Holly Marks Reichart papers, 1929-1972 (bulk 1943-1946).

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Holly Marks Reichart papers, 1929-1972 (bulk 1943-1946).

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Though this collection begins with civilian papers in 1929 and ends in 1972, the largest part of these papers concerns his military service. The greatest quantity of this series is comprised of correspondence to his wife, Virginia, and his mother, Dollie Reichart. Most of his correspondence reveals his training, his activities and his whereabouts, to the extent that the military censors would allow his location to be revealed. Not surprisingly, most of his writing is about his homesickness and his desire for the war to conclude as quickly as possible. The rest of Reichart's World War II papers are a mixture of various documents typical of World War II veterans. In addition to Holly's papers, there are papers of Virginia Reichart who worked in the Sunflower Ordinance Works located near Lawrence, Kan. The Sunflower works was one of the many plants supplying Allied troops with vital war munitions, and the items she saved were such things as employee handbooks, notebooks on chemical explosives, Sunflower Ordnance Works newspapers, and other items generated by the Plant.

2 ft. (5 boxes)1 microfilm reell ; 35 mm.

Kansas State Historical Society

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