Scrapbook, bulk June 1941- August 1943

Containers:

98.0574 - Box 1, Folder 006

Scope and content:

This folder contains Acid Free copies of a scrapbook that was assembled by Angie Croy's mother, Lorayne Barbour Howell. The scrapbook was organized chronologically, and it contains correspondence and documents that relate to her husband, Felder Lang Howell. These include travel documents, registration certificates, and permits from his time in service. The scrapbook also contains photographs relating to Felder Lang Howell, their children, and other friends or family members. There are also greeting cards for various holidays such as Easter and Father's Day, all addressed to someone in service. In the scrapbook there are also various newspaper clippings that involve enlistment and information of men in service, including various ones reporting Felder Lang's death. After his death, Lorayne included telegrams, letters, and notecards from friends and family expressing their condolences and photographs of his funeral.

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