Guide to the Ely Naparstek Papers MSS.2341
Naparstek, Ely
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
February 2009
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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- Language Usage:
English
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Ely Naparstek Papers
- Unit ID:
MSS.2341
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.2 Linear feet (miscellaneous papers and photographs)
- Dates:
1938-1945
- Abstract:
Miscellaneous papers and photographs of PFC Ely Naparstek of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Scope and Contents note
The collection contains miscellaneous papers and photographs of PFC Ely Naparstek of Cincinnati, Ohio. Many of the documents have to do with Naparstek's stay in the Borden General Hospital, one of the Army's special centers for the hard-of-hearing. While in Borden General, Naparstek participated in (and even produced) several musical and dramatic entertainments for the patients and staff of the hospital and was broadcast over the hospital's public address system. Also included in the collection are a number of photographs of Naparstek and his wife, Jewelle.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Martha Bace, 2010
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
donated by Wade Hall, 2006
Biographical/Historical note
Ely Naparstek was born on February 22, 1919 in Cincinnati, Ohio to David and Yetta Naparstek. He married Jewelle McPheron on November 23, 1938 and enlisted in the Army Air Force in 1943. At some point, he was admitted to Borden General Hospital to undergo testing and evaluation for hearing loss. Naparstek was discharged in the summer of 1945. He died in Cincinnati on June 27, 2001.
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Ely Naparstek Papers, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Papers Box SC0010 Folder 2341.01