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Scrapbook (photocopied), 1950

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Historical materials include copies of newspaper articles and entries in the Central High School yearbooks that set the background of what the American Junior Red Cross chapter activities. A scrapbook and correspondence related to the humanitarian care packages sent by the students as a thank you. Later correspondence includes letters from German students seeking penpals in the United States. Lastly a file of photographs and copies of a Friedberg newspaper show a reunion of Realschule pupils and the meaning of the scrapbook.

This collection is a good example of humanarian aid organized by American youth to aid post World War II German youth in Bavaria and shows the hardships of education during the reconstruction period through the use of photographs, sketches and text.

Dates

  • 1950

Access to Materials

Materials in this collection are available for patron use.

Extent

From the Collection: 0.4 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the La Crosse Public Library Archives Repository

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