Guide to the Homer Blaine Bledsoe Letter MSS.2035
- Author:
Finding aid prepared by April Burnette
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
2008
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@bama.ua.edu
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Homer Blaine Bledsoe Letter
- Unit ID:
MSS.2035
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet 1 letter, 6 photographs, 1 envelope
- Dates:
1943 December 14
- Abstract:
This collection consists of six photographs and a letter from Homer Blaine Bledsoe, North Africa, during World War II, to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Bledsoe, Morehead, Kentucky, December 14, 1943.
Scope and Contents note
This collection consists of a letter from Homer Blaine Bledsoe, North Africa, during World War II, to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Bledsoe, Morehead, Kentucky, December 14, 1943. He writes about receiving their Christmas package and working.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
April Burnett, 2008
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation
The Homer Blaine Bledsoe Letter, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Wade Hall, 2007
Biographical/Historical note
Sergeant Homer Blaine Bledsoe served in the United States Army during World War II. He was born in 1921 and buried at Trumbo Cemetery in Soldier, Kentucky. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Joel F. Bledsoe. Joel Bledsoe served in the Spanish-American War. Joel Bledsoe’s was born in 1879 and died in 1964. He is also buried at the Trumbo Cemetery.