Thomas H. Appleton, Jr. Collection, 1812-2015 | Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

By Katy Davis, Dr. Christiana Taylor

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Collection Overview

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Collection Historical Note

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Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Box 4

Barcode: 31234014140212

Folder 1: Kansas Mutual Oil Company, 05 Jun 1919

Stockholder meeting notice and notice of dividend.

Folder 2: R.G. Railey from Mat S. Cohen, 02 Apr 1919

A letter from Cohen thanking Railey for his support of Cohen's campaign. He also mentions a poster for Railey's Ginseng and Golden Seal Gardens.

Folder 3: Joseph E. Smith from Mr. & Mrs. Chas Carpenter, 03 Apr 1919

Letter notifying him of the shipment of a Holstein-Friesian bull calf. The Carpenters farm in Erlanger, KY and the Smiths are in Georgia.

Folder 4: Ruth Norcutt from A.O. Stanley, 06 May 1919

Letter from the Governor of Kentucky talks about the discharge of Gillbert from the USS Calamarie.

Folder 5: Robert White from Seth White, 17 Jan 1920

Seth is writing to his brother from Berea College. He mentions a boxing match, and talks about what he will do when he graduates. He also urges his brother to buy his parent's farm.

Folder 6: Arthur Weaver from Hubert Price, 08 Feb 1920

Reminising about WWI service in France and Germany and trying to find a girl.

Folder 7: Pivot Rock Coal Company, 23 Mar 1923

R.V. Wohlford writes to Chas. F. Hagan regarding a deed and lease assignment.

Folder 8: Bardwell Masonic Lodge, 15 Aug 1923

W. Thomas Jennings of the Bardwell Lodge was found guilty of forgery, and was expelled.

Folder 9: Chauncey Drury from W.S. Long, 30 Nov 1923

Hardin County Superintendent talks about Drury being sick, and when Long intends on visiting the school again.

Folder 10: Buell Bingham from Lois Crouse, 25 May 1925

This is a letter from a senior coed student at Asbury University. She speaks a lot of her religious beliefs (Methodist) as well as a senior outing and commencement. She mentions the missionary Stanley Jones speaking at commencement.

Folder 11: Moody Turpentine Co. from W.H. Brown & Sons Lumber Co. Stationary has information about Louisville, KY as an industrial center on the back., 25 Nov 1927

Selling rosin in Louisville.

Folder 12: Julien Ortiz from Nicholas Murray Butler, 24 Jan 1928

Butler writes in support of La Bienvenue Francaise and the head Madame de Jouvenel who is attempting to raise funds to support their mission.

Folder 13: University of Kentucky Student Handbook, 1928-1929

"Compliments of YMCA and YWCA"

Folder 14: Beasley Marble and Granite Company from Charlie Townsend, 03 May 1930

Fundraising appeal for new school auditorium in Fredonia (Caldwell County), KY

Folder 15: NRA Emblem, ca 1930

Companies subscribing to National Recovery Association codes were allowed to display this Blue Eagle emblem

Folder 16: Democratic Campaign Broadside, 1932

"Public Sale! Closing Out Sale of the Grand Old Party." Satirical flyer regarding the platforms of the Republican Party.

Folder 17: Hon. Robert Worth Bingham from Elmer Thomas, 15 Aug 1935

The letter from a U.S. Senator for Oklahoma to the U.S. Ambassador in London, England that introduces Mrs. E.G. (Arabella H.) Bewley and her daughter Miss Ruth Virginia Bewley from Oklahoma City.

Folder 18: Sam Rayburn Correspondence, 1938-1939

Four letters to Congressman Sam Rayburn (D-TX, House Majority Leader).

Item 1: From Joe B. Bates, 11 Nov 1938

Congressman Joe B. Bates (KY) thanking Rayburn for his words of kindness and mentions the big job of filling in the shoes of the previous Congressman, Fred Vinson.

Item 2: From B.M. Vincent, 14 Nov 1938

From Congressman B.M. Vincent (D-KY) regarding committee assignments in the new Congress.

Item 3: From Emmet O'Neal, 08 Dec 1938

From Congressman Emmet O'Neal (KY) a lawyer from Louisville, who later served briefly as US Ambassador to the Philippines under Truman is congratulatory and says that he supports his run for leadership of the house.

Item 4: Noble J. Gregory Correspondence, 1939

From Congressman N.J. Gregory (KY) and a response regarding Gregory retaining his patronage of hostess in the Members' Retiring Room.

Folder 19: Unknown Correspondence, ca 1940

The letter is written on Lafayette Hotel stationary and is from Alice, to her mother. She talks about Colonel Madden, Mrs. Silas B. Mason and Price Headley and picking out a Thoroughbred to hunt the following day. She also mentions seeing Head Play a thoroughbred owned by Mrs. Mason who placed second by a nose in the Derby in 1933.

Folder 20: M.A. LeHand White House Note, 01 Aug 1940

Mentions the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.

Folder 21: Edythe Hurford from Keen Johnson, 27 Jan 1941

Greetings from Kentucky

Folder 22: Hal Wallis from Alben W. Barkley, 11 Mar 1941

Regarding a telegram from Wallis to Barkley about the Lend-Lease Bill.

Folder 23: Roland Young from Irvine S. Cobb, 28 Nov 1941

Cobb enclosed a poem written by him with music by Eugene Hays that was intended for the Bohemian Club's Grove Play for 1942. It was never performed there.

Folder 24: Elmer L. Gadjen, 1941-1945

Includes letters and postcards to and from his wife as well as other family members. Also includes military identification and other materials relating to his service in World War II.

Folder 25: WWII Ration Book, 06 May 1942

A ration book issued to Naomi Mae Clark during WWII.

Folder 26: Raymond V. Seaman from Paul H. Fuller, 11 Aug 1942

Fuller describes basic training at Fort Knox, KY.

Folder 27: Milton and Etter Falloway from James and Joseph Falloway, 1942-1945

Fifteen letters from two brothers to their parents while they are in the Army during World War II. Both brothers appear to have remained stateside the entire war. They talk about furloughs, borrowing money from their mother, ration coupons and weather. They also ask about specific things happening at home, especially about tobacco and farming activities.

Folder 28: Beulah K. Yewell from Cpl. Paul E. Villeminot Jr., 1943

Multiple letters from Cpl. Villeminot while serving with the US Army Air Corps "somewhere in North Africa" to Mrs. Yewell talking about visiting Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden. He also mentions malaria, mosquito netting, camels, and things back home that he misses.

Folder 29: Viola Cripe from LeRoy Templeton McNanama Jr., 06 Feb 1943

McNanama was stationed at Camp Breckinridge at the time he wrote this letter to his aunt. He tells her the many things he doesn't like about Kentucky. He also tells her that he has changed jobs and has began working for the Military Intelligence Service, so she would need to address her next letter accordingly.

Folder 30: Charles W. McCann from Sen. Alben W. Barkley, 05 Apr 1943

Barkley declines to support McCann's candidacy for Lieutenant governor because Barkley had a life-long friend from Paducah who had also announced his candidacy for that position.

Folder 31: Extension Work in Agriculture and Home Economics Questionaire, 14 Aug 1943

A note from the Logan County Extension Office which asks farmers to fill out a questionnaire about what tractors and power equipment they have available to them in order to see what crops people in the county are planting and harvesting for the next year.

Folder 32: Bryant Hughes from John E. Meeks, 30 Nov 1943

A V-Mail letter to his uncle about his divorce. He also mentions that his will states that he is leaving all his belongings to his father.

Folder 33: Murray State Teachers College Bulletin, 1943-1944

Folder 34: Sidney Logan Sams and Family from Sidney Wallace Sams, 1943-1944

V-mail letters from Wallace to his mother and father. The letters tell them how he is doing and that he has received the things they have sent to him.

Folder 35: PFC Joseph F. Coleman from Lt. Howard R. Smith, 1944, 1946

He talks about Marine girls at Camp Lejeune, a Communications course he is taking, and his job assignments, including a postwar assignment in the Philippines. He also talks about a possible trip around the world when he gets discharged.

Folder 36: "An Introduction to the Governor of Kentucky", 1944

An introduction to the forty-ninth governor of Kentucky, Republican Simeon S. Willis.

Folder 37: L.R. Smart from Albert B. Chandler, 16 Feb 1944

Chandler sent Smart passes.

Folder 38: Patriotic Cover, 1945

An anti Sidney Hillman (labor leader) envelope which states that the initials of Congress of Industrial Organizations - C.I.O. stands for Communists in Office.

Folder 39: Patriotic Cover, 05 Feb 1945

Stating that "Yank troops are back in Manila."

Folder 40: Carl E. Heustis from Wilson W. Wyatt, 30 Mar 1945

Wyatt thanking Heustis for his "efficient management of the Police Department" during the recent flood emergency.

Folder 41: Carl Hummel from Earl Hummel, 12 Jul 1945

Earl Jr. is going through basic training at Fort Knox, KY when he wrote this letter. He tells his father of the classes he's taking and includes a description of Fort Knox clay. He also mentions Joe James who is having trouble with his skin and may be discharged.

Folder 42: Askins and Dixon Correspondence, 1945-1948

Several dozen letters chronicling the romance of an English girl, Ena Dixon and her American GI boyfriend, Laurence Askins of Jessamine County, KY. Most of the letters are from Ena to Laurence's mother, Grace. The letters offer insights into life in post-World War II England as Ena makes frequent references to rationing, shortage of jobs, and scarcity of products. Some letters are also from Ena's mother, also named Ena. She writes to both Grace and to Ena after she immigrates in 1946. One letter is to Ena from a friend.

Folder 43: Address by Gov. Simeon Willis at the University of Kentucky, 1946

An address made by Gov. Simeon Willis at the Second Annual Observance of Founders Day at the University of Kentucky

Folder 44: Joseph F. Coleman from Capt. Gil L. Agnor, 21 May 1946

Closing of the Manhattan Project in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

Folder 45: Adrian F. Wyatt Documents, 1946-1990

These materials document the military service of a career soldier. Wyatt enlisted right after high school graduation and served through early 1967. Included is his original enlistment, training materials, orders, reenlistments, discharges and more.