe at Mechanicsville, VA., dated December 6, 1985 expressing intent to attend coming reunion. * Manuscript notes taken during planning stages for the 1986 reunion, dated march 3, 1986. Author unknown. * ALS from (Carrie) Pauline Stout to Bill Doeppe, dated March 8, 1986 speaking of intention to send unit member information \"hopefully Monday.\" * \"67th Field Hospital Personal Data Sheet\" – blank, dated April, 1986. * PLS and unsigned copy from William Welling (signed \"Blodger\") at New York to Rod, dated April 11, 1986 relating news of unit members. * PL from William Welling to Rod, dated May 6, 1986 relating itinerary for time around the reunion. * Manuscript notes taken during planning stages for the 1986 reunion dated May 10, 1986. Author unknown. * Postcard from Pauline Stout at San Francisco, CA to William Welling at New York dated June 1, 1986 transmitting information on the death of John Hurtz (?). * Typewritten list of \"Home Addresses of Enlisted Personnel of the 67th Field Hospital \"received before reunion.\" * PL from the Reunion Committee at Mechanicsville, VA to \"67th Field Hospital Veteran\", not dated, containing the reunion itinerary, diner menu. Reservation form missing. * Travel Tips: Pittsburgh, PA.\" * Promotional flyer – \"Travel Arrangements to the 67th Field Hospital Reunion\", FTI Travel International. * Brochure of The Sheraton Hotel at Station Square, Pittsburgh, PA. * Table card The Sheraton Hotel at Station Square, Pittsburg, PA. * Brochure – \"The Gateway Clipper Fleet\", Station Square Dock, Pittsburgh, PA. * Typewritten list of \"1986 Reunion Pittsburgh, PA Attendees\" (3 copies). * Typewritten list of \"Home Addresses of Enlisted Personnel of the 67th Field Hospital \"obtained at reunion 6-6-1986.\" * Receipt to William Welling for payment of one night's stay at Sheraton dated June 6, 1986. * Brochure of The Redwood Inn, Pittsburgh, PA. * Receipt to William Welling for payment one night's stay at Redwood Inn dated June 8, 1986. * PL from Bill and Norma Doeppe, Nick and Muriel Fokakis and C. Pauline Stout, \"To All Reunion Attendees\" ca. July 1986 summarizing expenses incurred by the reunion Committee associated with the 1986 reunion. * Commemorative booklet of \"67th Field Hospital Reunion1986 Pittsburgh.\" * Postcard from Nick and Muriel Fokakis at Thailand to William Welling at New York dated August 16, 1986 expressing thanks for helping to make the 1986 reunion a success. * Envelope containing four photographs taken at reunion. 1. William Doeepe, William Welling, Sabrino Rodriquez, left to right 2. William Welling, Sabrino Rodriquez, left to right 3. Sabrino Rodriquez, William Welling, Lee Kraus, unknown woman, left to right 4. Lee Kraus, Gloria and Raymond Renninger, Sabrino Rodriquez, left to right.","* PL from the Reunion Committee at Mechanicsville, VA to \"67th Field Hospital Veteran\", not dated, containing the reunion itinerary, diner menu and reservation form. * ALS to Bill at New York from A. B. Ruhly a.k.a. \"Ted\" at New York, dated June 1, 1987 making arrangements for transportation to and from reunion. * PLS from William Welling to City Editor Baltimore Evening Sun from dated June 6, 1987 with attached photocopy of and article titled \"EXTRACT from the 82nd Airborne Division E News\" dated for May 7, 1945 with photocopy of six photographs titled \"Concentration Camp Patients\" as a group. * Brochure – Brookshire Hotel, Baltimore, MD. * List of Attendees, 1987 Reunion Baltimore, MD.","* PLS from Linda Pittman at Catonsville, MD to Lee and Shirley Kraus at Baltimore MD dated November 16, 1987 containing details of a proposed 67th reunion in Europe. * PL from the Reunion Committee at Mechanicsville, VA to potential reunion attendees. Not dated. Containing the reunion details and itinerary.","* Sleeve of photographic negatives labeled \"W9989 W. B. Welling 145 East 27th ST NY, NY. * Contact prints of negatives in sleeve. * Prints made from five of the negatives on sleeve: 1. two copies 2. Unidentified woman 3. Unidentifed man, unidentified woman 4. Unidentified woman, unidentified woman, Pauline Stout, unidentified woman 5. Man, woman unknown * ALS to WBW from Ray Mac Neil, postmarked 2/8/1990 – thank you note Envelope attached. * PLS to WBW from Pauline Stout 9/23/1989-post reunion. * Clipped together: List of Attendees Letter to potential reunion attendees List of Attendees Bill Welling's name tag \"Hello\" Manuscript of letter to Roaring 67 to find members travel itinerary from Linda Marone travel agent. Note from Ted to WBW about sharing cab back to airport Brochure of the Emily Morgan Hotel, San Antonio Cashed $25 check from WBW to 67 reunion fund Credit card receipt for dinner at Emily Morgan signed by WBW Travel itinerary/Invoice Q Travel.","* ALS from Pauline to Bill Welling, not dated, transmitting information about the unit. * PL from the Reunion Committee at Mechanicsville, VA to \"67th Field Hospital Veteran\", not dated, containing the reunion details and itinerary. * PLS to \"men and women of 67th Field Hospital from William Fleming at Silver Lake Ohio, dated September, requesting information about unit members. * Itinerary for air travel for William Welling from New York to Las Vegas to New York, September 13-16, 1990. * List of Attendees, 67th Field Hospital Reunion * Receipts for expenses incurred during reunion. * PLS from Bill Welling at New York to Ralph and Lois, dated October 9, 1990, describing activities during trip to Cleveland in September 1990.","* PL to potential reunion attendees from the Reunion Committee containing the reunion details and itinerary. * PLS to William Welling at New York from William O. Doeppe at Mechanicsville, VA, dated September 6, 1991 expressing his regret that Welling cannot attend the reunion and thanking him for the contribution.","* PL from William O. Doeppe Mechanicsville, VA to potential attendees to the 7th Annual reunion, not dated, containing the reunion itinerary. Reservation form missing. * Brochure and reservation application for The Atlanta Marriott Perimeter Center. * Typewritten list of reunion attendees. * Small note with address and phone numbers for the Howard Johnson Midtown. * Car rental ad appearing in New York Timer September 6, 1992 inscribed with details of a car rental September 18-19, 1992.","* Envelope labeled \"New Orleans Aug 27-29, 1993\" containing 22 photographs taken at the reunion. 1. William Welling 2. William Welling 3. William Welling and Sabrino Rodriquez 4. William Welling and Sabrino Rodriquez 5. William Welling and unidentified woman 6. Unidentified men. Copy of same. 7. Unidentified man and woman. Copy of same. 8. William Welling and Sabrino Rodriquez 9. Unidentified man and woman 10. William Welling and Sabrino Rodriquez 11. Unidentified man and woman 12. Unidentified man and woman 13. Unidentified woman 14. William Welling. Copy of same. 15. Unidentified group 16. State of General G.T. Beauregard, CSA 17. Unidentified object. 18. Unidentified object. 19. Unidentified object. * Postcard (unused) of the sternwheeler Natchez at New Orleans. * PL from The Reunion Committee to potential attendees to the eighth Annual reunion, not dated, containing the reunion itinerary. Reservation form missing. * Envelope of canceled checks and gasoline receipt from William Welling. * PLS to Bill and Norma from Tramp at St. George, Utah, dated June 21, 1993 recalling their experiences in the Army from November, 1943 until the end of the war. * ALS to Bill from Nick and Muriel dated September 21, 1993 thanking him for he gift.","* Brochure of George Washington Inn and Conference Center, Williamsburg, VA. * PL from the Reunion Committee to potential attendees to the 9th Annual reunion, not dated, containing the reunion itinerary and response form. * Reservation application, George Washington Inn. * Ground Transportation In Williamsburg.","* PL from William Doeppe at Mechanicsville, VA to potential attendees of the 10th Annual reunion, not dated, containing the reunion itinerary and response form. * Reservation card for the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA for reunion period. * Cancelled check for $50 payable to The \"67th Field Hospital\" signed by William Welling, dated August 31, 1995. * Manuscript flight, car rental and hotel information.","* Letter to potential Attendees. * Copy of The Flying APC Volume 5 no 1. * Letter to WBW from Krause with cotton swatches. * Hotel information - The Galt House.","* List of possible venues for next reunion, not dated. * PLS to Ted and Donna from William Welling at New York dated August 3, 1997 transmitting eleven photographs. Photographs attached. Persons unknown. * Postcard to William Welling at New York from Pauline Stout dated May 1997 relating intention to attend the reunion. * PL to potential attendees of the 12th Annual reunion from William Doeppe at Mechanicsville., not dated, containing the reunion itinerary and response form. * Reservation form, Holiday Inn Select, Baltimore, MD. * ALS to William Welling from Lee and Shirley dated October 11, 1997 thanking him for attending the reunion. * ALS to Bill from Irma Askey dated February 6, 1998 thanking him for the pictures taken at the reunion.","* PL to potential attendees of the 13th Annual reunion from William Doeppe at Mechanicsville, not dated, containing the reunion itinerary and response form. * Hotel reservation form, Holiday Inn Select, Baltimore MD for reunion period.","* Newspaper clipping Richmond Times Dispatch not dated re: Agecroft Hall. * PL to potential attendees of the 14th Annual reunion from William Doeppe at Mechanicsville, VA, not dated, containing the reunion itinerary and response form. * Hyatt Richmond Hotel Information and reservation form. * PL to William Doeppe at Mechanicsville, VA from W. B. Welling at New York dated July 7, 1999 concerning the itinerary for the Reunion and a possible visit to Wilton. * PLS to W. B. Welling at New York from William Doeppe at Mechanicsville, VA dated August 23, 1999, regarding a visit to Agecroft Hall. Plus copy. * PL to Bill from William Doeppe at Mechanicsville, VA dated September 17, 1999 regarding the Wilton versus Agecroft Hall visit. * Christmas card, dated 1999, from Shirley and Lee Kraus.","* PL from William Doeppe, Mechanicsville, VA to potential attendees 15th Reunion to be held October 5-8, 2000 at The Radisson Hotel St. Louis Airport, not dated, containing itinerary and reservation applications. * Booklet \"Circle of Friends 15th Reunion of the 67th Field Hospital October 7, 2000\" with accompanying manuscript note to Bill from Lee and Shirley, not dated. * PL from William Doeppe, Mechanicsville, VA to potential attendees 16th Reunion to be held October 4-7, 2001 at The Holiday Inn San Antonio Downtown, not dated, containing itinerary and reservation applications w envelope addressed to William Welling. * PL from William Doeppe, Mechanicsville, VA to potential attendees 17th Reunion to be held October 3-6, 2002 at The Chattanooga Clarion Hotel Holiday, not dated, containing itinerary and reservation applications.","* Copies of The Flying APC: 1. Winter 1991 2. Spring 1992 3. Winter 1992 4. Spring 1993 5. Winter 1993 6. Winter 1994 7. Spring 1995 8. Winter 1995 9. Winter 1996 10. Spring 1997 11. Winter 1997 12. Spring 1998 13. Winter 1998 14. Winter 1999 15. Spring 1999 16. Spring 2000 17. Winter 2000 18. Spring 2001 19. Winter 2001 20. Winter 2002. * Christmas '97 Season's Greetings from Pauline.","* \"Home Addresses of Enlisted Personnel of the 67th Field Hospital\", not dated. * \"Home Addresses of Enlisted Personnel of the 67th Field Hospital\", 1989. * \"Home Addresses of Enlisted Personnel of the 67th Field Hospital\", 1993. * \"Home Addresses of Enlisted Personnel of the 67th Field Hospital\", 1995. * Envelope addressed to Bill Welling at New York from Irma Spellman at Clay Center, KS postmarked February 7, 1998. * Computer address labels.","* Card to Bill from Ciche, Alice, Louise and Lucia at Hoepertingen dated February 2, 1945 wishing him a safety throughout the war and expressing a desire that he return to Hoepertingen after the war. * ALS in French to William Welling at Scarsdale NY from Josee at Hoepertingen, Belgium dated February 2, 1946, envelope attached, in French. * ALS to Bill from Frank at Westport, CT, dated December 17, 1946 expressing difficulties in adjusting to the post war world. * ALS to Bill from \"Francois,\" (Frank Collandrea) dated December 17, 1946 relating the difficulties of adjusting to civilian life. * ALS to Bill from T.N. Johnson at Laurel MS, dated December 28, 1946 describing disappointing circumstances upon mustering out of the Army. * ALS to W. B. from Bill Potter at Hyde Park MA, dated January 14, 1947 catching up on the whereabouts of former members of the 67th. * PLS to Bill from Frank Colandrea at Westport, CT dated January 11, 1948 informing him of his marriage. * Article titled \"The Waves in World War II\" by Susan H. Godson from Proceedings, December 1981. * ALS to William Welling at New York from Pauline Stout at San Leandro, dated November 8, 1989 transmitting Kay Dewey Martin's telephone number. Envelope attached. * ALS to William B. Welling at New York from Carrie P. Stout at San Leandro, Ca, dated May, 24, 1990 transmitting whereabouts of members of the 67th. Envelope attached. * Christmas card to Bill from \"Leggs\" (Ralph Barendt) dated December 14, 1991 relating the circumstances of the death of his wife. * Valentine 's Day card to WBW from Pauline dated February 11, 1992. Envelope attached. * Christmas card to Bill from \"Leggs\" (Ralph Barendt), dated December 1992. * Al to Bill, author unknown regarding the 50th anniversary of the formation of the unit and the reunion to be held in New Orleans. * Christmas card to Bill from \"Leggs\" (Ralph Barendt), dated December 1994. * ALS to William Welling at New York from Carrie Pauline Stout at San Leandro, CA, dated February 1998, transmitting obituaries of Kay Dewy Martin. 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Acc. 2008.35","/repositories/2/resources/1459"],"text":["Mss. Acc. 2008.35","/repositories/2/resources/1459","Sixty-Seventh Field Hospital Collection","World War, 1939-1945","World War, 1939-1945--Medical and sanitary affairs.","Booklets","Correspondence","Diaries","Manuscripts (document genre)","Photographs","Receipts (financial records)","Newsletters","Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","During World War II, troops in a combat operation were not permitted to stop and care for the wounded. All soldiers carried emergency field-dressing kits and, if possible, attempted to treat their own wounds. Wounded soldiers waited for the stretcher-bearers who would take them to a Regimental Aid Post, just behind the lines. Here, a Regimental Medical Officer and assistants cleaned the wounds, applied dressings, and gave injections. When necessary, they were then taken to the Advanced Dressing Station for further treatment and emergency amputation and then moved to the \"field hospital\", also known as \"ambulances\" or \"casualty clearing stations,\" where needed surgeries were carried out. The function of the field hospital was to operate solely on casualties hit in the chest, abdomen, or large bone of the leg. Other wounds were fixed at the same time, of course, but the idea was to bring a facility to perform major surgery as close to the line as possible. All casualties, treated patients and evacuees were then sent to the evacuation hospital (\"evac hospital\") for further treatment and redeployment. Typically, each of a field hospital's three platoons consisted of about 60 enlisted men, six nurses, and about a half dozen surgeons. In the Korean Conflict, field hospitals became known as MASH (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) units.","During the European, phase of World War II, U. S. Army Field Hospitals supported infantry divisions as they marched across Europe to Berlin after the D-Day invasion. The 67th Field Hospital, in support of the 9th Army, was one such unit. In its support role, the 67th not only treated American military casualties, but civilians and enemy soldiers needing treatment as well.","Brief History of the 67th Field Hospital in World War II","The 67th Field Hospital was officially activated on March 20, 1944 at Camp Ellis in Illinois under the command of Major Benjamin B. Black, AMC. The unit adopted \"To Conserve Fighting Strength\" as its motto. Many of the members of the 67th were \"washed-out, would-be pilots\" relieved from further flight training, but given credit for ground service. Eighty-one came from the 60th College Training Detachment (Air Crew Training) stationed in Pittsburgh. Seventeen other non-commissioned officers and other enlisted men were assigned to the 67th from the 1879th Service Unit stationed at Camp Livingston, Louisiana. Still others came from San Antonio Cadet Training Center and a flight crew-training center at Oklahoma A\u0026M University in Stillwater.","On April 20, 1944, the newly formed unit began training to support battlefield surgery at The O'Reilly General Hospital in Springfield, MO. On D-Day (June 6, 1944), the unit was still in training there. On October 12, 1944, the 67th sailed for Liverpool, England from Boston aboard the troopship Wakefield, formerly the USS Manhattan. Upon arriving in Liverpool, they were transported across the English Channel and landed at Omaha Beach on October 25, 1944. The unit bivouacked near the village of Montebourg, on the Cherbourg Peninsula, before being assigned to the 9th Army preparing to move east across Europe towards Berlin.","In its support of the 9th Army, at The Battle of the Bulge, the 67th set up field hospitals and treated the wounded in Hoepertingen Belgium, Valkenberg, Holland. The 67th crossed the Rhine River on March 25, 1946 and set up field hospitals at Suchteln, Beckum, Forderstedt and Rosche in Germany. Shortly after VE Day (May 7, 1945), the 67th treated casualties at Ludwigslust, Burg, Bremen, Arolsen, Bad Nueheim and Fulda in Germany.","The advance of the 9th Army was ordered to stop short of entering Berlin, and assigned to eliminate the small pockets of resistance clearing the way for other units to enter the city. During March and April 1945, three units of the 67th were with 82nd Airborne when it liberated Wöbbelin, a hard labor concentration camp located near an abandoned Luftwaffe Airdrome just north of Ludwigslust, Germany. They cared for more than 200 men and women rescued from the piles of many more who had been starved to death by the Nazis. They survivors were treated in aircraft hangar of a nearby Luftwaffe airfield that was converted into a hospital.","The unit was partially disbanded with some members being redeployed back the States and others were assigned further duty at Bad Nueheim and Fulda with the 57th Field Hospital before being redeployed as a \"carrier unit\" , caring for the wounded on the way home, with the 20th Field Hospital.","The 67th was decommissioned in June 1946.","Years later, members of the unit met at a reunion and referred to themselves as \"M*A*S*H '45.\" ","The contents of William B. Welling's folder is slated to be added to W\u0026M Libraries Transcription site; 2020 November. ","Transcriptions of select entries are as follows: ","10 December 1944. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen, Belgium – Trucking to Cherbourg, we took a hospital trail via Le Havre, Paris, Brussels to Liege. From there we took trucks through Tongeren to Hoepertingen and were quartered in a schoolhouse in the little town. With our cotts taking up all floor space, the Belgian children made things often crowded. \n \n12 December 1944. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Unloading equipment – tis only the beginning! While walking one afternoon Rod, Sarna, Stilt, and I met several of the town's Belles who invited us to their house in the evening. Thus began nightly visits at the Lux's house, and some of their friend's houses, around family circles where French only spoken. ","14 December 1944. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Rod, Paul, and I did some shopping \u0026 went to a G.I. theater in the city of St. Trond, north of Hoepertingen. 3rd unit moved out into tents in a nearby field. Started playing some Belgian-type csapp$(?) games at Lucy's (Lux) house. Her aunt, a skinny old lady that was really very amusing, won the most! We go to a nearby place often to get \"ice\" ice cream over which we shave our \"D\" bars of chocolat. Very good! ","20 December 1944. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Local mayor \"Louis,\" a 1st rate character, plans to bring in Christmas trees for the stage of the schoolroom. Louis did his best to talk 5 languages at once. We plan a choir from the 67th to sing in the church across the street. Buzz bombs resemble moving comets in the sky when viewed at night on guard duty. They appear to travel slowly and make a noise unlike anything else. A nearby air strip was their main target \u0026 several landed around us \u0026 several passed over pretty low. ","22 December 1944. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Kay Dewey(?) has arrived to join the nurses in time to play for the little choir group. A Christmas party also is planned. Steak dinners 40F next door café.  ","25 December 1944. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Our choir made a big hit in the Belgian church. Brussels-bottled Coca Cola served. Nurses \u0026 officers gave us presents from PX supplies and went to the trouble of wrapping each present. Potter stole the show later in the evening on the stage with his magician act. Johnny played \u0026 sang his song \u0026 at the end, lead community singing. Saw the movie \"Mrs. Parkington.\" ","28 December 1944. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Rod, Johnny, Colandrea \u0026 I went bicycling with the gals. Went to see a buzz bomb crater nearby, later going to a family home to be introduced to a countess who was very old.  ","1 January 1945. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – New Years Eve Party at \"une autre maison.\" Rod, John, Colandrea, the girls, 6 boys, \u0026 some elderly people. Left at 5:45 – would have been \"insulting\" to have left sooner. German plane shot down nearby. Civilians would have killed pilot. His belongings were looted mostly by Drucker(?).  ","4 January 1945. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Col. Block(?) refused my application for transfer to 3rd unit. 3rd unit set up in tents behind the convent. With excess money I could sell my K.P. duty (?). (300F) ","12 January 1945. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Started pin-up collection on walls. Fast became center of attraction. Began \"profiles\" column. Guard duty \u0026 other \"details.\"  ","6 February 1945. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Spend some time observing the dispensary process with Rod in 3rd tent for civilians. A lot of skin diseases. ","10 February 1945. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Henson with Rod's 3rd unit moved to Maastricht has planned an outfit(?) paper to which I am to forward articles. I tried to help Lucy write a letter to Rod in English. Schoolbuilding frequently without lights. Mascot \"Ziggy\" put to death after prolonged sickness. 3 rabbitts, a goat, and dogs have taken up residence with us. I accompany the \"rations run,\" usually with Julien(?) drawing(?) a 2 ½, frequently on visits to Rod \u0026 John in Maastricht. ","16 February 1945. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Became 2nd unit mail clerk. New C.O. Lt. Col Beeler(?)  ","20 February 1945. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Return of 3rd unit prior to 67th movement. \"Spring has sprung \u0026 the grass has riz – I wonder where the flowers is?\" Snow largely melted. 21 mark reached!  ","Processed by Joe Catanzaro, SCRC Staff, sometime prior to 1/21/2009.","William Welling Papers (Mss. Acc. 2010.709)","The 67th Field Hospital Collection contains documents and photographs depicting the history of the 67th Field Hospital during the European Theater of World War II and the seventeen reunions of the 67th Field Hospital held from 1986 to 2002.","Manuscript Journal chronicling the experiences of William B. Welling with the 67th Field Hospital, from August 11, 1943 to February 23, 1946. Transcriptions of select dates can be read under Additional Description below.  ","Manuscript entitled \"67th Field Hospital (near Monte Bourg) October/November 1944\" by William Welling, not dated. ","Manuscript notes entitled \"Hoepertingen, Belgium December – February '44/'45\" by William B. Welling, not dated. ","Typewritten biographical sketches of members of the 67th written, tongue in cheek, by William Welling for the \"Who's News Today\" column of \"Hypodermically Speaking.\" They can be dated to circa January 1945. The men whose biographies can be found here are: John Marston Wiedman, Ralph Edward \"Legs\" Barendt, Sgt. George Willie Redd, Benjamin Sckolnik, Henry James Reul, Vincent Edward, Wendel Norman, Barton Weatherbee, William Otto Doeppe, and Arthur Trampler, \"The Amiable Airscews.\" ","Manuscript biographical sketch by William Welling of Harry D. Gaudio, dated January 31, 1945. ","Eight issues of Daily Bulletin 67th Field Hospital-Published Each Week Day by the \"I\u0026E Office …\" while at Bremenhaven for the period around VJ Day. The issues are dated August 9-11, 14, 15, 21, 27, and 29, 1945. ","Typewritten manuscript and copy written for English 77 class at Yale University entitled \"On a Night before Christmas in Belgium\" by William Welling, not dated.","Copy of article appearing in Newsweek December 24, 1945 entitled \"Fifteenth's Heavy Thinkers Do Themselves Right, Newsweek's Berlin Bureau sends this account of Gen. George S. Patton, Jr.'s Fifteenth Army. \" Author unknown. * Manuscript notes taken during the planning stages for the 1986 reunion, dated February 5 and 12, 1985. Author unknown. * PL to \"Dear 67th Field Hospital Bubby\" from William Doeppe dated October 1985 requesting names and addresses of known unit members. * PLS and unsigned copy from Bill Doeppe at Mechanicsville, VA, to Miss Stout, dated November 20, 1985 relating whereabouts of unit members. * PL from William Welling at New York to William Doeppe at Mechanicsville, VA., dated December 6, 1985 expressing intent to attend coming reunion. * Manuscript notes taken during planning stages for the 1986 reunion, dated march 3, 1986. Author unknown. * ALS from (Carrie) Pauline Stout to Bill Doeppe, dated March 8, 1986 speaking of intention to send unit member information \"hopefully Monday.\" * \"67th Field Hospital Personal Data Sheet\" – blank, dated April, 1986. * PLS and unsigned copy from William Welling (signed \"Blodger\") at New York to Rod, dated April 11, 1986 relating news of unit members. * PL from William Welling to Rod, dated May 6, 1986 relating itinerary for time around the reunion. * Manuscript notes taken during planning stages for the 1986 reunion dated May 10, 1986. Author unknown. * Postcard from Pauline Stout at San Francisco, CA to William Welling at New York dated June 1, 1986 transmitting information on the death of John Hurtz (?). * Typewritten list of \"Home Addresses of Enlisted Personnel of the 67th Field Hospital \"received before reunion.\" * PL from the Reunion Committee at Mechanicsville, VA to \"67th Field Hospital Veteran\", not dated, containing the reunion itinerary, diner menu. Reservation form missing. * Travel Tips: Pittsburgh, PA.\" * Promotional flyer – \"Travel Arrangements to the 67th Field Hospital Reunion\", FTI Travel International. * Brochure of The Sheraton Hotel at Station Square, Pittsburgh, PA. * Table card The Sheraton Hotel at Station Square, Pittsburg, PA. * Brochure – \"The Gateway Clipper Fleet\", Station Square Dock, Pittsburgh, PA. * Typewritten list of \"1986 Reunion Pittsburgh, PA Attendees\" (3 copies). * Typewritten list of \"Home Addresses of Enlisted Personnel of the 67th Field Hospital \"obtained at reunion 6-6-1986.\" * Receipt to William Welling for payment of one night's stay at Sheraton dated June 6, 1986. * Brochure of The Redwood Inn, Pittsburgh, PA. * Receipt to William Welling for payment one night's stay at Redwood Inn dated June 8, 1986. * PL from Bill and Norma Doeppe, Nick and Muriel Fokakis and C. Pauline Stout, \"To All Reunion Attendees\" ca. July 1986 summarizing expenses incurred by the reunion Committee associated with the 1986 reunion. * Commemorative booklet of \"67th Field Hospital Reunion1986 Pittsburgh.\" * Postcard from Nick and Muriel Fokakis at Thailand to William Welling at New York dated August 16, 1986 expressing thanks for helping to make the 1986 reunion a success. * Envelope containing four photographs taken at reunion. 1. William Doeepe, William Welling, Sabrino Rodriquez, left to right 2. William Welling, Sabrino Rodriquez, left to right 3. Sabrino Rodriquez, William Welling, Lee Kraus, unknown woman, left to right 4. Lee Kraus, Gloria and Raymond Renninger, Sabrino Rodriquez, left to right.","* PL from the Reunion Committee at Mechanicsville, VA to \"67th Field Hospital Veteran\", not dated, containing the reunion itinerary, diner menu and reservation form. * ALS to Bill at New York from A. B. Ruhly a.k.a. \"Ted\" at New York, dated June 1, 1987 making arrangements for transportation to and from reunion. * PLS from William Welling to City Editor Baltimore Evening Sun from dated June 6, 1987 with attached photocopy of and article titled \"EXTRACT from the 82nd Airborne Division E News\" dated for May 7, 1945 with photocopy of six photographs titled \"Concentration Camp Patients\" as a group. * Brochure – Brookshire Hotel, Baltimore, MD. * List of Attendees, 1987 Reunion Baltimore, MD.","* PLS from Linda Pittman at Catonsville, MD to Lee and Shirley Kraus at Baltimore MD dated November 16, 1987 containing details of a proposed 67th reunion in Europe. * PL from the Reunion Committee at Mechanicsville, VA to potential reunion attendees. Not dated. Containing the reunion details and itinerary.","* Sleeve of photographic negatives labeled \"W9989 W. B. Welling 145 East 27th ST NY, NY. * Contact prints of negatives in sleeve. * Prints made from five of the negatives on sleeve: 1. two copies 2. Unidentified woman 3. Unidentifed man, unidentified woman 4. Unidentified woman, unidentified woman, Pauline Stout, unidentified woman 5. Man, woman unknown * ALS to WBW from Ray Mac Neil, postmarked 2/8/1990 – thank you note Envelope attached. * PLS to WBW from Pauline Stout 9/23/1989-post reunion. * Clipped together: List of Attendees Letter to potential reunion attendees List of Attendees Bill Welling's name tag \"Hello\" Manuscript of letter to Roaring 67 to find members travel itinerary from Linda Marone travel agent. Note from Ted to WBW about sharing cab back to airport Brochure of the Emily Morgan Hotel, San Antonio Cashed $25 check from WBW to 67 reunion fund Credit card receipt for dinner at Emily Morgan signed by WBW Travel itinerary/Invoice Q Travel.","* ALS from Pauline to Bill Welling, not dated, transmitting information about the unit. * PL from the Reunion Committee at Mechanicsville, VA to \"67th Field Hospital Veteran\", not dated, containing the reunion details and itinerary. * PLS to \"men and women of 67th Field Hospital from William Fleming at Silver Lake Ohio, dated September, requesting information about unit members. * Itinerary for air travel for William Welling from New York to Las Vegas to New York, September 13-16, 1990. * List of Attendees, 67th Field Hospital Reunion * Receipts for expenses incurred during reunion. * PLS from Bill Welling at New York to Ralph and Lois, dated October 9, 1990, describing activities during trip to Cleveland in September 1990.","* PL to potential reunion attendees from the Reunion Committee containing the reunion details and itinerary. * PLS to William Welling at New York from William O. Doeppe at Mechanicsville, VA, dated September 6, 1991 expressing his regret that Welling cannot attend the reunion and thanking him for the contribution.","* PL from William O. Doeppe Mechanicsville, VA to potential attendees to the 7th Annual reunion, not dated, containing the reunion itinerary. Reservation form missing. * Brochure and reservation application for The Atlanta Marriott Perimeter Center. * Typewritten list of reunion attendees. * Small note with address and phone numbers for the Howard Johnson Midtown. * Car rental ad appearing in New York Timer September 6, 1992 inscribed with details of a car rental September 18-19, 1992.","* Envelope labeled \"New Orleans Aug 27-29, 1993\" containing 22 photographs taken at the reunion. 1. William Welling 2. William Welling 3. William Welling and Sabrino Rodriquez 4. William Welling and Sabrino Rodriquez 5. William Welling and unidentified woman 6. Unidentified men. Copy of same. 7. Unidentified man and woman. Copy of same. 8. William Welling and Sabrino Rodriquez 9. Unidentified man and woman 10. William Welling and Sabrino Rodriquez 11. Unidentified man and woman 12. Unidentified man and woman 13. Unidentified woman 14. William Welling. Copy of same. 15. Unidentified group 16. State of General G.T. Beauregard, CSA 17. Unidentified object. 18. Unidentified object. 19. Unidentified object. * Postcard (unused) of the sternwheeler Natchez at New Orleans. * PL from The Reunion Committee to potential attendees to the eighth Annual reunion, not dated, containing the reunion itinerary. Reservation form missing. * Envelope of canceled checks and gasoline receipt from William Welling. * PLS to Bill and Norma from Tramp at St. George, Utah, dated June 21, 1993 recalling their experiences in the Army from November, 1943 until the end of the war. * ALS to Bill from Nick and Muriel dated September 21, 1993 thanking him for he gift.","* Brochure of George Washington Inn and Conference Center, Williamsburg, VA. * PL from the Reunion Committee to potential attendees to the 9th Annual reunion, not dated, containing the reunion itinerary and response form. * Reservation application, George Washington Inn. * Ground Transportation In Williamsburg.","* PL from William Doeppe at Mechanicsville, VA to potential attendees of the 10th Annual reunion, not dated, containing the reunion itinerary and response form. * Reservation card for the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA for reunion period. * Cancelled check for $50 payable to The \"67th Field Hospital\" signed by William Welling, dated August 31, 1995. * Manuscript flight, car rental and hotel information.","* Letter to potential Attendees. * Copy of The Flying APC Volume 5 no 1. * Letter to WBW from Krause with cotton swatches. * Hotel information - The Galt House.","* List of possible venues for next reunion, not dated. * PLS to Ted and Donna from William Welling at New York dated August 3, 1997 transmitting eleven photographs. Photographs attached. Persons unknown. * Postcard to William Welling at New York from Pauline Stout dated May 1997 relating intention to attend the reunion. * PL to potential attendees of the 12th Annual reunion from William Doeppe at Mechanicsville., not dated, containing the reunion itinerary and response form. * Reservation form, Holiday Inn Select, Baltimore, MD. * ALS to William Welling from Lee and Shirley dated October 11, 1997 thanking him for attending the reunion. * ALS to Bill from Irma Askey dated February 6, 1998 thanking him for the pictures taken at the reunion.","* PL to potential attendees of the 13th Annual reunion from William Doeppe at Mechanicsville, not dated, containing the reunion itinerary and response form. * Hotel reservation form, Holiday Inn Select, Baltimore MD for reunion period.","* Newspaper clipping Richmond Times Dispatch not dated re: Agecroft Hall. * PL to potential attendees of the 14th Annual reunion from William Doeppe at Mechanicsville, VA, not dated, containing the reunion itinerary and response form. * Hyatt Richmond Hotel Information and reservation form. * PL to William Doeppe at Mechanicsville, VA from W. B. Welling at New York dated July 7, 1999 concerning the itinerary for the Reunion and a possible visit to Wilton. * PLS to W. B. Welling at New York from William Doeppe at Mechanicsville, VA dated August 23, 1999, regarding a visit to Agecroft Hall. Plus copy. * PL to Bill from William Doeppe at Mechanicsville, VA dated September 17, 1999 regarding the Wilton versus Agecroft Hall visit. * Christmas card, dated 1999, from Shirley and Lee Kraus.","* PL from William Doeppe, Mechanicsville, VA to potential attendees 15th Reunion to be held October 5-8, 2000 at The Radisson Hotel St. Louis Airport, not dated, containing itinerary and reservation applications. * Booklet \"Circle of Friends 15th Reunion of the 67th Field Hospital October 7, 2000\" with accompanying manuscript note to Bill from Lee and Shirley, not dated. * PL from William Doeppe, Mechanicsville, VA to potential attendees 16th Reunion to be held October 4-7, 2001 at The Holiday Inn San Antonio Downtown, not dated, containing itinerary and reservation applications w envelope addressed to William Welling. * PL from William Doeppe, Mechanicsville, VA to potential attendees 17th Reunion to be held October 3-6, 2002 at The Chattanooga Clarion Hotel Holiday, not dated, containing itinerary and reservation applications.","* Copies of The Flying APC: 1. Winter 1991 2. Spring 1992 3. Winter 1992 4. Spring 1993 5. Winter 1993 6. Winter 1994 7. Spring 1995 8. Winter 1995 9. Winter 1996 10. Spring 1997 11. Winter 1997 12. Spring 1998 13. Winter 1998 14. Winter 1999 15. Spring 1999 16. Spring 2000 17. Winter 2000 18. Spring 2001 19. Winter 2001 20. Winter 2002. * Christmas '97 Season's Greetings from Pauline.","* \"Home Addresses of Enlisted Personnel of the 67th Field Hospital\", not dated. * \"Home Addresses of Enlisted Personnel of the 67th Field Hospital\", 1989. * \"Home Addresses of Enlisted Personnel of the 67th Field Hospital\", 1993. * \"Home Addresses of Enlisted Personnel of the 67th Field Hospital\", 1995. * Envelope addressed to Bill Welling at New York from Irma Spellman at Clay Center, KS postmarked February 7, 1998. * Computer address labels.","* Card to Bill from Ciche, Alice, Louise and Lucia at Hoepertingen dated February 2, 1945 wishing him a safety throughout the war and expressing a desire that he return to Hoepertingen after the war. * ALS in French to William Welling at Scarsdale NY from Josee at Hoepertingen, Belgium dated February 2, 1946, envelope attached, in French. * ALS to Bill from Frank at Westport, CT, dated December 17, 1946 expressing difficulties in adjusting to the post war world. * ALS to Bill from \"Francois,\" (Frank Collandrea) dated December 17, 1946 relating the difficulties of adjusting to civilian life. * ALS to Bill from T.N. Johnson at Laurel MS, dated December 28, 1946 describing disappointing circumstances upon mustering out of the Army. * ALS to W. B. from Bill Potter at Hyde Park MA, dated January 14, 1947 catching up on the whereabouts of former members of the 67th. * PLS to Bill from Frank Colandrea at Westport, CT dated January 11, 1948 informing him of his marriage. * Article titled \"The Waves in World War II\" by Susan H. Godson from Proceedings, December 1981. * ALS to William Welling at New York from Pauline Stout at San Leandro, dated November 8, 1989 transmitting Kay Dewey Martin's telephone number. Envelope attached. * ALS to William B. Welling at New York from Carrie P. Stout at San Leandro, Ca, dated May, 24, 1990 transmitting whereabouts of members of the 67th. Envelope attached. * Christmas card to Bill from \"Leggs\" (Ralph Barendt) dated December 14, 1991 relating the circumstances of the death of his wife. * Valentine 's Day card to WBW from Pauline dated February 11, 1992. Envelope attached. * Christmas card to Bill from \"Leggs\" (Ralph Barendt), dated December 1992. * Al to Bill, author unknown regarding the 50th anniversary of the formation of the unit and the reunion to be held in New Orleans. * Christmas card to Bill from \"Leggs\" (Ralph Barendt), dated December 1994. * ALS to William Welling at New York from Carrie Pauline Stout at San Leandro, CA, dated February 1998, transmitting obituaries of Kay Dewy Martin. Envelope attached. * PLS from BW to 67th Filed Hospital 2000 reunion, dated June 21. 2000.","Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.","Special Collections Research Center","Reunions","Sixty-Seventh Field Hospital","Sixty-Seventh Field Hospital","Welling, William Blodget, 1924-2006","English"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 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Wounded soldiers waited for the stretcher-bearers who would take them to a Regimental Aid Post, just behind the lines. Here, a Regimental Medical Officer and assistants cleaned the wounds, applied dressings, and gave injections. When necessary, they were then taken to the Advanced Dressing Station for further treatment and emergency amputation and then moved to the \"field hospital\", also known as \"ambulances\" or \"casualty clearing stations,\" where needed surgeries were carried out. The function of the field hospital was to operate solely on casualties hit in the chest, abdomen, or large bone of the leg. Other wounds were fixed at the same time, of course, but the idea was to bring a facility to perform major surgery as close to the line as possible. All casualties, treated patients and evacuees were then sent to the evacuation hospital (\"evac hospital\") for further treatment and redeployment. Typically, each of a field hospital's three platoons consisted of about 60 enlisted men, six nurses, and about a half dozen surgeons. In the Korean Conflict, field hospitals became known as MASH (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) units.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDuring the European, phase of World War II, U. S. Army Field Hospitals supported infantry divisions as they marched across Europe to Berlin after the D-Day invasion. The 67th Field Hospital, in support of the 9th Army, was one such unit. In its support role, the 67th not only treated American military casualties, but civilians and enemy soldiers needing treatment as well.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBrief History of the 67th Field Hospital in World War II\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe 67th Field Hospital was officially activated on March 20, 1944 at Camp Ellis in Illinois under the command of Major Benjamin B. Black, AMC. The unit adopted \"To Conserve Fighting Strength\" as its motto. Many of the members of the 67th were \"washed-out, would-be pilots\" relieved from further flight training, but given credit for ground service. Eighty-one came from the 60th College Training Detachment (Air Crew Training) stationed in Pittsburgh. Seventeen other non-commissioned officers and other enlisted men were assigned to the 67th from the 1879th Service Unit stationed at Camp Livingston, Louisiana. Still others came from San Antonio Cadet Training Center and a flight crew-training center at Oklahoma A\u0026amp;M University in Stillwater.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOn April 20, 1944, the newly formed unit began training to support battlefield surgery at The O'Reilly General Hospital in Springfield, MO. On D-Day (June 6, 1944), the unit was still in training there. On October 12, 1944, the 67th sailed for Liverpool, England from Boston aboard the troopship Wakefield, formerly the USS Manhattan. Upon arriving in Liverpool, they were transported across the English Channel and landed at Omaha Beach on October 25, 1944. The unit bivouacked near the village of Montebourg, on the Cherbourg Peninsula, before being assigned to the 9th Army preparing to move east across Europe towards Berlin.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn its support of the 9th Army, at The Battle of the Bulge, the 67th set up field hospitals and treated the wounded in Hoepertingen Belgium, Valkenberg, Holland. The 67th crossed the Rhine River on March 25, 1946 and set up field hospitals at Suchteln, Beckum, Forderstedt and Rosche in Germany. Shortly after VE Day (May 7, 1945), the 67th treated casualties at Ludwigslust, Burg, Bremen, Arolsen, Bad Nueheim and Fulda in Germany.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe advance of the 9th Army was ordered to stop short of entering Berlin, and assigned to eliminate the small pockets of resistance clearing the way for other units to enter the city. During March and April 1945, three units of the 67th were with 82nd Airborne when it liberated Wöbbelin, a hard labor concentration camp located near an abandoned Luftwaffe Airdrome just north of Ludwigslust, Germany. They cared for more than 200 men and women rescued from the piles of many more who had been starved to death by the Nazis. They survivors were treated in aircraft hangar of a nearby Luftwaffe airfield that was converted into a hospital.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe unit was partially disbanded with some members being redeployed back the States and others were assigned further duty at Bad Nueheim and Fulda with the 57th Field Hospital before being redeployed as a \"carrier unit\" , caring for the wounded on the way home, with the 20th Field Hospital.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe 67th was decommissioned in June 1946.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eYears later, members of the unit met at a reunion and referred to themselves as \"M*A*S*H '45.\" \u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information:"],"bioghist_tesim":["During World War II, troops in a combat operation were not permitted to stop and care for the wounded. All soldiers carried emergency field-dressing kits and, if possible, attempted to treat their own wounds. 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Typically, each of a field hospital's three platoons consisted of about 60 enlisted men, six nurses, and about a half dozen surgeons. In the Korean Conflict, field hospitals became known as MASH (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) units.","During the European, phase of World War II, U. S. Army Field Hospitals supported infantry divisions as they marched across Europe to Berlin after the D-Day invasion. The 67th Field Hospital, in support of the 9th Army, was one such unit. In its support role, the 67th not only treated American military casualties, but civilians and enemy soldiers needing treatment as well.","Brief History of the 67th Field Hospital in World War II","The 67th Field Hospital was officially activated on March 20, 1944 at Camp Ellis in Illinois under the command of Major Benjamin B. Black, AMC. The unit adopted \"To Conserve Fighting Strength\" as its motto. Many of the members of the 67th were \"washed-out, would-be pilots\" relieved from further flight training, but given credit for ground service. Eighty-one came from the 60th College Training Detachment (Air Crew Training) stationed in Pittsburgh. Seventeen other non-commissioned officers and other enlisted men were assigned to the 67th from the 1879th Service Unit stationed at Camp Livingston, Louisiana. Still others came from San Antonio Cadet Training Center and a flight crew-training center at Oklahoma A\u0026M University in Stillwater.","On April 20, 1944, the newly formed unit began training to support battlefield surgery at The O'Reilly General Hospital in Springfield, MO. On D-Day (June 6, 1944), the unit was still in training there. On October 12, 1944, the 67th sailed for Liverpool, England from Boston aboard the troopship Wakefield, formerly the USS Manhattan. Upon arriving in Liverpool, they were transported across the English Channel and landed at Omaha Beach on October 25, 1944. The unit bivouacked near the village of Montebourg, on the Cherbourg Peninsula, before being assigned to the 9th Army preparing to move east across Europe towards Berlin.","In its support of the 9th Army, at The Battle of the Bulge, the 67th set up field hospitals and treated the wounded in Hoepertingen Belgium, Valkenberg, Holland. The 67th crossed the Rhine River on March 25, 1946 and set up field hospitals at Suchteln, Beckum, Forderstedt and Rosche in Germany. Shortly after VE Day (May 7, 1945), the 67th treated casualties at Ludwigslust, Burg, Bremen, Arolsen, Bad Nueheim and Fulda in Germany.","The advance of the 9th Army was ordered to stop short of entering Berlin, and assigned to eliminate the small pockets of resistance clearing the way for other units to enter the city. During March and April 1945, three units of the 67th were with 82nd Airborne when it liberated Wöbbelin, a hard labor concentration camp located near an abandoned Luftwaffe Airdrome just north of Ludwigslust, Germany. They cared for more than 200 men and women rescued from the piles of many more who had been starved to death by the Nazis. They survivors were treated in aircraft hangar of a nearby Luftwaffe airfield that was converted into a hospital.","The unit was partially disbanded with some members being redeployed back the States and others were assigned further duty at Bad Nueheim and Fulda with the 57th Field Hospital before being redeployed as a \"carrier unit\" , caring for the wounded on the way home, with the 20th Field Hospital.","The 67th was decommissioned in June 1946.","Years later, members of the unit met at a reunion and referred to themselves as \"M*A*S*H '45.\" "],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe contents of William B. 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Hoepertingen – Rod, Paul, and I did some shopping \u0026amp; went to a G.I. theater in the city of St. Trond, north of Hoepertingen. 3rd unit moved out into tents in a nearby field. Started playing some Belgian-type csapp$(?) games at Lucy's (Lux) house. Her aunt, a skinny old lady that was really very amusing, won the most! We go to a nearby place often to get \"ice\" ice cream over which we shave our \"D\" bars of chocolat. Very good! \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e20 December 1944. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Local mayor \"Louis,\" a 1st rate character, plans to bring in Christmas trees for the stage of the schoolroom. Louis did his best to talk 5 languages at once. We plan a choir from the 67th to sing in the church across the street. Buzz bombs resemble moving comets in the sky when viewed at night on guard duty. They appear to travel slowly and make a noise unlike anything else. A nearby air strip was their main target \u0026amp; several landed around us \u0026amp; several passed over pretty low. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e22 December 1944. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Kay Dewey(?) has arrived to join the nurses in time to play for the little choir group. A Christmas party also is planned. Steak dinners 40F next door café.  \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e25 December 1944. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Our choir made a big hit in the Belgian church. Brussels-bottled Coca Cola served. Nurses \u0026amp; officers gave us presents from PX supplies and went to the trouble of wrapping each present. Potter stole the show later in the evening on the stage with his magician act. Johnny played \u0026amp; sang his song \u0026amp; at the end, lead community singing. Saw the movie \"Mrs. Parkington.\" \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e28 December 1944. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Rod, Johnny, Colandrea \u0026amp; I went bicycling with the gals. Went to see a buzz bomb crater nearby, later going to a family home to be introduced to a countess who was very old.  \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1 January 1945. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – New Years Eve Party at \"une autre maison.\" Rod, John, Colandrea, the girls, 6 boys, \u0026amp; some elderly people. Left at 5:45 – would have been \"insulting\" to have left sooner. German plane shot down nearby. Civilians would have killed pilot. His belongings were looted mostly by Drucker(?).  \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e4 January 1945. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Col. Block(?) refused my application for transfer to 3rd unit. 3rd unit set up in tents behind the convent. With excess money I could sell my K.P. duty (?). (300F) \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e12 January 1945. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Started pin-up collection on walls. Fast became center of attraction. Began \"profiles\" column. Guard duty \u0026amp; other \"details.\"  \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e6 February 1945. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Spend some time observing the dispensary process with Rod in 3rd tent for civilians. A lot of skin diseases. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e10 February 1945. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Henson with Rod's 3rd unit moved to Maastricht has planned an outfit(?) paper to which I am to forward articles. I tried to help Lucy write a letter to Rod in English. Schoolbuilding frequently without lights. Mascot \"Ziggy\" put to death after prolonged sickness. 3 rabbitts, a goat, and dogs have taken up residence with us. I accompany the \"rations run,\" usually with Julien(?) drawing(?) a 2 ½, frequently on visits to Rod \u0026amp; John in Maastricht. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e16 February 1945. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Became 2nd unit mail clerk. New C.O. Lt. Col Beeler(?)  \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e20 February 1945. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Return of 3rd unit prior to 67th movement. \"Spring has sprung \u0026amp; the grass has riz – I wonder where the flowers is?\" Snow largely melted. 21 mark reached!  \u003c/p\u003e"],"odd_heading_ssm":["General"],"odd_tesim":["The contents of William B. Welling's folder is slated to be added to W\u0026M Libraries Transcription site; 2020 November. ","Transcriptions of select entries are as follows: ","10 December 1944. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen, Belgium – Trucking to Cherbourg, we took a hospital trail via Le Havre, Paris, Brussels to Liege. From there we took trucks through Tongeren to Hoepertingen and were quartered in a schoolhouse in the little town. With our cotts taking up all floor space, the Belgian children made things often crowded. \n \n12 December 1944. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Unloading equipment – tis only the beginning! While walking one afternoon Rod, Sarna, Stilt, and I met several of the town's Belles who invited us to their house in the evening. Thus began nightly visits at the Lux's house, and some of their friend's houses, around family circles where French only spoken. ","14 December 1944. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Rod, Paul, and I did some shopping \u0026 went to a G.I. theater in the city of St. Trond, north of Hoepertingen. 3rd unit moved out into tents in a nearby field. Started playing some Belgian-type csapp$(?) games at Lucy's (Lux) house. Her aunt, a skinny old lady that was really very amusing, won the most! We go to a nearby place often to get \"ice\" ice cream over which we shave our \"D\" bars of chocolat. Very good! ","20 December 1944. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Local mayor \"Louis,\" a 1st rate character, plans to bring in Christmas trees for the stage of the schoolroom. Louis did his best to talk 5 languages at once. We plan a choir from the 67th to sing in the church across the street. Buzz bombs resemble moving comets in the sky when viewed at night on guard duty. They appear to travel slowly and make a noise unlike anything else. A nearby air strip was their main target \u0026 several landed around us \u0026 several passed over pretty low. ","22 December 1944. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Kay Dewey(?) has arrived to join the nurses in time to play for the little choir group. A Christmas party also is planned. Steak dinners 40F next door café.  ","25 December 1944. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Our choir made a big hit in the Belgian church. Brussels-bottled Coca Cola served. Nurses \u0026 officers gave us presents from PX supplies and went to the trouble of wrapping each present. Potter stole the show later in the evening on the stage with his magician act. Johnny played \u0026 sang his song \u0026 at the end, lead community singing. Saw the movie \"Mrs. Parkington.\" ","28 December 1944. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Rod, Johnny, Colandrea \u0026 I went bicycling with the gals. Went to see a buzz bomb crater nearby, later going to a family home to be introduced to a countess who was very old.  ","1 January 1945. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – New Years Eve Party at \"une autre maison.\" Rod, John, Colandrea, the girls, 6 boys, \u0026 some elderly people. Left at 5:45 – would have been \"insulting\" to have left sooner. German plane shot down nearby. Civilians would have killed pilot. His belongings were looted mostly by Drucker(?).  ","4 January 1945. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Col. Block(?) refused my application for transfer to 3rd unit. 3rd unit set up in tents behind the convent. With excess money I could sell my K.P. duty (?). (300F) ","12 January 1945. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Started pin-up collection on walls. Fast became center of attraction. Began \"profiles\" column. Guard duty \u0026 other \"details.\"  ","6 February 1945. 67th F.H. Hoepertingen – Spend some time observing the dispensary process with Rod in 3rd tent for civilians. A lot of skin diseases. 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Welling, not dated. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTypewritten biographical sketches of members of the 67th written, tongue in cheek, by William Welling for the \"Who's News Today\" column of \"Hypodermically Speaking.\" They can be dated to circa January 1945. The men whose biographies can be found here are: John Marston Wiedman, Ralph Edward \"Legs\" Barendt, Sgt. George Willie Redd, Benjamin Sckolnik, Henry James Reul, Vincent Edward, Wendel Norman, Barton Weatherbee, William Otto Doeppe, and Arthur Trampler, \"The Amiable Airscews.\" \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eManuscript biographical sketch by William Welling of Harry D. Gaudio, dated January 31, 1945. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eEight issues of Daily Bulletin 67th Field Hospital-Published Each Week Day by the \"I\u0026amp;E Office …\" while at Bremenhaven for the period around VJ Day. The issues are dated August 9-11, 14, 15, 21, 27, and 29, 1945. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTypewritten manuscript and copy written for English 77 class at Yale University entitled \"On a Night before Christmas in Belgium\" by William Welling, not dated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of article appearing in Newsweek December 24, 1945 entitled \"Fifteenth's Heavy Thinkers Do Themselves Right, Newsweek's Berlin Bureau sends this account of Gen. George S. Patton, Jr.'s Fifteenth Army. \" Author unknown. * Manuscript notes taken during the planning stages for the 1986 reunion, dated February 5 and 12, 1985. Author unknown. * PL to \"Dear 67th Field Hospital Bubby\" from William Doeppe dated October 1985 requesting names and addresses of known unit members. * PLS and unsigned copy from Bill Doeppe at Mechanicsville, VA, to Miss Stout, dated November 20, 1985 relating whereabouts of unit members. * PL from William Welling at New York to William Doeppe at Mechanicsville, VA., dated December 6, 1985 expressing intent to attend coming reunion. * Manuscript notes taken during planning stages for the 1986 reunion, dated march 3, 1986. Author unknown. * ALS from (Carrie) Pauline Stout to Bill Doeppe, dated March 8, 1986 speaking of intention to send unit member information \"hopefully Monday.\" * \"67th Field Hospital Personal Data Sheet\" – blank, dated April, 1986. * PLS and unsigned copy from William Welling (signed \"Blodger\") at New York to Rod, dated April 11, 1986 relating news of unit members. * PL from William Welling to Rod, dated May 6, 1986 relating itinerary for time around the reunion. * Manuscript notes taken during planning stages for the 1986 reunion dated May 10, 1986. Author unknown. * Postcard from Pauline Stout at San Francisco, CA to William Welling at New York dated June 1, 1986 transmitting information on the death of John Hurtz (?). * Typewritten list of \"Home Addresses of Enlisted Personnel of the 67th Field Hospital \"received before reunion.\" * PL from the Reunion Committee at Mechanicsville, VA to \"67th Field Hospital Veteran\", not dated, containing the reunion itinerary, diner menu. Reservation form missing. * Travel Tips: Pittsburgh, PA.\" * Promotional flyer – \"Travel Arrangements to the 67th Field Hospital Reunion\", FTI Travel International. * Brochure of The Sheraton Hotel at Station Square, Pittsburgh, PA. * Table card The Sheraton Hotel at Station Square, Pittsburg, PA. * Brochure – \"The Gateway Clipper Fleet\", Station Square Dock, Pittsburgh, PA. * Typewritten list of \"1986 Reunion Pittsburgh, PA Attendees\" (3 copies). * Typewritten list of \"Home Addresses of Enlisted Personnel of the 67th Field Hospital \"obtained at reunion 6-6-1986.\" * Receipt to William Welling for payment of one night's stay at Sheraton dated June 6, 1986. * Brochure of The Redwood Inn, Pittsburgh, PA. * Receipt to William Welling for payment one night's stay at Redwood Inn dated June 8, 1986. * PL from Bill and Norma Doeppe, Nick and Muriel Fokakis and C. Pauline Stout, \"To All Reunion Attendees\" ca. July 1986 summarizing expenses incurred by the reunion Committee associated with the 1986 reunion. * Commemorative booklet of \"67th Field Hospital Reunion1986 Pittsburgh.\" * Postcard from Nick and Muriel Fokakis at Thailand to William Welling at New York dated August 16, 1986 expressing thanks for helping to make the 1986 reunion a success. * Envelope containing four photographs taken at reunion. 1. William Doeepe, William Welling, Sabrino Rodriquez, left to right 2. William Welling, Sabrino Rodriquez, left to right 3. Sabrino Rodriquez, William Welling, Lee Kraus, unknown woman, left to right 4. Lee Kraus, Gloria and Raymond Renninger, Sabrino Rodriquez, left to right.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e* PL from the Reunion Committee at Mechanicsville, VA to \"67th Field Hospital Veteran\", not dated, containing the reunion itinerary, diner menu and reservation form. * ALS to Bill at New York from A. B. Ruhly a.k.a. \"Ted\" at New York, dated June 1, 1987 making arrangements for transportation to and from reunion. * PLS from William Welling to City Editor Baltimore Evening Sun from dated June 6, 1987 with attached photocopy of and article titled \"EXTRACT from the 82nd Airborne Division E News\" dated for May 7, 1945 with photocopy of six photographs titled \"Concentration Camp Patients\" as a group. * Brochure – Brookshire Hotel, Baltimore, MD. * List of Attendees, 1987 Reunion Baltimore, MD.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e* PLS from Linda Pittman at Catonsville, MD to Lee and Shirley Kraus at Baltimore MD dated November 16, 1987 containing details of a proposed 67th reunion in Europe. * PL from the Reunion Committee at Mechanicsville, VA to potential reunion attendees. Not dated. Containing the reunion details and itinerary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e* Sleeve of photographic negatives labeled \"W9989 W. B. Welling 145 East 27th ST NY, NY. * Contact prints of negatives in sleeve. * Prints made from five of the negatives on sleeve: 1. two copies 2. Unidentified woman 3. Unidentifed man, unidentified woman 4. Unidentified woman, unidentified woman, Pauline Stout, unidentified woman 5. Man, woman unknown * ALS to WBW from Ray Mac Neil, postmarked 2/8/1990 – thank you note Envelope attached. * PLS to WBW from Pauline Stout 9/23/1989-post reunion. * Clipped together: List of Attendees Letter to potential reunion attendees List of Attendees Bill Welling's name tag \"Hello\" Manuscript of letter to Roaring 67 to find members travel itinerary from Linda Marone travel agent. Note from Ted to WBW about sharing cab back to airport Brochure of the Emily Morgan Hotel, San Antonio Cashed $25 check from WBW to 67 reunion fund Credit card receipt for dinner at Emily Morgan signed by WBW Travel itinerary/Invoice Q Travel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e* ALS from Pauline to Bill Welling, not dated, transmitting information about the unit. * PL from the Reunion Committee at Mechanicsville, VA to \"67th Field Hospital Veteran\", not dated, containing the reunion details and itinerary. * PLS to \"men and women of 67th Field Hospital from William Fleming at Silver Lake Ohio, dated September, requesting information about unit members. * Itinerary for air travel for William Welling from New York to Las Vegas to New York, September 13-16, 1990. * List of Attendees, 67th Field Hospital Reunion * Receipts for expenses incurred during reunion. * PLS from Bill Welling at New York to Ralph and Lois, dated October 9, 1990, describing activities during trip to Cleveland in September 1990.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e* PL to potential reunion attendees from the Reunion Committee containing the reunion details and itinerary. * PLS to William Welling at New York from William O. Doeppe at Mechanicsville, VA, dated September 6, 1991 expressing his regret that Welling cannot attend the reunion and thanking him for the contribution.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e* PL from William O. Doeppe Mechanicsville, VA to potential attendees to the 7th Annual reunion, not dated, containing the reunion itinerary. Reservation form missing. * Brochure and reservation application for The Atlanta Marriott Perimeter Center. * Typewritten list of reunion attendees. * Small note with address and phone numbers for the Howard Johnson Midtown. * Car rental ad appearing in New York Timer September 6, 1992 inscribed with details of a car rental September 18-19, 1992.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e* Envelope labeled \"New Orleans Aug 27-29, 1993\" containing 22 photographs taken at the reunion. 1. William Welling 2. William Welling 3. William Welling and Sabrino Rodriquez 4. William Welling and Sabrino Rodriquez 5. William Welling and unidentified woman 6. Unidentified men. Copy of same. 7. Unidentified man and woman. Copy of same. 8. William Welling and Sabrino Rodriquez 9. Unidentified man and woman 10. William Welling and Sabrino Rodriquez 11. Unidentified man and woman 12. Unidentified man and woman 13. Unidentified woman 14. William Welling. Copy of same. 15. Unidentified group 16. State of General G.T. Beauregard, CSA 17. Unidentified object. 18. Unidentified object. 19. Unidentified object. * Postcard (unused) of the sternwheeler Natchez at New Orleans. * PL from The Reunion Committee to potential attendees to the eighth Annual reunion, not dated, containing the reunion itinerary. Reservation form missing. * Envelope of canceled checks and gasoline receipt from William Welling. * PLS to Bill and Norma from Tramp at St. George, Utah, dated June 21, 1993 recalling their experiences in the Army from November, 1943 until the end of the war. * ALS to Bill from Nick and Muriel dated September 21, 1993 thanking him for he gift.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e* Brochure of George Washington Inn and Conference Center, Williamsburg, VA. * PL from the Reunion Committee to potential attendees to the 9th Annual reunion, not dated, containing the reunion itinerary and response form. * Reservation application, George Washington Inn. * Ground Transportation In Williamsburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e* PL from William Doeppe at Mechanicsville, VA to potential attendees of the 10th Annual reunion, not dated, containing the reunion itinerary and response form. * Reservation card for the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA for reunion period. * Cancelled check for $50 payable to The \"67th Field Hospital\" signed by William Welling, dated August 31, 1995. * Manuscript flight, car rental and hotel information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e* Letter to potential Attendees. * Copy of The Flying APC Volume 5 no 1. * Letter to WBW from Krause with cotton swatches. * Hotel information - The Galt House.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e* List of possible venues for next reunion, not dated. * PLS to Ted and Donna from William Welling at New York dated August 3, 1997 transmitting eleven photographs. Photographs attached. Persons unknown. * Postcard to William Welling at New York from Pauline Stout dated May 1997 relating intention to attend the reunion. * PL to potential attendees of the 12th Annual reunion from William Doeppe at Mechanicsville., not dated, containing the reunion itinerary and response form. * Reservation form, Holiday Inn Select, Baltimore, MD. * ALS to William Welling from Lee and Shirley dated October 11, 1997 thanking him for attending the reunion. * ALS to Bill from Irma Askey dated February 6, 1998 thanking him for the pictures taken at the reunion.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e* PL to potential attendees of the 13th Annual reunion from William Doeppe at Mechanicsville, not dated, containing the reunion itinerary and response form. * Hotel reservation form, Holiday Inn Select, Baltimore MD for reunion period.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e* Newspaper clipping Richmond Times Dispatch not dated re: Agecroft Hall. * PL to potential attendees of the 14th Annual reunion from William Doeppe at Mechanicsville, VA, not dated, containing the reunion itinerary and response form. * Hyatt Richmond Hotel Information and reservation form. * PL to William Doeppe at Mechanicsville, VA from W. B. Welling at New York dated July 7, 1999 concerning the itinerary for the Reunion and a possible visit to Wilton. * PLS to W. B. Welling at New York from William Doeppe at Mechanicsville, VA dated August 23, 1999, regarding a visit to Agecroft Hall. Plus copy. * PL to Bill from William Doeppe at Mechanicsville, VA dated September 17, 1999 regarding the Wilton versus Agecroft Hall visit. * Christmas card, dated 1999, from Shirley and Lee Kraus.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e* PL from William Doeppe, Mechanicsville, VA to potential attendees 15th Reunion to be held October 5-8, 2000 at The Radisson Hotel St. Louis Airport, not dated, containing itinerary and reservation applications. * Booklet \"Circle of Friends 15th Reunion of the 67th Field Hospital October 7, 2000\" with accompanying manuscript note to Bill from Lee and Shirley, not dated. * PL from William Doeppe, Mechanicsville, VA to potential attendees 16th Reunion to be held October 4-7, 2001 at The Holiday Inn San Antonio Downtown, not dated, containing itinerary and reservation applications w envelope addressed to William Welling. * PL from William Doeppe, Mechanicsville, VA to potential attendees 17th Reunion to be held October 3-6, 2002 at The Chattanooga Clarion Hotel Holiday, not dated, containing itinerary and reservation applications.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e* Copies of The Flying APC: 1. Winter 1991 2. Spring 1992 3. Winter 1992 4. Spring 1993 5. Winter 1993 6. Winter 1994 7. Spring 1995 8. Winter 1995 9. Winter 1996 10. Spring 1997 11. Winter 1997 12. Spring 1998 13. Winter 1998 14. Winter 1999 15. Spring 1999 16. Spring 2000 17. Winter 2000 18. Spring 2001 19. Winter 2001 20. Winter 2002. * Christmas '97 Season's Greetings from Pauline.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e* \"Home Addresses of Enlisted Personnel of the 67th Field Hospital\", not dated. * \"Home Addresses of Enlisted Personnel of the 67th Field Hospital\", 1989. * \"Home Addresses of Enlisted Personnel of the 67th Field Hospital\", 1993. * \"Home Addresses of Enlisted Personnel of the 67th Field Hospital\", 1995. * Envelope addressed to Bill Welling at New York from Irma Spellman at Clay Center, KS postmarked February 7, 1998. * Computer address labels.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e* Card to Bill from Ciche, Alice, Louise and Lucia at Hoepertingen dated February 2, 1945 wishing him a safety throughout the war and expressing a desire that he return to Hoepertingen after the war. * ALS in French to William Welling at Scarsdale NY from Josee at Hoepertingen, Belgium dated February 2, 1946, envelope attached, in French. * ALS to Bill from Frank at Westport, CT, dated December 17, 1946 expressing difficulties in adjusting to the post war world. * ALS to Bill from \"Francois,\" (Frank Collandrea) dated December 17, 1946 relating the difficulties of adjusting to civilian life. * ALS to Bill from T.N. Johnson at Laurel MS, dated December 28, 1946 describing disappointing circumstances upon mustering out of the Army. * ALS to W. B. from Bill Potter at Hyde Park MA, dated January 14, 1947 catching up on the whereabouts of former members of the 67th. * PLS to Bill from Frank Colandrea at Westport, CT dated January 11, 1948 informing him of his marriage. * Article titled \"The Waves in World War II\" by Susan H. Godson from Proceedings, December 1981. * ALS to William Welling at New York from Pauline Stout at San Leandro, dated November 8, 1989 transmitting Kay Dewey Martin's telephone number. Envelope attached. * ALS to William B. Welling at New York from Carrie P. Stout at San Leandro, Ca, dated May, 24, 1990 transmitting whereabouts of members of the 67th. Envelope attached. * Christmas card to Bill from \"Leggs\" (Ralph Barendt) dated December 14, 1991 relating the circumstances of the death of his wife. * Valentine 's Day card to WBW from Pauline dated February 11, 1992. Envelope attached. * Christmas card to Bill from \"Leggs\" (Ralph Barendt), dated December 1992. * Al to Bill, author unknown regarding the 50th anniversary of the formation of the unit and the reunion to be held in New Orleans. * Christmas card to Bill from \"Leggs\" (Ralph Barendt), dated December 1994. * ALS to William Welling at New York from Carrie Pauline Stout at San Leandro, CA, dated February 1998, transmitting obituaries of Kay Dewy Martin. Envelope attached. * PLS from BW to 67th Filed Hospital 2000 reunion, dated June 21. 2000.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The 67th Field Hospital Collection contains documents and photographs depicting the history of the 67th Field Hospital during the European Theater of World War II and the seventeen reunions of the 67th Field Hospital held from 1986 to 2002.","Manuscript Journal chronicling the experiences of William B. Welling with the 67th Field Hospital, from August 11, 1943 to February 23, 1946. Transcriptions of select dates can be read under Additional Description below.  ","Manuscript entitled \"67th Field Hospital (near Monte Bourg) October/November 1944\" by William Welling, not dated. ","Manuscript notes entitled \"Hoepertingen, Belgium December – February '44/'45\" by William B. Welling, not dated. ","Typewritten biographical sketches of members of the 67th written, tongue in cheek, by William Welling for the \"Who's News Today\" column of \"Hypodermically Speaking.\" They can be dated to circa January 1945. The men whose biographies can be found here are: John Marston Wiedman, Ralph Edward \"Legs\" Barendt, Sgt. George Willie Redd, Benjamin Sckolnik, Henry James Reul, Vincent Edward, Wendel Norman, Barton Weatherbee, William Otto Doeppe, and Arthur Trampler, \"The Amiable Airscews.\" ","Manuscript biographical sketch by William Welling of Harry D. Gaudio, dated January 31, 1945. ","Eight issues of Daily Bulletin 67th Field Hospital-Published Each Week Day by the \"I\u0026E Office …\" while at Bremenhaven for the period around VJ Day. The issues are dated August 9-11, 14, 15, 21, 27, and 29, 1945. ","Typewritten manuscript and copy written for English 77 class at Yale University entitled \"On a Night before Christmas in Belgium\" by William Welling, not dated.","Copy of article appearing in Newsweek December 24, 1945 entitled \"Fifteenth's Heavy Thinkers Do Themselves Right, Newsweek's Berlin Bureau sends this account of Gen. George S. Patton, Jr.'s Fifteenth Army. \" Author unknown. * Manuscript notes taken during the planning stages for the 1986 reunion, dated February 5 and 12, 1985. Author unknown. * PL to \"Dear 67th Field Hospital Bubby\" from William Doeppe dated October 1985 requesting names and addresses of known unit members. * PLS and unsigned copy from Bill Doeppe at Mechanicsville, VA, to Miss Stout, dated November 20, 1985 relating whereabouts of unit members. * PL from William Welling at New York to William Doeppe at Mechanicsville, VA., dated December 6, 1985 expressing intent to attend coming reunion. * Manuscript notes taken during planning stages for the 1986 reunion, dated march 3, 1986. Author unknown. * ALS from (Carrie) Pauline Stout to Bill Doeppe, dated March 8, 1986 speaking of intention to send unit member information \"hopefully Monday.\" * \"67th Field Hospital Personal Data Sheet\" – blank, dated April, 1986. * PLS and unsigned copy from William Welling (signed \"Blodger\") at New York to Rod, dated April 11, 1986 relating news of unit members. * PL from William Welling to Rod, dated May 6, 1986 relating itinerary for time around the reunion. * Manuscript notes taken during planning stages for the 1986 reunion dated May 10, 1986. Author unknown. * Postcard from Pauline Stout at San Francisco, CA to William Welling at New York dated June 1, 1986 transmitting information on the death of John Hurtz (?). * Typewritten list of \"Home Addresses of Enlisted Personnel of the 67th Field Hospital \"received before reunion.\" * PL from the Reunion Committee at Mechanicsville, VA to \"67th Field Hospital Veteran\", not dated, containing the reunion itinerary, diner menu. Reservation form missing. * Travel Tips: Pittsburgh, PA.\" * Promotional flyer – \"Travel Arrangements to the 67th Field Hospital Reunion\", FTI Travel International. * Brochure of The Sheraton Hotel at Station Square, Pittsburgh, PA. * Table card The Sheraton Hotel at Station Square, Pittsburg, PA. * Brochure – \"The Gateway Clipper Fleet\", Station Square Dock, Pittsburgh, PA. * Typewritten list of \"1986 Reunion Pittsburgh, PA Attendees\" (3 copies). * Typewritten list of \"Home Addresses of Enlisted Personnel of the 67th Field Hospital \"obtained at reunion 6-6-1986.\" * Receipt to William Welling for payment of one night's stay at Sheraton dated June 6, 1986. * Brochure of The Redwood Inn, Pittsburgh, PA. * Receipt to William Welling for payment one night's stay at Redwood Inn dated June 8, 1986. * PL from Bill and Norma Doeppe, Nick and Muriel Fokakis and C. Pauline Stout, \"To All Reunion Attendees\" ca. July 1986 summarizing expenses incurred by the reunion Committee associated with the 1986 reunion. * Commemorative booklet of \"67th Field Hospital Reunion1986 Pittsburgh.\" * Postcard from Nick and Muriel Fokakis at Thailand to William Welling at New York dated August 16, 1986 expressing thanks for helping to make the 1986 reunion a success. * Envelope containing four photographs taken at reunion. 1. William Doeepe, William Welling, Sabrino Rodriquez, left to right 2. William Welling, Sabrino Rodriquez, left to right 3. Sabrino Rodriquez, William Welling, Lee Kraus, unknown woman, left to right 4. Lee Kraus, Gloria and Raymond Renninger, Sabrino Rodriquez, left to right.","* PL from the Reunion Committee at Mechanicsville, VA to \"67th Field Hospital Veteran\", not dated, containing the reunion itinerary, diner menu and reservation form. * ALS to Bill at New York from A. B. Ruhly a.k.a. \"Ted\" at New York, dated June 1, 1987 making arrangements for transportation to and from reunion. * PLS from William Welling to City Editor Baltimore Evening Sun from dated June 6, 1987 with attached photocopy of and article titled \"EXTRACT from the 82nd Airborne Division E News\" dated for May 7, 1945 with photocopy of six photographs titled \"Concentration Camp Patients\" as a group. * Brochure – Brookshire Hotel, Baltimore, MD. * List of Attendees, 1987 Reunion Baltimore, MD.","* PLS from Linda Pittman at Catonsville, MD to Lee and Shirley Kraus at Baltimore MD dated November 16, 1987 containing details of a proposed 67th reunion in Europe. * PL from the Reunion Committee at Mechanicsville, VA to potential reunion attendees. Not dated. Containing the reunion details and itinerary.","* Sleeve of photographic negatives labeled \"W9989 W. B. Welling 145 East 27th ST NY, NY. * Contact prints of negatives in sleeve. * Prints made from five of the negatives on sleeve: 1. two copies 2. Unidentified woman 3. Unidentifed man, unidentified woman 4. Unidentified woman, unidentified woman, Pauline Stout, unidentified woman 5. Man, woman unknown * ALS to WBW from Ray Mac Neil, postmarked 2/8/1990 – thank you note Envelope attached. * PLS to WBW from Pauline Stout 9/23/1989-post reunion. * Clipped together: List of Attendees Letter to potential reunion attendees List of Attendees Bill Welling's name tag \"Hello\" Manuscript of letter to Roaring 67 to find members travel itinerary from Linda Marone travel agent. Note from Ted to WBW about sharing cab back to airport Brochure of the Emily Morgan Hotel, San Antonio Cashed $25 check from WBW to 67 reunion fund Credit card receipt for dinner at Emily Morgan signed by WBW Travel itinerary/Invoice Q Travel.","* ALS from Pauline to Bill Welling, not dated, transmitting information about the unit. * PL from the Reunion Committee at Mechanicsville, VA to \"67th Field Hospital Veteran\", not dated, containing the reunion details and itinerary. * PLS to \"men and women of 67th Field Hospital from William Fleming at Silver Lake Ohio, dated September, requesting information about unit members. * Itinerary for air travel for William Welling from New York to Las Vegas to New York, September 13-16, 1990. * List of Attendees, 67th Field Hospital Reunion * Receipts for expenses incurred during reunion. * PLS from Bill Welling at New York to Ralph and Lois, dated October 9, 1990, describing activities during trip to Cleveland in September 1990.","* PL to potential reunion attendees from the Reunion Committee containing the reunion details and itinerary. * PLS to William Welling at New York from William O. Doeppe at Mechanicsville, VA, dated September 6, 1991 expressing his regret that Welling cannot attend the reunion and thanking him for the contribution.","* PL from William O. Doeppe Mechanicsville, VA to potential attendees to the 7th Annual reunion, not dated, containing the reunion itinerary. Reservation form missing. * Brochure and reservation application for The Atlanta Marriott Perimeter Center. * Typewritten list of reunion attendees. * Small note with address and phone numbers for the Howard Johnson Midtown. * Car rental ad appearing in New York Timer September 6, 1992 inscribed with details of a car rental September 18-19, 1992.","* Envelope labeled \"New Orleans Aug 27-29, 1993\" containing 22 photographs taken at the reunion. 1. William Welling 2. William Welling 3. William Welling and Sabrino Rodriquez 4. William Welling and Sabrino Rodriquez 5. William Welling and unidentified woman 6. Unidentified men. Copy of same. 7. Unidentified man and woman. Copy of same. 8. William Welling and Sabrino Rodriquez 9. Unidentified man and woman 10. William Welling and Sabrino Rodriquez 11. Unidentified man and woman 12. Unidentified man and woman 13. Unidentified woman 14. William Welling. Copy of same. 15. Unidentified group 16. State of General G.T. Beauregard, CSA 17. Unidentified object. 18. Unidentified object. 19. Unidentified object. * Postcard (unused) of the sternwheeler Natchez at New Orleans. * PL from The Reunion Committee to potential attendees to the eighth Annual reunion, not dated, containing the reunion itinerary. Reservation form missing. * Envelope of canceled checks and gasoline receipt from William Welling. * PLS to Bill and Norma from Tramp at St. George, Utah, dated June 21, 1993 recalling their experiences in the Army from November, 1943 until the end of the war. * ALS to Bill from Nick and Muriel dated September 21, 1993 thanking him for he gift.","* Brochure of George Washington Inn and Conference Center, Williamsburg, VA. * PL from the Reunion Committee to potential attendees to the 9th Annual reunion, not dated, containing the reunion itinerary and response form. * Reservation application, George Washington Inn. * Ground Transportation In Williamsburg.","* PL from William Doeppe at Mechanicsville, VA to potential attendees of the 10th Annual reunion, not dated, containing the reunion itinerary and response form. * Reservation card for the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA for reunion period. * Cancelled check for $50 payable to The \"67th Field Hospital\" signed by William Welling, dated August 31, 1995. * Manuscript flight, car rental and hotel information.","* Letter to potential Attendees. * Copy of The Flying APC Volume 5 no 1. * Letter to WBW from Krause with cotton swatches. * Hotel information - The Galt House.","* List of possible venues for next reunion, not dated. * PLS to Ted and Donna from William Welling at New York dated August 3, 1997 transmitting eleven photographs. Photographs attached. Persons unknown. * Postcard to William Welling at New York from Pauline Stout dated May 1997 relating intention to attend the reunion. * PL to potential attendees of the 12th Annual reunion from William Doeppe at Mechanicsville., not dated, containing the reunion itinerary and response form. * Reservation form, Holiday Inn Select, Baltimore, MD. * ALS to William Welling from Lee and Shirley dated October 11, 1997 thanking him for attending the reunion. * ALS to Bill from Irma Askey dated February 6, 1998 thanking him for the pictures taken at the reunion.","* PL to potential attendees of the 13th Annual reunion from William Doeppe at Mechanicsville, not dated, containing the reunion itinerary and response form. * Hotel reservation form, Holiday Inn Select, Baltimore MD for reunion period.","* Newspaper clipping Richmond Times Dispatch not dated re: Agecroft Hall. * PL to potential attendees of the 14th Annual reunion from William Doeppe at Mechanicsville, VA, not dated, containing the reunion itinerary and response form. * Hyatt Richmond Hotel Information and reservation form. * PL to William Doeppe at Mechanicsville, VA from W. B. Welling at New York dated July 7, 1999 concerning the itinerary for the Reunion and a possible visit to Wilton. * PLS to W. B. Welling at New York from William Doeppe at Mechanicsville, VA dated August 23, 1999, regarding a visit to Agecroft Hall. Plus copy. * PL to Bill from William Doeppe at Mechanicsville, VA dated September 17, 1999 regarding the Wilton versus Agecroft Hall visit. * Christmas card, dated 1999, from Shirley and Lee Kraus.","* PL from William Doeppe, Mechanicsville, VA to potential attendees 15th Reunion to be held October 5-8, 2000 at The Radisson Hotel St. Louis Airport, not dated, containing itinerary and reservation applications. * Booklet \"Circle of Friends 15th Reunion of the 67th Field Hospital October 7, 2000\" with accompanying manuscript note to Bill from Lee and Shirley, not dated. * PL from William Doeppe, Mechanicsville, VA to potential attendees 16th Reunion to be held October 4-7, 2001 at The Holiday Inn San Antonio Downtown, not dated, containing itinerary and reservation applications w envelope addressed to William Welling. * PL from William Doeppe, Mechanicsville, VA to potential attendees 17th Reunion to be held October 3-6, 2002 at The Chattanooga Clarion Hotel Holiday, not dated, containing itinerary and reservation applications.","* Copies of The Flying APC: 1. Winter 1991 2. Spring 1992 3. Winter 1992 4. Spring 1993 5. Winter 1993 6. Winter 1994 7. Spring 1995 8. Winter 1995 9. Winter 1996 10. Spring 1997 11. Winter 1997 12. Spring 1998 13. Winter 1998 14. Winter 1999 15. Spring 1999 16. Spring 2000 17. Winter 2000 18. Spring 2001 19. Winter 2001 20. Winter 2002. * Christmas '97 Season's Greetings from Pauline.","* \"Home Addresses of Enlisted Personnel of the 67th Field Hospital\", not dated. * \"Home Addresses of Enlisted Personnel of the 67th Field Hospital\", 1989. * \"Home Addresses of Enlisted Personnel of the 67th Field Hospital\", 1993. * \"Home Addresses of Enlisted Personnel of the 67th Field Hospital\", 1995. * Envelope addressed to Bill Welling at New York from Irma Spellman at Clay Center, KS postmarked February 7, 1998. * Computer address labels.","* Card to Bill from Ciche, Alice, Louise and Lucia at Hoepertingen dated February 2, 1945 wishing him a safety throughout the war and expressing a desire that he return to Hoepertingen after the war. * ALS in French to William Welling at Scarsdale NY from Josee at Hoepertingen, Belgium dated February 2, 1946, envelope attached, in French. * ALS to Bill from Frank at Westport, CT, dated December 17, 1946 expressing difficulties in adjusting to the post war world. * ALS to Bill from \"Francois,\" (Frank Collandrea) dated December 17, 1946 relating the difficulties of adjusting to civilian life. * ALS to Bill from T.N. Johnson at Laurel MS, dated December 28, 1946 describing disappointing circumstances upon mustering out of the Army. * ALS to W. B. from Bill Potter at Hyde Park MA, dated January 14, 1947 catching up on the whereabouts of former members of the 67th. * PLS to Bill from Frank Colandrea at Westport, CT dated January 11, 1948 informing him of his marriage. * Article titled \"The Waves in World War II\" by Susan H. Godson from Proceedings, December 1981. * ALS to William Welling at New York from Pauline Stout at San Leandro, dated November 8, 1989 transmitting Kay Dewey Martin's telephone number. Envelope attached. * ALS to William B. Welling at New York from Carrie P. Stout at San Leandro, Ca, dated May, 24, 1990 transmitting whereabouts of members of the 67th. Envelope attached. * Christmas card to Bill from \"Leggs\" (Ralph Barendt) dated December 14, 1991 relating the circumstances of the death of his wife. * Valentine 's Day card to WBW from Pauline dated February 11, 1992. Envelope attached. * Christmas card to Bill from \"Leggs\" (Ralph Barendt), dated December 1992. * Al to Bill, author unknown regarding the 50th anniversary of the formation of the unit and the reunion to be held in New Orleans. * Christmas card to Bill from \"Leggs\" (Ralph Barendt), dated December 1994. * ALS to William Welling at New York from Carrie Pauline Stout at San Leandro, CA, dated February 1998, transmitting obituaries of Kay Dewy Martin. Envelope attached. * PLS from BW to 67th Filed Hospital 2000 reunion, dated June 21. 2000."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use:"],"userestrict_tesim":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"names_coll_ssim":["Reunions","Sixty-Seventh Field Hospital"],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Reunions","Sixty-Seventh Field Hospital","Sixty-Seventh Field Hospital","Welling, William Blodget, 1924-2006"],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Reunions","Sixty-Seventh Field Hospital"],"famname_ssim":["Sixty-Seventh Field Hospital"],"persname_ssim":["Welling, William Blodget, 1924-2006"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":19,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T03:12:21.370Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_1459"}},{"id":"vilxv_repositories_3_resources_707","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Soldiers' memorabilia and military service related manuscripts","abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vilxv_repositories_3_resources_707#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eThis collection consists of documents and printed material dating from World War I, World War II, Vietnam, and the Persian Gulf War. 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Va.)","Jefferson County (W. Va.)","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.)","West Virginia -- Race relations","Account books","African Americans  -- Education (Higher)","African Americans - Schools for Freedmen.","African Americans -- Segregation -- West Virginia","African Americans  -- Appalachian Region","Brown, John -- Fort-Museum","Builders and contractors.","Baptists","Education","Ephemera.","Freedmen's Schools.","Jefferson County - Schools.","Ledgers.","Missionaries","Newspapers.","Photographs.","Schools - Jefferson County.","Schools. SEE ALSO Academies","Teachers' letters and papers.","Universities and colleges","Women --  Education","Women's history -- 1850-1899","Women's history -- 1900-1929","Women's history -- 1929-1950","Women's history -- 1951-present","World War, 1914-1918 -- Letters","World War, 1939-1945 -- Letters","World War, 1939-1945","World War, 1914-1918","No special access restriction applies.","Researchers may access digitized materials by visiting the link attached to each item or by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.","Storer College of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, emerged from the aftermath of the Civil War with the purpose of educating former slaves who were now facing the world with few skills and no education. It began in 1865 as a school in the Lockwood House, a private residence, with the support of the Freewill Baptist Home Mission Society of New England under Reverend Nathan Cook Brackett; in 1867 it officially became Storer Normal School, with the mission of training teachers; and in 1938 Storer became a College. The College closed in 1955 due to declining enrollment, financial problems, and the advent of desegregation.","Although there were dedicated teachers in the beginning, by 1867 there were still only 16 instructors to educate 2,500 students. Reverend Brackett realized the only way to reach all of the students was to train African American teachers, thus necessitating the expansion of the school into a teacher college.","The philanthropist John Storer from Maine came forward and offered a $10,000 grant to the Freewill Baptists to create a teacher college under three conditions: first, the school must eventually become a degree-granting college; second, the school had to be open to all applicants, regardless of race or gender; and finally, the most difficult of the prerequisites, the Freewill Baptist Church had to match his $10,000 donation within a year. After a year-long effort the money was raised, and Storer Normal School opened its doors; and by March 1868 it received its state charter.","\nIn the beginning local residents were resistant to a \"colored school\" and tried to shut it down through slander, vandalism, and local politics. One teacher wrote, \"it is unusual for me to go to the Post Office without being hooted at, and twice I have been stoned on the streets at noonday.\" The attitudes of local residents eventually changed, however, so that later in his life Reverend Brackett became a respected citizen of Harpers Ferry.","Though Storer remained primarily a teacher college, in time it began adding courses in higher education to its curriculum so that students could graduate with a normal degree for teaching, or an academic degree for going on to college. In 1938, under the leadership of school president Henry T. McDonald, Storer became a college. Its enrollment peaked at around 400, and then dipped lower during World War II. The College survived until 1955 when declining enrollment, financial stress, and court-ordered desegregation combined to close it.","In addition to its progressive role in educating African Americans, the College became associated with other advocates of civil rights, such as Frederick Douglas, who visited Storer Normal School in 1881 to deliver a speech on John Brown, and the Niagra Movement led by William Du Bois, who held a conference at Storer in 1906. The NAACP was later to adopt many of the goals of the Niagra Movement.","[This historical note was sourced from the West Virginia Encyclopedia and Wikipedia.]","1131, 1168, 1322, 1471, 2621","Records of Storer College, West Virginia's first African American institution of higher learning, located in Harpers Ferry. This collection contains mainly administrative and operational records of the college. Types of records include annual reports, publications, memorabilia, artifacts, and other material. This collection includes material regarding John Brown's Fort.","The collection is organized into eighteen series, including:","Series 1. Correspondence; 1865-1953; boxes 1a-61 (73 containers) \nSeries 2. Miscellaneous Correspondence; 1892-1957, undated; boxes 62-72 (14 containers) \nSeries 3. Individual Correspondence; 1920s-1950s; boxes 73-85b (25 containers) \nSeries 4. President's Reports; 1907-1955; box 86a, folders 1a-4 (partial container) \nSeries 5. Board of Trustees; 1926-1960; box 86a, folder 5-box 87b, folder 2b (2 containers, 2 partial containers). \nSeries 6. Dean of Women Reports; 1939-1944; box 87b, folder 3 (partial container) \nSeries 7. Executive Committee; 1924-1957; box 88a - box 88b, folder 1 (1 container, 1 partial container) \nSeries 8. Woman's Commission; 1937-1948; box 88b, folder 2 (partial container) \nSeries 9. By-Laws; 1867-1953; box 88b, folders 3-4 (partial container) \nSeries 10. Faculty; 1940s-1950s; boxes 89-90 (2 containers) \nSeries 11. 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This series includes correspondence regarding Storer College alumni, the annual Alumni Drive, and other topics related to the graduates of the college; correspondence regarding West Virginia state agencies, including the Department of Education; correspondence regarding the construction and renovation of Storer College campus buildings; correspondence regarding post-war education and the GI Bill, including letters between Storer College and the Veterans Administration; correspondence regarding prospective students and enrollment data; correspondence regarding publicity and public relations; correspondence regarding conferences and conventions, including a number of Baptist associated organizations; correspondence regarding the John Brown memorial and John Brown's Fort; as well as correspondence regarding other topics.","This series contains miscellaneous correspondence of Storer College, including originals, typescripts copies, and ephemera, organized by year.","This series contains correspondence between Storer College officials and individual correspondents, including trustees, employees, and alumni, organized alphabetically by the name of the correspondent. This series includes originals, typescript copies, and ephemera. A minority of folders includes notes with explanations of their contents or importance; these notes were appended by President Henry T. McDonald or another Storer College official.","This series contains the annual reports of the President to the Board of Trustees regarding enrollment, attendance, graduation, fundraising, use of buildings, improvements to the campus, teachers, academics, John Brown's Fort, needs, plans, and other topics.","This series contains the records of the Storer College Board of Trustees, including meetings, minutes, correspondence, form letters, and other material.","This series contains the reports of the Dean of Women, Elizabeth M. 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Also contains transcriptions of early Storer College documents (1867-1909) among other material.","This series contains records regarding the faculty of Storer College, including the minutes of faculty meetings, the proposed constitution of the Storer College faculty, correspondence, personal data of faculty, data on prospective and former faculty members, ephemera, and other material.","This series contains various types of printed materials regarding Storer College events and other subjects. This series includes programs (football programs, freshmen week programs, vesper hour programs, movie programs, and miscellaneous), calendars, President's newsletters, printed notices, form letters, news release and publicity materials, commencement materials, and other material.","This series contains records regarding the students of Storer College, including correspondence and other material regarding student veterans and the Veterans Administration; newspaper clippings; photographs and photographic negatives; student transcripts; records and correspondence of African students; records regarding tests and exams; records of students alphabetized by name; and other material.","This series contains financial records of Storer College, including subject files arranged alphabetically by topic; Friends of Storer College donor lists; student accounts; budget reports; ledgers; checks books; cash books; account books; registers from John Brown's Fort; and other material.","This series contains miscellaneous records of Storer College, including private correspondence between President Henry T. McDonald with the Kiwanis International; pamphlets, programs; conference reports; notebooks; address books; a \"Save Storer\" rubber stamp; and other material.","This series contains issues of the Storer College newspaper the \"Storer Record\". The \"Storer Record\" is also available on microfilm, with issues dating from 1892 through 1943 available.","This series contains six scrapbooks regarding Storer College. Scrapbooks contain programs, clippings, invitations, form letters from college officials, and other material. Topics include commencement and graduation exercises, prize declamations, concerts, and sporting events, among others.","This series contains one large felt flag decorated with white felt letters reading \"Storer Alumni\" and a number of small felt pennant flags decorated with the Storer College crest and motto.","This series contains oversize records from Series 1, Correspondence (box 21); Series 3, Individual Correspondence (box 82a); Series 13, Financial Records (boxes 132, 140, and 141); and Series 14, Miscellaneous (box 160).","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the  Permissions and Copyright page  on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.","West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. 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The College survived until 1955 when declining enrollment, financial stress, and court-ordered desegregation combined to close it.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn addition to its progressive role in educating African Americans, the College became associated with other advocates of civil rights, such as Frederick Douglas, who visited Storer Normal School in 1881 to deliver a speech on John Brown, and the Niagra Movement led by William Du Bois, who held a conference at Storer in 1906. The NAACP was later to adopt many of the goals of the Niagra Movement.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e[This historical note was sourced from the West Virginia Encyclopedia and Wikipedia.]\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Storer College of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, emerged from the aftermath of the Civil War with the purpose of educating former slaves who were now facing the world with few skills and no education. It began in 1865 as a school in the Lockwood House, a private residence, with the support of the Freewill Baptist Home Mission Society of New England under Reverend Nathan Cook Brackett; in 1867 it officially became Storer Normal School, with the mission of training teachers; and in 1938 Storer became a College. The College closed in 1955 due to declining enrollment, financial problems, and the advent of desegregation.","Although there were dedicated teachers in the beginning, by 1867 there were still only 16 instructors to educate 2,500 students. Reverend Brackett realized the only way to reach all of the students was to train African American teachers, thus necessitating the expansion of the school into a teacher college.","The philanthropist John Storer from Maine came forward and offered a $10,000 grant to the Freewill Baptists to create a teacher college under three conditions: first, the school must eventually become a degree-granting college; second, the school had to be open to all applicants, regardless of race or gender; and finally, the most difficult of the prerequisites, the Freewill Baptist Church had to match his $10,000 donation within a year. After a year-long effort the money was raised, and Storer Normal School opened its doors; and by March 1868 it received its state charter.","\nIn the beginning local residents were resistant to a \"colored school\" and tried to shut it down through slander, vandalism, and local politics. One teacher wrote, \"it is unusual for me to go to the Post Office without being hooted at, and twice I have been stoned on the streets at noonday.\" The attitudes of local residents eventually changed, however, so that later in his life Reverend Brackett became a respected citizen of Harpers Ferry.","Though Storer remained primarily a teacher college, in time it began adding courses in higher education to its curriculum so that students could graduate with a normal degree for teaching, or an academic degree for going on to college. In 1938, under the leadership of school president Henry T. McDonald, Storer became a college. Its enrollment peaked at around 400, and then dipped lower during World War II. The College survived until 1955 when declining enrollment, financial stress, and court-ordered desegregation combined to close it.","In addition to its progressive role in educating African Americans, the College became associated with other advocates of civil rights, such as Frederick Douglas, who visited Storer Normal School in 1881 to deliver a speech on John Brown, and the Niagra Movement led by William Du Bois, who held a conference at Storer in 1906. The NAACP was later to adopt many of the goals of the Niagra Movement.","[This historical note was sourced from the West Virginia Encyclopedia and Wikipedia.]"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Storer College Administrative and Operational Records, A\u0026amp;M 1322, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Storer College Administrative and Operational Records, A\u0026M 1322, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e1131, 1168, 1322, 1471, 2621\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related A\u0026M Collections"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["1131, 1168, 1322, 1471, 2621"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRecords of Storer College, West Virginia's first African American institution of higher learning, located in Harpers Ferry. This collection contains mainly administrative and operational records of the college. Types of records include annual reports, publications, memorabilia, artifacts, and other material. This collection includes material regarding John Brown's Fort.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe collection is organized into eighteen series, including:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries 1. Correspondence; 1865-1953; boxes 1a-61 (73 containers)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 2. Miscellaneous Correspondence; 1892-1957, undated; boxes 62-72 (14 containers)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 3. Individual Correspondence; 1920s-1950s; boxes 73-85b (25 containers)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 4. President's Reports; 1907-1955; box 86a, folders 1a-4 (partial container)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 5. Board of Trustees; 1926-1960; box 86a, folder 5-box 87b, folder 2b (2 containers, 2 partial containers).\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 6. Dean of Women Reports; 1939-1944; box 87b, folder 3 (partial container)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 7. Executive Committee; 1924-1957; box 88a - box 88b, folder 1 (1 container, 1 partial container)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 8. Woman's Commission; 1937-1948; box 88b, folder 2 (partial container)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 9. By-Laws; 1867-1953; box 88b, folders 3-4 (partial container)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 10. Faculty; 1940s-1950s; boxes 89-90 (2 containers)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 11. Printed Material; 1920s-1950s; boxes 91-92 (2 containers)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 12. Student Records; 1890s-1950s; boxes 93a-122, 137-138 (35 containers)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 13. Financial Records; 1867-1956, undated; boxes 123a-136, 139-159, 164-169 (45 containers)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 14. Miscellaneous; 1884-1950s, undated; boxes 159-162, 175 (4 containers, 1 partial container)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 15. Newspaper -- Storer Record; 1892-1943; box 163 and microfilm reel (2 containers)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 16. Scrapbooks; 1870-1941; boxes 170-172b (4 containers)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 17. Alumni flags; undated; box 173 (partial container)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 18. Oversize; 1916-1952; box 174 (1 container)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains administrative correspondence of Storer College. This series includes correspondence regarding Storer College alumni, the annual Alumni Drive, and other topics related to the graduates of the college; correspondence regarding West Virginia state agencies, including the Department of Education; correspondence regarding the construction and renovation of Storer College campus buildings; correspondence regarding post-war education and the GI Bill, including letters between Storer College and the Veterans Administration; correspondence regarding prospective students and enrollment data; correspondence regarding publicity and public relations; correspondence regarding conferences and conventions, including a number of Baptist associated organizations; correspondence regarding the John Brown memorial and John Brown's Fort; as well as correspondence regarding other topics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains miscellaneous correspondence of Storer College, including originals, typescripts copies, and ephemera, organized by year.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains correspondence between Storer College officials and individual correspondents, including trustees, employees, and alumni, organized alphabetically by the name of the correspondent. This series includes originals, typescript copies, and ephemera. A minority of folders includes notes with explanations of their contents or importance; these notes were appended by President Henry T. McDonald or another Storer College official.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains the annual reports of the President to the Board of Trustees regarding enrollment, attendance, graduation, fundraising, use of buildings, improvements to the campus, teachers, academics, John Brown's Fort, needs, plans, and other topics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains the records of the Storer College Board of Trustees, including meetings, minutes, correspondence, form letters, and other material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains the reports of the Dean of Women, Elizabeth M. 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Also contains transcriptions of early Storer College documents (1867-1909) among other material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains records regarding the faculty of Storer College, including the minutes of faculty meetings, the proposed constitution of the Storer College faculty, correspondence, personal data of faculty, data on prospective and former faculty members, ephemera, and other material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains various types of printed materials regarding Storer College events and other subjects. This series includes programs (football programs, freshmen week programs, vesper hour programs, movie programs, and miscellaneous), calendars, President's newsletters, printed notices, form letters, news release and publicity materials, commencement materials, and other material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains records regarding the students of Storer College, including correspondence and other material regarding student veterans and the Veterans Administration; newspaper clippings; photographs and photographic negatives; student transcripts; records and correspondence of African students; records regarding tests and exams; records of students alphabetized by name; and other material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains financial records of Storer College, including subject files arranged alphabetically by topic; Friends of Storer College donor lists; student accounts; budget reports; ledgers; checks books; cash books; account books; registers from John Brown's Fort; and other material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains miscellaneous records of Storer College, including private correspondence between President Henry T. McDonald with the Kiwanis International; pamphlets, programs; conference reports; notebooks; address books; a \"Save Storer\" rubber stamp; and other material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains issues of the Storer College newspaper the \"Storer Record\". The \"Storer Record\" is also available on microfilm, with issues dating from 1892 through 1943 available.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains six scrapbooks regarding Storer College. Scrapbooks contain programs, clippings, invitations, form letters from college officials, and other material. Topics include commencement and graduation exercises, prize declamations, concerts, and sporting events, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains one large felt flag decorated with white felt letters reading \"Storer Alumni\" and a number of small felt pennant flags decorated with the Storer College crest and motto.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains oversize records from Series 1, Correspondence (box 21); Series 3, Individual Correspondence (box 82a); Series 13, Financial Records (boxes 132, 140, and 141); and Series 14, Miscellaneous (box 160).\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Records of Storer College, West Virginia's first African American institution of higher learning, located in Harpers Ferry. This collection contains mainly administrative and operational records of the college. Types of records include annual reports, publications, memorabilia, artifacts, and other material. This collection includes material regarding John Brown's Fort.","The collection is organized into eighteen series, including:","Series 1. Correspondence; 1865-1953; boxes 1a-61 (73 containers) \nSeries 2. Miscellaneous Correspondence; 1892-1957, undated; boxes 62-72 (14 containers) \nSeries 3. Individual Correspondence; 1920s-1950s; boxes 73-85b (25 containers) \nSeries 4. President's Reports; 1907-1955; box 86a, folders 1a-4 (partial container) \nSeries 5. Board of Trustees; 1926-1960; box 86a, folder 5-box 87b, folder 2b (2 containers, 2 partial containers). \nSeries 6. Dean of Women Reports; 1939-1944; box 87b, folder 3 (partial container) \nSeries 7. Executive Committee; 1924-1957; box 88a - box 88b, folder 1 (1 container, 1 partial container) \nSeries 8. Woman's Commission; 1937-1948; box 88b, folder 2 (partial container) \nSeries 9. By-Laws; 1867-1953; box 88b, folders 3-4 (partial container) \nSeries 10. Faculty; 1940s-1950s; boxes 89-90 (2 containers) \nSeries 11. Printed Material; 1920s-1950s; boxes 91-92 (2 containers) \nSeries 12. Student Records; 1890s-1950s; boxes 93a-122, 137-138 (35 containers) \nSeries 13. Financial Records; 1867-1956, undated; boxes 123a-136, 139-159, 164-169 (45 containers) \nSeries 14. Miscellaneous; 1884-1950s, undated; boxes 159-162, 175 (4 containers, 1 partial container) \nSeries 15. Newspaper -- Storer Record; 1892-1943; box 163 and microfilm reel (2 containers) \nSeries 16. Scrapbooks; 1870-1941; boxes 170-172b (4 containers) \nSeries 17. Alumni flags; undated; box 173 (partial container) \nSeries 18. Oversize; 1916-1952; box 174 (1 container)","This series contains administrative correspondence of Storer College. This series includes correspondence regarding Storer College alumni, the annual Alumni Drive, and other topics related to the graduates of the college; correspondence regarding West Virginia state agencies, including the Department of Education; correspondence regarding the construction and renovation of Storer College campus buildings; correspondence regarding post-war education and the GI Bill, including letters between Storer College and the Veterans Administration; correspondence regarding prospective students and enrollment data; correspondence regarding publicity and public relations; correspondence regarding conferences and conventions, including a number of Baptist associated organizations; correspondence regarding the John Brown memorial and John Brown's Fort; as well as correspondence regarding other topics.","This series contains miscellaneous correspondence of Storer College, including originals, typescripts copies, and ephemera, organized by year.","This series contains correspondence between Storer College officials and individual correspondents, including trustees, employees, and alumni, organized alphabetically by the name of the correspondent. This series includes originals, typescript copies, and ephemera. A minority of folders includes notes with explanations of their contents or importance; these notes were appended by President Henry T. McDonald or another Storer College official.","This series contains the annual reports of the President to the Board of Trustees regarding enrollment, attendance, graduation, fundraising, use of buildings, improvements to the campus, teachers, academics, John Brown's Fort, needs, plans, and other topics.","This series contains the records of the Storer College Board of Trustees, including meetings, minutes, correspondence, form letters, and other material.","This series contains the reports of the Dean of Women, Elizabeth M. McDonald, concerning Storer College's female students.","This series contains the records of the Storer College Executive Committee, including minutes and other material.","This series contains the minutes of the Woman's Commission of Storer College regarding the creation of the commission, and its responsibilities, fundraising activities, and accomplishments, among other topics.","This series contains copies of the charter and by-laws of Storer College, including amendments and the proposed by-laws of the Storer College Trustees. Also contains transcriptions of early Storer College documents (1867-1909) among other material.","This series contains records regarding the faculty of Storer College, including the minutes of faculty meetings, the proposed constitution of the Storer College faculty, correspondence, personal data of faculty, data on prospective and former faculty members, ephemera, and other material.","This series contains various types of printed materials regarding Storer College events and other subjects. This series includes programs (football programs, freshmen week programs, vesper hour programs, movie programs, and miscellaneous), calendars, President's newsletters, printed notices, form letters, news release and publicity materials, commencement materials, and other material.","This series contains records regarding the students of Storer College, including correspondence and other material regarding student veterans and the Veterans Administration; newspaper clippings; photographs and photographic negatives; student transcripts; records and correspondence of African students; records regarding tests and exams; records of students alphabetized by name; and other material.","This series contains financial records of Storer College, including subject files arranged alphabetically by topic; Friends of Storer College donor lists; student accounts; budget reports; ledgers; checks books; cash books; account books; registers from John Brown's Fort; and other material.","This series contains miscellaneous records of Storer College, including private correspondence between President Henry T. McDonald with the Kiwanis International; pamphlets, programs; conference reports; notebooks; address books; a \"Save Storer\" rubber stamp; and other material.","This series contains issues of the Storer College newspaper the \"Storer Record\". The \"Storer Record\" is also available on microfilm, with issues dating from 1892 through 1943 available.","This series contains six scrapbooks regarding Storer College. Scrapbooks contain programs, clippings, invitations, form letters from college officials, and other material. Topics include commencement and graduation exercises, prize declamations, concerts, and sporting events, among others.","This series contains one large felt flag decorated with white felt letters reading \"Storer Alumni\" and a number of small felt pennant flags decorated with the Storer College crest and motto.","This series contains oversize records from Series 1, Correspondence (box 21); Series 3, Individual Correspondence (box 82a); Series 13, Financial Records (boxes 132, 140, and 141); and Series 14, Miscellaneous (box 160)."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the \u003ca href=\"https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/visit/permissions-and-copyright\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePermissions and Copyright page\u003c/a\u003e on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the  Permissions and Copyright page  on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc id=\"aspace_5c340650e135ba41d647d77be84aba99\"\u003eWest Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/\u003c/physloc\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. 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Va.)","Jefferson County (W. Va.)","Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.)","West Virginia -- Race relations","Account books","African Americans  -- Education (Higher)","African Americans - Schools for Freedmen.","African Americans -- Segregation -- West Virginia","African Americans  -- Appalachian Region","Brown, John -- Fort-Museum","Builders and contractors.","Baptists","Education","Ephemera.","Freedmen's Schools.","Jefferson County - Schools.","Ledgers.","Missionaries","Newspapers.","Photographs.","Schools - Jefferson County.","Schools. SEE ALSO Academies","Teachers' letters and papers.","Universities and colleges","Women --  Education","Women's history -- 1850-1899","Women's history -- 1900-1929","Women's history -- 1929-1950","Women's history -- 1951-present","World War, 1914-1918 -- Letters","World War, 1939-1945 -- Letters","World War, 1939-1945","World War, 1914-1918","No special access restriction applies.","Researchers may access digitized materials by visiting the link attached to each item or by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.","Storer College of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, emerged from the aftermath of the Civil War with the purpose of educating former slaves who were now facing the world with few skills and no education. It began in 1865 as a school in the Lockwood House, a private residence, with the support of the Freewill Baptist Home Mission Society of New England under Reverend Nathan Cook Brackett; in 1867 it officially became Storer Normal School, with the mission of training teachers; and in 1938 Storer became a College. The College closed in 1955 due to declining enrollment, financial problems, and the advent of desegregation.","Although there were dedicated teachers in the beginning, by 1867 there were still only 16 instructors to educate 2,500 students. Reverend Brackett realized the only way to reach all of the students was to train African American teachers, thus necessitating the expansion of the school into a teacher college.","The philanthropist John Storer from Maine came forward and offered a $10,000 grant to the Freewill Baptists to create a teacher college under three conditions: first, the school must eventually become a degree-granting college; second, the school had to be open to all applicants, regardless of race or gender; and finally, the most difficult of the prerequisites, the Freewill Baptist Church had to match his $10,000 donation within a year. After a year-long effort the money was raised, and Storer Normal School opened its doors; and by March 1868 it received its state charter.","\nIn the beginning local residents were resistant to a \"colored school\" and tried to shut it down through slander, vandalism, and local politics. One teacher wrote, \"it is unusual for me to go to the Post Office without being hooted at, and twice I have been stoned on the streets at noonday.\" The attitudes of local residents eventually changed, however, so that later in his life Reverend Brackett became a respected citizen of Harpers Ferry.","Though Storer remained primarily a teacher college, in time it began adding courses in higher education to its curriculum so that students could graduate with a normal degree for teaching, or an academic degree for going on to college. In 1938, under the leadership of school president Henry T. McDonald, Storer became a college. Its enrollment peaked at around 400, and then dipped lower during World War II. The College survived until 1955 when declining enrollment, financial stress, and court-ordered desegregation combined to close it.","In addition to its progressive role in educating African Americans, the College became associated with other advocates of civil rights, such as Frederick Douglas, who visited Storer Normal School in 1881 to deliver a speech on John Brown, and the Niagra Movement led by William Du Bois, who held a conference at Storer in 1906. The NAACP was later to adopt many of the goals of the Niagra Movement.","[This historical note was sourced from the West Virginia Encyclopedia and Wikipedia.]","1131, 1168, 1322, 1471, 2621","Records of Storer College, West Virginia's first African American institution of higher learning, located in Harpers Ferry. This collection contains mainly administrative and operational records of the college. Types of records include annual reports, publications, memorabilia, artifacts, and other material. This collection includes material regarding John Brown's Fort.","The collection is organized into eighteen series, including:","Series 1. Correspondence; 1865-1953; boxes 1a-61 (73 containers) \nSeries 2. Miscellaneous Correspondence; 1892-1957, undated; boxes 62-72 (14 containers) \nSeries 3. Individual Correspondence; 1920s-1950s; boxes 73-85b (25 containers) \nSeries 4. President's Reports; 1907-1955; box 86a, folders 1a-4 (partial container) \nSeries 5. Board of Trustees; 1926-1960; box 86a, folder 5-box 87b, folder 2b (2 containers, 2 partial containers). \nSeries 6. Dean of Women Reports; 1939-1944; box 87b, folder 3 (partial container) \nSeries 7. Executive Committee; 1924-1957; box 88a - box 88b, folder 1 (1 container, 1 partial container) \nSeries 8. Woman's Commission; 1937-1948; box 88b, folder 2 (partial container) \nSeries 9. By-Laws; 1867-1953; box 88b, folders 3-4 (partial container) \nSeries 10. Faculty; 1940s-1950s; boxes 89-90 (2 containers) \nSeries 11. Printed Material; 1920s-1950s; boxes 91-92 (2 containers) \nSeries 12. Student Records; 1890s-1950s; boxes 93a-122, 137-138 (35 containers) \nSeries 13. Financial Records; 1867-1956, undated; boxes 123a-136, 139-159, 164-169 (45 containers) \nSeries 14. Miscellaneous; 1884-1950s, undated; boxes 159-162, 175 (4 containers, 1 partial container) \nSeries 15. Newspaper -- Storer Record; 1892-1943; box 163 and microfilm reel (2 containers) \nSeries 16. Scrapbooks; 1870-1941; boxes 170-172b (4 containers) \nSeries 17. Alumni flags; undated; box 173 (partial container) \nSeries 18. Oversize; 1916-1952; box 174 (1 container)","This series contains administrative correspondence of Storer College. This series includes correspondence regarding Storer College alumni, the annual Alumni Drive, and other topics related to the graduates of the college; correspondence regarding West Virginia state agencies, including the Department of Education; correspondence regarding the construction and renovation of Storer College campus buildings; correspondence regarding post-war education and the GI Bill, including letters between Storer College and the Veterans Administration; correspondence regarding prospective students and enrollment data; correspondence regarding publicity and public relations; correspondence regarding conferences and conventions, including a number of Baptist associated organizations; correspondence regarding the John Brown memorial and John Brown's Fort; as well as correspondence regarding other topics.","This series contains miscellaneous correspondence of Storer College, including originals, typescripts copies, and ephemera, organized by year.","This series contains correspondence between Storer College officials and individual correspondents, including trustees, employees, and alumni, organized alphabetically by the name of the correspondent. This series includes originals, typescript copies, and ephemera. A minority of folders includes notes with explanations of their contents or importance; these notes were appended by President Henry T. McDonald or another Storer College official.","This series contains the annual reports of the President to the Board of Trustees regarding enrollment, attendance, graduation, fundraising, use of buildings, improvements to the campus, teachers, academics, John Brown's Fort, needs, plans, and other topics.","This series contains the records of the Storer College Board of Trustees, including meetings, minutes, correspondence, form letters, and other material.","This series contains the reports of the Dean of Women, Elizabeth M. McDonald, concerning Storer College's female students.","This series contains the records of the Storer College Executive Committee, including minutes and other material.","This series contains the minutes of the Woman's Commission of Storer College regarding the creation of the commission, and its responsibilities, fundraising activities, and accomplishments, among other topics.","This series contains copies of the charter and by-laws of Storer College, including amendments and the proposed by-laws of the Storer College Trustees. Also contains transcriptions of early Storer College documents (1867-1909) among other material.","This series contains records regarding the faculty of Storer College, including the minutes of faculty meetings, the proposed constitution of the Storer College faculty, correspondence, personal data of faculty, data on prospective and former faculty members, ephemera, and other material.","This series contains various types of printed materials regarding Storer College events and other subjects. This series includes programs (football programs, freshmen week programs, vesper hour programs, movie programs, and miscellaneous), calendars, President's newsletters, printed notices, form letters, news release and publicity materials, commencement materials, and other material.","This series contains records regarding the students of Storer College, including correspondence and other material regarding student veterans and the Veterans Administration; newspaper clippings; photographs and photographic negatives; student transcripts; records and correspondence of African students; records regarding tests and exams; records of students alphabetized by name; and other material.","This series contains financial records of Storer College, including subject files arranged alphabetically by topic; Friends of Storer College donor lists; student accounts; budget reports; ledgers; checks books; cash books; account books; registers from John Brown's Fort; and other material.","This series contains miscellaneous records of Storer College, including private correspondence between President Henry T. McDonald with the Kiwanis International; pamphlets, programs; conference reports; notebooks; address books; a \"Save Storer\" rubber stamp; and other material.","This series contains issues of the Storer College newspaper the \"Storer Record\". The \"Storer Record\" is also available on microfilm, with issues dating from 1892 through 1943 available.","This series contains six scrapbooks regarding Storer College. Scrapbooks contain programs, clippings, invitations, form letters from college officials, and other material. Topics include commencement and graduation exercises, prize declamations, concerts, and sporting events, among others.","This series contains one large felt flag decorated with white felt letters reading \"Storer Alumni\" and a number of small felt pennant flags decorated with the Storer College crest and motto.","This series contains oversize records from Series 1, Correspondence (box 21); Series 3, Individual Correspondence (box 82a); Series 13, Financial Records (boxes 132, 140, and 141); and Series 14, Miscellaneous (box 160).","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the  Permissions and Copyright page  on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.","West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. 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For more information, please see the  Permissions and Copyright page  on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Account books","African Americans  -- Education (Higher)","African Americans - Schools for Freedmen.","African Americans -- Segregation -- West Virginia","African Americans  -- Appalachian Region","Brown, John -- Fort-Museum","Builders and contractors.","Baptists","Education","Ephemera.","Freedmen's Schools.","Jefferson County - Schools.","Ledgers.","Missionaries","Newspapers.","Photographs.","Schools - Jefferson County.","Schools. 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It began in 1865 as a school in the Lockwood House, a private residence, with the support of the Freewill Baptist Home Mission Society of New England under Reverend Nathan Cook Brackett; in 1867 it officially became Storer Normal School, with the mission of training teachers; and in 1938 Storer became a College. The College closed in 1955 due to declining enrollment, financial problems, and the advent of desegregation.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAlthough there were dedicated teachers in the beginning, by 1867 there were still only 16 instructors to educate 2,500 students. Reverend Brackett realized the only way to reach all of the students was to train African American teachers, thus necessitating the expansion of the school into a teacher college.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe philanthropist John Storer from Maine came forward and offered a $10,000 grant to the Freewill Baptists to create a teacher college under three conditions: first, the school must eventually become a degree-granting college; second, the school had to be open to all applicants, regardless of race or gender; and finally, the most difficult of the prerequisites, the Freewill Baptist Church had to match his $10,000 donation within a year. After a year-long effort the money was raised, and Storer Normal School opened its doors; and by March 1868 it received its state charter.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nIn the beginning local residents were resistant to a \"colored school\" and tried to shut it down through slander, vandalism, and local politics. One teacher wrote, \"it is unusual for me to go to the Post Office without being hooted at, and twice I have been stoned on the streets at noonday.\" The attitudes of local residents eventually changed, however, so that later in his life Reverend Brackett became a respected citizen of Harpers Ferry.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThough Storer remained primarily a teacher college, in time it began adding courses in higher education to its curriculum so that students could graduate with a normal degree for teaching, or an academic degree for going on to college. In 1938, under the leadership of school president Henry T. McDonald, Storer became a college. Its enrollment peaked at around 400, and then dipped lower during World War II. 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It began in 1865 as a school in the Lockwood House, a private residence, with the support of the Freewill Baptist Home Mission Society of New England under Reverend Nathan Cook Brackett; in 1867 it officially became Storer Normal School, with the mission of training teachers; and in 1938 Storer became a College. The College closed in 1955 due to declining enrollment, financial problems, and the advent of desegregation.","Although there were dedicated teachers in the beginning, by 1867 there were still only 16 instructors to educate 2,500 students. Reverend Brackett realized the only way to reach all of the students was to train African American teachers, thus necessitating the expansion of the school into a teacher college.","The philanthropist John Storer from Maine came forward and offered a $10,000 grant to the Freewill Baptists to create a teacher college under three conditions: first, the school must eventually become a degree-granting college; second, the school had to be open to all applicants, regardless of race or gender; and finally, the most difficult of the prerequisites, the Freewill Baptist Church had to match his $10,000 donation within a year. After a year-long effort the money was raised, and Storer Normal School opened its doors; and by March 1868 it received its state charter.","\nIn the beginning local residents were resistant to a \"colored school\" and tried to shut it down through slander, vandalism, and local politics. One teacher wrote, \"it is unusual for me to go to the Post Office without being hooted at, and twice I have been stoned on the streets at noonday.\" The attitudes of local residents eventually changed, however, so that later in his life Reverend Brackett became a respected citizen of Harpers Ferry.","Though Storer remained primarily a teacher college, in time it began adding courses in higher education to its curriculum so that students could graduate with a normal degree for teaching, or an academic degree for going on to college. In 1938, under the leadership of school president Henry T. McDonald, Storer became a college. Its enrollment peaked at around 400, and then dipped lower during World War II. The College survived until 1955 when declining enrollment, financial stress, and court-ordered desegregation combined to close it.","In addition to its progressive role in educating African Americans, the College became associated with other advocates of civil rights, such as Frederick Douglas, who visited Storer Normal School in 1881 to deliver a speech on John Brown, and the Niagra Movement led by William Du Bois, who held a conference at Storer in 1906. The NAACP was later to adopt many of the goals of the Niagra Movement.","[This historical note was sourced from the West Virginia Encyclopedia and Wikipedia.]"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Storer College Administrative and Operational Records, A\u0026amp;M 1322, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Storer College Administrative and Operational Records, A\u0026M 1322, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e1131, 1168, 1322, 1471, 2621\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related A\u0026M Collections"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["1131, 1168, 1322, 1471, 2621"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRecords of Storer College, West Virginia's first African American institution of higher learning, located in Harpers Ferry. This collection contains mainly administrative and operational records of the college. Types of records include annual reports, publications, memorabilia, artifacts, and other material. This collection includes material regarding John Brown's Fort.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe collection is organized into eighteen series, including:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries 1. Correspondence; 1865-1953; boxes 1a-61 (73 containers)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 2. Miscellaneous Correspondence; 1892-1957, undated; boxes 62-72 (14 containers)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 3. Individual Correspondence; 1920s-1950s; boxes 73-85b (25 containers)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 4. President's Reports; 1907-1955; box 86a, folders 1a-4 (partial container)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 5. Board of Trustees; 1926-1960; box 86a, folder 5-box 87b, folder 2b (2 containers, 2 partial containers).\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 6. Dean of Women Reports; 1939-1944; box 87b, folder 3 (partial container)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 7. Executive Committee; 1924-1957; box 88a - box 88b, folder 1 (1 container, 1 partial container)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 8. Woman's Commission; 1937-1948; box 88b, folder 2 (partial container)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 9. By-Laws; 1867-1953; box 88b, folders 3-4 (partial container)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 10. Faculty; 1940s-1950s; boxes 89-90 (2 containers)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 11. Printed Material; 1920s-1950s; boxes 91-92 (2 containers)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 12. Student Records; 1890s-1950s; boxes 93a-122, 137-138 (35 containers)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 13. Financial Records; 1867-1956, undated; boxes 123a-136, 139-159, 164-169 (45 containers)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 14. Miscellaneous; 1884-1950s, undated; boxes 159-162, 175 (4 containers, 1 partial container)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 15. Newspaper -- Storer Record; 1892-1943; box 163 and microfilm reel (2 containers)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 16. Scrapbooks; 1870-1941; boxes 170-172b (4 containers)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 17. Alumni flags; undated; box 173 (partial container)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 18. Oversize; 1916-1952; box 174 (1 container)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains administrative correspondence of Storer College. This series includes correspondence regarding Storer College alumni, the annual Alumni Drive, and other topics related to the graduates of the college; correspondence regarding West Virginia state agencies, including the Department of Education; correspondence regarding the construction and renovation of Storer College campus buildings; correspondence regarding post-war education and the GI Bill, including letters between Storer College and the Veterans Administration; correspondence regarding prospective students and enrollment data; correspondence regarding publicity and public relations; correspondence regarding conferences and conventions, including a number of Baptist associated organizations; correspondence regarding the John Brown memorial and John Brown's Fort; as well as correspondence regarding other topics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains miscellaneous correspondence of Storer College, including originals, typescripts copies, and ephemera, organized by year.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains correspondence between Storer College officials and individual correspondents, including trustees, employees, and alumni, organized alphabetically by the name of the correspondent. This series includes originals, typescript copies, and ephemera. A minority of folders includes notes with explanations of their contents or importance; these notes were appended by President Henry T. McDonald or another Storer College official.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains the annual reports of the President to the Board of Trustees regarding enrollment, attendance, graduation, fundraising, use of buildings, improvements to the campus, teachers, academics, John Brown's Fort, needs, plans, and other topics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains the records of the Storer College Board of Trustees, including meetings, minutes, correspondence, form letters, and other material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains the reports of the Dean of Women, Elizabeth M. 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Also contains transcriptions of early Storer College documents (1867-1909) among other material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains records regarding the faculty of Storer College, including the minutes of faculty meetings, the proposed constitution of the Storer College faculty, correspondence, personal data of faculty, data on prospective and former faculty members, ephemera, and other material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains various types of printed materials regarding Storer College events and other subjects. 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Topics include commencement and graduation exercises, prize declamations, concerts, and sporting events, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains one large felt flag decorated with white felt letters reading \"Storer Alumni\" and a number of small felt pennant flags decorated with the Storer College crest and motto.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains oversize records from Series 1, Correspondence (box 21); Series 3, Individual Correspondence (box 82a); Series 13, Financial Records (boxes 132, 140, and 141); and Series 14, Miscellaneous (box 160).\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Records of Storer College, West Virginia's first African American institution of higher learning, located in Harpers Ferry. This collection contains mainly administrative and operational records of the college. Types of records include annual reports, publications, memorabilia, artifacts, and other material. This collection includes material regarding John Brown's Fort.","The collection is organized into eighteen series, including:","Series 1. Correspondence; 1865-1953; boxes 1a-61 (73 containers) \nSeries 2. Miscellaneous Correspondence; 1892-1957, undated; boxes 62-72 (14 containers) \nSeries 3. Individual Correspondence; 1920s-1950s; boxes 73-85b (25 containers) \nSeries 4. President's Reports; 1907-1955; box 86a, folders 1a-4 (partial container) \nSeries 5. Board of Trustees; 1926-1960; box 86a, folder 5-box 87b, folder 2b (2 containers, 2 partial containers). \nSeries 6. Dean of Women Reports; 1939-1944; box 87b, folder 3 (partial container) \nSeries 7. Executive Committee; 1924-1957; box 88a - box 88b, folder 1 (1 container, 1 partial container) \nSeries 8. Woman's Commission; 1937-1948; box 88b, folder 2 (partial container) \nSeries 9. By-Laws; 1867-1953; box 88b, folders 3-4 (partial container) \nSeries 10. Faculty; 1940s-1950s; boxes 89-90 (2 containers) \nSeries 11. Printed Material; 1920s-1950s; boxes 91-92 (2 containers) \nSeries 12. Student Records; 1890s-1950s; boxes 93a-122, 137-138 (35 containers) \nSeries 13. Financial Records; 1867-1956, undated; boxes 123a-136, 139-159, 164-169 (45 containers) \nSeries 14. Miscellaneous; 1884-1950s, undated; boxes 159-162, 175 (4 containers, 1 partial container) \nSeries 15. Newspaper -- Storer Record; 1892-1943; box 163 and microfilm reel (2 containers) \nSeries 16. Scrapbooks; 1870-1941; boxes 170-172b (4 containers) \nSeries 17. Alumni flags; undated; box 173 (partial container) \nSeries 18. Oversize; 1916-1952; box 174 (1 container)","This series contains administrative correspondence of Storer College. This series includes correspondence regarding Storer College alumni, the annual Alumni Drive, and other topics related to the graduates of the college; correspondence regarding West Virginia state agencies, including the Department of Education; correspondence regarding the construction and renovation of Storer College campus buildings; correspondence regarding post-war education and the GI Bill, including letters between Storer College and the Veterans Administration; correspondence regarding prospective students and enrollment data; correspondence regarding publicity and public relations; correspondence regarding conferences and conventions, including a number of Baptist associated organizations; correspondence regarding the John Brown memorial and John Brown's Fort; as well as correspondence regarding other topics.","This series contains miscellaneous correspondence of Storer College, including originals, typescripts copies, and ephemera, organized by year.","This series contains correspondence between Storer College officials and individual correspondents, including trustees, employees, and alumni, organized alphabetically by the name of the correspondent. This series includes originals, typescript copies, and ephemera. A minority of folders includes notes with explanations of their contents or importance; these notes were appended by President Henry T. McDonald or another Storer College official.","This series contains the annual reports of the President to the Board of Trustees regarding enrollment, attendance, graduation, fundraising, use of buildings, improvements to the campus, teachers, academics, John Brown's Fort, needs, plans, and other topics.","This series contains the records of the Storer College Board of Trustees, including meetings, minutes, correspondence, form letters, and other material.","This series contains the reports of the Dean of Women, Elizabeth M. McDonald, concerning Storer College's female students.","This series contains the records of the Storer College Executive Committee, including minutes and other material.","This series contains the minutes of the Woman's Commission of Storer College regarding the creation of the commission, and its responsibilities, fundraising activities, and accomplishments, among other topics.","This series contains copies of the charter and by-laws of Storer College, including amendments and the proposed by-laws of the Storer College Trustees. Also contains transcriptions of early Storer College documents (1867-1909) among other material.","This series contains records regarding the faculty of Storer College, including the minutes of faculty meetings, the proposed constitution of the Storer College faculty, correspondence, personal data of faculty, data on prospective and former faculty members, ephemera, and other material.","This series contains various types of printed materials regarding Storer College events and other subjects. This series includes programs (football programs, freshmen week programs, vesper hour programs, movie programs, and miscellaneous), calendars, President's newsletters, printed notices, form letters, news release and publicity materials, commencement materials, and other material.","This series contains records regarding the students of Storer College, including correspondence and other material regarding student veterans and the Veterans Administration; newspaper clippings; photographs and photographic negatives; student transcripts; records and correspondence of African students; records regarding tests and exams; records of students alphabetized by name; and other material.","This series contains financial records of Storer College, including subject files arranged alphabetically by topic; Friends of Storer College donor lists; student accounts; budget reports; ledgers; checks books; cash books; account books; registers from John Brown's Fort; and other material.","This series contains miscellaneous records of Storer College, including private correspondence between President Henry T. McDonald with the Kiwanis International; pamphlets, programs; conference reports; notebooks; address books; a \"Save Storer\" rubber stamp; and other material.","This series contains issues of the Storer College newspaper the \"Storer Record\". The \"Storer Record\" is also available on microfilm, with issues dating from 1892 through 1943 available.","This series contains six scrapbooks regarding Storer College. Scrapbooks contain programs, clippings, invitations, form letters from college officials, and other material. Topics include commencement and graduation exercises, prize declamations, concerts, and sporting events, among others.","This series contains one large felt flag decorated with white felt letters reading \"Storer Alumni\" and a number of small felt pennant flags decorated with the Storer College crest and motto.","This series contains oversize records from Series 1, Correspondence (box 21); Series 3, Individual Correspondence (box 82a); Series 13, Financial Records (boxes 132, 140, and 141); and Series 14, Miscellaneous (box 160)."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. 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