Lucas, Mary Melton - Collector (SC 3635)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

4-25-2022

Comments

This collection is archived in Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University: 270-745-6434; mssfa@wku.edu

Abstract

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3635. Items related to research for the book That Perfect Feeling in the Air: The Life of Victor Herbert Strahm, a biography of the highly decorated veteran of both world wars, co-authored by Mary M. Lucas, Gilbert T. Calhoun and Jonathan Jeffrey and published by Landmark Association (Bowling Green, Ky.) in 2017. Consists of correspondence; a compact disc with the manuscript and various notes; notes of a telephone conversation with the widow of Strahm’s stepson; text of programs on Strahm given by Lucas and Calhoun; Kentucky Aviation Hall of Fame Class of 2019 program; a DVD relating to Strahm's 2012 induction into WKU's Hall of Distinguished Alumni; and contemporary photographs of Frognall, England, where Strahm was billeted during World War II.

Disciplines

United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Lucas, Mary Melton - Collector (SC 3635)" (2022). MSS Finding Aids. Paper 5006.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/5006