Selective Service -- Printed -- Clippings 2 [McDaniel Lewis papers]
Date
1942-1948
Creator (individual)
Lewis, McDaniel
Subject headings
Greensboro (N.C.) -- History--20th century;World War, 1939-1945
Place
Greensboro (N.C.)
Description
Included in this folder are clippings from various newspapers and periodicals. Articles appear from such publications as Business Week, The News and Observer, The Greensboro Record, and The University of North Carolina Newsletter. Topics of discussion include NC Selective Service rejection rates, events held to honor draft board workers, and the National War Service Act. Individuals mentioned by some of the articles include R. L. (Bob) Alexander, Charles J. Gast, and Kay Kyser. Photographs show Ernest C. McLean and J. F. Stevens of the Guilford County War Finance Committee, as well as Virginia Wells, McDaniel Lewis and other members of local draft board No. 2. Of particular interest are the following: an article detailing the opposition of Protestant ministers to participation in war, an article that explains draft classifications and provides answers to draft questions, and a column by Ted Thompson called “Yesterday’s Footnotes” that features a letter sent from a departing draftee as well as another letter from a draftee sent in response to it.
Type
Text
Original format
clippings
Original publisher
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
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Object ID
GHM_MSS041.045.052
Digital access format
Image/jpeg
Digital publisher
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5304 -- http://library.uncg.edu/
