Rich, Louis Arnold, 1921-1944 (SC 2402)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

12-8-2010

Comments

This collection is archived in the Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University; 270-745-5083, mssfa@wku.edu

Abstract

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2402. Letters of Louis Arnold Rich, a U. S. Army private from Tompkinsville, Kentucky, written to his wife and in-laws during his military training and while hospitalized for a long illness that resulted in his death on 3 August 1944. He writes of his medical condition and mentions other soldiers from home. Includes letters from his wife, Martha, to her parents and grandmother discussing his medical treatment. Also includes an unidentified soldier’s letter and a child’s letter to her father.

Disciplines

History | Medicine and Health Sciences | Military History | United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Rich, Louis Arnold, 1921-1944 (SC 2402)" (2010). Manuscript Collection Finding Aids. Paper 1555.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/1555