Indiana Historical Society - Manuscripts & Archives
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Charles Latham
4 February 1994
VOLUME OF COLLECTION: 1 folder
COLLECTION DATES: 1917-1919
PROVENANCE: Indiana Junior Historical Society, from Russell L. Woodward, Wabash, Indiana, 19 November 1993
RESTRICTIONS: None
REPRODUCTION RIGHTS: Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained in writing from the Indiana Historical Society
ALTERNATE FORMATS: None
OTHER FINDING AIDS: None
RELATED HOLDINGS: See card catalog for references to World War I
ACCESSION NUMBER: 94.0084
Lucille Sailors (born 1899) was the daughter of Otto F. and Gertrude Rousey Sailors, and lived at 458 Vermont Street in Wabash, Indiana. She worked at the Woolworth store in Wabash. In 1919 she married Harvey Shoemaker, and later published a shopping guide.
This collection consists of one item, a photocopy of transcripts of letters written to Lucille Sailors by service men between 1917 and 1919. The letters were found in a house where Mrs. Shoemaker later lived, and were transcribed by Russell L. Woodward as an Eagle Scout project in 1993.
The letters are from five service men. The greatest number are from Fremont Keiser, a Marine stationed mainly at Parris Island, South Carolina.
MAIN ENTRY: Shoemaker, Lucille Sailors, 1899-
SUBJECT ENTRIES: Shoemaker, Lucille Sailors, 1899-
Parris Island (S.C. : Recruit depot)
World War, 1914-1918--Indiana
Soldiers--Indiana
Military bases--South Carolina--Parris Island
Wabash (Ind.)
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