Guide to the Donald Householder Letters MSS.2544
Householder, Donald
- Author:
Finding aid prepared by Amanda Haldy
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
September, 2009.
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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Donald Householder Letters
- Unit ID:
MSS.2544
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (9 Letters, 10 Envelopes)
- Dates:
1944-1945
- Abstract:
Staff Sergeant (later, Master Sergeant) Donald Householder writes to his parents in Erie, Michigan, from various encampments on the French and German fronts during the conluding months of World War II.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Amanda Haldy, 2009.
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Donald Householder Letters, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Wade Hall, 2006.
Scope and Contents note
Contains letters from a staff sergeant (later, master sergeant) on the French and German fronts during the end of World War II, writing to his parents with daily news and looking forward to going home. Householder discusses acquaintances and sight-seeing, anticipation for his return home, and one letter describes Hitler's personal yacht, which Householder's company took possession of.
The final letter is written on the back of a dispatch from the Office of the Transport Commander of the SS Lewiston Victory. In addition to the letters, there are two snapshots from 1942 of unidentified people.
Biographical/Historical note
Master Sergeant Donald Householder writes from various encampments on the French and German fronts at the end of World War II to his parents in Erie, Michigan.
Donald Householder Letters Box SC0025 Folder 2544.01
Donald Householder Snapshots Box SC0025 Folder 2544.02