Memorial Day seems like a good time to highlight military-related\u00a0documents held at IWU. Students, alumni, faculty and administrators have served in all U.S. wars since IWU’s founding. Diaries, correspondence, service records and recollections are held in both our archives and\u00a0special collections.<\/p>\n
Examples of these documents include service applications of the WWII-era Nurse’s Cadet Corps, alumni responses to a post-WWII survey of activities, correspondence from WWII soldiers to IWU student Nell Carmichael, correspondence and sketches<\/a> from alumnus and Professor of\u00a0Art Fred Brain to his family during WWII,\u00a0index of WWI veterans plus photocopied clippings of articles related to their service, Nursing Superintendent Maude Essig’s WWI diary<\/a>, and administrative\u00a0meeting notes\u00a0and student reporting on war-related activities on campus and abroad.<\/p>\n We lack significant documentation on the WWII-era S.A.T.C. and welcome donations related to this group’s purpose and activities on campus. Some dilligent researcher’s eyes may uncover details on this and other student groups’ efforts in existing documentation, and all our records are open and available for that work.\u00a0Leave a reply (below)\u00a0to contact me\u00a0about arranging a visit!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Memorial Day seems like a good time to highlight military-related\u00a0documents held at IWU. Students, alumni, faculty and administrators have served in all U.S. wars since IWU’s founding. Diaries, correspondence, service records and recollections are held in both our archives and\u00a0special … Continue reading