Guide to the Letters to Margaret Kennedy MSS.2769
Kennedy, Margaret
- Author:
Finding aid prepared by James N. Gilbreath
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
August, 2010
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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English
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Letters to Margaret Kennedy
- Unit ID:
MSS.2769
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (15 letters)
- Dates:
1944 June-August
- Abstract:
This collection contains letters to Margaret Kennedy from two airmen, Homer Hendon and Harold Wallace. The letters discuss life in military service at Maxwell airfield in Alabama.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
James N. Gilbreath, August, 2010
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Letters to Margaret Kennedy, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Biographical/Historical note
Harold W. Wallace, Jr., was born January 14, 1924. He enlisted in the military on December 14, 1942. After the way, Wallace continued a military career and rose to the rank of Lt. Col. in the 3rd Air Rescue Group of the 37th Helicopter Flight. Wallace married Betty Paul Hooten and had two sons, Harold W. Wallace, III, and Richard Wallace. Harold Wallace, Jr., died on May 15, 2000.
Homer L. Hendon, Jr., was born in 1924 and enlisted in the military on November 3, 1942.
Research indicates that Margaret Kennedy may have married an O'Neal and died December 15, 2003.
Scope and Contents note
This collection contains 15 letters, 10 from Homer Hendon, and 5 by Harold Wallace, written to Margaret Kennedy. The letters describe life in the air corps, including tests, duties, training, and so forth.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Ron and Elizabeth Howard, 2009
Source(s)
Armed Forces (lcsh)
World War, 1939-1945 (lcsh)
Letter Box SC0039 Folder 2769.1