Disabled veterans
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Douglas C. McMurtrie papers
Collection
Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-McMu
Abstract
Chicago designer, publisher and printing historian. Includes extensive correspondence concerning his professional roles at Cuneo Press, Ludlow Typograph Co., the International Association of Printing House Craftsmen, and various WPA projects, as well as files of material for his many writings on printing history and design. A few files concern his early design work, work with disabled veterans, and his role as publisher of works on typography, printing and of the early lesbian novel, Mary...
Dates:
1850-1944; Majority of material found within 1925 - 1944
Lucile L. Nelson papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Nelson
Abstract
Letters, documents, and photographs documenting the life of Chicago woman Lucile L. Nelson. Prominent in the collection is the series of letters to Lucile from her betrothed, Gail O. Woodman, who volunteered to fight in World War I in 1917. He was stationed at Camp Logan in Texas, after which he was sent to France, where he was injured by shrapnel blast and died in a London Hospital on Dec. 3, 1918. The letters detail Army and combat life, and are accompanied by a photo album of the same...
Dates:
1905-1989