Viva May Wilcox Collection
Scope and Contents
The Viva May Wilcox Collection was donated by her daughter, Rona Lee Maughan. Viva May grew up in Ogden at 2583 Fowler Avenue. This collection focuses on her teenage, early adult years, specifically during World War II.
This collection is mostly letters to Keith from his mother, other soldiers and his fiancé Viva May Gammell. These were all written in the summer of 1944. It also contains a Christmas Newsletter written in 1944 by a mother, Algie Thurgood, who lost her son, Jay Herbert, in the South Pacific. With the newsletter is a letter written by Viva May to Keith about the loss of Jay and its effects on Algie. The collection also has portions of Viva May’s history about the war years, mostly about Viva May’s and Keith’s wedding. Plus two photographs of Keith in his Navy Uniform.
Dates
- Creation: 1941 - 1944
Extent
1 Boxes
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Box 1 Correspondence
FD 1 Letters to Keith from his mother, June 23-July 29, 1944
FD 2 Letters to Keith from other soldiers, June 19-July 24, 1944
FD 3 Letters to Keith from Viva May, June 1944
FD 4 Letters to Keith from Viva May, July 1944
FD 5 Letters to Keith from Viva May, August 1944
FD 6 Newsletter Christmas 1944 with corresponding letter from Viva May
FD 7 Postcards to Keith from Viva May, July 1944
FD 8 Photographs
FD 9 Miscellaneous Scrapbook Pages, 1941-1945
Cultural context
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the WSU Stewart Library Special Collections Repository