Title: Lucille Williams Papers

Date/Date Range :   1862-1995 (bulk 1940s)

Extent: 0.3 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection consists of a July 25, 1862 letter from a paroled Civil War solider, military postcards from World War I, and a photograph and clippings from World War II.

Call number: MS-2589

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

This collection was donated to Special Collections by Lucille Williams on August 29, 2002.

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], Lucille Williams Papers, MS-2589. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of three folders.

No biographical information could be found.

This collection consists of items from the Civil War, World War I and World War II. The Civil War letter was written on July 25, 1862 from H.S. Wells (a paroled prisoner) to Verness Williams (Lucille Williams's husband's grandfather); a typed transcription is included. Items regarding World War I include two military postcards which officially informed families of soldiers' whereabouts. Items regarding World War II include a photograph of the island from which the Enola Gay flew, a 1995 Chicago Tribune facsimile edition of a 1945 newspaper, a newspaper clipping from the Detroit Free Press of the complete text of General MacArthur's address to Congress, and a few Reader's Digest clippings.

• Williams, Lucille.
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
• World War, 1914-1918.
• World War, 1939-1945.