Henry E. Wahl collection
Collection
Identifier: L172
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of letters to Henry E. Wahl from his parents (1936–1945) and letters to his parent during World War II. The letters originate from Bloomington, Indiana, California, Hawaii, and the Pacific. Included are letters from Donald Wahl, a naval officer serving in the Pacific.
Additionally, the collection contains a notebook with a diary of a trip from Evansville Indiana to Nashville, Tennessee in and accounts for a schoolteacher in Gibson County in 1866, as well as correspondence and family business papers of the Wampler family from Bloomington, Indiana (1910-1927).
Additionally, the collection contains a notebook with a diary of a trip from Evansville Indiana to Nashville, Tennessee in and accounts for a schoolteacher in Gibson County in 1866, as well as correspondence and family business papers of the Wampler family from Bloomington, Indiana (1910-1927).
Dates
- 1865-1945
Creator
- Wahl, Henry E. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Biographical Note
Henry E. Wahl was the son of H.E. Wahl, a Bloomington Indiana baker. Wahl graduated from Indiana University in 1936. He worked in the business field in Indianapolis and Lansing, Michigan until the outbreak of World War II. Wahl served as an officer in the U.S. Navy during World War II in the Pacific Theater. Following the war, he was a member of staff of the Indiana University Halls of Residence.
Source:
Information found within the collection.
Source:
Information found within the collection.
Extent
0.3 Cubic Feet (1 manuscript box)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged chronologically.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation from Henry E. Wahl on 1967/06.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
EAD finding aid revised 2021/02/18 by Brittany Kropf.
- Bloomington (Ind.)
- Business records
- California
- Correspondence
- Diaries
- Evansville (Ind.)
- Family life
- Gibson County (Ind.)
- Hawaii
- Military life
- Nashville (Tenn.)
- Soldiers
- Teachers -- Indiana
- Travel narratives
- Wahl family
- Wahl, Henry E.
- Wampler family
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Military life
Creator
- Wahl, Henry E. (Person)
- Wahl family (Family)
- Wampler family (Family)
- Title
- Henry E. Wahl collection
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671