[spcollig] Looking for a home for WWII collection

[Mary Aylmer]

You may want to try:


Effingham County Genealogical and Historical Society (Effingham County)

100 East Market Avenue

Effingham, IL 62401-3499

Phone: 217-342-2464

Fax: 217-342-2413

Email: hmlib at effinghamlibrary.org

 

Which is located in the Helen Matthes Library. http://www.effinghamlibrary.org




Another resource that might appreciate the letters is author, French MacLean.  I'd be happy to contact him for you should the ECGHS not be interested.




Best,

Mary




-----Original Message-----
From: "Pamela Sue Hackbart-Dean" <phdean at lib.siu.edu>
To: spcollig at carli.illinois.edu
Date: 06/11/2015 08:36 AM
Subject: [spcollig] Looking for a home for WWII collection


I am trying to help a donor find a home for a collection of World War II letters.  His email to me stated:  “We have inherited about 4 dozen letters from a WWII enlisted man to his girlfriend and future wife, both from the Effingham area.   Do you know of a place where we might deposit the letters, which are easy to read, well-written, and factual but without much military importance: the writer spent much of his time in one training camp or another.”

 

Any suggestions of repositories documenting World War II in Illinois that might be interested?

 

Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks,

Pam

 

 

Pam Hackbart-Dean, CA

Director, Special Collections Research Center

 

MORRIS LIBRARY-SPECIAL COLLECTIONS RESEARCH CENTER
MAIL CODE 6632
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
605 AGRICULTURE DRIVE
CARBONDALE, ILLINOIS  62901
 
phdean at lib.siu.edu
P: 618/453-1452
F: 618/453-3440
LIB.SIU.EDU
 



 

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