Willamette University
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Ralph W. Barnes papers
Collection
Identifier: WUA016
Overview
This collection contains materials that relate to Ralph W. Barnes’ fourteen year career as a foreign correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune. Barnes reported in Europe from 1926 to 1940, and was stationed in Benito Mussolini’s Italy, Joseph Stalin’s Russia, and Adolf Hitler’s Germany. The collection includes items related to Barnes’ career as well as his personal life. Correspondence, journals, and scrapbooks created by his wife, Esther Barnes are also included. The majority of Barnes’...
Dates:
1917-1983; Majority of material found within 1926-1940
Tom Hardy papers
Collection
Identifier: WUA125
Overview
The Tom Hardy papers include materials that document Hardy’s careers as an artist and teacher, his world travels to Africa, Europe, and Tahiti, and personal records from 1937 to 2015. Hardy’s personal records include childhood photographs, documents and correspondence related to his service in the Air Force during World War II, and journals and calendars. This collection also includes extensive records concerning his father and mother, Orlando Buel (O. B.) “Pete” Hardy and Marie Austin...
Dates:
1894-2016; Majority of material found within 1937-2015
Lestle J. Sparks Willamette Students World War II Correspondence collection
Collection
Identifier: WUA086
Overview
The Lestle J. Sparks Willamette Student World War II Correspondence collection contains letters written between Willamette students serving in the U.S. Armed Forces and Willamette Professor Lestle Sparks during World War II.
Dates:
1943-1945