Eastland Disaster Historical Society
Organization
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Eastland Disaster Historical Society records
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-EDHS
Abstract
Historical records and data pertaining to the Eastland Disaster (1915), assembled by the Eastland Disaster Historical Society (EDHS), which was founded in 1998 by Susan Decker and Barbara Decker Wachholz, granddaughters of an Eastland survivor.Records include documents from the Western Electric Company and the American Red Cross. Also includes numerous photographs and postcards donated by to the EDHS from collectors and descendants of survivors and others affected by the...
Dates:
1900-1946; Event: Majority of material found in 1915