Papers, 1933-1967.

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Papers, 1933-1967.

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Papers of a photographer and writer who was one of the first women foreign correspondents to cover World War II, the Korean and Vietnam Wars, and military struggles worldwide, particularly against communism. Chapelle wrote about the the wars and rebellions in Algeria; Cuba, and the anti-Castro forces training in Florida; the Dominican Republic; Greece, Rumania, Yugoslavia, and Albania; Hungary, where she was arrested and imprisoned in 1955-1957; India; Iraq; Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and Saipan; Iraq; Jordan; Korea; Laos; Lebanon; the South Pacific; and Turkey. Articles and notes about the United States concern the military, armed forces training, planning and strategy for war, and the Marine Corps. An important portion of Chapelle's articles concern Vietnam. There is a small amount of material co-authored by her former husband, Anthony Chapelle, also a photographer, and files on the couple's post-World War II public relations work for the American Friends Service Committee. The processed portion is summarized above and is described in the register. Additional accessions are described below and include photographs by Chapelle and numerous tape-recorded interviews.

7.5 c.f. (18 archives boxes, 2 volumes),5 tape recordings, and1 film; plusadditions of 12.3 c.f.,16 tape recordings,6,419 photographs,17,695 negatives, and6,494 transparencies.

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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