Guide to the Fifth United States Army Special Services Enterrtainment Program MSS.3202
Fifth United States Army
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
December 2010
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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Fifth United States Army Special Services Entertainment Program
- Unit ID:
MSS.3202
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.05 Linear feet (1 program)
- Dates:
circa 1960s
- Abstract:
An entertainment program from the Fifth United States Army Special Services in the 1960s, featuring the Union Barrack-Ades, entertainment troupe from Louisville, Kentucky.
- creator
United States. Army. Army, 5th.
- Access Restrictions:
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none
- Usage Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Use note
none
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Martha Bace, 2010
- Acquisition Information:
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Gift of Wade Hall, 2008
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Fifth United States Army Special Services Entertainment Program, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Scope and Contents note
The collection contains an entertainment program from the Fifth United States Army Special Services in the 1960s, featuring the Union Barrack-Ades, entertainment troupe from Louisville, Kentucky.
Biographical/Historical note
The Union Barrack-Ades, organized in 1942 by Ada and Ernest L. Grawemeyer, was a USO-type troupe which toured the Third and Fifth Army bases, including, Fort Bragg (North Carolina), Fort Benning (Georgia), Fort Rucker, (Alabama), Fort Benjamin Harrison (Indiana), Fort Carson (Colorado), and Fort Riley (Kansas). The dancers and musicians travelled under Army orders in the summers putting on two or three shows daily. Over the years, thousands of soldiers were entertained in service clubs, parking lots, tents, and hospital wards.
Program Box SC0041 Folder 3202.01